From: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com (hist_text-digest) To: hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: hist_text-digest V1 #396 Reply-To: hist_text Sender: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk hist_text-digest Wednesday, October 27 1999 Volume 01 : Number 396 In this issue: -       Re: MtMan-List: Alafia 2000 -       Re: MtMan-List: Alafia 2000 -       MtMan-List: Spirit of Rendezvous -       Re: MtMan-List: making good coffee -       Re: MtMan-List: Re: Rendezvous tape -       Re: MtMan-List: Fur Trade Movies -       MtMan-List: Spirit of Rendezvous -       Re: MtMan-List: Pumpkins -       Re: MtMan-List: documentaries -       MtMan-List: Jojoba oil was Re: Sperm Whale Oil -       Re: MtMan-List: Pumpkins -       Re: MtMan-List: documentaries -       Re: MtMan-List: Pumpkins -       Re: MtMan-List: Pumpkins -       Re: MtMan-List: Re: pasta -       Re: MtMan-List: Pumpkins -       Re: MtMan-List: Re: pasta -       Re: MtMan-List: Pumpkins -       Re: MtMan-List: Pumpkins -       MtMan-List: C&SM new catalog of period stuff -       Re: MtMan-List: C&SM new catalog of period stuff -       Re: MtMan-List: Re: pasta -       MtMan-List: "OLD BLUE HANKIE" -       MtMan-List: "OLD BLUE HANKIE" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 17:10:15 -0400 From: ad.miller@mindspring.com Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Alafia 2000 Like I said... check the web site and email the secretary and check. What I posted was on the web site... Ad Miller - -----Original Message----- From: sabella3@earthlink.net To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 11:40 PM Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Alafia 2000 >hmmm, I read an article in the Tampa Tribune some weeks past, that >had the club leasing a piece of land just off I-4 east of Lakeland...with a 10 >yr lease. > >The article claimed it would be there next january... can someone >verify... >anne macdonnald > > - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:33:16 -0400 From: Linda Holley Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Alafia 2000 According to the Alafia sight on the web, they are back in that same place as last year. Ever since the Fla. Frontiersmen got together they were going to get their own sight. Some day. Linda Holley sabella3@earthlink.net wrote: > hmmm, I read an article in the Tampa Tribune some weeks past, that > had the club leasing a piece of land just off I-4 east of Lakeland...with a 10 > yr lease. > > The article claimed it would be there next january... can someone > verify... > anne macdonnald > > ad.miller@mindspring.com wrote: > > > Several people have asked me the dates for the Alafia 2000 Ronnyvous... here > > they are.... > > > > Same place as last year, 15 - 23 January, with early setup starting on 12 > > January. > > > > The web address for them is: http://home1.gte.net/fatboy39/index.htm > > > > Hope to see all of you there... remember... look for the Mouse House and > > come have a sit down.... :) > > > > Ad Miller > > > > ---------------------- > > hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html > > ---------------------- > hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:06:48 -0500 From: Mike Rock Subject: MtMan-List: Spirit of Rendezvous The Spirit of the Rendezvouz 89 minutes Price, $40, including regular mailing/ (priority or FedEx on request) Leo Hakola PO Box7....La Barge, WY 83123,,,,, ph 307-386-9216 Credit card orders: Lauri Hakola at 505-466-2225 or e-mail at lauri@ntes.com This is the Real Beaver!!!!!!!! This is out of the May/June 1999 Muzzleloader Mike - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 19:19:51 EDT From: LODGEPOLE@aol.com Subject: Re: MtMan-List: making good coffee In a message dated 10/26/99 3:40:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time, rat@htcomp.net writes: << When you pour the coffee be careful not to agitate the coffee in the pot more than necessary... this will keep the grounds settled out in the botton of the pot and minimize the grounds in your cup. >> I disagree Lanney, by properly agitating the pot when pouring, I have accumulated by the end or my cup, enough grounds to suck on so as to save me a dip from my Skoal can. Longshot - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 17:09:37 -0600 From: Mike Moore Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: Rendezvous tape Henry, Wes Housler in Cloudcrift NM has put out two fur trade videos. He also sells correct double blankets and does some very good brain tanning- even buffalo robes! Address is: 22 Bell Canyon Rd, Cloudcroft, NM 88317. (The last is the better of the two. It deals with horse gear and good advise when on the trail) Henry B. Crawford wrote: > How long is the tape and what is the cost? Are there any other Fur Trade > era video tapes out there? There's gotta be. > HBC > > > > >> I just watched "The spirit of Rendezvous" Produced by Reel West > >> Pictures. After being away from the Rendezvous for about 4 years. My > >> entire family is excited to to go again, minus the trade tent. If you > >> want a very well produced video that is a treat to watch, buy this. > >> You want to show the relatives just what the heck you do for fun, > >> show them this video. Besides some lengthy portions of certain > >> scenes, I thought it was quite good and entertaining. All the > >> characters did well. The primary outfits were great, better then the > >> PBS documentary. Overall, you will have fun recognizing your friends, > >> the music, the atmosphere, the spirit of Rendezvous. A great gift I > >> think. > > **************************************** > Henry B. Crawford Box 43191 > Curator of History Museum of Texas Tech University > mxhbc@ttacs.ttu.edu Lubbock, TX 79409-3191 > 806/742-2442 FAX 742-1136 > Website: http://www.ttu.edu/~museum > ****** Living History . . . Because It's There ****** > > ---------------------- > hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:40:00 -0700 From: "John C. Funk, Jr." Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Fur Trade Movies Buck, I paid $20.00 for my copy. I think that's the going rate..Got it from Hawk. John Funk - ----- Original Message ----- From: Buck To: Dean Rudy's hist_list Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 8:45 AM Subject: MtMan-List: Fur Trade Movies > How long is the tape and what is the cost? Are there any other Fur Trade era video tapes out there? There's gotta be. > HBC > > > I just watched "The spirit of Rendezvous" Produced by Reel West Pictures. > > Call or write to: > > Leo Hakola > > Box 7 > > La Barge, WY 83123 > > 307-386-9216 > ________________________________________________ > Henry, > Doc Ivory gave the price once, but can't remember what is was now, guess call Leo Hakola for cost and shipping charges. > > I have always liked "Black Robe", not really fur trade per say, but well done and can be rented at most video stores. > > Of course there's "Centennial" TV series, "The Mountainmen", and the series that Wes & Jeff have done on horse travel that's advertised in Muzzleloader and On The Trail. > > What about the "Lewis & Clark" series that PBS had, along with several other series they had on Jefferson and a few others that had input into the fur trade. > > The Bent's Fort movie is interesting and available from that location, check with the US Park Service as to what other loactions have been filmed. Saw one on Fort Union and can remember who produced it. > > Will have to look tonight at home library and see what else there is. > > Later, > Buck Conner > _________________________________ > Personal :http://home.att.net/~buck.conner/personal.html > Business :http://www.teleport.com/~walking/clark/ > AMM Party:http://klesinger.com/jbp/jbp.html > _________________________________ > Aux Ailments de Pays! > > Signup for your free USWEST.mail Email account http://www.uswestmail.net > > ---------------------- > hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html > - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:44:14 -0700 From: "John C. Funk, Jr." Subject: MtMan-List: Spirit of Rendezvous This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01BF1FD1.564EE460 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Buck, On second thought, maybe it was $40.00. It's been a while......... John=20 - ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01BF1FD1.564EE460 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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- ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01BF1FD1.564EE460-- - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 17:26:11 -0600 From: Mike Moore Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Pumpkins Tim, You may not find the documentation you want from the records of goods shipped to rendezvous. My inpression is that most of the pumpkins came