John Tanner: Growing Up a Captive, Part XXXI
John had hunted with the other members of the family, it took nearly all day but they had literally run down a herd of Elk killing four. The flesh of the Elk was dried and shared but by no means equally divided between them in proportion to the size of their respective families. John made no complaint as he opined that “I was a poor hunter and had aided but little in their harvest”. He directed his attention more to the hunting of beaver, he knew of more than twenty gangs
John Tanner: Growing Up a Captive, Part XXX
The Trader brought a large quantity of rum and encamped a few miles from his house so if the Indians over indulged any trouble would not be at his home. John Tanner had the foresight to purchase some of the most needful items for winter such as blankets and ammunition. Old Woman took ten fine beaver skins and presented them to the Trader and in return she was accustomed each year to receiving a chief’s dress with ornaments and a ten-gallon keg of spirits but when the Trader
