Museum of the Fur Trade Quarterly Table of Contents

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Vol. 1, No. 1
Collection Corner--18th Century Pipe Tomahawk Voyageurs Cup.
The Chinook Jargon--Trade Language
Tecumseh's Fusil
Fur Trade in Minnesota 1856.

Vol. 1, No. 2
The Fort Pierre-Fort Laramie Trail.        
A Rifle from Fort Union 1851.

Vol. 1, No. 3
The Oglala Sioux Sun Dance,
Jacob Dickert, Pennsylvania Riflesmith.
Captain Mayne Reid
Collection Corner--1850 Tomahawk.

Vol. 1, No. 4
Kit Carson Gun (St. Louis Shotgun)
Weighing the Goods (Scales).
The Fur Trade Lore of Manly Hardy (19th century Maine).

Vol. 2, No. 1
Life of James Bordeaux.

Vol. 2, No. 2
Fort Klock, Mohawk Trading Post
Collector's Corner--Buffalo Head Anvil,
A Green River Knife and Sheath from the Southern Plains.
Trading on the Missouri and Upper Mississippi, 183l.
Licenses To Trade.

Vol. 2, No. 3
Government Purchases of Treaty Goods.
The Indian Garden Project.
The Fur Trade and the Emerging Geography of North America, Part
1.

Vol. 2, No. 4
Two Relics of the Wounded Knee Massacre.
The Mountain Man's Saddle.
The Fur Trade and the Emerging Geography of North America, Part
II.

Vol. 3, No. 1
Western Nebraska in 1876.
Kit Carson Gun, Sequel.
Russian Traders in Alaska.
Chief's Rifle--1812.

Vol. 3, No. 2
Dedication of the Bordeaux Post.
Robe and Fur Presses.
Weights and Measures and Money in 1800.
Collection Corner--What in a Beaver Trap.

Vol. 3, No. 3
Cover: Map of the Lead Country.
St. Louis Shot Tower.
The Fur Trade in its Declining Years.
Turlington's Balsam Bottles.

Vol. 3, No. 4
Henry Deringer's "Guns for Indians."
The Deadly Arrow.
Collection Corner--American Bowie Knife,

Vol. 4, No. 1
Northwest Company Token (Cover)
Trade Notes and Tokens.

Vol. 4, No. 2
Rosebud Historical Conference
John Halgarth, Western Trapper
Presents for the Six Nations--Source Material.

Vol. 4, No. 3
The Post War Indian Gun Trade.
Collection Corner - Seneca Gun Lock of 1660.

Vol. 4, No. 4
A Mail Shirt of the Fur Trade Period.
The Wooden Powder Keg.
Kit Carson.

Vol. 5, No. 1 and 2 (double issue).
The Tranaverse Pan Trap.
The Fall of Michilimackinac--Source material.
Collection Corner--Escopetas.
J. B. Moneravie.
Stinking Bear's Bonnet.

Vol. 5,  No. 3
The Battle of Crow Butte.
A Cree Bow with Sinew Backing.
Gun Worms.
A Trader's License.

Vol. 5, No. 4
Fremont's Trappers--Source Material.
Cards at the Rendezvous.
A Breastplate of Dragons.
Notes on Canadian Powder Horns.

Vol. 6, No. 1
The Hand Dag.
"A Succinct Narrative of Captain Beering's Travels into Siberia" 
-- Source Material 1714.

Vol. 6, No. 2
The Fancy Fur Trade--Source Material.
A Buck for a Dollar.
Ginseng in the Fur Trade.
Collection Corner.- Vintage Buffalo Guns or the Garden Variety,

Vol. 6,  No. 3
The Mexican Traders.
Kutenai Tea From James Willard Schultz.
Elkhorn Scraper Bits.

Vol. 6,  No. 4
John Kinzie and His Gun.
Lead Bars from the St. Louis Shot Tower.
The Epkimo Trade Ninety Years Ago.

Vol. 7,  No. 1
Covers Bringing Fur Down the North Missourie.
Upper Missouri Miscellany.
Maple Sugar in the Fur Trade.
Instructions for Hiring Voyageurs.
Collection Corner--Bowl-Making Adze.

