Excerpt from Scribner's Monthly, 1871, Vol. 2 Old mountaineers and trappers are great romancers. I have met with many, but never one who was not fond Of practicing upon the credulity Of those who listened to his adven tures. Bridger than whom perhaps no man has experienced more of wild mountain life has been so much in the habit of embellishing his Indian adventures, that they are received by all who know him with many grains of allowance. This want Of faith will account fur the skepticism with which the oft-repeated ...
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Excerpt from Scribner's Monthly, 1871, Vol. 2 Old mountaineers and trappers are great romancers. I have met with many, but never one who was not fond Of practicing upon the credulity Of those who listened to his adven tures. Bridger than whom perhaps no man has experienced more of wild mountain life has been so much in the habit of embellishing his Indian adventures, that they are received by all who know him with many grains of allowance. This want Of faith will account fur the skepticism with which the oft-repeated stories of the wonders Of the Upper Yellow stone were received by people who had lived within one hundred and twenty miles Of them, and who at any time could have established their verity by ten days' travel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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