Trading Furs and Swapping Lies

Posted by Mary Trotter Kion Mar 27, 2007

For the men who spent their time in the mountains, trapping beaver and other critters, in the early 1800s, rendezvous was a yearly event that was much looked forward to. The Mountain Man rendezvous of 1832 was no different. After the furs were cashed in the fun began, consisting of whiskey drinking, gambling, horse racing, telling tall tales around a campfire, and getting an Indian maiden to spend the night with.