From: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com (hist_text-digest) To: hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: hist_text-digest V1 #770 Reply-To: hist_text Sender: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk hist_text-digest Thursday, March 22 2001 Volume 01 : Number 770 In this issue: -       MtMan-List: =?UTF-8?Q?Oaken=20Kegs?= -       Re: MtMan-List: Oaken Kegs -       RE: MtMan-List: Oaken Kegs -       Re: MtMan-List: Oaken Kegs -       Re: MtMan-List: =?UTF-8?Q?Oaken=20Kegs?= -       Re: MtMan-List: Oaken Kegs -       Re: MtMan-List: Oaken Kegs -       Re: MtMan-List: Terry Johnston -       Re: MtMan-List: Terry Johnston -       Re: MtMan-List: Terry Johnston -       MtMan-List: Re: Song Inquiry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 22:06:34 EST From: SWcushing@aol.com Subject: MtMan-List: =?UTF-8?Q?Oaken=20Kegs?= Aaaaaaargh! For the first time in over five years my water keg has dried=20 out so much the bands are loose. ....that's how dry it's been in the NW.=20 After two days of soaking. it now holds water....kinda. My question is how do others store their kegs? I've tried storing them full=20 of water, but before being called "Magpie", my name was "Stinking Water=20 Steve" ....mebbe a shot or two of chlorine would keep the worms away.... Ymos, Magpie - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 22:11:55 -0500 From: "D. Miles" Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Oaken Kegs Magpie.. I store my keg dry, but it don't hurt to occasionally fill it with water, usually from the hose outside when watering the garden and once a month in the bathtub in the Winter.. Just pay attention to it once in awhile and it will never let you down.. Don't just "store" it away.. D - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 20:11:53 -0800 From: "Randal Bublitz" Subject: RE: MtMan-List: Oaken Kegs I have a 3 gallon oak keg. I store it dry. It gets real dry.... 5 days , or so, before I plan to use it I try to fill it as best I can (it's leaking faster than I can fill it at this point). I have a 5 gallon plastic bucket (full of water) at the ready. I plunge the 'as full as I can get it' keg into the 5 gallon bucket with water in it. I place a weight on top of the keg in order to keep it submerged. I leave it like this for several days. I check to make sure the keg is full of water. A few drops of bleach in the water doesn't hurt. If the bands are loose, make sure they are in place before the keg swells again. The last time I did this, I placed the keg on a stack of newspapers for transport to rendezvous. When I arrived nearly 12 hours later, there was not a drop of water on the newspapers... to my grateful astonishment. This method works for me. hardtack > Aaaaaaargh! For the first time in over five years my water keg has dried > out so much the bands are loose. .... > > My question is how do others store their ke - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 23:42:02 -0500 From: "John Hunt" Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Oaken Kegs Magpie, use big gourds 3-3 1/2 gal size. Wax line `em. Won`t have that problem. John (BIG JOHN) Hunt longhunter mountainman Southwest, Ohio - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 10:06 PM Subject: MtMan-List: Oaken Kegs > Aaaaaaargh! For the first time in over five years my water keg has dried > out so much the bands are loose. ....that's how dry it's been in the NW. > After two days of soaking. it now holds water....kinda. > My question is how do others store their kegs? I've tried storing them full > of water, but before being called "Magpie", my name was "Stinking Water > Steve" ....mebbe a shot or two of chlorine would keep the worms away.... > > Ymos, > Magpie > > ---------------------- > hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html > > - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 22:54:38 -0600 From: John Kramer Subject: Re: MtMan-List: =?UTF-8?Q?Oaken=20Kegs?= Magpie, To keep water fresh over long periods put a bag of anise seeds in the water and leave them there when in storage, the water remains drinkable if slightly flavored. If you make your keg of cypress you will not have a problem with stagnant/slimy water. This is not a new problem these are two old solutions to same. If a wood keg is repeatedly soaked and dried with each cycle it becomes slightly smaller in size as the softer fibers of the wood are crushed between the harder ones, changes of humidity do much the same to furniture. I have a fine old oak bucket that was wonderful for many years - -- now when I soak it up I have to shim the bands or they are insufficient to seize the staves, the iron did not stretch. Wax linings may work in gourds (I never had one stay whole long enough to find out) in kegs it will inevitably start chunking off and floating about in the water. Hence the seal is imperfect and the water is real funky all the time. It is best to use your wooden ware regularly and constantly to get full service life from it. When you say holds water ...kinda; you did drive the bands back on tight didn't you? Chlorine (in small concentrations) can purify water from bacteria it will not keep it from getting skanky, it can, in sufficient quantity, poison your keg. John... At 10:06 PM 3/21/01 -0500, you wrote: >Aaaaaaargh! For the first time in over five years my water keg has dried >out so much the bands are loose. ....that's how dry it's been in the NW. >After two days of soaking. it now holds water....kinda. >My question is how do others store their kegs? I've tried storing them full >of water, but before being called "Magpie", my name was "Stinking Water >Steve" ....mebbe a shot or two of chlorine would keep the worms away.... > >Ymos, >Magpie "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin 1759 - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 01:35:54 EST From: LivingInThePast@aol.com Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Oaken Kegs I have a 5 gal oak keg lined with brewers pitch, and during months of storage I keep it in a dark spot with about 3 inches of water in it. It gets a bit slimy, but a day before leaving for a 'voo, I wash (scrub) it with a mixture of dishwashing soap and bleach, rinse it throughly, then put in a few inches from the hose for the trip to 'voo. On arrival I dump out the few inches, then fill it completely with bottled water. Nine years on this keg, its never leaked a drop, the bands are as tight as the day it was made and people love to dip a ladle in and take a drink of some of the sweetest water ever to wet a whistle. Barney - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 07:18:35 EST From: Iambrainey@aol.com Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Oaken Kegs - --part1_8.11f07e64.27eb479b_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit An old tip on wooden canteens is to occasionally put a few drops of oil of cinnamon in and slosh around. Leaves just enough flavor to eliminate the staleness of wooden water ware. It's available where baking supplies, cake decorating, food flavorings are sold. Ben - --part1_8.11f07e64.27eb479b_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit An old tip on wooden canteens is to occasionally put a few drops of oil of
cinnamon in and slosh around.  Leaves just enough flavor to eliminate the
staleness of wooden water ware.  It's available where baking supplies, cake
decorating, food flavorings are sold.