Vol. 7,  No. 2
COVER: Medal issues in 1757
Indian Awls
Indian Trade Documents
Collection Corner - Leman Indian Rifle

Vol. 7, No. 3
Cover: Beaver Bronze by Gary Schifdt
A Paper of Vermilion
The Dutch Fur Trade - Source Material
Trade Goods for the Susquehannock

Vol. 7, No. 4
Cover: Red Hunter, pen sketch by Dave Paulley
Trade Fire Steels
Sefroy Iott
Charles Parker's Britannia on the Steamboat Bertrand

Vol. 8, No. 1
Cover: Silver Trade Beaver
Castoreum
Butcher Knives as Historical Sources
Trade Goods in Oto Indian Costumes

Vol. 8, No. 2
Cover: Sketch of Indian Bull Boats at Fort Berthold by R. F. Kurz
The Bull Boat of the Plains Indians and the Fur Trade

Vol. 8, No. 3
Cover: Original Pencil Sketch by A. St. Onge
A Unique Trade Object from the Northwest
Bears Oil in the Fur Trade
The C H & S Northwest Gun

Vol. 8, No. 4
Cover: The American Sable or Pine Marten
The American or Pine-Marten - Source Material
Upper Missouri Arrow Points

Vol. 9, No. 1
Cover: Early Trade Tobacco Box
Iron Tobacco Boxes
The Furs We Wear
The Plum-Pit Game

Vol. 9, No. 2
Cover: Full Size Sketch of Late Type Lock for Hudson's Bay
Northwest Gun
Buckskinner Rendezvous on Bordeaux Creek
Noted Blanket Manufacturer Visits Museum
Northwest Gun Locks
More on St. Louis Shot Tower

Vol. 9, No. 3
Cover: George Catlin Painting of a Waco Chief
Notes on French Medals
The Abalone Shell as a Trade Item

Vol. 9, No. 4
Cover: Engraving of Mexican Atajo or Mule Caravan.
Aparejos and Arrieros
A 19th Century Crescent Blade Pipe Tomahawk
Files from the Steamboat Bertrand

Vol. 10, No. 1 and 2
Notes on Two Paiute Burials and Associated Artifacts by George
Metcalf

Vol. 10, No. 3
Covers Museum of the Fur Trade Distinguished Service Modal
Powder Kegs from the Steamboat Bertrand
The Spanish Axe

Vol. 10, No. 4
Cover: Youle's Shot Tower
The Trader's Cassette
Kit Carson Saddle

Vol. 11, No. 1
The Fur Trade of Greenland
Oglala Hair Pipe Breastplates
Cover: Eskimo with Harpoon by Carol Cline

Vol. 11, No. 2
Cover: Flags of the Fur Trade
Russian American Company Flag
Arming the Trader and His Clarks, by the Engagees
The Crooked Knife, by C. E. Hanson, Jr.
Massachusetts Views of Trade to the Northwest Coast, Source
Material

Vol. 11, No. 3
Covers Mountain Men
The Mountain Man's Outfit
David Armit, HBC Trader

Vol. 11, No. 4
Cover: The Pit Saw
The Pit Saw
Box Elder Sugar
The Hide Hunter's Scale
Fort Pierre - Source Material

Vol. 12, No. 1
Cover: Steamboat at Ft. Benton on the Missouri
First Steamboat to Pt. Union - Source Material
Lancets on the Frontier by Bernard Levine
The Point Blanket, by C. E. Hanson, Jr.

Vol. 12, No. 2
Cover: Sketch of the Chadron Crook Trading Post
The Chadron Creek Trading Post, by C. E. Hanson, Jr. and Veronica
Sue-Walters

Vol. 12, No. 3
Cover: Chocolate Plant
Chocolate in the Fur Trade
The Nutria and the Beaver Hat
Collection Corner - Trade Gun from the Yellowstone

Vol. 12, No. 4
The Swanskin
New Light on the Origin of Indian Silver Headstalls
Trade Rifle Chargers

Vol. 13, No. 1
Cover: l9th Century Painting of Canadian Missionary with Beaded
Indian Cap
Pioneer Profile, by B. Miles Gilbert
The Beaded Glengarry by C. E. Hanson, Jr.
A Unique Southern Rifle, by Otto Moeller

Vol. 13, No. 2
Cover: Tom Sims, Jr., receiving Distinguished Service Medal
Now Trading Post Memorial Near Chadron
The Greatest Years of Hide Hunting, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.

Vol. 13, No. 3
Cover: Trade Token of Seth E. Ward at Ft. Laramie
Treaty Presents at Fort Laramie, 1867, by Robert A. Murray
Trade Goods im Colonial New England, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Collection Corner - The Buffalo Knife

Vol. 13, No. 4
Cover: Silver,Plate in the Cheek Piece of the Ferdinand Kennett
Rifle
The Kermett Hawken Rifle, by John T. Powell

Vol. 14, No. 1
Cover: Quaint Woodcut of Mexican Carrying a Sword
News and Views
A Pre-Civil War Catlinite Pipe, etc., by Gene Galloway
The Espada Ancha, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.

