Museum of the Fur Trade Quarterly Table of Contents
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Vol. 1, No. 1
Collection Corner--18th Century Pipe Tomahawk Voyageurs Cup.
The Chinook Jargon--Trade Language
Tecumseh's Fusil
Fur Trade in Minnesota 1856.
Vol. 1, No. 2
The Fort Pierre-Fort Laramie Trail.
A Rifle from FortUnion 1851.
Vol. 1, No. 3
The Oglala Sioux Sun Dance,
Jacob Dickert, Pennsylvania Riflesmith.
Captain Mayne Reid
Collection Corner--1850 Tomahawk.
Vol. 1, No. 4
Kit Carson Gun (St. Louis Shotgun)
Weighing the Goods (Scales).
The Fur Trade Lore of Manly Hardy (19th century Maine).
Vol. 2, No. 1
Life of James Bordeaux.
Vol. 2, No. 2
FortKlock, Mohawk Trading Post
Collector's Corner--Buffalo Head Anvil,
A Green River Knife and Sheath from the Southern Plains.
Trading on the Missouri and Upper Mississippi, 183l.
Licenses To Trade.
Vol. 2, No. 3
Government Purchases of Treaty Goods.
The IndianGarden Project.
The Fur Trade and the Emerging Geography of North America, Part
1.
Vol. 2, No. 4
Two Relics of the Wounded Knee Massacre.
The Mountain Man's Saddle.
The Fur Trade and the Emerging Geography of North America, Part
II.
Vol. 3, No. 1
Western Nebraska in 1876.
Kit Carson Gun, Sequel.
Russian Traders in Alaska.
Chief's Rifle--1812.
Vol. 3, No. 2
Dedication of the Bordeaux Post.
Robe and Fur Presses.
Weights and Measures and Money in 1800.
Collection Corner--What in a Beaver Trap.
Vol. 3, No. 3
Cover: Map of the Lead Country.
St. Louis Shot Tower.
The Fur Trade in its Declining Years.
Turlington's Balsam Bottles.
Vol. 3, No. 4
Henry Deringer's "Guns for Indians."
The Deadly Arrow.
Collection Corner--American Bowie Knife,
Vol. 4, No. 1
Northwest Company Token (Cover)
Trade Notes and Tokens.
Vol. 4, No. 2
Rosebud Historical Conference
John Halgarth, Western Trapper
Presents for the Six Nations--Source Material.
Vol. 4, No. 3
The Post War Indian Gun Trade.
Collection Corner - Seneca Gun Lock of 1660.
Vol. 4, No. 4
A Mail Shirt of the Fur Trade Period.
The Wooden Powder Keg.
Kit Carson.
Vol. 5, No. 1 and 2 (double issue).
The Tranaverse Pan Trap.
The Fall of Michilimackinac--Source material.
Collection Corner--Escopetas.
J. B. Moneravie.
Stinking Bear's Bonnet.
Vol. 5, No. 3
The Battle of Crow Butte.
A Cree Bow with Sinew Backing.
Gun Worms.
A Trader's License.
Vol. 5, No. 4
Fremont's Trappers--Source Material.
Cards at the Rendezvous.
A Breastplate of Dragons.
Notes on Canadian Powder Horns.
Vol. 6, No. 1
The Hand Dag.
"A Succinct Narrative of Captain Beering's Travels into Siberia"
-- Source Material 1714.
Vol. 6, No. 2
The Fancy Fur Trade--Source Material.
A Buck for a Dollar.
Ginseng in the Fur Trade.
Collection Corner.- Vintage Buffalo Guns or the Garden Variety,
Vol. 6, No. 3
The Mexican Traders.
Kutenai Tea From James Willard Schultz.
Elkhorn Scraper Bits.
Vol. 6, No. 4
John Kinzie and His Gun.
Lead Bars from the St. Louis Shot Tower.
The Epkimo Trade Ninety Years Ago.
Vol. 7, No. 1
Covers Bringing Fur Down the North Missourie.
Upper Missouri Miscellany.
Maple Sugar in the Fur Trade.
Instructions for Hiring Voyageurs.
Collection Corner--Bowl-Making Adze.
