MtMan-List: Breckenridge Quote

[Clay Landry <Landry@wtp.net>]

At 10:41 AM 3/31/97 -0700, you wrote:
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>Probably the one historical incidence that most lends itself to this 
>question is John Colter's long trek  in 1807, to look for the Crow 
>Indians at Manuel Lisa's request.
>
>"Carrying a thirty-pound pack containing powder, lead, traps, jerkey, 
>and a buffalo robe he left the fort alone, armed with his Hawken 
>rifle and skinning knife." This quote comes from _Views of Louisiana_ 
>by Breckenridge in which he says he is quoting The Missouri Gazette,
>presumably around 1810.
>
Mr. Driver -My copy of Breckenridge's quote in reference to John Colter's
October 1808 trip to find the Crows reads, 

"He [Lisa] shortly after dispatched Coulter, the hunter before mentioned, to
bring some of the Indian nations to trade. This man, with a pack of thirty
pounds weight, his gun, and some ammunition, went upwards of five hundred
miles to the Crow Nation; gave them information, and proceeded from them to
several other tribes." Views of Louisiana by H.M. Breckenridge, page 91;
re-quoted page 82 of "John Colter-His Years In the Rockies, by Burton Harris

Why do you suppose there is such a difference ??








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