Sorry I didn't get back to you any sooner but what you ordered is what is
described in the Ben Hunt book. He calls them Alaskan Eskimo Snow Shoes but
it probably don't matter all that much as long as they are wood and rawhide.
I have a pair of "Alaskan" shoes and "Ojibway" shoes as shown on that
Adirondack web site. I generally always use the Alaskans as they have
slightly more carrying cap. I also use an "Indian hitch" as described in the
Ben Hunt Book to fasten the shoes to my feet rather than the leather strap
and buckle system that is normally sold. I also like to use them with
puckertoe/centerseam/vamped brain tan mocs rather than rubber shoe packs.
Capt. Lahti'
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Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 13:22:08 EST
From: SWcushing@aol.com
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: She's nakid!
Hallo Dennis,
<<I traded Buck Conner out of one made by Ken Wee....>>
That's funny....A while back Buck asked me if I had any I'd let go! ....din't know you got his...<G> I've been terrorizing critters for about 30 years with a bow, but have been out smarted more often than not....still great fun!
Ymos,
Magpie
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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 14:01:51 -0500
From: "Dennis Miles" <deforge1@bright.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: She's nakid!
Magpie
I got it and I am a keepin' it..<G> I had always shot recurves... Got my
first "good" one back in 1971, a #55 pound pull from Herters in Minn. While
on vacation... $125. Alot of dinero for an 11 yr old. Man, did I have to
work my butt off that Summer..<G> (My Dad was a Surveyer & Civil Engineer
and I was a "chain boy" which included driving iron spikes in pavement,
tote'n stuff, chopping thru weeds and anything else he didn't want to do....
Come to think about it, I paid for that bow for several years..<G>)
I have taked several deer with that bow, and still use it on occassion, but
the self bow has stolen my heart..<BG>
D
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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 13:31:25 -0800
From: "Larry Huber" <shootsprairie@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Wire Coat Hangers
I agree. Of course I assume Glenn's friend was a trader and had a rack of
capotes hung up for sale. I've seen wire coat hangers in traders' tents for
that purpose...and I've seen sticks and cord used the same way. Depends on
the Rendezvous rules. Also, the friend seemed embarrassed by the "modern"
intrusion into the period world. I thought it showed concern and a desire
to learn. I learned something by Glenn's post and would like to know more.
Got any pictures?
Larry Huber
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From: Addison Miller <admiller@brier.net>
To: <hist_text@lists.xmission.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 6:32 AM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Wire Coat Hangers
> Once again we fall back on... "Whats in my tent is nobodys business..."
If
> some dog soldier wants to come into my tent (not dianond fly, etc... but
> TENT), and inspect whats in there, then they are gonna have a fight on
their
> hands. Outside where the public or other reenactors can see, I am period
as
> can be.
>
> Ad Miller
> Alderson, WV
>
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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 14:38:32 -0700
From: "Walt Foster" <Wfoster@cw2.com>
Subject: RE: MtMan-List: She's nakid!
She's nakid, beautiful, and on the cover of "Instinctive Archer" magazine...
well, mebbe "bare" is a better word. The bow was built for me by Dean Torges
out of osage, and backed with bamboo. For a self bow, it's a rocket
launcher, and primitive enough for most rendezvous... Now if I could just
learn to shoot!...<G> Ymos, Magpie
Magpie,
Bring that bow along with your archery tackle for that bow over here and I
will bet I can make a better shooter out of you overnight. Big gamble huh?
<vbg>
Original Rocky Mountain College 1836-1837
Clark Bottom Rendezvous
Yellowstone Canoe Camp
On the Lewis & Clark Trail
Park City, Montana
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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 14:38:34 -0700
From: "Walt Foster" <Wfoster@cw2.com>
Subject: RE: MtMan-List: "Cultural Appropriation"
In a message dated 12/5/0 03:36:39 PM, deafstones@yahoo.com writes:
<<I've been amused by a few of these 'demonstrations' of religious
ceremonies in tipis at rendezvous. After one such demo, I gave my equally
inept demonstration of a Jewish ceremony and was told to leave! Oh well.
Yeah, it was inappropriate; so?>>
Love It!!
R. James
Hello Deafstones and R. James,
Where are you seeing this kind of activity?
Walt
Original Rocky Mountain College 1836-1837
Clark Bottom Rendezvous
Yellowstone Canoe Camp
On the Lewis & Clark Trail
Park City, Montana
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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 14:42:13 -0700
From: "Walt Foster" <Wfoster@cw2.com>
Subject: RE: MtMan-List: Ojibway style snowshoes
I generally always use the Alaskans as they have
slightly more carrying cap. I also use an "Indian hitch" as described in the
Ben Hunt Book to fasten the shoes to my feet rather than the leather strap
and buckle system that is normally sold. I also like to use them with
puckertoe/centerseam/vamped brain tan mocs rather than rubber shoe packs.
Capt. Lahti'
Hello Capt',
I like the way you have your snowshoes set up. The big long so called
Alaskan or trail snowshoe was the only one I found that would carry my
weight and a quarter of elk. Over deep soft snow as can be found on the
front range of the mountains around the Original Lewis and Clark pass near
Alice Creek and Green Mountain. The one where they said they could see the
cloud moisture of the 5 great falls of the Missouri about 80 miles away.
Good hunting.
Walt
Original Rocky Mountain College 1836-1837
Clark Bottom Rendezvous
Yellowstone Canoe Camp
On the Lewis & Clark Trail
Park City, Montana
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From: "Matthew Hawley" <nastybeaver@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: please take me off the list
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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 13:58:22 -0800 (PST)
From: S Jones <deafstones@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: MtMan-List: "Cultural Appropriation"
- --- Walt Foster <Wfoster@cw2.com> wrote:
> Hello Deafstones and R. James,
>
> Where are you seeing this kind of activity?
>
> Walt
> Original Rocky Mountain College 1836-1837
> Clark Bottom Rendezvous
> Yellowstone Canoe Camp
> On the Lewis & Clark Trail
> Park City, Montana
The two High Plains NMLRA National Rendezvouses held in Camp Jordaan by
Larned, KS. The first in 1985 put on by the Jedediah Smith Muzzling Club
of Dodge City, Kansas where I was a first time visitor. Twas the best
Rendezvous I've ever attended and I joined that club though I lived 90
miles away. The second one sponsored by the Kansas Muzzleloading
Association; I was on the work crew then. Another good run run by a
different crew and philosophy. A few regional ones in Kansas and one in
Northwest Oklahoma. The second National is the one I was referring to. No
names of witnesses will be offered, probably forgotten by others anyway.
Save for a great State Shoot in Missouri, two Kansas-Nebraska Joint
Rendezvous Nebraska, Primitive Rendezvous in Holly, Colorado and Laverne,
Oklahoma, I haven't been to alot. The best ones were out of state due to
new history, locales and people of course. Got to get out of our wagon
wheel ruts, you know?
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What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.
