New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-23

Taa1 4. u. SEQ. III 10
To may mn ssaals ,ouo for beaver, bear,
Il ci'0ss, md and silver fox, fisher, skunk
saIs raf martin, md other fars and skins.
EgY fsis snfn nf $3.50 900 map also be added the
ftsae III soaE dealers Iii Iars bought III Arkansas
saSz uthar aties aud shipped directly east with
iii Hill HbovR st seek this market from Tennessee,
ArkanSaA. Ilanes. Missouri md other territory con-
Henasa There are alsD large numbers of Indian
dfaAsed deer akins NJ eonslaerAb le value, rs-
IHe ssstsais as been rather duh ono fol- furs
laEge utities of American fms, sucllas mink.
soon, baar heaVer, Usher martin and fox find q
Europe Ard owing "a the war disturb
afaca zfeating and interfering with
Hill EFAas fair prices there ruled low cans
here to dealers i'll them. ALL these furs,
buffalo rohes and a have first 70 be paid for hi St
Louis, and Ms WIZ have said before, BY q very few
4 DEALERS and the most uf them III d very few days,
alWays iii cash, although they have To be sold id
fhe kets on tit. The buffalo robes
aEs mostly III used IN tle United states some from
fhe Northwest and 0i Thu Hadson's Bay Company,
going inta Canada and ~ Enrope Last year and
the previous season, alsos large nuuibeTsef robes
If Were IafE Oh the market unsoId, which effected
Il glfsees this year nearly all were sold, and have
gUne into consumers hands. Over 40 900 robes
hsld ever frona 1857 70 1853 and some a5 600
from IaSt season to this the warnth Of last season
4 preventing sales.
1T Il an interesting facf, and new to many. that
/ NH these buffalo robes ATE dressed by Indian
HnuAMs, scattered over Tile Great West. The Indian
men BIZ braves hold WoN5S hi too great contempt To
nj any sing more than shoot the batlaln but the
gooT sqnaWs must dress all these which mar
kased5 as well III enough for their own use, and do
aIl other work OH Tho lodges. The number Of robes
iii decreasing annually, not much hy The lessen
sng Of se immense buffalo herds, Is by the extnc
ton of THE Indian race. the occupancy of their
grounds biz the whites. Some years as high as
Y 900 robes are brought til St. Louis; usually
about 900 but tis ear only ~, 900. besides
Y fhe buffalo cali skins which are also quite MI
al nj
Some tIlrae -foufths Of tile robes seeking this
market, are brought by steamers from far up the
Missouri and Yellowstone rivers. These steamers
i start up tIe riper eyery spring, rrying Indian
goods mud general supplies I'd the hunters and
fappeTs ind return laden with flfs. Last spring,
Pierre GIspnteau, III, Ii Som lor what Was once
known Ill tho American Fur Company D sent Up
tWo steamers, the Chippewa and Spread Eagle,
which brought down for Them 81 .e09 robes, besides
some 400 wolf skins, 900 fox, 600 pounds
j beAvers ~ .ono pounds deer skins, and various
smaller aaia. Those Were assorted here. and then
aiiilged Id New York and sold.
Gle bit these boats the Chippewa went mp nil the
RaY III Fort Benton, some 5000 miles from the
0aatta Of die Missouri, with l3g TINS Of freight
II Thesa steamers also took MP the Indian stores
tram tlls General Government. TO Fort Benton,
md were less than three months performing The
4 hips Tsis enterprise, m account of which was
q published IA THE Democrat at the time Of the
8 Spraaa Eagaes rGtMFnin August does credit to The
thereof Hi. Pierre Giioateau, Jf, and
Till ss,is EI. J.. Ehonteau. Tire former gentleman
l0s kiiasr iii the heaa BIT tae American Fiir Gem
paay II aae entitled to the credit of proving The
aStieahiIity Of eating the Upper Missouri BIZ
hia having sent tile ftst steamer to that Comps
Fort A UrioI near THE mouth of Tile Y aiIosHstole
some 2veD miles up The years
u ago iase headquarters Of THIS Company y. on
Washington Avenue, between Second and Main
e streets, ~. Louis, and Il large and substantial
structure, III which millions of fars and robes hays
been stored AZ one time. OYER the front door {
Y noble paii nf moose horns, gilded, are fastened
ftssG f a4 ii
# t,s yard. me pairs 81 huge elk horns, embematis
iii tfe INT trade.
b tls seIlnestio, VI should Also speak 81 sasslar
rioMeaTs the fur Of 81. I6ilis who
conducted the early expedition through lie West.
eif wilderness md whose ef6Tts have brought
wealth ~ fills CITY and kAaa of the cotssitry
q The ilT WAS Gen. Ashley, Tic first
Ijeutena lNerntr6 f this State ill Is5g and al
terwards member og Congress non. tlIis State HE
ii was that first established trading post On The
q Yellowstone, IN 1872 thirty eight years ago; and
Tie year following sent band Of trappers across
thu mountains to Green river, or the Colorado 81
The West, and hi 1925 had established complete
system iii trapping lii thu Rocky Mountains. ii
that year tairty Ave years ago), Robert Campbell
d tAl#s nov eale III our most extensive mer
chants and bank director but ten feeble you'll
left here In Gen. Akhey's expedition, FOR what il
s now Salt Luke City. He WAS absent then fuil
years. year after this tn 1851 Thu flu assoea
ton took fle name of the Rocky Mountain Hi
Company, md MI. Campbell and Capt. VIM, Sub
lette were the prominent members
There WIS always i strong emulation betwee
this company and the American Fur Company. I
which chm Jacob Astnr was the leading spirit,
number OF brave spirits sprung mp In the trade
the employ of Messrs. Ganaphen and 6nbietts
among whom were Mr.. Fitzpatrick, Milton Sui
let4a, Dbl. Yasquez and Captain Bridger, tJil
Hridger, as they called him. and after whom 70
Badger WIS named. and who Was one OF the be-
mountain guides ever known. The exploits An
adventures BIZ AIT these gentlemen would be mo
zHsefestsug III read. In one of Washington Irving
wnTks E The Rocky Mounta NJ many Of thas
RszsHntxres afe reiated MI. Irving describe
aranng either fhinga. Il desperate battle with e
H Hlaek1eet Indians, Niicn taDk place III 1852 &
Yeaaa ago D beroHd thu Rocky Mountains. just We
X 0f Thu Three IButDus. Id q valley called Pierre
Hole. Ill which Msssrs Campbell and sablelte tap
ali Aetffe part The battle commenced betwet
Tho Indians and Capt. N yetis company ct tFal
peYs; and an express rode and informed Megss
Campbell and Suhe.le, who ordered their mel
while they dashed into The action. Irving say
I Throwing oH their eeats, rolling np the
sleeves and arlnisg ses with rifles and p
tolls they lHDtlated their horses and dashed fol
Mazd among the ffsts AS they rode along, the
made their willis ID aDldiariike style; saGh Stain
how I'LL effects should be disposed Of hi eaee OF III
DEATH md appointing the other his executor.
a Mas j hard IndiAn fight the Hlaekfeel hiain
from sigilt I'll taeif rude fnrt IN dark and tangle
rood, WIaese none but aablette and Campbell .
Afst dared follow them. The former was shot
flle shoulder. aud aliTIed OUT Of the IhIekat q
kaanfsAJeIl. Sinclair, d brave leader of fTappin
EaInHanY from Arkansas was killed IN the fight