Aimard, Gustave: The Trappers of Arkansas. v1. 25 Feb 2015
 

Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818 – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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The search for gold was the origin of the discovery of the New World; that gold once found, America became for its conquerors merely a storehouse, whither greedy adventurers came, a poniard in one hand and a crucifix in the other, to gather an ample harvest of the so ardently coveted metal, after which they returned to their own countries to make a display of their riches, and provoke fresh emigrations, by the boundless luxury they indulged in.