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The daring trader

Crawford, Kim, 1957-

The daring trader Jacob Smith in the Michigan Territory, 1802-1825 / [electronic resource] : Kim Crawford. - East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (322 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Witness to Murder : Saginaw, 1802 -- The Saginaw Trail -- Trouble in Detroit -- War Clouds -- War in the Michigan Territory -- The Arrest of Jacob Smith -- I Pray You Inform Me ... : The Character of Jacob Smith -- Abduction to Saginaw -- The Return of the Boyer Children -- Jacob Smith versus Louis Campau, 1815 -- Peace -- Conclude a Treaty for the Country upon the Saginac Bay -- The Treaty Councils Begin -- He Was Smart as Steel -- Mounting Trouble, Mounting Debt -- U.S. vs. Jacob Smith -- He Was Dissipated and Bad in His Habits -- It Is the Last Stir of the Dying Wind -- No One Was More Anxious to Secure Advantage Than Smith -- The White Man Takes Away What He Bought of the Indians.

9781609173159 1609173155


Smith, Jacob, 1773-1825.


Indians of North America--History--Michigan--19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life--Michigan.
Indian agents--Michigan--Biography.
Fur traders--Michigan--Biography.
Pioneers--Michigan--Biography.


Michigan--Biography.
Michigan--History--War of 1812.
Michigan--History--To 1837.
Flint Region (Mich.)--History--19th century.


Electronic books.

F566.S65 / C73 2012

977.4/03092 B