embossed-leather

Updated: May 13, 2025

The captain of the brigade as he entered the fort usually wore a high and pompous beaver hat, a velvet cloak lined with red silk, and knee-breeches with elaborate Spanish embossed-leather leggings. All this show was, of course, for the purpose of impressing the Indians.

Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut - Pioneers of the Pacific Coast: A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters