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On the row of pegs near him hung several heavy blankets, such as are used by all plainsmen and cowboys. Those which the captain and his nephew meant to take on their journey northward were in camp five miles away. Setting down his gun, he lifted one of the heavy pieces of cloth, whose texture, like the celebrated blankets of the Navajoe Indians, was almost close enough to be waterproof.
We met numerous little bands of Navajoe Indians, but they being on good terms with the whites, gave us no trouble, whatever. We also met numerous little squads of Mexican guerrillas, but they not suspecting two boys as young as we were with having money, did not disturb us. Uncle Kit had sent the shabbiest looking horses along that he had, in order to deceive them.
I'm going to do a little cow punchin' for a man in Apache County and go on to the Dance. I'm going through the Navajoe reservation. I stand in with them. They've heard of me some way through the Utes I reckon." The accounts of the Snake Dance contained mention of "Black Mose," who kept a band of toughs from interfering with the dance. His wonderful marksmanship was spoken of.
The Fall Hunt McCoy of the Hudson's Bay Company organizes a Trapping Party which Kit Carson joins The Hunt Scarcity of Beaver on Humboldt River The Party is divided Kit Carson with a majority of the Men goes to Fort Hall Hardships and Privations met with Buffalo Hunt All their Animals stolen in the Night by a Party of Blackfeet Indians Arrival of McCoy from Fort Walla Walla The Rendezvous Kit Carson joins a strong Band The Small Pox among the Blackfeet Indians The Crow Indians on good terms with the Whites Intense Cold Immense Herds of Buffalo Danger of their goring to death the Horses The Spring Hunt The Blackfeet Indian Village overtaken A desperate Fight with these Indians The Rendezvous Sir William Stuart and a favorite Missionary Kit Carson goes an a Trading Expedition to the Navajoe Indians The Return He accepts the post of Hunter of the Trading Post at Brown's Hole.
The parties who desired to trade with them usually carried a stock of trinkets and articles of use, for which they received horses, mules, blankets and lariets. Navajoe blankets are very celebrated in the far west of America, and especially in old Mexico, where they are in great demand and command high prices.
When, at last, he returned to civilization, he left an indelible name behind him. In twenty days after the camp at the rendezvous was formed, it broke up again into small parties. Kit Carson, with seven companions, went to Brown's Hole. This was a trading post. Here they found two traders who were contemplating getting up a business expedition to the Navajoe Indians.
They reached there just in time for the leader to join an expedition, numbering only two beside himself, which went into the Navajoe country for purposes of barter. The venture proved a great success and Carson drifted back again to Brown's Hole.
During the eighteen years that had passed since my graduation I had seen very little of him, though, being always interested in sport, I occasionally met him on the hunting field, had seen him on the deck of the Defender when she vanquished the Valkyrie, and knew the part he had played on the Navajoe, when, in her most important race, that otherwise unlucky yacht vanquished her opponent, the Prince of Wales's Britannia.
Many of these articles are really beautiful, and, from their fine texture, together with the great amount of labor spent in their manufacture, are expensive, even when purchased of the Indians. The art of weaving these blankets has been long known to the Navajoe Indians; and, all the female children belonging to the nation are taught the art during their earliest years.
At Brown's Hole Trading in the Navajoe Country Carson Serves as Hunter at Brown's Hole Trapping in the Black Hills On the Yellowstone Fight with the Blackfeet Their Retreat to an Island Their Flight During the Night An Imposing Array of Warriors. The fight between the Blackfeet and trappers was one of the most important in which Kit Carson, previous to the late war, was ever engaged.
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