from the south (Mexico). Off the top of my head, look at "Adventures in the Sante Fe Trade 1844-47" by James Webb, page 65. "We were about a day and half getting to Rio Colorado, where I took my first meal in a New Mexian house. It was a simple meal after a fast of Thirty six hours. I do think it was the best they had and prepared for the company- baked pumpkin, wheat gordos, and atole." Pumpkin was one of the foods they raised and used as needed, fresh or dried to help preserve it.. Austin, Tim wrote: > Boyss, > Larry is right. > Far as i'mm concerned > you just as well > "run them up youre but and save them the trip!!" > Corse it could be how we prepared them. > Ron > litefoot > In regard to Ron's observation on pumpkins, did the original mountaineers > look upon pumpkin fresh or dehydrated like that? If so, does that negate > the requirement for necessary paper? If not, what documentation is there > for such an item? I missed the part in the Lewis and Clark list and the > lists from the trader caravans heading to rendezvous that mentioned how many > mules carried such an item. Did the mountaineers carry such, and if so > where is the documentation? > > ---------------------- > hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 19:42:22 -0400 From: "John L. Allen" Subject: Re: MtMan-List: documentaries Ho, the list: The mini-series on Fremont (starring tall, blond Richard Chamberlin as short, dark John Fremont) was a total disaster: got routes wrong, places visited on first three expeditions out of sequence, etc. I knew it was in trouble 20 minutes into the first evening when Fremont and his mentor Nicollet are in camp on the upper Mississippi--with the Tetons in the background of the scene! Last I heard, Ken Burns (who is just finishing up his documentary on Mark Twain) has things to do stacked up to 2020--and mountain men aren't on the list. But I'll put a bug in his ear. John Allen Dr. John L. Allen 21 Thomas Drive Storrs, CT 06268 860/487-1346 johnlallen@uconn.cted.net - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 2:39 PM Subject: Re: MtMan-List: documentaries > YEs please post - and would you consider the recent documentaries on The > Discovery Channel (History channel?) about the mountain men to be viable? > What about that TV movie on Fremont, or one of the segments on "The Real > West" (History Channel?). What about the documentaries put together by NPS > about Bents Fort - tis a bit lame, but interesting. It's about time someone > put together a worthy documentry - is Ken Burns available? > > ---------------------- > hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html > - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:00:14 -0500 From: Jim Colburn Subject: MtMan-List: Jojoba oil was Re: Sperm Whale Oil Washtahay- At 08:09 AM 10/26/99 -0500, you wrote: >Sounds great, John, but how does it work in the cold? Long John I've seen it used down to -30 F, no real problems loading (aside from frozen fouling fromt eh water vapor in the smoke). LongWalker c. du B. - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 17:25:17 +0000 From: R Lahti Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Pumpkins Mike Moore wrote: > > Tim, > You may not find the documentation you want from the records of goods > shipped to rendezvous. My inpression is that most of the pumpkins came from the > south (Mexico). Mike and Gang, Read a book a few years ago by an indian gal that had lived during the last years of the "Free Roaming" plains indian. Don't remember the name, I think the wife has it here and I'll ask her tonight. But in the book she talks of how her tribe (Hidatsa I think) grew their gardens. She talked of growing the " Three Sisters" but not beans corn and pumpkin, but beans corn and squash. They cut the oval shapped squash in rings and hung them on horizontal poles to dry. I got some indian squash from "Native/SeedSearch a few years ago and tried it. The squash was good but my drying efforts were indifferent at the time. I have some squash from the store at home now to try for flavor that is advertised as extra sweet. Called "Delicata" or something like that. I'll let all know how it works but you all might want to try drying squash too. I remain..... YMOS Capt. Lahti' - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 20:49:51 EDT From: EmmaPeel2@aol.com Subject: Re: MtMan-List: documentaries Thank you for putting the bug in Ken Burns ear! Mark Twain is