Ben - --part1_8.11f07e64.27eb479b_boundary-- - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:32:15 EST From: MarkLoader@aol.com Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Terry Johnston - --part1_d0.132e12c4.27eb74ff_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the information that I received from Jim Wirshborn as he is a close=20 friend of Terry and has been in contact with his wife since the beginning.=20 Roadkill Terry C. Johnson, award winning author, including the nine part series on the mountain man character Titus Bass, remains in intensive care of a Billings, Mont. hospital since early February. He is near death. He was disconnected from life support systems Wednesday morning. Wednesday evening he was breathing on his own but there is little chance of recovery. February 2, the day after the release of his final book in the Titus Bass series Wind Walker, Terry was admitted to a Billings, Mont. hospital for what was thought to be an appendicitis attack.=A0 The appendix was removed and he was being treated for an infection as if the appendix had ruptured. The next day he looked better but was back in surgery Feb. 4 since he was having trouble breathing.=A0 Doctors found a perforated colon and a malignant tumor.=A0 A section of the colon was removed.=A0 They also found lymph node cancer but could not do a CAT scan at the time to determine the extent of the cancer.=A0 He was placed on a respirator. Since that time there have been several additional surgeries.=A0 Kidneys and digestive system and other organs shutdown.=A0 He was placed on a feeding tube. According to Vanette Johnston, Terry's wife,=A0 Tuesday, a CAT Scan was done and it was found that the cancer had spread aggressively throughout his body. Anyone who has met Terry or has read his books knows what a unique individual he is.=A0 I meet him at a conference in Jackson Hole a few years ago.=A0 We had a chance to talk during dinner. Months later I went to a book fair in Denver and he was there.=A0 He was signing a book, looked up from the desk and said "Jim how did you get out of your cage."=A0 I never dreamed he would remember me from a couple of hours of talking with him and him meeting thousands of people all year. He shared with me his writing routine of getting up in the morning, writing for four hours, having lunch, taking a walk near his Billings home and then working through the afternoon. I always wondered how an author is able to "see" the character through all the adventures Titus Bass has gone though.=A0 Thousands of pages Terry has written on Bass.=A0 Bears, blizzards, fast water, no water, scalping, gun fire, accidents, cold, heat, anything you can think of that a guy would get into tramping around from the 1820s to the 1840s in the West. He spent many months of the year on the road promoting his books, speaking to groups and researching for future books.=A0 He has written more than 20 other books other than the mountain man series on the Nee Perce, Custer and other western historical events. I am just an arm chair historian.=A0 I read a lot.=A0 I am not a reenactor nor a trained historian but I love the mountain man era.=A0 I have found Terry's work to be a work of history, rather than "just" a novel.=A0 In all my reading of his books I never found any historical event that wasn't backed up by scholarly reported history of the era.=A0 His writing is truly remarkable, vivid and captivating. His ability to report on the geography in which Titus moves through from the days of Ashley to the Oregon Trail days is also remarkable, down to minor details.. It is a fine line between the character of Titus Bass and the man Terry C. Johnson. They have the mountain ethic, a can do attitude, a quickness of thought and a weight out the problem and take action type persona. Terry was to visit me last Saturday.=A0 He was working on a John Colter biography and 15 other biographical novels of mountain men. No matter what happens to any of us, perhaps the scene in the final Titus Bass book with=A0 Titus now a grandpa and his daughter Amanda is a thought to remember.=A0 It is not the body in the ground, it is the memories of that person, the joy they gave, the thought they provoked that we should take the memories down the trail and not worry about the body. A fund is being established to help with medical bills and expenses for the family.=A0 There will be an address and details on the fund soon. There will also be a scholarship fund established in Terry's name. If you wish to send a card to the family here is the address: Vanette Johnston P. O. Box 50594 Billings, MT 59105 Vanette asks that you not call the hospital as it is a small facility with limited staff. I will keep you all informed.=A0 Also, if you have any remembrances of your meetings with Terry please send them to me. Jim Wirshborn email msws@msws.net - --part1_d0.132e12c4.27eb74ff_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the information t= hat I received from Jim Wirshborn as he is a close=20
friend of Terry and has been in contact with his wife since the beginnin= g.=20
Roadkill

