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Post by Jenny on Mar 25, 2020 11:40:24 GMT -5
In the latest SB (249) dalneitzel.com/2020/03/18/scrapbook-two_hundred-forty-nine/ Forrest mentioned reading Journal of a Trapper again. This book is mentioned in the TTOTC... and there are many connections that can be found within the book..... I thought this thread could share some 'possibilities'.... Although found on a map, 'Secluded Valley' is also shown in Journal of a Trapper..... could it connect to 'As I have gone ALONE in there' and 'hint' to this area....?  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2020 13:48:39 GMT -5
Absolutely, it fits perfectly.
I was looking at maps just east of there today at and around dryhead dryhead ranch area eliminating or trying as wwwh.
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Post by Jenny on Mar 26, 2020 6:14:23 GMT -5
The use of Capitalization is interesting in the book too.....
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2020 10:36:08 GMT -5
The use of Capitalization is interesting in the book too..... What if journal of a trapper Has some secret message to a hidden cache and Forrest actually figured it out and found it. Now wouldn't that put a twist on things? |
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Post by Jenny on Mar 26, 2020 10:37:48 GMT -5
The use of Capitalization is interesting in the book too..... What if journal of a trapper Has some secret message to a hidden cache and Forrest actually figured it out and found it. Now wouldn't that put a twist on things? Would love that..... I would think Forrest does enjoy reading the book for 'clues' on where to look for artifacts...like arrowheads and such..... |
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Post by Jenny on Mar 26, 2020 10:39:59 GMT -5
On that map are some other interesting connections to the poem too....and not just 'secluded valley'....
There is - Big Horn- which might connect to- 'hear me all' (and listen good)...
We have to wonder 'why' Forrest chose the words he did for the poem....was it to hint or linkage to other words found on a map?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2020 14:43:17 GMT -5
On that map are some other interesting connections to the poem too....and not just 'secluded valley'.... There is - Big Horn- which might connect to- 'hear me all' (and listen good)... We have to wonder 'why' Forrest chose the words he did for the poem....was it to hint or linkage to other words found on a map? I certainly think so. The clues are straight forward but we need to find what they mean he says, Now what's cold in the bighorn just could be the answer if it's in the wood. |
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Post by CJ on Mar 26, 2020 22:20:18 GMT -5
I believe that's the Lamar Valley. My first BOTG was the Hayden Valley - which was truly amazing. I really liked what he (Russel) wrote about it though:
"There is something in the wild romantic scenery of this valley which I cannot. . . describe; but the impressions made upon my mind while gazing from a high eminence on the surrounding landscape one evening as the sun was gently gliding behind the western mountain and casting its gigantic shadows across the vale were such as time can never efface from my memory . . . for my own part I almost wished I could spend the remainder of my days in a place like this where happiness and contentment seemed to reign in wild romantic splendor."
That does make you wonder..."spend the remainder of my days.."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2020 8:58:22 GMT -5
I believe that's the Lamar Valley. My first BOTG was the Hayden Valley - which was truly amazing. I really liked what he (Russel) wrote about it though: "There is something in the wild romantic scenery of this valley which I cannot. . . describe; but the impressions made upon my mind while gazing from a high eminence on the surrounding landscape one evening as the sun was gently gliding behind the western mountain and casting its gigantic shadows across the vale were such as time can never efface from my memory . . . for my own part I almost wished I could spend the remainder of my days in a place like this where happiness and contentment seemed to reign in wild romantic splendor." That does make you wonder..."spend the remainder of my days.." I like that quote. If only it would say dreams and fantasies go to play. I wish. But it could be the spot anyway so don't discount anything too early. |
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Post by me9 on Apr 14, 2020 12:49:39 GMT -5
Dear Forrest, You collect many artifacts, and it seems they quietly impress upon you to study them and then tell their stories. Do you have a favorite story/history of an artifact?~ j Sure I do. One such object is a “slick,” a word used here as a noun. It’s a term that’s largely unknown, even to historians. Many of the old mountain men and fur trappers were never without four items while on the trail: A Hawkin rifle, a Russell Green River knife, a strike-a-light, and a slick. Slicks are small pieces of jade that were carried as good luck charms, or amulets. Most of them were picked up in Southwest Wyoming that is home to some of the best jade in the world. They got their name because some exhibit heavy “bag wear” from being carried in a pants pocket for years. I found mine under the floor boards of a long-ago abandoned log cabin within walking distance of the Gallatin River in Montana. I carry it sometimes myself.f mysteriouswritings.com/slicks-featured-question-with-forrest/ |
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Post by johnwayne11 on Apr 14, 2020 22:04:33 GMT -5
Dear Forrest, You collect many artifacts, and it seems they quietly impress upon you to study them and then tell their stories. Do you have a favorite story/history of an artifact?~ j Sure I do. One such object is a “slick,” a word used here as a noun. It’s a term that’s largely unknown, even to historians. Many of the old mountain men and fur trappers were never without four items while on the trail: A Hawkin rifle, a Russell Green River knife, a strike-a-light, and a slick. Slicks are small pieces of jade that were carried as good luck charms, or amulets. Most of them were picked up in Southwest Wyoming that is home to some of the best jade in the world. They got their name because some exhibit heavy “bag wear” from being carried in a pants pocket for years. I found mine under the floor boards of a long-ago abandoned log cabin within walking distance of the Gallatin River in Montana. I carry it sometimes myself.f mysteriouswritings.com/slicks-featured-question-with-forrest/Nobody seems to have caught the misspelling of the rifle type - it should have been a "hawken" rifle not hawkin. Now Forrest would have known that. |
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Post by heidini on Apr 14, 2020 23:34:09 GMT -5
Dear Forrest, You collect many artifacts, and it seems they quietly impress upon you to study them and then tell their stories. Do you have a favorite story/history of an artifact?~ j Sure I do. One such object is a “slick,” a word used here as a noun. It’s a term that’s largely unknown, even to historians. Many of the old mountain men and fur trappers were never without four items while on the trail: A Hawkin rifle, a Russell Green River knife, a strike-a-light, and a slick. Slicks are small pieces of jade that were carried as good luck charms, or amulets. Most of them were picked up in Southwest Wyoming that is home to some of the best jade in the world. They got their name because some exhibit heavy “bag wear” from being carried in a pants pocket for years. I found mine under the floor boards of a long-ago abandoned log cabin within walking distance of the Gallatin River in Montana. I carry it sometimes myself.f mysteriouswritings.com/slicks-featured-question-with-forrest/Nobody seems to have caught the misspelling of the rifle type - it should have been a "hawken" rifle not hawkin. Now Forrest would have known that. Hawkin- English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Hawkin, a diminutive of Hawk 1 with the Anglo-Norman French hypocoristic suffix -in. English: in the case of one family (see note below), this is a variant of Hawkinge, a habitational name from a place in Kent, so called from Old English Hafocing 'hawk place'. Hawken- The (sur-)name Hawken comes from the Nordic given name "Haakon", the name of seven Norwegian kings. The meaning therefore is "noble, of the highest race" also "exalted son". |
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