Let us keep a Traditional Muzzleloader Focus!

[Adam Helmer]

I am nearly finished reading "The Journals of Lewis & Clark", by Anthony Brandt. ISBN 0-7922-6921-7.

All of us old Long Hunters need to read this one-volumn work. I am so impressed by the day-by-day effort of 28 men who literally walked from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean and back over 28 months. Their principal arms were flintlocks. They shot lots of wildlife for sustenance, but the biggest challenge was always the "white bear" (aka the grizzly).

Yes, all they had was roundball and courage and it was enough. Albeit, just barely in many cases. I think of Lewis & Clark many times when I go afield with my MLs. I am sorry I was not yet born when they filled out their muster roll for that historic trek.



Adam