Terry C. Johnson, award winning author, including the nine part series
on the mountain man character Titus Bass, remains in intensive care of a
Billings, Mont. hospital since early February.

He is near death.

He was disconnected from life support systems Wednesday morning.
Wednesday evening he was breathing on his own but there is little chance
of recovery.

February 2, the day after the release of his final book in the Titus
Bass series Wind Walker, Terry was admitted to a Billings, Mont.
hospital for what was thought to be an appendicitis attack.=A0 The
appendix was removed and he was being treated for an infection as if the
appendix had ruptured.

The next day he looked better but was back in surgery Feb. 4 since he
was having trouble breathing.=A0 Doctors found a perforated colon and a
malignant tumor.=A0 A section of the colon was removed.=A0 They also fou= nd
lymph node cancer but could not do a CAT scan at the time to determine
the extent of the cancer.=A0 He was placed on a respirator.

Since that time there have been several additional surgeries.=A0 Kidneys
and digestive system and other organs shutdown.=A0 He was placed on a
feeding tube.

According to Vanette Johnston, Terry's wife,=A0 Tuesday, a CAT Scan was
done and it was found that the cancer had spread aggressively throughout
his body.

Anyone who has met Terry or has read his books knows what a unique
individual he is.=A0 I meet him at a conference in Jackson Hole a few
years ago.=A0 We had a chance to talk during dinner.

Months later I went to a book fair in Denver and he was there.=A0 He was
signing a book, looked up from the desk and said "Jim how did you get
out of your cage."=A0 I never dreamed he would remember me from a couple
of hours of talking with him and him meeting thousands of people all
year.

He shared with me his writing routine of getting up in the morning,
writing for four hours, having lunch, taking a walk near his Billings
home and then working through the afternoon.

I always wondered how an author is able to "see" the character through
all the adventures Titus Bass has gone though.=A0 Thousands of pages Ter= ry
has written on Bass.=A0 Bears, blizzards, fast water, no water, scalping= ,
gun fire, accidents, cold, heat, anything you can think of that a guy
would get into tramping around from the 1820s to the 1840s in the West.

He spent many months of the year on the road promoting his books,
speaking to groups and researching for future books.=A0 He has written
more than 20 other books other than the mountain man series on the Nee
Perce, Custer and other western historical events.

I am just an arm chair historian.=A0 I read a lot.=A0 I am not a reenact= or
nor a trained historian but I love the mountain man era.=A0 I have found
Terry's work to be a work of history, rather than "just" a novel.=A0 In
all my reading of his books I never found any historical event that
wasn't backed up by scholarly reported history of the era.=A0 His writin= g
is truly remarkable, vivid and captivating.

His ability to report on the geography in which Titus moves through from
the days of Ashley to the Oregon Trail days is also remarkable, down to
minor details..

It is a fine line between the character of Titus Bass and the man Terry
C. Johnson.

They have the mountain ethic, a can do attitude, a quickness of thought
and a weight out the problem and take action type persona.

Terry was to visit me last Saturday.=A0 He was working on a John Colter
biography and 15 other biographical novels of mountain men.

No matter what happens to any of us, perhaps the scene in the final
Titus Bass book with=A0 Titus now a grandpa and his daughter Amanda is a
thought to remember.=A0 It is not the body in the ground, it is the
memories of that person, the joy they gave, the thought they provoked
that we should take the memories down the trail and not worry about the
body.

A fund is being established to help with medical bills and expenses for
the family.=A0 There will be an address and details on the fund soon.
There will also be a scholarship fund established in Terry's name.

If you wish to send a card to the family here is the address:
Vanette Johnston
P. O. Box 50594
Billings, MT 59105

Vanette asks that you not call the hospital as it is a small facility
with limited staff.

I will keep you all informed.=A0 Also, if you have any remembrances of
your meetings with Terry please send them to me.

Jim Wirshborn
email msws@msws.net



- --part1_d0.132e12c4.27eb74ff_boundary-- - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:45:10 -0600 From: "Paul W. Jones" Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Terry Johnston This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C0B2B4.C8F60E40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mark, What a well-written and thoughtful commentary. I salute Jim for the = facts presented, the emotions expressed in such a fine and dignified = manner, and the over-all quality of his comments. This one stopped me = short as I sat perched in my every-ready delete mode. I have called a = friend to ask him to read it, as he is a Johnston fan. Thank you most = sincerely for sharing this with the list. Regards, Paul CLARK & SONS MERCANTILE, INC. "One Who Trades" "Uno quien negocia" "Unqui commerce" English Spanish = French Visit our Web-Page at http://www.teleport.com/~walking/clark/ P.O. Box 270844 Houston, Texas 77277-0844 (713) 839-7884 = Fax (713) 668-9589=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: MarkLoader@aol.com=20 To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com=20 Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 9:32 AM Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Terry Johnston This is the information that I received from Jim Wirshborn as he is a = close=20 friend of Terry and has been in contact with his wife since the = beginning.=20 Roadkill=20 Terry C. Johnson, award winning author, including the nine part series = on the mountain man character Titus Bass, remains in intensive care of = a=20 Billings, Mont. hospital since early February.=20 He is near death.=20 He was disconnected from life support systems Wednesday morning.=20 Wednesday evening he was breathing on his own but there is little = chance=20 of recovery.=20 February 2, the day after the release of his final book in the Titus=20 Bass series Wind Walker, Terry was admitted to a Billings, Mont.=20 hospital for what was thought to be an appendicitis attack. The=20 appendix was removed and he was being treated for an infection as if = the=20 appendix had ruptured.=20 The next day he looked better but was back in surgery Feb. 4 since he=20 was having trouble breathing. Doctors found a perforated colon and a=20 malignant tumor. A section of the colon was removed. They also found = lymph node cancer but could not do a CAT scan at the time to determine = the extent of the cancer. He was placed on a respirator.=20 Since that time there have been several additional surgeries. Kidneys = and digestive system and other organs shutdown. He was placed on a=20 feeding tube.=20 According to Vanette Johnston, Terry's wife, Tuesday, a CAT Scan was=20 done and it was found that the cancer had spread aggressively = throughout=20 his body.=20 Anyone who has met Terry or has read his books knows what a unique=20 individual he is. I meet him at a conference in Jackson Hole a few=20 years ago. We had a chance to talk during dinner.=20 Months later I went to a book fair in Denver and he was there. He was = signing a book, looked up from the desk and said "Jim how did you get=20 out of your cage." I never dreamed he would remember me from a couple = of hours of talking with him and him meeting thousands of people all=20 year.=20 He shared with me his writing routine of getting up in the morning,=20 writing for four hours, having lunch, taking a walk near his Billings=20 home and then working through the afternoon.=20 I always wondered how an author is able to "see" the character through = all the adventures Titus Bass has gone though. Thousands of pages = Terry=20 has written on Bass. Bears, blizzards, fast water, no water, = scalping,=20 gun fire, accidents, cold, heat, anything you can think of that a guy=20 would get into tramping around from the 1820s to the 1840s in the = West.=20 He spent many months of the year on the road promoting his books,=20 speaking to groups and researching for future books. He has written=20 more than 20 other books other than the mountain man series on the Nee = Perce, Custer and other western historical events.=20 I am just an arm chair historian. I read a lot. I am not a reenactor = nor a trained historian but I love the mountain man era. I have found = Terry's work to be a work of history, rather than "just" a novel. In=20 all my reading of his books I never found any historical event that=20 wasn't backed up by scholarly reported history of the era. His = writing=20 is truly remarkable, vivid and captivating.=20 His ability to report on the geography in which Titus moves through = from=20 the days of Ashley to the Oregon Trail days is also remarkable, down = to=20 minor details..=20 It is a fine line between the character of Titus Bass and the man = Terry=20 C. Johnson.=20 They have the mountain ethic, a can do attitude, a quickness of = thought=20 and a weight out the problem and take action type persona.=20 Terry was to visit me last Saturday. He was working on a John Colter=20 biography and 15 other biographical novels of mountain men.=20 No matter what happens to any of us, perhaps the scene in the final=20 Titus Bass book with Titus now a grandpa and his daughter Amanda is a = thought to remember. It is not the body in the ground, it is the=20 memories of that person, the joy they gave, the thought they provoked=20 that we should take the memories down the trail and not worry about = the=20 body.=20 A fund is being established to help with medical bills and expenses = for=20 the family. There will be an address and details on the fund soon.=20 There will also be a scholarship fund established in Terry's name.=20 If you wish to send a card to the family here is the address:=20 Vanette Johnston=20 P. O. Box 50594=20 Billings, MT 59105=20 Vanette asks that you not call the hospital as it is a small facility=20 with limited staff.=20 I will keep you all informed. Also, if you have any remembrances of=20 your meetings with Terry please send them to me.=20 Jim Wirshborn=20 email msws@msws.net=20 - ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C0B2B4.C8F60E40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Mark,
 
