Jim Bridger's Mastery of Diplomacy Enabled Him to Chart Routes Advancing U.S. Settlement into Native Territories: His Celebrated Reputation, Shaped by Contemporaries Laid the Foundation for Enduring National Mythologies that Glorified Westward Expansion

Ellis, ElizabethKelly, Michael2025-08-112025-08-112025-04-16https://theses-dissertations.princeton.edu/handle/88435/dsp01ms35td101en-USJim Bridger's Mastery of Diplomacy Enabled Him to Chart Routes Advancing U.S. Settlement into Native Territories: His Celebrated Reputation, Shaped by Contemporaries Laid the Foundation for Enduring National Mythologies that Glorified Westward ExpansionPrinceton University Senior Theses