Meriwether Lewis at Harpers Ferry Edward S. Curtis on the Trail of Lewis and Clark the Encounter at Travelers’ Rest
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Presidential Message • Letters • Book Reviews • Along the Trail Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation May 2016 Volume 42, No. 2 Meriwether Lewis at Harpers Ferry Edward S. Curtis on the Trail of Lewis and Clark The Encounter at Travelers’ Rest PlusThe Rhyme of the Great Navigator, Part 2 the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal VOLUME 9 - 2015 The Mystery of Alfred Jacob Miller’s Portrait of Captain Joseph Reddeford Walker by Vic Nathan Barkin Questioning the identity of the person whose portrait Miller painted, the image of Joe Walker may not be him at all. Wolverines in the Fur Trade by Fred Poyner IV Though the beaver was the most sought after animal during the fur trade era, many other creatures were trapped. The 1808 Murder Trial of George Drouillard by Melissa Tiffie An in-depth look at an early St. Louis legal case, examining frontier justice using actual court documents. Exploring Rocky Mountain Trapper Productivity by Jim Hardee Attempts to quantify beaver trapping, searching to discover how many pelts a mountaineer might reasonably expect to harvest in a twelve month period. Informative, fun, and inspiring to read! Blackfeet Peacemaker: The Search for Nicholas Small Robe by George Capps The search for the Piegan man who urged peaceful trade with neighboring tribes as well as with trappers. A peer-reviewed scholarly publication from the Museum of the Mountain Man and Jim Bridger Challenges the HBC in the post-Rendezvous Era Sublette County Historical Society by Jerry Enzler A study of fur trade competition in the 1840s, utilizing Full Color Paperback, 8 x 11 important documents recently discovered in the Hudson’s ISBN: 978-0-9768113-9-1 Bay Company Archives. Archibald Pelton, Mad Man of the Mountains To order visit our website at by Larry E. Morris www.mmmuseum.com The tragic tale of a young mountaineer and contemporary of or call 307-367-4101 or 1-877-686-6266 Andrew Henry, Manuel Lisa, and Wilson Price Hunt. MUSEUM of the MOUNTAIN MAN Sublette County Historical Society-A Foundation P.O. Box 909, 700 E. Hennick St., Pinedale, Wyoming 82941 tel 307-367-4101 fax 307-367-6768 [email protected] www.mmmuseum.com Contents A Message from the President 3 Letters 5 Meriwether Lewis at Harpers Ferry 6 By Joseph D. Jeffrey Edward S. Curtis on the Trail of Lewis and Clark 14 By Robert E. Gatten, Jr. Harpers Ferry, p. 6 The Rhyme of the Great Navigator: 17 The Literature of Captain Cook and Its Influence on the Journals of Lewis and Clark Part 2: The Grandest Sight By David L. Nicandri Who Were They? 24 An Examination of the Encounter at Travelers’ Rest, September 10, 1805 By Jack Puckett Reviews: Trogdon, The Unknown Travels and Dubious Pursuits of 28 William Clark, reviewed by Jay Buckley; Bouvier, Brown Water: A Narrative of My Personal Journey in the Wake of Lewis and Clark, Edward S. Curtis on the Trail, p. 15 reviewed by John Fisher; Fenn, Encounters at the Heart of the World, A History of the Mandan People, reviewed by Larry Epstein LCTHF Board Visits the Wild, Wild West 32 Along the Trail: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Inside Back Cover On the cover: “Principal Cascade of the Missouri” [Great Falls, Montana], History of the expedition, Vol. 1, Dublin 1817. Courtesy of Lewis & Clark College Watzek Library Special Collections and Archives On the back cover: Harpers Ferry from Maryland Heights. Courtesy Janice and Jerry Wilson Captain James Cook, p. 18 We Proceeded On welcomes submissions of articles, proposals, inquiries, and letters. 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Order your miss- in February, May, August, and November by Washington State University Press in Pullman, ing issues to complete your set. Call Washington, for the Lewis and Clark Trail 1-888-701-3434, mail your request to Heritage Foundation, P.O. Box 3434, Great Falls, Montana 59403. Current issue: P.O. Box 3434, Great Falls, MT 59403, May 2016, volume 42, No. 2, ISSN or order at [email protected]. 02275-6706 Incorporated in 1969 under $10 originals or cds Missouri General Not-For-Profit Corporation act. IRS Exemption $4 shipping & handling Certificate No. 501(c)3, Identification No. 510187715. 2 We Proceeded On May 2016 A Message from the President I’ve just returned from Washington, DC, where I joined a team represent- ing the Lewis and Clark Trail Heri- tage Foundation at the annual “Hike the Hill” conference sponsored jointly by the American Hiking Association and the Partnership for the National Trails System (PNTS). Our founda- tion team consisted of Past President Margaret Gorski (also serving on the PNTS board), Vice President Philippa Newfield, Executive Director Lindy Hatcher (also serving on a PNTS com- COURTESY, STEVE LEE COURTESY, mittee), Phillip Gordon, and me. Our At left, Senator John Tester of Montana with Steve Lee. time was spent visiting staff from the Department of Interior, Department areas. They appreciatively received us a Boy Scout project, the development of Agriculture, ten U.S. Senate offices, and listened to our message. of the Meriwether game, and last June and ten U.S. House of Representatives This illustrates the importance of our first two National History Day offices. our foundation programs and why I awards: “The Corps of Discovery” I very much enjoyed spreading am announcing a campaign to build Junior and Senior awards. The foun- the word about our great foundation our education and research program dation has committed to these student and informing those with whom we through the Burroughs-Holland/ prizes for two more years. (For more met about what we do to support the Bicentennial Education Fund. Let’s set information, go to www.nhd.org.) Lewis and Clark National Historic a goal of adding $25,000 to this fund, The new guidelines for the Trail. Philippa and I both talked with which currently has a value close to Burroughs-Holland/Bicentennial Edu - Forest Service Chief Thomas Tidwell $100,000 and currently produces an cation fund reflect the goals of the two and let him know how important For- annual distribution of about $5,000. named donors. For example, we seek est Service access roads are to our trail.