This is a nice reading. Going straight to the point:
Osborne Russell's Journal of a Trapper
Preface
Journal of a Trapper is one of the most important first hand accounts of the mountain man era. In it, Russell provides a detailed narrative describing the day-to-day life of an ordinary trapper in the Rocky Mountains. The Journal begins when Russell hired on with Nathaniel Wyeth's second expedition to the west. He participated in the establishment of Fort Hall, and later became a free trapper. He trapped for nine years in the greater Yellowstone region before leaving the mountains to settle in Oregon.
In this transcription, I have attempted to retain the original spelling and punctuation. Any text enclosed in square brackets [ ] was supplied by the editor where the manuscript was unclear - other editorial comments were used sparingly. No footnotes have been retained from previous editions, because of the intent to provide the source material in its original form.
http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/html/ruslintr.html
at the bottom of the page you'll find a link to the book, entirely available online and for download.
Cheers, and have fun.
Luciano
Osborne Russell's Journal of a Trapper
Preface
Journal of a Trapper is one of the most important first hand accounts of the mountain man era. In it, Russell provides a detailed narrative describing the day-to-day life of an ordinary trapper in the Rocky Mountains. The Journal begins when Russell hired on with Nathaniel Wyeth's second expedition to the west. He participated in the establishment of Fort Hall, and later became a free trapper. He trapped for nine years in the greater Yellowstone region before leaving the mountains to settle in Oregon.
In this transcription, I have attempted to retain the original spelling and punctuation. Any text enclosed in square brackets [ ] was supplied by the editor where the manuscript was unclear - other editorial comments were used sparingly. No footnotes have been retained from previous editions, because of the intent to provide the source material in its original form.
http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/html/ruslintr.html
at the bottom of the page you'll find a link to the book, entirely available online and for download.
Cheers, and have fun.
Luciano
