5/ Louisiana Territory in 1803 from Napoleon Bonaparte
a growing stream of American fur man worked through
here. In fact, many headquartered for greater or
lesser periods of time at fur posts variously situ-
ated between what is now Bellevue and Ft. Calhoun.
However, it is well to remember that the older
 French and Spanish fur men remained here, working
as though nothing had changed. And, during the War
 of 1812, the British tried very hard, if unsuccess-
fully, to penetrate the American influence with the
Indians here -- which was ably administered by that