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Gloomy terrors and hidden fires : the mystery of John Colter and Yellowstone
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- Creator
- by Ronald M. Anglin and Larry E. Morris
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014
- Physical Details
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- xi, 243 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781442226005, 1442226005, 9781442226012
- OCLC
- ocn875644711
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- "Off he started with the speed of the wind": Colter's Run -- "One of the survivors, of the name of Coulter": searching for Colter's roots -- "In quest of the country of Kentucke": John Colter and the legacy of Daniel Boone -- "Colter came running along the shore": the encounter with the Lakota Sioux -- "Colter had just arrived with a letter from Capt. Clark": perilous rivers and mountains -- "Colter expressed a desire to join some trappers": the partnership with Dickson and Hancock -- "Unruly hands to manage": up the Missouri with Lisa -- "Gloomy terrors and hidden fires": the mystery of Colter's route -- "In the midst of an unbounded wilderness": Washington Irving and the Legend of Colter's Run -- "We all now became blind": west with Menard and Henry -- "He reluctantly took leave of us": surviving in civilization -- "As fine a body of hardy woodsmen as ever took the field": Colter's final days