What a well-written and thoughtful = commentary.  I=20 salute Jim for the facts presented, the emotions expressed in such a = fine and=20 dignified manner, and the over-all quality of his comments.  This = one=20 stopped me short as I sat perched in my every-ready delete mode.  I = have=20 called a friend to ask him to read it, as he is a Johnston fan.  = Thank you=20 most sincerely for sharing this with the list.
 
Regards,
 
Paul
 
CLARK & SONS MERCANTILE,=20 INC.
 
"One Who Trades"  "Uno quien = negocia" =20 "Unqui commerce"
 
       =20 English           =             &= nbsp;   =20 Spanish           =             &= nbsp;     =20 French
 
Visit our Web-Page at http://www.teleport.com/= ~walking/clark/
 
P.O. Box 270844  Houston, Texas=20 77277-0844         (713)=20 839-7884
          &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;            = ;            =             &= nbsp;   =20 Fax  (713) 668-9589
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 MarkLoader@aol.com
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com =
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 = 9:32=20 AM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Terry=20 Johnston

This is the = information=20 that I received from Jim Wirshborn as he is a close
friend of = Terry and=20 has been in contact with his wife since the beginning.
Roadkill=20

Terry C. Johnson, award winning author, including the nine = part series=20
on the mountain man character Titus Bass, remains in intensive = care of a=20
Billings, Mont. hospital since early February.

He is near = death.=20

He was disconnected from life support systems Wednesday = morning.=20
Wednesday evening he was breathing on his own but there is little = chance=20
of recovery.

February 2, the day after the release of his = final=20 book in the Titus
Bass series Wind Walker, Terry was admitted to a = Billings, Mont.
hospital for what was thought to be an = appendicitis=20 attack.  The
appendix was removed and he was being treated = for an=20 infection as if the
appendix had ruptured.

The next day he = looked=20 better but was back in surgery Feb. 4 since he
was having trouble=20 breathing.  Doctors found a perforated colon and a
malignant=20 tumor.  A section of the colon was removed.  They also found =
lymph node cancer but could not do a CAT scan at the time to = determine=20
the extent of the cancer.  He was placed on a respirator.=20

Since that time there have been several additional = surgeries. =20 Kidneys
and digestive system and other organs shutdown.  He = was=20 placed on a
feeding tube.