a smashing subject! Amen, the Fremont television movie was embarrassing - Rip Torn as Kit Carson? Then again, it's probably a good way to educate the public, even if it is unpalatable pap. - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 20:27:29 +0000 From: R Lahti Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Pumpkins R Lahti wrote: It's me again. Talked this over with the wife (over a rib dinner to die for) who has a better memory at times. > Read a book a few years ago by an indian gal that had lived during the > last years of the "Free Roaming" plains indian. Don't remember the name, > I think the wife has it here and I'll ask her tonight. Unfortunately, the Missus doesn't have this book. She remembers borrowing it from Jean Hinbuck a few years back. Anyway I did grow some indian squash and dried it like they did. It was cut in rings and the rine trimed off. I dried it and broke it up in small pieces for easy carrying. Terri and I went on a canoe trek up the Palouse R. a couple seasons back and I used some of the squash for dinner one evening. I stewed up some meat and squash together, seasoned with salt and ground red peppers. Towards the end I mixed in some dried refried beans to thicken the pot. She dang near ate the whole pot! Thought I was going to have to make more for me! The squash was sweet as dried and was good to just chew on. Probably from being concentrated in the drying. Anyway if I ever come up with the name of the book I'll pass it on. The indian lady was interviewed by a journalist not long after the turn of the century, and not long before she died. She talked of her tribes agricultural practices including growing corn, beans, squash and tobacco. The old men grew the tobacco and did their best to keep it away from the young men since it sapped thier wind and made it hard for them to run swiftly. She talked of making lye from corn ashes. That was used to season and help the corn cook. It is a very interesting read. I remain... YMOS Capt. Lahti' - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 20:59:50 -0700 From: randybublitz@juno.com Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Pumpkins Capt., My wife has two books, Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden and The Way To Independence. They are both about Buffalo Bird woman's family...1840-1920. We bought them from Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN numbers are 0-87351-219-7 and 0-87351-218-9 Alot of good cultural info. on the Hidatsa, including curing pumkin. Hope this helps. Hardtack Your Second Amendment Rights protect ALL of your other Rights, Don't give up your Rights - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 00:16:28 EDT From: Casapy123@aol.com Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: pasta Regarding vermicelli, Bartlett's Dictinoary of Americanisms, publishedin 1859, says: "Noodles. (Germ. nudel.) Dumplings or vermicelli. tey are used in Pennsylvania, and are made by rolling into very thin sheets the dough, which differs from the Italian preparation by the addition of eggs. These sheets are then rolled up and cut across with a knife. The strips thus formed differ from vermicelli only in their section being square, instead of circular." Interestingly, there is no listing for pasta or even macaroni. And what was it that Yankee Doodle called that feather he stuck in his cap? Jim Hardee, AMM#1676 P.O. box 1228 Quincy, CA 95971 (530)283-4566 (H) (530)283-3330 (W) (530)283-5171 FAX Casapy123@aol.com - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:37:56 +0000 From: R Lahti Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Pumpkins randybublitz@juno.com wrote: > > Capt., My wife has two books, Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden and The Way To > Independence. They are both about Buffalo Bird woman's > family...1840-1920. We bought them from Minnesota Historical Society. > ISBN numbers are > 0-87351-219-7 and 0-87351-218-9 Alot of good cultural info. on > the Hidatsa, including curing pumkin. Hope this helps. Hardtack, Those are the ones. I'll have to send for them. Wouldn't mind reading them again. Thanks. I remain... YMOS Capt. Lahti' - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 19:57:35 +1300 From: Duncan Macready Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: pasta Jim wrote >. And what was >it that Yankee Doodle called that feather he stuck in his cap? A macaroni was an old name for a