Big Game, Big Stories: Montana's Hunting Heritage
Title:
MUSKET
Date:
ca. 1825-1870
Source:
Bob Scriver Collection, Gift of Lorraine Scriver
Object ID:
2000.15.34
Description:
"The descendants of the Indian and original French population of that part of Canada... were well armed, good hunters, and made their living from these herds of buffalo. The robes they sold at $3.00 or $4.00 each; the pemmican they sold to the Indian Agencies." -William Picket, 1876
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