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The Trappers Rendezvous

A page out of History is turned this past weekend at Fort Union
by Frank and Lin Vargo and the traders exchanged these period attire clothing which is
items for the trappers and the mandatory if you are going to set
The rendezvous (rän-di-vü)
Indian’s beaver pelts. up your campsite. Canvas tents
was a trading fair that usually lasted
At Fort Union, North Dakota from Native American teepees to
several days. It is a French word for
and Montana, the parking lot is in very large abodes with open fire
an appointment or meeting place.
Montana but the actual Fort is in camp stoves and cooking utensils of
Missouri trader Captain William
North Dakota. And that Fort is only period style.
Ashley held the first trappers’
about three miles from Fort Buford. Bacon cooking in a large cast
rendezvous in 1825.
Just a hop, skip and a jump from iron skillet brought a crowd of folk
Traders like Ashley brought
each other. hoping to get a free sample and they
trade goods--rifles, powder, traps,
People from all over the U.S.
knives, tools, cloth, and beads--from
and Canada showed up in their continued somewhere
St. Louis to the Rocky Mountains,
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 Good point, me thinks.
Rendezvous continued from front There was a young female adventurer who came
were not disappointed. into the rendezvous circle with her canoe. She was also
Adjacent to the bacon cooking man was Chris from from Saskatchewan and had paddled down the Missouri
Saskatchewan with her entire family. What a darling river to Fort Union with her dream of making Mexico
woman and her husband and family! When she asked by late summer. She was nicely reminded by a man
her daughter what she wanted for her wedding gift, the named “Scruffy” that if she wanted to spend the night
daughter quickly replied, a rendezvous tent like mom on the Fort Union grounds that she would have to wear
and dad and by golly they got it and it was there beside proper attire and he handed her some items that he had
mom and dad’s humble abode! gathered from other participants in the festivities and so
Chris is a pleasant be-speckled lassie, who was reading she did change into period style.
a Tom Clancy novel as we approached. She is a pleasure Later on, “Scruffy” came by and was questioning
to behold and we got to talking about politics. She was about the canoe adventurer and asked if anyone had
pleasantly critical of her government and the leadership seen her and he had hoped that he had not offended her.
or the lack there of then asked why in the world are No, by golly, there she was all changed into the 1800’s
Americans so blind to see what is supposedly in charge wear. He did not recognize her.
of our government. Chris got up to cook some lunch so we bid her
“Can’t you see that Biden is brain dead and why and her family farewell and wandered about to the
would you people vote for such a person?” many, many other sites with items for sale that were of
With that door to the conversation now open, I mountain man origin.
produced my Donald Trump flag and waved it about. Fur pieces and Buffalo rugs were offered but a bit
They cheered and it was the end of the conversation. out of our tax bracket. Hand tools and wooden firearms
She and her family are farming folk and got on the as well as wooden cutlass’s were available as well as
EV insanity wagon that Canada’s Prime Minister has walking canes were for sale. Gals were walking about in
mandated by 2035, that all vehicles and farm equipment long dresses… dresses!… really! And bare feet.
will have to switch over to electric or hydrogen. She The kids were family members of the voyagers and
stated that when combine work is going strong it is a 24 were excited to just be a part of the Americana that was
hour day so when in the hell are we gonna get to take just a few 100 years ago.
the time to stop and recharge the darn things? As we were meandering by the many canvas tents
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Montana girls earn sweep
By Mike Brandt
One streak continued for Montana but another
was snapped. The Treasure State girls won their 15th
consecutive Saturday night in the Montana-Wyoming
All-Star Basketball Series.
Montana held the Wyoming girls to 35 points
while scoring 76. North Countries Paige Wasson and
Taylee Chirrick of Roberts had 14 points each.
“I think we came out stronger today,” said Wasson
in a Billings Gazette article. “Yesterday we came out a
little bit slow, but today we came out pretty strong. We
got a quick lead and just kept building on it.”
Billings West’s teammates Kourtney Grossman
and Hale Haber had 10 and nine points. Saco’s Teagan
Erickson, Hallie Neibauer of Chinook, and Missoula
Jon was working at techniques. I could
Hellgate’s Chloe arson each had six points. Isabelled
the lumberyard, pushing have put them back on
Heggem of Roy-Winifred had five points.
a tree through the buzz and made you like new.
Montana won Friday night 90-68 after taking a 47-
saw, and accidentally Why didn’t you bring the
36 lead at the break.
sheared off all ten of his fingers?”
Erickson led Montana with 17 points, Chirrick
fingers. He goes to the Jon says, “Well,
followed with 16, Wasson 13, Grossman, Smith, anc emergency room. shucks, Doc, I couldn’t
Neibauer 10 apiece, Larsen eight, Jeggem five, and The doctor says, pick ‘em up!”
Haber one. “Yuck! Well, give me the
Montana leads the series 41-13. For Erickson and fingers, and I’ll see what
Wasson, they have not lost a game in two years. I can do.”
Wyoming boys finally swept Montana, snapping Jon says, “I ain’t got
a 22-game losing streak on Friday with an 83-62 win. the fingers.”
Then Saturday night at Lockwood High School they The doctor says,
added a 94-85 win. Montana leads the series 67-29. “What do you mean,
Better luck next year Montana boys. you haven’t got the
fingers? It’s 1999. We’ve
got microsurgery and
all kinds of incredible
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