Vol. 14, No. 2
Some Thoughts for Buckskinners by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
The Square-Jawed Beaver Trap
Collection Corner - The Stock Lock
A Gallery of Acculturation

Vol. 14, No. 3
Cover: Nineteenth Century London Shot Tower
Marks on I. Wilson Knives, by Lee Burke
Lead in the Fur Trade, by C. E. Hanson, Jr.

Vol. 14, No. 4
Mike Fink and the Keelboat Men
Indian Slaves for Spanish Horses by Steven Horvath, Jr.
John Nigel George's Collection of Gun Flints, by Charles E.
Hanson, Jr.
A Dutch Fur Trade Cannon - Photo Feature

Vol. 15, No. 1
Cover: "Spaniard of the Back Country 1760"
From the Editor
The Spanish Cross Stirrup, by C. E. Hanson, Jr.
St. Louis in 1809 and 1829 - Source Material
Axes and Tomahawks, by the "Engages"

Vol. 15, No. 2
Cover: British Sentry in Blanket Coat, ca. 1780
Notes on Point Blankets in the Military Service by Frederick C.
Gaede and E. Bryce Workman
Some Observations on Nineteenth Century Canadian Clothing, by the
"Engages"
German Silver

Vol. 15, No. 3
Cover: Glen Ungerman and Ed Garret peel rubber latex mold from
Robidoux inscription
Antoine Robidoux's Note Saved for Posterity
Henry Deringer and the Indian Trade by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
The French Fiddle - Source Material

Vol. 15, No. 4
Cover: The Bee Hunter, by Alfred Jacob Miller
The Bee Hunter, by James A. Hanson
Burning Glasses, by the "Engages"
Collection Corner - The Water Gourd
List of the London Gunmakers for 1845 and Schedule of Shot -
Source Material

Vol. 16, No. 1
Cover: Bull-Boating
"James Bridger et al., Boat Builders" The Skin Canoes of the
Great Plains and Rockies by James A. Hanson
Some Notes on Tents in the Western Fur Trade by Charles Hanson
The Ohio Indian Trade, Source Material

Vol. 16, No. 2
Cover: Original pen-sketch of western trading post by John
Barsotti
Our Twenty-Fifth Anniversarv
The Portage Collar, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Thomas W. Burney: A Virginia Trader and Blacksmith in the Ohio
Valley, by Stanley W. Baker
Collection Corner - Fremont Prize Rifle?

Vol. 16, No. 3
Cover: Early Oil Painting of Bissonette Trading Post on Bordeaux
Creek
Joseph Bissonette's Last Trading Post, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
"A Paper of Flints," by E. M. Phillips
Notes on the Physical Appearance of American Point Blankets for
Plains Indiana in the 1860's, by the "Engages"
Collection Corner - Belgian Trade Rifle

Vol. 16, No. 4
Cover: Engraving of Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Ellice, from
Harper's Monthly
The Russian Palma, by Charles Hanson, Jr.
Trade on the Western Plains of Canada - Source Material
Collection Corner - Beauvais Rifle
Fish Hooks, by the "Engages"
Book Reviews

Vol. 17, No. 1
Cover: Advertisement in the Nebraska City News, June 12, 1858
William Rotton, Nebraska Gunmaker, by James Potter
Commercial Powder Horns, by Charles Hanson
Turlington and Peppermint - Source Material

Vol. 17, No. 2
Cover: Ute Indians, one wearing set of hair plates, May 1876
Harpers Monthly
Plains Indian Hair Plates, by Charles Hanson, Jr.
Collection Corner - The Kentucky Pistol
Hudson's Bay Country Goods - Source Material
Book Reviews

Vol. 17, No. 3
Cover: Fire Bag, French Halfbreed, Ft. Simpson, collected Between
1888 and 1897
The Metis and Production of Embroidery in the Subarctic, by Kate
Duncan
Brass Cocks for Liquor Kegs, by Charles Hanson
Collection Corner - The Samovar in Alaska

Vol. 17, No. 4
Cover: Buffalo Chase, Sketch of a Metis buffalo hunt
Paint Pigments in the Fur Trade, by Charles Hanson
The Pad Saddle, by the 'Engages"
A Note on the Accounts of James Lakenan and Jacob Hawken, by Jim
Potter
Collection Corner - Fire Steels
Book Reviews

