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Wyeth,Correspondence and Journals of Captain Nathaniel J. Wyeth, 1831-1836 102 51. Mr. MackenlieSuper Manager from Paul Kane,Paul Kane's Frontier 104 52. A Prodigious Memory of How Many Beaver Were Trapped Eleven Years Ago from John Work,The Snake Country Expedition of 1830-1831 106 53, 54, and 55. Conflicts in the Fur Trade 107 53. "Power Gives Right" from Peter Skene Ogden, "The Peter Skene Ogden Journals" 108 54. Deserters from Paul Kane,Paul Kane's Frontier 109 55. Murder from Job Francis Dye,Recollections of a Pioneer, 1830-1852 110 56.

Yount and His Chronicles of the West 30 15. Lewis Dawson in a Grizzly's Jaws from Jacob Fowler,The Journal of Jacob Fowler 35 16. The Recovery of Brain-Injured August Claymore from Howard L. Conard,"Uncle Dick" Wootton 37 17. "Old Charlefou" Tries an Epic Jump from Howard L. Conard, "Uncle Dick" Wootton 38 18. William Craig Tricks Joe Walker from Thom J. Beall, "Recollections of William Craig" 39 19. Dead Man's Hand . . and Everything Else from Frances Fuller Victor,River of the West 41 20 and 21.

Trappers from Alfred Jacob Miller,The West of Alfred Jacob Miller 77 34. Trappers Starting on a Beaver Hunt from Alfred Jacob Miller,The West of Alfred Jacob Miller 78 35. How toTrap Beaver from Robert Campbell,A Narrative 79 36 and 37. Romanticizing the Mountains 81 Page viii 36. A Rocky Mountain "Garden of Eden" from Thomas James,Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans 82 37. Poem: "Mountain Scenery" from Warren Angus Ferris,Life in the Rocky Mountains 83 Section III Trappers and Their Trade 38.

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