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THE NO
BACK DOWN
WOMAN
By Mark Lindquist
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1804; Napoleon sells America
land he never saw, or controlled
- the American West.
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20 years later it all still belonged
to the Indian tribes.
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Over 500 tribes, each with their own
customs and languages, carved out
a life on the frontier.
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The French had a foothold
as traders; they married into
the tribes for safety and comfort.
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Custer and Little Big Horn
would happen half a century later.
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The Americans were nobody.
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But a few dared to build
rough forts and try to
harvest furs and beaver pelts.
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It was an international gold rush;
every well-to-do man wanted a
beaver felt hat.
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They would be rich. If they survived
coming in to take what wasn’t theirs.
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They had an ally; the Mandans.
The same tribe that welcomed
Lewis and Clark on their trip west.
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From them, stories came forth of
extraordinary honor and bravery.
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Crumbling journals reveal the
men and women of the tribes,
who fought for what was theirs.
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The Mandans, the American
trappers, and the enslavement of
black Africans form the backbone
of this illustrated adventure.
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THE NO
BACK DOWN
WOMAN
By Mark Lindquist
THE NO
