Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-359) and index.
Contents
The Upper Missouri : character and ecology in the early nineteenth century -- Bison world : migration routes and the Missouri and Yellowstone stems -- Buffalo people : the influence of bison on indigenous culture, history, and geography -- Explorers beyond the Platte : Lewis and Clark and early Euro-American history -- In search of place : the Sioux and Euro-America -- To the horizon : the Teton Sioux move west -- A hydraulic empire : the Corps of Engineers and the Reclamation Service -- Try and try again : schemes to dam the Yellowstone -- Vanishing act : Pick, Sloan, the Upper Missouri, and Yellowstone -- The world we have wrought : current ecological and geographic status of the Upper Missouri.
