3/ tribes lived almost as one along the Platte River
 which they called the Ne Brath Ka.
Following hard on the heels of the migrating Oto
were French and Canadian explorer-traders. They
traded for furs and took Oto chiefs downstream to
meet the French Governor-General in 1714 and to
Paris to meet the King of France in 1724. Eventually,
 their European competitors in new world trade and
native American politics, the Spanish took control
of the Missouri and Platte River fur trade routes
in 1763. The Spanish crown offered substantial