This dual biography highlights the human dimensions of the Upper Missouri fur trade.
Culbertson and Natoyi.
Focusing on two major figures, Alexander Culbertson (1809-1879), trader with the American Fur Company, founder of Fort Benton, and the first white American to live Among the Blackfeet Indians, and his wife, Natoyist-Siksina\' ("Holy Snake") (1825-1893), daughter of Two Suns, the chief of the Blood (Kainah) tribe, Lesley Wischmann shows the great influence this couple had on the region.
This dual biography highlights the human dimensions of the Upper Missouri fur trade