Vol. 7, No. 2
COVER: Medal issues in 1757
Indian Awls
Indian Trade Documents
Collection Corner - Leman Indian Rifle
Vol. 7, No. 3
Cover: Beaver Bronze by Gary Schifdt
A Paper of Vermilion
The Dutch Fur Trade - Source Material
Trade Goods for the Susquehannock
Vol. 7, No. 4
Cover: Red Hunter, pen sketch by Dave Paulley
Trade Fire Steels
Sefroy Iott
Charles Parker's Britannia on the Steamboat Bertrand
Vol. 8, No. 1
Cover: Silver Trade Beaver
Castoreum
Butcher Knives as Historical Sources
Trade Goods in Oto Indian Costumes
Vol. 8, No. 2
Cover: Sketch of Indian Bull Boats at FortBerthold by R. F. Kurz
The Bull Boat of the Plains Indians and the Fur Trade
Vol. 8, No. 3
Cover: Original Pencil Sketch by A. St. Onge
A Unique Trade Object from the Northwest
Bears Oil in the Fur Trade
The C H & S Northwest Gun
Vol. 8, No. 4
Cover: The American Sable or Pine Marten
The American or Pine-Marten - Source Material
Upper Missouri Arrow Points
Vol. 9, No. 1
Cover: Early Trade Tobacco Box
Iron Tobacco Boxes
The Furs We Wear
The Plum-Pit Game
Vol. 9, No. 2
Cover: Full Size Sketch of Late Type Lock for Hudson's Bay
Northwest Gun
Buckskinner Rendezvous on Bordeaux Creek
Noted BlanketManufacturerVisitsMuseum
Northwest Gun Locks
More on St. Louis Shot Tower
Vol. 9, No. 3
Cover: George Catlin Painting of a Waco Chief
Notes on French Medals
The Abalone Shell as a Trade Item
Vol. 9, No. 4
Cover: Engraving of Mexican Atajo or Mule Caravan.
Aparejos and Arrieros
A 19th Century Crescent Blade Pipe Tomahawk
Files from the Steamboat Bertrand
Vol. 10, No. 1 and 2
Notes on Two Paiute Burials and Associated Artifacts by George
Metcalf
Vol. 10, No. 3
Covers Museum of the Fur Trade Distinguished Service Modal
Powder Kegs from the Steamboat Bertrand
The Spanish Axe
Vol. 10, No. 4
Cover: Youle's Shot Tower
The Trader's Cassette
Kit Carson Saddle
Vol. 11, No. 1
The Fur Trade of Greenland
Oglala Hair Pipe Breastplates
Cover: Eskimo with Harpoon by Carol Cline
Vol. 11, No. 2
Cover: Flags of the Fur Trade
Russian American Company Flag
Arming the Trader and His Clarks, by the Engagees
The Crooked Knife, by C. E. Hanson, Jr.
Massachusetts Views of Trade to the Northwest Coast, Source
Material
Vol. 11, No. 3
Covers Mountain Men
The Mountain Man's Outfit
David Armit, HBC Trader
Vol. 11, No. 4
Cover: The Pit Saw
The Pit Saw
Box Elder Sugar
The Hide Hunter's Scale
Fort Pierre - Source Material
Vol. 12, No. 1
Cover: Steamboat at Ft. Benton on the Missouri
First Steamboat to Pt. Union - Source Material
Lancets on the Frontier by Bernard Levine
The Point Blanket, by C. E. Hanson, Jr.
Vol. 12, No. 2
Cover: Sketch of the Chadron Crook Trading Post
The Chadron Creek Trading Post, by C. E. Hanson, Jr. and Veronica
Sue-Walters
Vol. 12, No. 3
Cover: Chocolate Plant
Chocolate in the Fur Trade
The Nutria and the Beaver Hat
Collection Corner - Trade Gun from the Yellowstone
Vol. 12, No. 4
The Swanskin
New Light on the Origin of Indian Silver Headstalls
Trade Rifle Chargers
Vol. 13, No. 1
Cover: l9th Century Painting of Canadian Missionary with Beaded
Indian Cap
Pioneer Profile, by B. Miles Gilbert
The Beaded Glengarry by C. E. Hanson, Jr.
