Four Years in the Rockies Or the Adventures of Isaac P Rose of Shenango Towns
Four Years in the Rockies Or the Adventures of Isaac P Rose of Shenango Towns
James B Marsh
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( See Life of Kit Carson, page 92. ) The goods from St. Louis having arrived at the rendezvous, the long expected treat was in order, and Rose purchased five gallons of alcohol at thirty-two dollars a gallon. This, together with the sugar that was required to make it palatable, cost Rose one hundred and seventy-five dollars, leaving him a balance of one hundred and twenty- five dollars of his prize money. It must not be supposed that with this amount of liquor the trappers commenced a drunken d...ebauch. Nothing of the sort. Several of the trappers were temperate and would not touch it at all, while the others, without getting intoxicated, 154 FOUR YEARS IN THE ROCKIES. had a merry, jovial time for four or five days. Another grand treat was also indulged in at this time by the company. Flour was a dollar a pint, and each of the trappers would throw in that amount. The flour was then placed in the camp- kettle, made up into paste with water, and baked in cakes on the coals. This, however, was an expensive luxury that the boys did not often indulge in.
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