Re[2]: MtMan-List: Dogs at modern-day rendezvous

["Larry Huber@warnerbros.com" <Larry_Huber@warnerbros.com>]

        I am interested in period "Indian Dogs".  Dogs that were used as 
"Working" or burden dogs in pulling travois or carrying loads.  This is the 
purpose, besides food, that the Indians put them to.  Until the coming of 
the 
horse to the Plains, dog powered travois was the only alternate to carrying 
stuff yourself.  I have heard of a "Island Dogs".  Dogs found feral on 
islands 
off the coast of Carolina, etc. and an attempt made to breed them.  Have you 

heard of them?  They resemble Dingoes and other "wild dogs".  Presumably, 
they 
would look like Indian dogs.  Anyone know of these breeds?

LARRY HUBER
AMM #1517

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Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Dogs at modern-day rendezvous
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Date:    3/25/97 02:19 PM


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Lance John Brown wrote:
     
> I have to agree with this gentleman's statements.  I love dogs.  I also 
> participate in Civil War reenaacting.
...there will be a major problem with this. 
>
> A dog lover forever,
>
> Brownie
     
 I have read with interest all of the posts concerning my original about
dogs at rendesvous. Each objection is a legitimate one and I would feel 
the same if it were someone elses dog that was causing me a problem. I 
don't allow those kinds of problems with my dogs and feel every 
responsible dog owner should be in control no matter what the breed or 
activity. I merely asked the question for information purposes as I have 
seen numerous ads that specifically reject "pets". I assumed this to 
mean dogs. I have never attended a rendesvous so I am unfamiliar. My 
interests lie in the historical aspects of longrifles and the dogs that 
I raise, both being "native American" and contemporary to each other. 
Additionally the time frame spans several centuries not just the decades 
of the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade. I am as interested in that period as 
much as any other however. I currently own a Southern Mountain rifle in 
.40 cal. and am building a Santa Fe Hawken in .54 [of course]. After I 
finish the kit, I plan to build from scratch an early full-stock Hawken. 
I infer from earlier references that Cur dogs could have been on the 
trail with some of the mountain men but I don't mean to imply that this 
was the case. I am searching for primary documentation (hopefully with a 
description of the dog). The use of the dog in its natural role is also 
of value; the use of the dog as a food source for whatever reason is of 
less interest.
I would like to thank all of you who have supplied reference material. 
It has been interesting reading.
Steve