A Unique Southern Rifle, by Otto Moeller
Vol. 13, No. 2
Cover: Tom Sims, Jr., receiving Distinguished Service Medal
Now Trading Post Memorial Near Chadron
The Greatest Years of Hide Hunting, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Vol. 13, No. 3
Cover: Trade Token of Seth E. Ward at Ft. Laramie
Treaty Presents at Fort Laramie, 1867, by Robert A. Murray
Trade Goods im Colonial New England, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Collection Corner - The Buffalo Knife
Vol. 13, No. 4
Cover: Silver,Plate in the Cheek Piece of the Ferdinand Kennett
Rifle
The Kermett Hawken Rifle, by John T. Powell
Vol. 14, No. 1
Cover: Quaint Woodcut of Mexican Carrying a Sword
News and Views
A Pre-Civil War Catlinite Pipe, etc., by Gene Galloway
The Espada Ancha, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Vol. 14, No. 2
Some Thoughts for Buckskinners by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
The Square-Jawed Beaver Trap
Collection Corner - The Stock Lock
A Gallery of Acculturation
Vol. 14, No. 3
Cover: Nineteenth Century London Shot Tower
Marks on I. Wilson Knives, by Lee Burke
Lead in the Fur Trade, by C. E. Hanson, Jr.
Vol. 14, No. 4
Mike Fink and the Keelboat Men
Indian Slaves for Spanish Horses by Steven Horvath, Jr.
John Nigel George's Collection of Gun Flints, by Charles E.
Hanson, Jr.
A Dutch Fur Trade Cannon - Photo Feature
Vol. 15, No. 1
Cover: "Spaniard of the Back Country 1760"
From the Editor
The Spanish Cross Stirrup, by C. E. Hanson, Jr.
St. Louis in 1809 and 1829 - Source Material
Axes and Tomahawks, by the "Engages"
Vol. 15, No. 2
Cover: British Sentry in Blanket Coat, ca. 1780
Notes on Point Blankets in the Military Service by Frederick C.
Gaede and E. Bryce Workman
Some Observations on Nineteenth Century Canadian Clothing, by the
"Engages"
German Silver
Vol. 15, No. 3
Cover: Glen Ungerman and Ed Garret peel rubber latex mold from
Robidoux inscription
Antoine Robidoux's Note Saved for Posterity
Henry Deringer and the Indian Trade by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
The French Fiddle - Source Material
Vol. 15, No. 4
Cover: The Bee Hunter, by Alfred Jacob Miller
The Bee Hunter, by James A. Hanson
Burning Glasses, by the "Engages"
Collection Corner - The Water Gourd
List of the London Gunmakers for 1845 and Schedule of Shot -
Source Material
Vol. 16, No. 1
Cover: Bull-Boating
"James Bridger et al., Boat Builders" The Skin Canoes of the
Great Plains and Rockies by James A. Hanson
Some Notes on Tents in the Western Fur Trade by Charles Hanson
The Ohio Indian Trade, Source Material
Vol. 16, No. 2
Cover: Original pen-sketch of western trading post by John
Barsotti
Our Twenty-Fifth Anniversarv
The Portage Collar, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Thomas W. Burney: A Virginia Trader and Blacksmith in the Ohio
Valley, by Stanley W. Baker
Collection Corner - Fremont Prize Rifle?
Vol. 16, No. 3
Cover: Early Oil Painting of Bissonette Trading Post on Bordeaux
Creek
Joseph Bissonette's Last Trading Post, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
"A Paper of Flints," by E. M. Phillips
Notes on the Physical Appearance of American Point Blankets for
Plains Indiana in the 1860's, by the "Engages"
Collection Corner - Belgian Trade Rifle
Vol. 16, No. 4
Cover: Engraving of Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Ellice, from
Harper's Monthly
The Russian Palma, by Charles Hanson, Jr.
Trade on the Western Plains of Canada - Source Material
Collection Corner - Beauvais Rifle
Fish Hooks, by the "Engages"
Book Reviews
Vol. 17, No. 1
Cover: Advertisement in the Nebraska City News, June 12, 1858
William Rotton, Nebraska Gunmaker, by James Potter
Commercial Powder Horns, by Charles Hanson
Turlington and Peppermint - Source Material
Vol. 17, No. 2
Cover: Ute Indians, one wearing set of hair plates, May 1876
Harpers Monthly
Plains Indian Hair Plates, by Charles Hanson, Jr.
