The Journal of Jacob Fowler: Narrating an Adventure from Arkansas Through the Indian; Territory, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico, to; the Sources of Rio Grande del Norte, 1821-22 — John Shaqi
The Journal of Jacob Fowler: Narrating an Adventure from Arkansas Through the Indian; Territory, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico, to; the Sources of Rio Grande del Norte, 1821-22Fowler, Jacob
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The Journal of Jacob Fowler: Narrating an Adventure from Arkansas Through the Indian; Territory, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico, to; the Sources of Rio Grande del Norte, 1821-22
Fowler, Jacob
Arkansas River -- Description and travel; Fowler, Jacob, 1765-1850 -- Diaries; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century; Fur traders -- West (U.S.) -- Diaries; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Diaries; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; West (U.S.)
meat—on examening His mouth We found that three of His teeth Ware broken
off near the gums Which We Sopose Was the Caus of His not killing the man
at the first Bite—and the one not Broke to be the Caus of the Hole in the
Right [temple] Which killed the man at last—the Hunters killed two deer
Cased the Skins for Baggs We dryed out the Bares oil and Caryed it with
us the Skin Was all so taken Care of—
14th novembr 1821
We lay in Camp takeing Care of the Wounded man and takeing the Bareing of
the three principle points of the mountains[57] as the appeer—
the first mountain or grand Peek Bares N 75 W—
the Second South 75 No W
South Eand of same Sᵒ 75 W
3ʳᵈ mountain Sᵒ 70 W—
South Eand Sᵒ 69 W—
there is on this forke a Continuation of timber and Brush the princeple
trees are Cotten Wood With Some Boxelder and Some Small Black locust
15th
all posible Care Was taken of the Wounded man for Which purpose We lay
in Camp
16th
the unfortnet man died at day Brake—and Was Berred near the Bank With a
Strong Pen of logs over Him to prevent the Bares or Wolves from Scraching
Him up—this Is the [first] anemel of the kind We Have met With—
Heare Conl glann Haveing the Command of the party acted as the
adminestrater and ordered the dead mans property Sold to the Highest
bidder—and Was Sold as followes
one Short Riffel and papetis [?] to george Duglass $15.00
one muskets Barrl to Jacob Fowler 5.00
one Blanket to Eli Ward 10.00
2 vest to pall a Blackman 2.00
Sundry small artickels to dudley Maxwell 1.75
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$33.75
the Hole amting thirty three dollrs Which Each man Has to act [account]
With Conl glann for What He purchased—
the timber on this fork is mostly Cotten Wood Some Boxelder and Some
Small Black locust—the Bottoms are fine and large—With great droves of
Elk and Buffelow and Sign of more of the White Bare—there are all So
Wild Horses deer and Caberey the trees on the main River are Small but
Some of those on the fork are large Enof to mak a Connue—the Watter
In the fork is Sofecient to turn a large Sett [of] mills at this dry
Season and Heare is timber for a Small Settlement—Stone In the Bluffs
are In abondance for Building and fenceing—after Settleing all things We
moved up the River South 73 West 12 miles[58] to a Small Bottom Covered
With trees—on the South Side of the River—Haveing pased one Branch[59]
at Six miles and one[59] at nine miles boath on the north Side of the
River—and opeset the first the River bore about Six miles to our
Right—from our Camp Heare We took the bareing of the mountains—1st Nᵒ 72
W—2nd S 76 W 3rd Sᵒ 70 W—at this Camp on the Bluffs Was the appeerance of
lead But We Head no time to Examen
17th novr 1821 Satterday
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