The chapter's settler-centered framing and Indigenous representations need critical treatment; saloon-service evidence is more directly developed209.
Chapter-level paraphrase checked against the sequential September29 reading; the former single-sheet locator only identified a chapter opening.
Carson follows whiskey through westward migration, frontier commerce and drinking venues; the chapter illustrates his settler-centered narrative of expansion.
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PDF sheet 155
Chapter 13 — Westward the Jug of Empire Took Its Way
2026-09-29: PDF sheets 155–164 (supplied303-sheet screenshot PDF; not print pagination). Verified as a representation of this source, not independent factual corroboration. Embedded fineprint gaps and overall source limits remain in LIT-277.
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