Collection Corner - The Kentucky Pistol
Hudson's Bay Country Goods - Source Material
Book Reviews
Vol. 17, No. 3
Cover: Fire Bag, French Halfbreed, Ft. Simpson, collected Between
1888 and 1897
The Metis and Production of Embroidery in the Subarctic, by Kate
Duncan
Brass Cocks for Liquor Kegs, by Charles Hanson
Collection Corner - The Samovar in Alaska
Vol. 17, No. 4
Cover: Buffalo Chase, Sketch of a Metis buffalo hunt
Paint Pigments in the Fur Trade, by Charles Hanson
The Pad Saddle, by the 'Engages"
A Note on the Accounts of James Lakenan and Jacob Hawken, by Jim
Potter
Collection Corner - Fire Steels
Book Reviews
Vol. 18, No. 1 and 2
Northern Plains Indian at Ft. Keogh, Montana
Trade Goods in Some L. A. Huffman Photographs, by Dr. James A.
Hanson
Victor Collot's Journey: An Eighteenth Century Description of the
Fur Trade, by Stanley W. Baker
The Deringer Belt Pistol, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Brass Tacks, by the Engages
Book Reviews
Vol. 18, No. 3
Cover: New Mexican Trader, original pen and ink sketch by Dave
Paulley
Cigarettes in the West, by Charles Hanson, Jr.
Old Style Drop Front Trousers, by the "Engages"
Book Reviews
Vol. 18, No. 4
Cover: Sketch of robe traders in an Indian camp
Theodore Davis, Harpers Monthly, January 1869
Indian Trade Rings, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Life at Bent's Fort - Source Material
Metal Tinkler Cones: A Popular Trade Item from the Great Lakes,
to the Far Southwest, by Dan Scurlock
Vol. 19, No. 1
Cover: Winter Scene, original pen sketch by E. Shankland
Important New Exhibits
Trade Earrings - An Overview, by Charles Hanson, Jr.
Hudson's Bay Company Rations, by the "Engages"
Tennessee Shooting Match - Source-Material
Collection Corner - Missouri Shot Bag
Book Reviews
Vol. 19, No. 2
Cover: "Catching Up," water color by Alfred Jacob Miller
Etienne Provost and the Rawken Rifle, by Jack Tykal
Trunks for the Indians, by the "Engages"
Aguardiente From the Rio Grande, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Book Reviews
Vol. 19, No. 3
Cover: Return of the Hunters
Red River and Other Carts, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
News from Council Bluffs - 1845 - Source Material
Vol. 19, No. 4
Cover: Engraving from portrait of Lewis Case
Fighting the Small Pox Epidemic of 1837-38
The Response of the American Fur Company Traders, by David L.
Ferch
The Guinea Medals of the Northwest Company, by E. M. Phillips
Guitars for the Mountains, bv the Engages'
Book Reviews
Vol. 20, No. 1
Cover: Steel line Engraving 1850s The Trapper's Last Shot
The Trapper's Last Shot, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Fighting the Small Pox Epidemic of 1837-38: The Response of the
American Fur Company Traders, by David L. Ferch
(conclusion)
Early English Trade Knives, by the "Engages"
Collection Corner - 1650 Trade Gun from New York
Hudson's Bay Hand Dags, by E. M. Phillips
Sage Observations - Source Material
Book Reviews
Vol. 20, No. 2
Cover: Chinese Tea Plant, Harpers New Monthly Magazine
Tea and Tea Chests by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Swords in the Western Fur Trade, by Brenda Chaney
Shawnee Costume 1788 - Source Material
Book Reviews
Vol. 20, No. 3
Cover: Sioux Encampment Near Fort Laramie 1868
British Hardware for the Trade, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Minahaskas and the Plains Warriors by W. R. Austerman (swords)
Canvas Tipis, by the "Engages"
Vol. 20, No. 4
Cover: Engraving of Henry Leman
Henry E. Leman - Riflemaker by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
The Pigeon Egg Bead, by the "Engages"
Pennsylvania Trade Goods 1683-1685 - Source Material
Vol. 21, No. 1
Cover: Engraving of early 19th Century British Distribution of
presents to Indians
Those Board of Ordnance Indian Guns -- Again! by DeWitt Bailey
Vol. 21, No. 2
Cover: Pawnee Indians Migrating by Alfred Jacob Miller
Pawnee Camp Equipage, A letter bv John W. Williamson; by R. Eli
Paul
An English Pattern Patchbox from Fort Union, by O. C. Loomer
The American Fur Company - Source Material from Harold Schindler
Buffalo Tongues in the Fur Trade, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Vol. 21, No. 3
Cover: Painting "Old Fort Garry" by Shelton
Old Fort Garry and the Red River Trade, by the "Engages"
Those Board of Ordnance Guns -- Again! Supplement, by DeWitt
Bailey
The Indian Department in Canada - Source Material
Trade Combs, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Vol. 21, No. 4
Cover: Portrait of Appanoose, Sauk village chief ca. 1837
Campbell Wampum, by Charles Hanson, Jr.
