alan.... its probably been a while since you read the book..read it again and see what you think....the part about the apaches being after him and he finally made peace with the apache....the description of his area with the 4 guard houses ...theres so much b.s. in that book the cover should have been brown
I agree with you, there is a lot of “embellishment” for the sake of creating drama, however, my real interest is in the locations where they were working and what they actually discovered.alan.... its probably been a while since you read the book..read it again and see what you think....the part about the apaches being after him and he finally made peace with the apache....the description of his area with the 4 guard houses ...theres so much b.s. in that book the cover should have been brown
Hugh O’Connor came close, he did not gain peace, but he did reach a level of understanding, The Apache respected and feared him, he brought peace, of a sorts, to the frontier.
It has been a while since I read that book, however, I find value in every book I have read, even Bob Wards
yep...bobs book had some good stuff in it..but i think the only thing magill's book was good for is it is the book that got most of us started on the ldm
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I think I need more coffee.
Hillbilly Prince - Brunton are the best compasses IMHO, Silva are okay, if you are on a budget look for a military surplus as they are high quality at a reasonable cost.
There are multiple jumping off points for Dutch hunters. The most popular is the Peralta trailhead on the S side of the mountains, but the First Water trail is also popular as is the Quarter Circle U ranch. Tortilla ranch road is not popular and very rough, most vehicles cannot make it past the 'staircase', coming in from Iron Mountain is a long way round but is a good way to get in the area of Rogers canyon etc. Your starting point will depend on what area(s) you wish to get to. As a side point, the Quarter Circle U ranch formerly was "the" starting point, few Dutch hunters would bother starting anywhere else than there.
The Curse of the Dutchman's Gold by Helen Corbin is one of the very best books on the LDM in my opinion. The second book by her, the 'Bible' is however not very reliable and I would highly recommend to double check any particular fact(s) you wish to rely on found in that book, as a good deal of false info got mixed into the manuscript. Sadly Helen passed away and cannot release a second edition to correct the issues.
Death traps are not all Spanish - the Indians also created them for use against their enemies. May have some photos of death traps built by Indians here somewhere, usually big rock(s) set up to be tripped very easily by someone getting too close or to be triggered by hand.
Please do continue;
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I always like coffee
Thanks for the information. Four hundred dollars for a
compass maybe after I find some relic people want badly. Found a few Silvas less expensive. Just for now want to learn some basic navigation.
I've seen photos of curious rocks stacked in Louisiana and the poster wanted to know if it was a death trap.
Mother nature can be very creative- has the world at her disposal. But a simple dead fall would be easy, I think.
I've seen your posts on Tayopa's thread. Hope he gets his book out. He has had quite a life.
If I were twenty again maybe I would become a LDM hunter. Or maybe investigate all the signs of Spanish presence here in Missouri. Easier to stay alive in all these trees
