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Fort Limhi : the Mormon adventure in Oregon territory, 1855-1858 / by David L. Bigler.

Title
Fort Limhi : the Mormon adventure in Oregon territory, 1855-1858 / by David L. Bigler.
Author
Bigler, David L., 1927-2018.
Publication
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2004.

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Description
372 p. : ill, maps, ports.; 24 cm.
Summary
"In Fort Limhi: The Mormon Adventure in Oregon Territory, 1855-1858, David Bigler shows that the colony, known as the Salmon River Mission, played a pivotal role in the Utah War of 1857-1858 and that the catastrophic end of the mission was critical in preventing all out war between Mormon Utah and the United States. In the process, he uses a multitude of primary sources, many newly uncovered or previously overlooked, to reconstruct a dramatic and compelling story involving stalwart Mormon frontiersmen, Brigham Young, a variety of Native American individuals and groups, the U.S. Army, and "Mountaineers," as the surviving fur trader veterans now commonly known as "mountain men" called themselves. As historian Will Bagley writes in his foreword to the book, "With its astonishing fish stories, desperate Indian battles, life-threatening chases, and heroic rides to rescue a terrified and helpless outpost, this work has all the elements of a great frontier novel.""--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-352) and index.
Contents
1. Sound an Alarm -- 2. To the Remnants of Jacob -- 3. A Piece of Ground for a Precher -- 4. Of Grasshoppers and Reformation -- 5. A Gathering Place for Israel -- 6. Gov. Brigham ... Coming on -- 7. One of Nature's Ladies -- 8. The Mormon Rebellion -- 9. The Devil Is At Work Among the Lamanites -- 10. The Hills Were Black with Indians -- 11. Ten Men and Four Gallons of Whiskey -- 12. A Time to Every Purpose -- 13. From a Camp of U.S. Troops -- 14. Conspiracy or Coincidence? -- App. A. A Comprehensive List of Missionaries, Family Members, and Hired Hands Who Served at Fort Limhi from May 1855 to April 1858 -- App. B. Members of Brigham Young's Company to Fort Limhi in April-May 1857, as Recorded by James W. Cummings, Clerk of the Camp -- App. C. A Report of Brigham Young's Expedition to Oregon Territory.
ISBN
0874215692 (pbk : alk. paper)
LCCN
2003011767
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries