Excerpt from Fort Union and Its Neighbors on the Upper Missouri: A Chronological Record of EventsOn June 5, they passed the spot where the steamer Assini boine was burned with all her cargo uninsured in 1835. Heart River was passed on the 6th, and there they met four barges be longing to the American Fur Company, in charge of James Kipp. Mr. Kipp has a peculiar looking crew who appeared not much better than a set of bandits among the Pyrenees or the Alps, yet they seemed to be the very best sort of men for trappers and boatmen. We exchanged four of our men for four of his, as the latter were wanted on the Yellowstone. On June 7, Fort Clark and the Mandan villages were reached. The site of the fort appears a good one, although it is placed considerably below the Mandan villages. The fort and village are situated on the high banks, rising somewhat to the elevation of the hills.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.