Vol. 18, No. 1 and 2
Northern Plains Indian at Ft. Keogh, Montana
Trade Goods in Some L. A. Huffman Photographs, by Dr. James A.
Hanson
Victor Collot's Journey: An Eighteenth Century Description of the
Fur Trade, by Stanley W. Baker
The Deringer Belt Pistol, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Brass Tacks, by the Engages
Book Reviews

Vol. 18, No. 3
Cover: New Mexican Trader, original pen and ink sketch by Dave
Paulley
Cigarettes in the West, by Charles Hanson, Jr.
Old Style Drop Front Trousers, by the "Engages"
Book Reviews

Vol. 18, No. 4
Cover: Sketch of robe traders in an Indian camp
Theodore Davis, Harpers Monthly, January 1869
Indian Trade Rings, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Life at Bent's Fort - Source Material
Metal Tinkler Cones: A Popular Trade Item from the Great Lakes,
to the Far Southwest, by Dan Scurlock

Vol. 19, No. 1
Cover: Winter Scene, original pen sketch by E. Shankland
Important New Exhibits
Trade Earrings - An Overview, by Charles Hanson, Jr.
Hudson's Bay Company Rations, by the "Engages"
Tennessee Shooting Match - Source-Material
Collection Corner - Missouri Shot Bag
Book Reviews

Vol. 19, No. 2
Cover: "Catching Up," water color by Alfred Jacob Miller
Etienne Provost and the Rawken Rifle, by Jack Tykal
Trunks for the Indians, by the "Engages"
Aguardiente From the Rio Grande, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Book Reviews

Vol. 19, No. 3
Cover: Return of the Hunters
Red River and Other Carts, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
News from Council Bluffs - 1845 - Source Material

Vol. 19, No. 4
Cover: Engraving from portrait of Lewis Case
Fighting the Small Pox Epidemic of 1837-38
The Response of the American Fur Company Traders, by David L.
Ferch
The Guinea Medals of the Northwest Company, by E. M. Phillips
Guitars for the Mountains, bv the Engages'
Book Reviews

Vol. 20, No. 1
Cover: Steel line Engraving 1850s The Trapper's Last Shot
The Trapper's Last Shot, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Fighting the Small Pox Epidemic of 1837-38: The Response of the
American Fur Company Traders, by David L. Ferch
(conclusion)
Early English Trade Knives, by the "Engages"
Collection Corner - 1650 Trade Gun from New York
Hudson's Bay Hand Dags, by E. M. Phillips
Sage Observations - Source Material
Book Reviews

Vol. 20, No. 2
Cover: Chinese Tea Plant, Harpers New Monthly Magazine
Tea and Tea Chests by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Swords in the Western Fur Trade, by Brenda Chaney
Shawnee Costume 1788 - Source Material
Book Reviews

Vol. 20, No. 3
Cover: Sioux Encampment Near Fort Laramie 1868
British Hardware for the Trade, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Minahaskas and the Plains Warriors by W. R. Austerman (swords)
Canvas Tipis, by the "Engages"

Vol. 20, No. 4
Cover: Engraving of Henry Leman
Henry E. Leman - Riflemaker by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
The Pigeon Egg Bead, by the "Engages"
Pennsylvania Trade Goods 1683-1685 - Source Material

Vol. 21, No. 1
Cover: Engraving of early 19th Century British Distribution of
presents to Indians
Those Board of Ordnance Indian Guns -- Again! by DeWitt Bailey

Vol. 21, No. 2
Cover: Pawnee Indians Migrating by Alfred Jacob Miller
Pawnee Camp Equipage, A letter bv John W. Williamson; by R. Eli
Paul
An English Pattern Patchbox from Fort Union, by O. C. Loomer
The American Fur Company - Source Material from Harold Schindler
Buffalo Tongues in the Fur Trade, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.

Vol. 21, No. 3
Cover: Painting "Old Fort Garry" by Shelton
Old Fort Garry and the Red River Trade, by the "Engages"
Those Board of Ordnance Guns -- Again! Supplement, by DeWitt
Bailey
The Indian Department in Canada - Source Material
Trade Combs, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.

