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Although some have attributed the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition primarily to gunpowder and gumption, historian William R. Swagerty demonstrates in this two-volume set that adopting Indian ways of procuring, processing, and transporting food and gear was crucial to the survival of the Corps of Discovery. The Indianization of Lewis and Clark retraces the well-known trail of America’s most famous explorers as a journey into the heart of Native America—a case study of successful material adaptation and cultural borrowing. Beginning with a broad examination of regional demographics and folkways, Swagerty describes the cultural baggage and material preferences the expedition carrie...
Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of Stefan Johannes Stapel who was born 20 June 1796 in Germany. He was the son of Johann Bernard Aussel Stapel and Anna Maria Willemann. Stefan adopted the Wibbenmeyer surname when he married Anna Maria Elizabeth Wibbenmeyer 20 February 1827 in Germany. Anna died 15 April 1837 and Stefan married Elisabeth Anna Maria Heimann. They immigrated to America and landed in New Orleans 14 January 1850. Stefan and Elizabeth lived in Apple Creek Township, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri and were the parents of three sons and four daughters. Descendants lived in Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Texas, California and elsewhere.
Lorenz Weber (1799-1873) was probably born in Eberbach, Alsace, France, the son of Louis Weber and Margaretha Anna Pfaff. In 1822 he married Margaretha Anna Walter (1803-1892), the daughter of Louis Walter and Margareta Mueller, also of Eberbach. They immigrated to the United States in 1850 with ten children, settling in Missouri. Descendants and relatives lived in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, California, and elsewhere.
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Agnes Conrad Dina Blechle (b.1891) was the daughter of Louis Blechle (1843-1912) and Caroline Ponder (1851-1899) of Perryville, Missouri. She married Joseph Emmet Callier in 1915 at St. Louis. They were the parents of seven children. Seven generations of ancestors and three generations of descendants are given. She was the descendant of emigrants from Renchen, Baden, Germany.
Carl Heinrich Wittenborn married Friedericke Henrietta Puls in Heepen, Westfalia, Germany and immigrated to Bremen, Illinois in 1870. Descendants, ancestors and relatives lived in Germany, Illinois, Arkansas, Kansas, California, New York, Oklahoma, Missouri, and elsewhere.
Emil and Julius Mallinckrodt (cousins) left Dortmund, Germany in 1831, sailing from LeHavre, France to New Orleans and thence to Missouri. This historical work covers mainly the U.S. period in Missouri 1831-1890. The family originated in the Dortmund area, the first known ancestor being Knight Ludwig, first recorded in 1241.
Family history of Peter Audrain and his wife, Margaret Moore (married on February 20, 1781 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).