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.)
about 10 oClock a party of 200 men Started the diferent nations to
Reinforce a party gon before them In pursute of Stolen Horses With
orders to Pursu till the Caught them—the Indeans manefest a more frendly
disposion and Intimate an Intention of moveing down the River In
Consequance of the many Horses Stolen from them Heare—betwen 4 and 500
Horses Have [been] Stolen from them Since We arived and mostly from the
Pens in the Center of the vilege surrounded by upwards of seven Hunderd
lodges of Wachfull Indeans—the Ware Parties Returned Without Efecting any
thing Except those on foot Wore the Soles off their mockesons—
29th nov 1821
the Snow Has Intirely disappeered and the ground dry as dust—
the Remainder of the War partey Have all Returned
on our Way up the River before our arivel at the Indeans Camp I broke
one of the glasses out of my Specks—and on puting them on one day I soon
felt the Hand of an Indean grasp them from my face He maid off as fast
as poseble I gave up the Specks for lost but Head no moad of Replaceing
them—In a Short time I Heard great Shouting and laffing and looking to
See What Was the Caus I discovered the Indean that Head taken my Specks
Leading an other With the Specks on His face the felow Was Led up to me
and I was shoon that He Head but on Eye—and that the Specks Wold Sute Him
better [than] me as the Head but one glass Heare Eanded the Joack the
Returned the Specks in much good Humor amongst all the Ware present
30th november 1821
Pased this day With out any diffigualty Prepareing Some Hunters to trap
in the mountains.
1st Decembr 1821
fine Weather nothing new—
2nd norr [Dec.] 1821
an alarm of the Enemy found two of the Horses Soposed to be stolen—the
Ietan braught them In—the Hunters detained on act of an alarm—
3rd Decmbr 1821
Started the trappers under the Command of Slover—and With Him
Simpson—maxwell—Pryer Findley and Taylor
4th Decmbr 1821
Fine Weather for the Season this day termenated Without any
difegualty—the Ietan Cheef Sick Sent for Conl glann to give Some medeson
but declined In consequance of His former bad Conduct
6th Decm 1821
Fine Weather the Indeans talk of moveing the Buffelow are now drove to
Some distance and this I [is] not to [be] thought Straing as about one
Hunderd of them are Eaten In Camp Each day Sinc our aRivel
7th Decm 1821
Fine Weather—nothing new to day
8th Decm 1821
the morning fine Weather the Indeans Still talk of moving but as yet
Remain Heare—the furnish [us] With Plenty of the best of buffelow meet at
a low Rate bu do not Wish us to Hunt them our Selves—aledgeing We Wold
drive the Buffelow all off the Ietan Cheef Calling fore Some medecon a
day or two back and find[ing] His Complaint Was not dangerous Conl glann
gave Him Some Rice and Black Pepper With derections to boil and make soop
of it—to day He paid us a viset Pufed up and Well as Ever the Arrapoho
Cheef Says He Was Restored to Health by the Same medeson—
9th Decmbr 1821
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