Original Indian Trail Research Paper
The Original Indian Trails
Traveling west of Independence, Missouri, the vast prairie began seemingly impossible, clear to the Rocky Mountains.
This was Indian Country, inhabited by Plains Tribe Indians and millions of buffalo, as well as a few heady trappers and fur traders or mountain men as they were referred to.
As the Indians followed the buffalo and other game, the rivers became their highways. Traveling by foot or canoe, a river could always be retraced to the starting point. The Original Trails to the west were established Indian Trails.
Bands of Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Sioux, were nomadic. Traveling from one place to the other in order to take advantage of the migrating bison.
The most northerly of the Indian Trails followed
Traveling west of Independence, Missouri, the vast prairie began seemingly impossible, clear to the Rocky Mountains.
This was Indian Country, inhabited by Plains Tribe Indians and millions of buffalo, as well as a few heady trappers and fur traders or mountain men as they were referred to.
As the Indians followed the buffalo and other game, the rivers became their highways. Traveling by foot or canoe, a river could always be retraced to the starting point. The Original Trails to the west were established Indian Trails.
Bands of Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Sioux, were nomadic. Traveling from one place to the other in order to take advantage of the migrating bison.
The most northerly of the Indian Trails followed