William R Swagerty Editor

Chardon’s journal was long lost, rediscovered, and finally edited and published in 1932 by Annie Heloise Abel, a distinguished scholar whose works, all available as Bison Books, included The American Indian As Slaveholder and Secessionist; The American Indian in the Civil War, 1862–1865; and The American Indian and the End of the Confederacy, 1863–1866. Her historical introduction provides background on the fur trade and on Chardon’s life before and after his tenure at Fort Clark. William R. Swagerty is a history professor at the University of Idaho.