Vol. 21, No. 4
Cover: Portrait of Appanoose, Sauk village chief ca. 1837
Campbell Wampum, by Charles Hanson, Jr.
The Greenland Trade, A Brief History with Special Emphasis on
Trade Guns, by Per E. T. von Schiller
Collection Corner - Some Canadian Trade Horns

Vol. 22, No. 1
Cover: 1762 engraving of Ostinaco, Cherokee Chief who visited
London in that year
The Southern Trade, A Slightly Different Story, by Charles E.
Hanson, Jr.
Red Cloud's Mission to Crazy Horse, 1877 Source Material
Collection Corner - T. Albright Rifle

Vol. 22, No. 2
Cover: Old engraving of Madison peace medal
Silverwork for the U.S. Office of Indian Trade by Charles E.
Hanson, Jr.
Cotas de Mallas and the Western Tribes, by Wayne Austerman (mail
shirts)
How Old is the Sewing Machine? by the "Engages"
Collection Corner - Deringer Percussion Rifle
Book Reviews

Vol. 22, No. 3
Cover: "Roasting the Hump Rib," watercolor by Alfred Jacob Miller
More British Hardware, by the "Engages"
Collection Corner - A Lead Bar from the Hanna-White Cabin, by
Miles Gilbert and Wayne Rogoski
The Legacy of "Edward Warren," by Charles Hanson, Jr.
Book Reviews

Vol. 22, No. 4
Cover: Early photograph of Sioux man, Louis Dog, using his hand
mirror
Trade Mirrors, by Charles Hanson, Jr.
Not-So-Old Rifle Looks, by the "Engages"
The Wolfers - Source Material
Book Reviews

Vol. 23, No. 1
Cover: Engraving showing English hatmakers' "Hat-Battery or
kettle, with Men employed in Wetting,  Rolling,  Pressing, 
'Ruffing' 
and Blocking the Hat-Bodies."
Beaver to Buffalo Robes: Transition in the Fur Trade, by T.
Lindsay Baker
The Scalping Knife, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
An American Fur Company Voyageur's Contract, by the "Engages"
Book Reviews

Vol. 23, No. 2
Cover: Indian Camp - Women Dressing and Tanning Skins, 1832, from
Catlin's Eight Years, Vol. 1
The Cartouche Knife, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Beaver to Buffalo Robes: Transition in the Fur Trade, by T.
Lindsay Baker
The Extra Ramrod, by the "Engages"
Book Reviews

Vol. 23, No. 3
Cover: Sketch of an Appalachian packhorse train from "The History
of Upsher County, West Virginia," by W. B. Cutright, 
Buckhannon, W. Va., 1907
From the Editor
Butcher Knives, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
The Packhorse Trade Across the Appalachian Frontier, by Stanley
W. Baker
The Appalachian Packsaddle, by an Allegheny Trader
Book Reviews

Vol. 23, No. 4
Cover: 1987 recipients of the Museum of the Fur Trade,
Distinguished Service Medal display their awards at the annual
Volunteers' Dinner November 20, 1987
From the Editor
The Packhorse Trade Across the Appalachian Frontier (Conclusion),
by Stanley W. Baker
Pens and Pencils in the Fur Trade, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Collectors' Corner - Mystery Gun,
Book Reviews

Vol. 24, No. 1
Cover:  Engraving of workman applying first coat of paint to oil
cloth, British Manufactures, Series IV,  by George Dodde London,
1845.
Fur Trade Oil Cloths,  by  "The Engages"
An 18th Century Horseshoe from an Early Fur Trade Site, by an
Allegheny Trader
Spanish Silver for Indians, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Collection Corner -- Spanish Pistol
Book Reviews

Vol. 24, No. 2
Cover: Engraving of a Virginia tobacco plant from L. Colange,
Zell s Popular Encyclopedia, Philadelphia, 1883,
From the Editor
National Park Service Team Visits Museum
Tobacco in the Fur Trade by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
An Appraisal of Birchbark Canoes in the 20th Century, Source
Material
Collection Corner - Early English Trade Rifle
Book Reviews

Vol. 24, No. 3
Cover:Ta-Ro-Han, an Ioway Warrior Wearing a calico shirt, 1837.
Printed Calicos for Indians, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Collection Corner -- Brass Mounted French Trade Gun

Vol. 24, No. 4
Cover: Van der Donk's Map 1656
Flemish Knives in the Fur Trade, by the Engagees
Some Additional Notes on Trade Blankets, by Charles E. Hanson,
Jr.
An Oglala Sioux Winter Count, Source Material.
Book Reviews.

