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- 1 2 3 Brown, Michael. Dealer's description of An Account of Four Years Travels through the Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri and Mississippi Territories with a True and Accurate Account of Every Principal River West of the Mississippi from the Missouri down to Red River Explaining their Different Lengths and Courses, the White Inhabitants and Towns with an Account of the Natives Inhabiting on These Rivers from their Sources to their Confluence, also an Account of the Mines and Minerals, Salines, and Natural Curiosities, Soil Productions and Staple Commodities Shewing the Advantages and Disadvantages of Trade both among the Whites and Natives of the Country Intermixed with an Account of the Author’s Wonderful Sufferings and Fatigues During the Expedition. By John Maley.
- ↑ Flores, Dan L. "Texas Iron," Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
- ↑ Goetzmann, William H. Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West, pp. 54-55
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