Tuesday, August 5, 2008

A Restless Breed

"Of all frontier callings, that of the trapper was the most hazardous and rash. Indians, grizzly bears, quarrels, hunger, thirst, flood, accident and disease--perils of nature, man and beast-took unremitting toll even of the most seasoned of the mountain men...In 1856 Antoine Robidoux declared that he could account for only three survivors out of a force of three hundred hunters an dtrappers who were in the Rocky Mountains thirty years before. James Ohio Pattie thought that only sixteen men out of a total of a hundred and sixteen survived their first year's trapping experience in the southwest." (This Reckless Breed of Men, Robert Glass)

"It has been estimated that one out of every three died or an average of one death every ten days, year in and year out." (Then and Now, Volume XI)





"A Restless Bread"

Cast Bronze
Solid, Hand Finished Base
Edition of 50

Dimensions: 14 Inches Long, 15 Inches Wide, 19 Inches High

Weight: 60 Lbs.

Price: $3,600.00 US Dollars and all Shipping/Handling

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