ASIN: B00NGOXLMG
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 98
"One of the well-known scouts and western characters whose life on the plains would stretch over...half a century." -Old Bill Williams, Mountain Man (1981)"The allure of the uncivilized life is best explained by Hamilton." -HorseMuleGrizzlyIndianBuffalo Wrecks of the Frontier West (1996)"Hamilton described each of his 1842 trapping companions armed with a rifle, two pistols, a tomahawk, and a large knife, commonly called 'tooth-picker.'" -Gunsmoke and Saddle Leather (2005)"Free trappers joined together for protection...Hamilton mentions a company of 20 trappers who organized on this basis...a shot signified Indians and brought everyone to alert." -Vanguards of the Frontier (1941) In writing this book the author had only one end in view, that of relating in a simple way his experiences as a mountaineer. In these days, when such experiences are fast becoming a thing of the past, the story ...
