| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 33.2

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The Arikara War: The First Plains Indian War, 1823. By William R. Nester. (Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2001. vi + 256 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index. $30, cloth; $18, paper.)

The Arikaras, or "Rees" as white traders referred to them, were a farming and hunting people of the upper Missouri River who often warred against neighboring tribes. They also presented a barrier to fur traders moving up the Missouri River trade avenue. The attack on William Henry Ashley's trading company in June 1823 led to the brief Arikara War; a force of soldiers, traders, and Sioux allies, led by colonel Henry Leavenworth, marched up the river in August and attacked the two Arikara villages, with less than effective results. . . .

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