Vol. 25, No. 1
Cover: "Antoine  Clement,"  watercolor by Alfred Jacob Miller.
From the Editor
Clay pipes in the Fur Trade, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Collection Corner - - English Trade Rifle by Sharpe.
W.D. Stewarts' Altowan as Source Material, by the Engagees"
Book Reviews.

Vol. 25, No. 2
Cover: Dedication of New Wing.
The New Wing is Here.
The Long Hunters of New York, by the "Engages"
Building a Dugout Canoe,  Source Material
Thread in the Fur Trade, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Collection Corner -- Indian Remington Revolver
Book Reviews

Vol. 25, No. 3
Cover: Map of Ohio in 1790
From the Editor
Trade and Terror on the Sandusky in 1790, by Charles E. Hanson,
Jr.
Osborn Russell's Literary Agent, by Tim Wehrkamp.
Collection Corner -- A "Presumed"  Indian Rifle of 1863.
A Ute Bow and Arrow Outfit, by the "Engages"
Book Reviews.

Vol. 25, No. 4
Cover: Drawing of Fort Vancouver in 1841.
From the Editor
Pound Beads, Pony Beads, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
An American Fur Company Bale Seal, by Paul L. Hedron
Collection Corner: A North West Company Fusil of the 1820s.
Book  Reviews.

Vol. 26, No. 1
Cover: Hudson's Bay Company Trading Store, 1888
Special Notice
The Traders' Dress,  by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Quill Flatteners, by E. M. Phillips
Mexican Mustang Liniment by the "Engages"
Collection Corner -- Belgian Northwest Gun
Addendum to "Early French Kettles"
Book Reviews.

Vol. 26, No. 2
Cover: Woman of the Aleutian Islands 1816-17
From the Editor
An Early Adventure in Alaska, Source Material.
Perry Davis' Vegetable Pain Killer, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Voices from the Past, Source Material.
Collection Corner -- British Indian Pistol
Book Reviews.

Vol. 26, No. 3
Cover: Map of 18th century France, 1789
From the Editor
The Trade Blanket in New France, by Francis Back
Southwestern Frontiersmen's Clothing by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Collection Corner: Hudson's Bay Company Officer's Pistols.
Book Reviews,

Vol. 26, No. 4
Cover: Contemporary drawing by Robert Larkin of a Tennessee
mountain hunter of the 1850s
From the Editor
John Duncan's Comments on Canada 1818-1819, by Charles E. Hanson,
Jr.
Searching for (Young) Old Jim, by Victor A. Paul
"Some Secret Preparations."  More on Perry Davis' Pain Killer by
R. Eli Paul
Collection Corner -- Southern Rifle Accessories

Vol. 27, No. 1 & 2 
Cover: Sketch of Frederick Laboue, made by Rudolph Friederich
Kurz in 1851
Frederick Laboue and His River, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Attractions of the Upper White River Valley - Source Material
The Hazard Powder Company, by the "Engages"

Vol. 27, No.3
Cover: Man with Canadian style capote, sketched at Fort Union by
Rudolph Freiderich Kurz in 1852
From the Editor
Some Thoughts on Footwear by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
The Canadian Capot (Capote) by Francis Back

Vol. 27, No. 4
Cover: the earliest known photograph of James Bordeaux supplied
through the courtesy of Robert Waln, South Dakota
From the Editor
James Bordeaux - Chapter Two by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
More About Tobacco Boxes by the "Engages"
Pick and Brush Outfits by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Collection Corner - H.B.C. Fine Gun

Vol. 28, No. 1
Cover: Photograph by William Gardiner of Sioux Indians at Fort
Laramie 1868 showing tin coffeepot and two sheet iron kettles
From the Editor
Sheet Iron Kettles by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Food Products of the North American Indians, Source Material
American Fur Company Cannons from West Point Foundry by the
"Engages" 

Vol. 28, Nos. 2 & 3 
Cover: Primitive sketch of a trapper rendezvous
John Christian Hawken--Fur Trapper and Rifle Maker by Glen R. and
Juanita M. Scott
Some More Bits of Greenland History by Charles E. Hanson  Jr.
Trade Goods in Connecticut 1638, Source Material

Vol. 28, No. 4
Cover: Photograph of Lois M. Morey while a teacher at Katzebue,
Alaska
Lois M. Morey
Look Before You Leap by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
The Hudson's Bay Company in the 1840s by the "Engages"
Needles in the Fur Trade by Marie Phillips

Vol. 29, No. 1
Cover: Ft. Pierre in 1855
The Missouri River Mackinaw Boat by James A. Hanson
A Brief Story of Matches by Charles E. Hanson Jr.
Collection Corner - North West Company Officer's Pistol

Vol. 29, No. 2
COVER: Artist's conception of the breakout of Cheyenne Prisoners
from Fort Robinson Nebraska
Cheyenne Outbreak Firearms, by Thomas R. Buecker and R. Eli Paul,
The Death of Mark Head, by Harold Schindler
Book Reviews

Vol. 29, No. 3
COVER: Great Comanche Village Texas in 1834.
Holland Coffee, Fur Trader on the Red River by Dabid Jennys,
Outfitting the Mountain Man,  by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Colonel Crockett's Account of Shooting for Beef
Book Reviews.