smart dresser or Fop(1760) or (from Websters) a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary war, wearing a rich uniform . YMOS Cutfinger Friendships made,Problems shared Campfires across the wilderness. Auckland, New Zealand - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 12:31:03 EDT From: NaugaMok@aol.com Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Pumpkins In a message dated 10/27/99 3:24:47 AM !!!First Boot!!!, lahtirog@gte.net writes: << She talked of making lye from corn ashes. That was used to season and help the corn cook. >> Hmmmm! Did they make hominy with these ingredients? NM - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 11:38:40 +0000 From: R Lahti Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Pumpkins NaugaMok@aol.com wrote: > Hmmmm! Did they make hominy with these ingredients? NM, I'd have to re read the book to make sure and I don't have a copy. I just remember that she mentioned mixing in corn stalk ash when they cooked the corn. They gathered the ash from the top layer of ashes where it had hardened a bit from the night's dew. Hardtack! You got the books, what do they say? I remain... YMOS Capt. Lahti' - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: 27 Oct 99 12:15:45 EDT From: Concho Smith Subject: MtMan-List: C&SM new catalog of period stuff Hey, I see that the new catalog is now available and that a few of the members= from the history_list have comments on food in it, just used the order form on= line for my copy. =46rom what I can tell looking at the cover, neat river picture. = http://www.teleport.com/~walking/clark/ ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webm= ail.netscape.com. - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:39:08 EDT From: ThisOldFox@aol.com Subject: Re: MtMan-List: C&SM new catalog of period stuff > I see that the new catalog is now available and that a few of the members > from the history_list have comments on food in it, > http://www.teleport.com/~walking/clark/ I didn't see the millet meal listed that he used to carry. IMO, it made some of the best girddlecakes I have eaten. Meal + water (egg optional) fry in bacon or pork grease. The barley flour is excellent for a heavy trail bread. 2 cups barley flour 1 can of your favorite ale 2 tablespoons of sugar. It can be baked in a dutch oven, in a skillet, or on a hot rock. Takes about a 1/2 hour and you have to flip it when not using a dutch oven. Good eats Dave Kanger - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 11:08:20 EDT From: Htorr@aol.com Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: pasta I understand that at the time of the American revolution, Rome was considered the center of fashion. Macaroni was a slang name used by the British for Rome. Thus the saying of putting a feather in the cap an calling it macaroni. In a message dated 10/26/1999 9:17:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Casapy123@aol.com writes: Interestingly, there is no listing for pasta or even macaroni. And what was it that Yankee Doodle called that feather he stuck in his cap? - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: 27 Oct 99 09:49:23 EDT From: Concho Smith Subject: MtMan-List: "OLD BLUE HANKIE" Oh PABLO, = Not A Fairy Tale But A Period Tale. There be a story here to tell of a man his horse and him not doing so wel= l = An old friend, a wheeler, a dealer, and now a squeeler, that can be somet= imes a menace he's known by all with the name of Dennis May we take a look at Old Pablo's tale of a ride to hell with old blue ha= nkie !! = Now, now Pablo let's not get crankie. = Concho = "OLD BLUE HANKIE" = Memories of Two Beards, Two Dogs & Cutleg = A brigade of three trappers, = Rode up Pacific Creek. = To Rendezvous with Brother Trappers, = There that we would meet. = We were early for the Rendezvous, = So we would scout the Yellowstone. = But old Cutleg didn't want to come, = Said he'd ride the trail alone. = Old Two Dogs tried to warn him, = Said "There's Grizzly in these hills", = "Ole Ephrim he might get ya, = Or your horses he could kill." = "To hell with the Griz" says he, = "And the Blackfeet too." = "I'm headed up Pacific Creek, = To be the first at Rendezvous." = Ignoring all our warnings, = In the rain he rode alone. = While Ole Two beards and Old Two Dogs, = Rode toward the Yellowstone. = We found him two days later, = At the junction of Gravel Creek. = Sitting by a pine tree, = Looking sad and