"On July 9th three Bateaux got in from Fort Union with a lot of robes.
"The Young Alaskans on the Missouri"
Emerson Hough
"On July 11th four Bateaux left Fort Pierre for St. Louis, and they carried three hundred and fifty-five packs of robes and ten thousand two hundred and thirty pounds of beaver.
"The Young Alaskans on the Missouri"
Emerson Hough
"From this you can see something of the size of the big Bateaux-or Mackinaws-of that time, and something of the size of the fur trade as well.
"The Young Alaskans on the Missouri"
Emerson Hough