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~"Camping along the "Columbia River"~

~"John, Carol, "Two Mile" and "Worm Belly" on horses; "Pipe Maker", "Ol'Rattler" and Scott sitting, Bob, and John standing"~

Thank you for stopping by, the plan is to share pictures and events along with some history of the Che-lo-han Freetrappers; eventually will "Steal the Soul" of all the trappers so you can see them here, along with accutrements made by our talented and gifted bunch...I would like to thank all of you freetrappers for letting me into your world of history, crafts and friendship, because this is what's all about! Reviving the 'Fur Trade Era'. We are a small group of serious primitive trappers from the Pacific Northwest. I will have a special space dedicaded to explain the purpose of the Che-lo-han Freetrappers of Ellensburg,Wa............. I would like to say a word of thank you to Tom Foster....without his help,this page wouldn't have been possible, THANK YOU TOM...

~"Absaroka Range"~

~"Montana/Wyoming- in the distance"~

"Rare Photograph Circa 1895 taken at the "Che-lo-han" Grounds located about 10 miles Northeast of Ellensburg, Wash. on Caribou Creek"

"Another rare Photograph Circa 1895 shows white men and local Indians standing next to the "Hyas tipi" or Big tent, where Indian Religious Ceremonies were held;
"Che-lo-han" was the great Ancient Ceremonial Grounds in the Notheast corner of the Kittitas where......."

".....all the tribes of the northwest came each year to barter,to play and to dig roots.
Upon entering the Kittitas in 1814, Alexander Ross of the North West Fur Company gives the following description...."for we scarcely advanced three miles when a camp in the true Mameluke style presented itself, a camp of which we could see the beginning but not the end! It could not contained less than 3000 men,exclusive of women and children and treble that number of horses.It was a grand and impossing sight in the wilderness,covering more than six miles in every direction......Councils,root-gathering,hunting,horse racing, gambling, singing, dancing, drumming, yelling and other things, which I cannot mention, were going around us"

"The Fur Hunters of the far West by Alexander Ross, Edited by Kenneth Spaulding.
Chapter I page 23, Published by University of Oklahoma press."

~"Winter camp at The Teanaway"~

~"Lenny, Blackfeather, Wormbelly, Dave, Bob"~

~Thank you for stoping by~

your "Lucky Number" is...

VIII - XIX - MMI

Email: blackfeather1830@yahoo.com

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