kinda weak. = There was plunder scattered everywhere, = It lay out on the plains. = "He's kilt his horse" Old Two Dogs said, = "Or at least he's made him lame." = The saddle it lay broken, = "It don't look too good," I said. = I knew from the signs I'd seen, = Our Partner might be dead. = The horse had reared and thrown him, = And the saddle it had slipped. = It slid underneath her belly, = And too near of her hips. = She kicked and pawed her rider, = And the saddle too. = She broke up all his plunder, = That was meant for Rendezvous. = She left him bruised and battered, = And had stomped on both his feet. = Then headed off to be alone, = Somewhere down Pacific Creek. = Ole Cutleg lay there for two days, = And shot up in the sky. = Hoping to be rescued, = So that he wouldn't have to die. = A Trapper rode right by him, = On a ridge way up high. = Ole Cutleg waved his blue hankie, = And the Trapper waved Good-Bye. = Well, now his wounds have mended, = And he's no longer weak. = But I'll bet he still remembers, = That time on Pacific Creek. = If you see a blue hankie waving Boys, = Always explore the source. = It might just be Ole Cutleg, = Who has fallen off his horse. = When you travel up Pacific Creek, = Or down the Yellowstone. = Take heed of this Warning Friend, = Don't ride up there alone. = By (TWO BEARDS) Rick Fisher = ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webm= ail.netscape.com. - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: 27 Oct 99 09:49:23 EDT From: Concho Smith Subject: MtMan-List: "OLD BLUE HANKIE" Oh PABLO, = Not A Fairy Tale But A Period Tale. There be a story here to tell of a man his horse and him not doing so wel= l = An old friend, a wheeler, a dealer, and now a squeeler, that can be somet= imes a menace he's known by all with the name of Dennis May we take a look at Old Pablo's tale of a ride to hell with old blue ha= nkie !! = Now, now Pablo let's not get crankie. = Concho = "OLD BLUE HANKIE" = Memories of Two Beards, Two Dogs & Cutleg = A brigade of three trappers, = Rode up Pacific Creek. = To Rendezvous with Brother Trappers, = There that we would meet. = We were early for the Rendezvous, = So we would scout the Yellowstone. = But old Cutleg didn't want to come, = Said he'd ride the trail alone. = Old Two Dogs tried to warn him, = Said "There's Grizzly in these hills", = "Ole Ephrim he might get ya, = Or your horses he could kill." = "To hell with the Griz" says he, = "And the Blackfeet too." = "I'm headed up Pacific Creek, = To be the first at Rendezvous." = Ignoring all our warnings, = In the rain he rode alone. = While Ole Two beards and Old Two Dogs, = Rode toward the Yellowstone. = We found him two days later, = At the junction of Gravel Creek. = Sitting by a pine tree, = Looking sad and kinda weak. = There was plunder scattered everywhere, = It lay out on the plains. = "He's kilt his horse" Old Two Dogs said, = "Or at least he's made him lame." = The saddle it lay broken, = "It don't look too good," I said. = I knew from the signs I'd seen, = Our Partner might be dead. = The horse had reared and thrown him, = And the saddle it had slipped. = It slid underneath her belly, = And too near of her hips. = She kicked and pawed her rider, = And the saddle too. = She broke up all his plunder, = That was meant for Rendezvous. = She left him bruised and battered, = And had stomped on both his feet. = Then headed off to be alone, = Somewhere down Pacific Creek. = Ole Cutleg lay there for two days, = And shot up in the sky. = Hoping to be rescued, = So that he wouldn't have to die. = A Trapper rode right by him, = On a ridge way up high. = Ole Cutleg waved his blue hankie, = And the Trapper waved Good-Bye. = Well, now his wounds have mended, = And he's no longer weak. = But I'll bet he still remembers, = That time on Pacific Creek. = If you see a blue hankie waving Boys, = Always explore the source. = It might just be Ole Cutleg, = Who has fallen off his horse. = When you travel up Pacific Creek, = Or down the Yellowstone. = Take heed of this Warning Friend, = Don't ride up there alone. = By (TWO BEARDS) Rick Fisher = ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webm= ail.netscape.com. - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ End of hist_text-digest V1 #396 ******************************* - To unsubscribe to hist_text-digest, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe hist_text-digest" in the body of the message.