| Title |
Narrative of the adventures of Zenas Leonard : a native of Clearfield County, Pa., who spent five years in trapping for furs, trading with the Indians, &c., &c., of the Rocky Mountains |
| Subject |
Fur trade -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Leonard, Zenas, 1809-1857; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Sources; Indigenous peoples--North America |
| Creator |
Leonard, Zenas, 1809-1857 |
| Description |
Memoir of Zenas Leonard of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, who spent over five years in the American West serving as clerk for a Saint Louis-based fur company. During a trapping expedition in the Rocky Mountains, his party endured much hardship, the horses died in the harsh winter and the party was at times near starvation. They survived, in part, by trading with Native Americans. Among the more helpful tribal members he reported encountering was a negro who claimed to have been on Lewis & Clark's expedition, and who may have been the explorer-slave York. Leonard's journal was published in book form by D.W. Moore of Clearfield, Pennsylvania in 1839, after being serialized in the Clearfield Republican. It includes many details of the different tribes with which his parties interacted. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1839 |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Identifier |
F592-_L36-1839.pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Spatial Coverage |
West, United States; Rocky Mountains, United States |
| Rights Management |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Holding Institution |
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Scanning Technician |
Ellen Moffatt |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned with Hasselblad H2D 39 megapixel digital camera and saved as 600 ppi tiffs. Display images created in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 and generated in Adobe Acrobat ProX as multiple page pdf. |
| Call Number |
F592 .L36 1839; Record ID 99193940102001 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s66d7vmk |
| Setname |
uum_rbc |
| ID |
309673 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66d7vmk |