Vol. 29, No. 4
COVER: The Arrival of the Caravan in Santa Fe, Wood Cut.
Green River Knives Up-Date, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
More Fur Trade Medals, by E. M. Phillips
A Most Unusual Northwest Gun, by the "Engages"
Book Reviews

Vol. 30, Nos. 1 & 2
COVER: An excellent view of the American Fur Company keelboat
Flora in 1832.
Henry Deringer's Pistols for the Choctaw Light Horse, by William
H. Nevius.
The Keelboat by James A. Hanson
The Western Expedition of the Dragoons in 1834. Source Material
Some Notes on the Old Canadian Fur Trade, Source Material

Vol. 30, No. 3.
COVER: Photograph of the trading post of John W. Dear,  post
trader at Red Cloud Agency.
Ketland & Company by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Red Cloud Agency Traders, by Tom Buecker
Axes by Miles Standish, the Engages.
Book Reviews.

Vol. 30, No. 4
A Matter of Philosophy, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Buffalo Robes for Boston, 1818, by William A. Turnbaugh
Win Wood, Ohio Gunsmith, by Charles, E. Hanson
Steel Knives of the Kutchin Indians, by "The Engages"
Ketland & Co. - Second Chapter

Vol. 31, No. 1
Alexander Culbertson's Grave - In Nebraska!, by Charles E.
Hanson, Jr.
The Red River Hunters, by Isaac I. Stevens
Corduroy - A Fabric of the Fur Trade
Collection Corner - Snider Carbine
Axes from Fort Pierre, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
The Long Story of Vermillion in the Fur Trade, by E. M. Phillips

Vol. 31, No. 2
COVER: "Minataree Village on Knife River," by George Catlin
From the Editor
Life Among the Blackfeet, by J. Willard Schultz
The Missouri River Fur Trade, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Collection Corner -- Last of the Flintlock Trade Guns
Notes on Trade Goods in the Northwest, by James G. Swan
Book Reviews

Vol. 31, No. 3
COVER: The Spanish Peaks
News and Views
The Spanish Peaks, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
First Indian Deed to Wm. Penn 1682, from the Pennsylvania
Archives
A View of the Oregon Territory in 1840, by Robert Greenhow, 1840
William H. Ashley, by E. M. Phillips
John W. Carroll's Celebrated "Lone Jack", by "The Engages"
Book Reviews

Vol. 31, No. 4
COVER: "Festivities of the Early French of Illinois"
News and Views
Jean Baptiste Pratte, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Fur Traders' Letters, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
First American Northwest Trade Gun, Part I, by William H. Nevius
Important Summer Activities in Chadron
Book Reviews

Vol. 32, No. 1
COVER: "An early portrait of Cheif Blackhawk from HISTORY OF DAVENPORT 1853, facing page 41."
News and Views
Collection Corner - "By Colonel Henry Atkinson"
The First American Northwest Trade Gun, Part II, by William H. Nevius
Things in California - Hair Gathering for Riatis
Book Reviews

Vol. 32, No. 2
COVER: Old commercial photograph of men at Fort Berthold including Bob 
Tail Bull and Bloody Knife.  Both of these men are wearing coats which 
appear to have been obtained from the Company.
Chiefs Coats Supplied by the American Fur Company, by Allen Chronister
An Indian Department Market Issue Blanket, by Thomas R. Buecker
The Mohonk Lodge, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
American Trade Goods, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Book Reviews

Vol. 32, No. 3
COVER: Lake Mohonk Resort, New York
Revered Explorer Has Roots in Bainbridge, by Brent Hallenbeck
In Regard to the Travels of "Where He Was Seen", by Deborah Nichols
Voyage on the Mississippi, Source Material
Some Interesting Facts on the Jedediah Smith Estate, by Charles E. Hanson,
Jr.
Book Reviews

