Preface -- Prologue -- The call of the beaver -- Across the Great Divide -- John Bull meets Uncle Sam -- Our man in the Snake country -- The threat of the North -- New Caledonia, 1835-1844 -- Disappointment at the Cape -- Ogden the Samaritan -- The years of tension -- The indelible mark -- Notes.
Illustrations: Peter Skene Ogden at thirty-five -- Dr. John McLoughlin -- Father DeSmet -- John Work -- William Fraser Tolmie -- Fort Nez Perces -- Fort Vancouver -- Fort Astoria -- Hudson's Bay House, London -- Peter Skene Ogden / Henry J. Warre -- Hudson's Bay Company steamer, the Beaver -- Carving of a beaver reputed to have been made by Indians to serve as the figurehead of the steamboat, Beaver -- The Dalles, Columbia River, 1845-46 / Henry J. Warre -- Whitman Mission -- Fort Garry, 1845-46 / Henry J. Warre -- Ogden family tree.
Maps: The North America of Peter Skene Ogden -- Ogden's political environment, 1820 -- Snake country expeditions, 1824-25, 1825-26 -- Snake country expeditions, 1826-27, 1827-28 -- Snake country expeditions, 1828-29, 1829-30 -- Ogden's political environment, 1854 (the year of his death).
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