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Speaker 1 discusses historian Francis Parkman (mispronounced as 'France's Apartment') who wrote a definitive history of the French and Indian War and later wrote 'The Oregon Trail' after traveling to the Great Plains in 1834. The book is mentioned in the context of discussing Parkman's visit to a Sioux family's tepee where he witnessed their treatment of dogs and puppies.

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Referenced in discussion of historical hunting practices. Parkman wrote the definitive History of the French and Indian War and traveled west in 1846, likely with the Oglala Sioux, including a description of hunting bighorn sheep by rolling rocks down on them in the Black Hills.

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Steve discusses reading this book, noting that Parkman was a historian who wrote the definitive history of the French and Indian War at the time. Parkman traveled on the Oregon Trail in 1846 (Steve says 'eighty six'), spent time with the Oglala Sioux, and documented Native Americans hunting bighorn sheep by throwing rocks down at them.