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Peter Skene Ogden Accomplishments

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Peter Skene Ogden was a good man. He was born 1794 in Quebec Canada and died September 27 154 in Oregon City . Here is a list of his accomplishments. He left his home in Canada to be a fur trader as a teenager., he was a great trapper, he lead the snake river country expeditions, he traced the Utah territory, was with the Hudson bay community until death, and was the first to travel the west intermountain range from north to south, had two lovely native American wives Ogden led annanual trading expeditions to deal with native Americans, He discovered the Humboldt river, and the Carson and Owen lakes. He rescued survivors from the Whitman massacre. Peter knew many native languages, spoke French like English, was a chief trader, and had
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