Back in '93, three of us did an eight day ride, following the 1851 Sitgreaves
route through Northern Arizona. We started at Leroux Springs on the South
slope of the San Fransisco Peaks and ended up South Of Bill Williams Mountain
just East of Hells Canyon.
We took copies of the original journals kept by some of the army officers
(Leroux apparently didn't keep one although he was literate.) One note I
remember referred to Leroux riding a large white mule.
Good luck in your search. If you have no luck finding the book, let me know
and I'll go down to the library and find out the exact author and title for
you.
YMHOS
Vic "Barkin Dawg" Barkin
AMM #1537
Booshway of the Leroux Brigade of the Powderhorn Clan
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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 14:46:40 -0600
From: Victoria Pate <vapate@juno.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Antoine Leroux
On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 09:07:23 -0500 James Leroux
<james.leroux@sympatico.ca> writes:
> Would gratefully appreciate bibliographical information on Antoine
> Leroux who acted as guide for Captain Lorenzo Sitgreaves. Thank you
Although Antoine Leroux does not have a chapter
devoted exclusively to him, he is mentioned on pages
31, 34,191, and 267 in "French Fur Traders and
Voyageurs in the American West" edited by LeRoy R.
Hafen.
On page 34, a footnote to the mention of Leroux
reads:
Grant Foreman, "Antoine Leroux, New Mexican
Guide," New Mexican Historical Review (1941)
368, 378, and Forbes Parkhill, "The Blazed
Trail of Antoine Leroux" (Los Angeles, 1965),
66.
Victoria
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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 14:35:44 -0700
From: vnb <Victor.Barkin@NAU.EDU>
Subject: RE: MtMan-List: Antoine Leroux
>and Forbes Parkhill, "The Blazed
>Trail of Antoine Leroux" (Los Angeles, 1965)
That's the book!
Vic
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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 06:06:52 -0700
From: Mike Moore <amm1616@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Antoine Leroux
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James,
"Kit Carson's Autobiography" has a great tale of Antioine with
Kit during a raid on a Jicarilla Apache camp in October 1849 to get
back a white woman who was kidnapped. (Pages 132-5). the notes at
the bottom on the pages give a good overview to him and note him having
a good reputation as guide and being only second to Kit Carson.
In "Etienne Provost" by Jack Tykal, He is also mentioned as a member
of a early party with Pierre Lesperance. (Page 35 note, page 20 for the
story)
In may of 1814, 18 frenchmen called Phillibert's Compnay trapped the lower
front range to the spanish settlements. They were arrested and brought to
Taos
and kept there. Others who were in the group were: Michael (Francois) La
CLair,
Joseph Bissonett, Charles Beaubien and maybe Etiene Provost.
For family history, you might want to buy a copy of Carson's book, it
is easily
found in paper back and cheap, about $8.00.A lot of events are pretty
sketchy
for the early time peroid like with the Provost book, for the 1814 trapping
party
in the southwest was four years before the Choteau-DeMunn group which is
much more famous.And had the similiar fates.If I can help mmore let me
know.
mike.
my web pages
James Leroux wrote:
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James,
<br> "Kit Carson's Autobiography" has a great tale of
Antioine with
<br>Kit during a raid on a Jicarilla Apache camp in October 1849 to get
<br>back a white woman who was kidnapped. (Pages 132-5). the notes at
<br>the bottom on the pages give a good overview to him and note him having
<br>a good reputation as guide and being only second to Kit Carson.
<br> In "Etienne Provost" by Jack Tykal, He is
also mentioned as a member
<br>of a early party with Pierre Lesperance. (Page 35 note, page 20 for
the story)
<br>In may of 1814, 18 frenchmen called Phillibert's Compnay trapped the
lower
<br>front range to the spanish settlements. They were arrested and brought
to Taos
<br>and kept there. Others who were in the group were: Michael (Francois)
La CLair,
<br>Joseph Bissonett, Charles Beaubien and maybe Etiene Provost.
<br> For family history, you might want to buy a copy
of Carson's book, it is easily
<br>found in paper back and cheap, about $8.00.A lot of events are pretty
sketchy
<br>for the early time peroid like with the Provost book, for the 1814
trapping party
<br>in the southwest was four years before the Choteau-DeMunn group which
is
<br>much more famous.And had the similiar fates.If I can help mmore let
me know.
<br>
mike.
<p> <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~amm1616">my web pages</a>
<br>
<p>James Leroux wrote:
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