> Some of you know that I live in a small city in Texas and my neighborhood
is
> "diverse".....people from northern European extraction, others are Latino
> and there is a big house about half a block away that is populated by some
> sort of loud religious group. Gotta band. Used to call such folks "holy
> rollers".
> That said....about 20 minutes ago, on a bright, warm Saturday afternoon
> there came down North Robinson street in Cleburne, Texas a parade paced by
> two hooting police cars followed by maybe 150 people, mostly Mexicans.
Two
> teenagers were out front of the others. One was carrying an American flag
> and another was carrying what is commonly called the Christian flag.....if
> you ever went to Vacation Bible School you know the flag....and following
> behind them were two more teenagers carrying a whopping American flag.
> Following them were dozens of kids from about 8 to about 15, many of whom
> were blowing police whistles (?). Then came a truck pulling a large
trailer
> that had a band on it, compete with a girl singer, and they were playing
> patriotic and what I assumed were religious music. In Spanish. Loud.
There
> were young adults carrying donation containers for the American Red Cross.
> I put in all my pocket change. Then came maybe 75-100 others folks,
> striding down the street. Looked like Americans to me. Damned if my big,
> hairy legged mountain man ass just stood there on my porch and teared up.
I
> am proud of every one of those young folks. I would wager that none of
them
> sass their parents, talk back to their teachers or steal to get dope. I
> hope your town has some kids just like them. I am sure proud of this
bunch.
> God bless all of them and God bless America.
> I'm off my stump now. Carry on.
> Lanney Ratcliff
>
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Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 02:12:10 EDT
From: WSmith4100@aol.com
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: off topic
Well, said, Lanney. Well said.
Sleeps Loudly
Boise, ID
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Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 07:52:56 -0400
From: hikingonthru@cs.com
Subject: MtMan-List: Somewhat OT: Creating Native Persona
Ho Camp,
I know some of us are really into fur trade - RMFT and earlier - and have pretty well established personas and outfits. I am getting interested in developing a native american persona...one of a late 18th/early 19th century eastern native whose tribe got involved in the fur trade (as you can tell it is still in the planning stages). I am having a pretty difficult time finding resources on the dress, esp. hairstyles and headgear, but pretty much all data in general. I do not want this to be a generic persona. I am looking for resources that will allow me to paint a picture in my mind of what the tribes (Iriquois Confed. & Cherokee) were going through culturally and politically from F&I through RMFT so I can really develop a good persona...a person that can say what his background was and how he got to where he is "today".
If any of you are have this info., do native personas of any time period, or have data-links please respond to me offlist!!!
Thanks in advance!
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Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 14:26:51 EDT
From: GazeingCyot@cs.com
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Native American/ Mt. Men Hoof care?
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Hello in the camp
David your right the stock of RMFT were hard footed critters. I have been
working with
Spanish Barbs. The type of horse used during the fur trade and the ones I've
been working with have some of the best feet I've seen on a horse. Hard as
hell and seem stay in good shape for the most part. So long as they are kept
in a large enough area that they can move around and kept on dry ground.
Their feet stay in good shape. The one horse that had here for year half
never did needed to be trimmed. In fact the one time I did have shoes put on
him the shoer only ran his rasp across the bottom of his hoof a couple of
times to set the shoe and that was all that was needed. Out of the two two
year old marries I have here now only one of them has ever been trimmed and
that was because it was kept in a small muddy corral for one winter and the
hooves did not have a chance to ware down.
With as much as the horses were used back then I bought that trimming was
ever much of a concern. Hooves being wore down to the quick was more of a
concern. But as hard as their hooves are they would go a lot farther then any
of our modern over breed horses of today before this would be a problem, I
have read of raw hide boots being used when the feet became tender.
on the trail
Crazy Cyot
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>Hello in the camp
<BR>David your right the stock of RMFT were hard footed critters. I have been working with
<BR>Spanish Barbs. The type of horse used during the fur trade and the ones I've been working with have some of the best feet I've seen on a horse. Hard as hell and seem stay in good shape for the most part. So long as they are kept in a large enough area that they can move around and kept on dry ground. Their feet stay in good shape. The one horse that had here for year half never did needed to be trimmed. In fact the one time I did have shoes put on him the shoer only ran his rasp across the bottom of his hoof a couple of times to set the shoe and that was all that was needed. Out of the two two year old marries I have here now only one of them has ever been trimmed and that was because it was kept in a small muddy corral for one winter and the hooves did not have a chance to ware down.
<BR>With as much as the horses were used back then I bought that trimming was ever much of a concern. Hooves being wore down to the quick was more of a concern. But as hard as their hooves are they would go a lot farther then any of our modern over breed horses of today before this would be a problem, I have read of raw hide boots being used when the feet became tender.
<BR>on the trail
<BR>Crazy Cyot</FONT></HTML>
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