Mountain West

Malachite’s Big Hole

Updates to the Big Hole:

 

December 23,2011,  Added a short biographical sketch of James Baker to The Men and added reviews and comparisons of two books about Indian Sign Language.  

 

November 30, 2011.  Added a picture of the S.S.Yellowstone to Lucien Fontenelle and to the Steamship Yellowstone.  Also added the name of Fontenelle’s Indian wife plus other minor editorial corrections.  

 

November 28, 2011.  Added Copper Mines to Glossary and a quote by Charles Bent to Notable Quotes.  

 

October 29,2011.  Added a page for Clay Tobacco Pipes.

 

October 26, 2011.  Added a page for Flint Caps to Guns

 

October 14, 2011.  Additional information to article describing the Pepperbox Revolving Pistols.  

 

October 5,2011.  Added an article describing The Pepperbox Revolving Pistols to Pistols & Handguns.  

 

June 18, 2011.  Updated Malachite - A Short Biography.

 

February 21, 2011,  Added a review of the new book, Volume One of Fur Trade Encyclopedia: Firearms of the Fur Trade to Book Reviews.  

 

February 2, 2011.  Supplemented travel with Dogs, and Cold Weather Sleeping.  Also added a section titled Dr Robert Thomas and His Medical Book to Mountain Medicine.   Frontier Diplomats: Alexander Culbertson and Natoyist-Siksina Among the Blackfeet was added to Book Reviews.  

 

December 21, 2010  Supplemented the description of pemmican in Food and Drink, and Preserving Meat, added holiday descriptions to Holiday Celebrations, and a quote to Notable Quotes.  A new page, Dog Shoes, was added to Dogs.  

 

December 19, 2010,  Added a description of preparing galette to both Cleanliness & Sanitation and to Cooking & Cookware.  Also added a review of The Voyageurs by Grace Lee Nute to Book Reviews.  

 

October 31, 2010  Added Saddles and Horseshoes to Horses.  

 

August 27, 2010 Added Gun Powder Freighting and Ashley’s Ammunition-1824

 

August 21, 2010 Added a page for the Colt-Paterson Pistol revolver to Pistols & Handguns.  

 

May 29, 2010.  Added the following pages:  William S Williams,  William Vanderburgh and Simeon Turley to The Men, Forting Up with Dead Mules to Wild Tales and Lies.  Sled Dogs Gone Wild to Dogs