The Greenland Trade, A Brief History with Special Emphasis on
Trade Guns, by Per E. T. von Schiller
Collection Corner - Some Canadian Trade Horns
Vol. 22, No. 1
Cover: 1762 engraving of Ostinaco, Cherokee Chief who visited
London in that year
The Southern Trade, A Slightly Different Story, by Charles E.
Hanson, Jr.
Red Cloud's Mission to Crazy Horse, 1877 Source Material
Collection Corner - T. Albright Rifle
Vol. 22, No. 2
Cover: Old engraving of Madison peace medal
Silverwork for the U.S. Office of Indian Trade by Charles E.
Hanson, Jr.
Cotas de Mallas and the Western Tribes, by Wayne Austerman (mail
shirts)
How Old is the Sewing Machine? by the "Engages"
Collection Corner - Deringer Percussion Rifle
Book Reviews
Vol. 22, No. 3
Cover: "Roasting the Hump Rib," watercolor by Alfred Jacob Miller
More British Hardware, by the "Engages"
Collection Corner - A Lead Bar from the Hanna-White Cabin, by
Miles Gilbert and Wayne Rogoski
The Legacy of "Edward Warren," by Charles Hanson, Jr.
Book Reviews
Vol. 22, No. 4
Cover: Early photograph of Sioux man, Louis Dog, using his hand
mirror
Trade Mirrors, by Charles Hanson, Jr.
Not-So-Old Rifle Looks, by the "Engages"
The Wolfers - Source Material
Book Reviews
Vol. 23, No. 1
Cover: Engraving showing English hatmakers' "Hat-Battery or
kettle, with Men employed in Wetting, Rolling, Pressing,
'Ruffing'
and Blocking the Hat-Bodies."
Beaver to Buffalo Robes: Transition in the Fur Trade, by T.
Lindsay Baker
The Scalping Knife, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
An American Fur Company Voyageur's Contract, by the "Engages"
Book Reviews
Vol. 23, No. 2
Cover: Indian Camp - Women Dressing and Tanning Skins, 1832, from
Catlin's Eight Years, Vol. 1
The Cartouche Knife, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Beaver to Buffalo Robes: Transition in the Fur Trade, by T.
Lindsay Baker
The Extra Ramrod, by the "Engages"
Book Reviews
Vol. 23, No. 3
Cover: Sketch of an Appalachian packhorse train from "The History
of Upsher County, West Virginia," by W. B. Cutright,
Buckhannon, W. Va., 1907
From the Editor
Butcher Knives, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
The Packhorse Trade Across the Appalachian Frontier, by Stanley
W. Baker
The Appalachian Packsaddle, by an Allegheny Trader
Book Reviews
Vol. 23, No. 4
Cover: 1987 recipients of the Museum of the Fur Trade,
Distinguished Service Medal display their awards at the annual
Volunteers' Dinner November 20, 1987
From the Editor
The Packhorse Trade Across the Appalachian Frontier (Conclusion),
by Stanley W. Baker
Pens and Pencils in the Fur Trade, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Collectors' Corner - Mystery Gun,
Book Reviews
Vol. 24, No. 1
Cover: Engraving of workman applying first coat of paint to oil
cloth, British Manufactures, Series IV, by George Dodde London,
1845.
Fur Trade Oil Cloths, by "The Engages"
An 18th Century Horseshoe from an Early Fur Trade Site, by an
Allegheny Trader
Spanish Silver for Indians, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Collection Corner -- Spanish Pistol
Book Reviews
Vol. 24, No. 2
Cover: Engraving of a Virginia tobacco plant from L. Colange,
Zell s Popular Encyclopedia, Philadelphia, 1883,
From the Editor
National Park Service Team Visits Museum
Tobacco in the Fur Trade by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
An Appraisal of Birchbark Canoes in the 20th Century, Source
Material
Collection Corner - Early English Trade Rifle
Book Reviews
Vol. 24, No. 3
Cover:Ta-Ro-Han, an Ioway Warrior Wearing a calico shirt, 1837.
Printed Calicos for Indians, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Collection Corner -- Brass Mounted French Trade Gun
Vol. 24, No. 4
Cover: Van der Donk's Map 1656
Flemish Knives in the Fur Trade, by the Engagees