Adventure of Zenas Leonard, Fur Trader and Trapper, 1831-1836

Adventure of Zenas Leonard, Fur Trader and Trapper, 1831-1836

In the spring of 1830, Leonard, a native of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, "ventured to embark in an expedition across the Rocky Mountains, in the capacity of clerk to the company. The last letter received by his parents, left him at the extreme white settlement [Independence, Missouri], where they were busily occupied in making preparations for the expedition to the mountainsâ€”from whence he promised to write at short intervals; but one misfortune after another happening to the company, he was deprived of all sources of communicationâ€”so that no tidings were received of him until he unexpectedly returned to the scenes of his childhood, to the house of his father, in the fall of 1835â€”after an absence of 5 years and 6 months!"

Written "in response to popular demand," so to speak, Leonard's account of these years, based in large part on "a minute journal of every incident that occurred," is recognized as one of the fundamental sources on the exploration of the American West. A free trapper until the summer of 1833, when he entered the employ of Captain B. L. E. Bonneville, Leonard was part of the group sent under command of Captain Joseph Walker to explore the Great Salt Lake regionâ€”an expedition that resulted in Walker's finding the overland route to California. The Narrative ends in August 1835, with Leonard's return to Independence.

This pre-1923 publication has been converted from its original format for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the conversion.
Country USA
Author Zenas Leonard
Binding Kindle Edition
Format Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages 141
PublicationDate 2014-09-06
ReleaseDate 2014-09-06

Country	USA
Author	Zenas Leonard
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages	141
PublicationDate	2014-09-06
ReleaseDate	2014-09-06

Adventure of Zenas Leonard, Fur Trader and Trapper, 1831-1836

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