Vol. 32, No. 4
COVER: The Steamship Walk-in-the-Water
Thomas Pownall, Champion of the Five Nations, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
The Fur Trade and the Steamboat of the Great Lakes, by George H. Norton
British-Iroquois Relations in the Eighteenth Century, Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
The Final Settlement of the Jedediah Smith Estate
Book Reviews

Vol. 33, No. 1
COVER: Half-sized Trophy Guns
From The Editor
Harold L. Peterson Award
Military Canteens of the Fur Trade Period, by Frederick C. Gaede and
Stephen E. Osman
Book Reviews
Rare Pine Ridge Photos

Vol. 33, No. 2
COVER: French Braziers Making Kettles.  From Diderot's Encyclopedia, ca.
1750
Identifying Open Kettles of Copper and Brass
More on Canteen Manufacturing
Book Reviews

Vol. 33, No. 3
The Best Year Ever
A Letter to David Adams - Source Material
Point Blankets, by James A. Hanson
Collection Corner - Army Surplus Knives for Northwest Coast Daggers
Book Reviews

Vol. 33, No. 4
COVER: Oil painting of Cherokee chief Stalking Turkey (Cunne Shote), by
John Parsons, 1762
The Matchcoat
French Marmites
British "Indian Fusees"
The Last Type of French Trade Gun
Book Reviews

Vol. 34, No. 1
The Eagle Has Fallen - Biography of Charles E. Hanson, Jr. 1917-1998

Vol. 34, No. 2
The David Adams Journals. Charles E. Hanson, Jr. ed.

Vol. 34, No. 3
The Myth of Wasted Meat.
Source Material: Button Making
Book Reviews

Vol. 34, No. 4
Beads of the Plains Fur Trade, 1775-1875
Some More Fur Trade Fishooks
A Spectacular Piece of American Trade Silver
An American Fur COmpany Chief's Gun
Book Reviews

Vol. 35, No. 1
Artifacts of the Ice Hunters
Source Material: Seals and Seal-Hunting in the North Atlantic
Book Reviews

Vol. 35, No. 2 and 3
The Jewel Box on Bordeaux Creek: The Museum of the Fur Trade Story

Vol. 35, No. 4
Thoughts on the Mountain Man and the Fur Trade
John Sorby and His Blades
Bone Hairpipes
Book Reviews

Vol. 36, No. 1
The Myth of the Silk Hat and the End of the Rendezvous
How Can You Tell if it's Beaver or Silk?
Book Reviews

Vol. 36, No. 2
The Dress of the First Voyageurs, 1650-1715
Book Reviews

Vol. 36, No. 3
COVER: Chimney Rock, by Alfred Jacob Miller
A Letter from William Ashley, by James S. Huchins
A Spontoon Tomahawk from the Upper Missouri, by Rod Lassey
A Little More on John Sorby
Cloth Tipi Cover, by Allen Chronister
Book Reviews

Vol. 36, No. 4
COVER: Fort Laramie, by Alfred Jacob Miller
The Ogala Dakota and the Establishment  of Fort Laramie, by Kingsley Bray
Book Reviews: Peddlers and Post Traders

Vol. 37, No. 1
COVER: Fur trade gorget of porcelain, middle third of the 19th century
A Letter from Jedediah S. Smith, by James S. Hutchins
Shot Sizes - What Do They Mean?
Collection Corner: Some Cutler-made Arrowheads
A Note on Porcelain Gorgets
Book Reviews

Vol. 37, No. 2
COVER: Bellevue Agency, by Karl Bodmer
Last Years of the Missouri Fur Company: The Correspondence of Angus 
William McDonald, edited by Richard E. Jensen.

Vol. 37, No. 3
Cover: Penobscot Belle
Fire Steels, by James A. Hanson
The Fall of Fort McKenzie, by Allen Chronister
A Jukes Coulson & Co. Hand Dag, by Michael N. Westergard

Vol. 37, No. 4
Cover: Bead Samples from HBC Post at Bear Island
Hampton Swane's HBC Bead Samples
Another Note on Porcelain Gorgets
Covered Copper Kettles, by James A. Hanson
Source Material: HBC Rations

Vol. 38, No. 1
Cover: Medieval tapestry showing unicorn
The Unicorn and the Narhawl, by James A. Hanson
Isaac Veal, Trap Maker
The Oldest Known American Trap
A Hudson's Bay Co. Beaver Trap of the Mountain Man Era
The American Fur Company Monogram
A Rare Swedish Fur Trade Artifact
Book Reviews