According to Vanette Johnston, = Terry's=20 wife,  Tuesday, a CAT Scan was
done and it was found that the = cancer=20 had spread aggressively throughout
his body.

Anyone who = has met=20 Terry or has read his books knows what a unique
individual he = is.  I=20 meet him at a conference in Jackson Hole a few
years ago.  We = had a=20 chance to talk during dinner.

Months later I went to a book = fair in=20 Denver and he was there.  He was
signing a book, looked up = from the=20 desk and said "Jim how did you get
out of your cage."  I = never=20 dreamed he would remember me from a couple
of hours of talking = with him=20 and him meeting thousands of people all
year.

He shared = with me=20 his writing routine of getting up in the morning,
writing for four = hours,=20 having lunch, taking a walk near his Billings
home and then = working=20 through the afternoon.

I always wondered how an author is able = to=20 "see" the character through
all the adventures Titus Bass has gone = though.  Thousands of pages Terry
has written on Bass.  = Bears,=20 blizzards, fast water, no water, scalping,
gun fire, accidents, = cold,=20 heat, anything you can think of that a guy
would get into tramping = around=20 from the 1820s to the 1840s in the West.

He spent many months = of the=20 year on the road promoting his books,
speaking to groups and = researching=20 for future books.  He has written
more than 20 other books = other than=20 the mountain man series on the Nee
Perce, Custer and other western = historical events.

I am just an arm chair historian.  I = read a=20 lot.  I am not a reenactor
nor a trained historian but I love = the=20 mountain man era.  I have found
Terry's work to be a work of = history,=20 rather than "just" a novel.  In
all my reading of his books I = never=20 found any historical event that
wasn't backed up by scholarly = reported=20 history of the era.  His writing
is truly remarkable, vivid = and=20 captivating.

His ability to report on the geography in which = Titus=20 moves through from
the days of Ashley to the Oregon Trail days is = also=20 remarkable, down to
minor details..

It is a fine line = between the=20 character of Titus Bass and the man Terry
C. Johnson.

They = have=20 the mountain ethic, a can do attitude, a quickness of thought
and = a weight=20 out the problem and take action type persona.

Terry was to = visit me=20 last Saturday.  He was working on a John Colter
biography and = 15=20 other biographical novels of mountain men.

No matter what = happens to=20 any of us, perhaps the scene in the final
Titus Bass book = with  Titus=20 now a grandpa and his daughter Amanda is a
thought to = remember.  It=20 is not the body in the ground, it is the
memories of that person, = the joy=20 they gave, the thought they provoked
that we should take the = memories down=20 the trail and not worry about the
body.

A fund is being=20 established to help with medical bills and expenses for
the = family. =20 There will be an address and details on the fund soon.
There will = also be=20 a scholarship fund established in Terry's name.

If you wish to = send a=20 card to the family here is the address:
Vanette Johnston
P. O. = Box=20 50594
Billings, MT 59105

Vanette asks that you not call = the=20 hospital as it is a small facility
with limited staff.

I = will keep=20 you all informed.  Also, if you have any remembrances of
your = meetings with Terry please send them to me.

Jim Wirshborn =
email=20 msws@msws.net



- ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C0B2B4.C8F60E40-- - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 12:01:42 EST From: Mtnman1449@aol.com Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Terry Johnston - --part1_79.11f26b15.27eb89f6_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I concur with Pauls comments. A fine tribute. Have met Terry too on several occasions, usually at book signings. While I've always enjoyed Terry's work, wondered at the prolific generation of fur trade and western history novels he turned out, I will now treasure more than ever no a photo of Me, Terry and my 9 year old (at the time) daughter, all dressed in out period tur trade clothing. Vannette is a lovely lady and we wish her all the best through this difficult period. Patrick Surrena AMM #1449 - --part1_79.11f26b15.27eb89f6_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I concur with Pauls comments.  A fine tribute.  Have met Terry too on several
occasions, usually at book signings.  While I've always enjoyed Terry's work,
wondered at the prolific generation of fur trade and western history novels
he turned out, I will now treasure more than ever no a photo of Me, Terry and
my 9 year old (at the time) daughter, all dressed in out period tur trade
clothing.  Vannette is a lovely lady and we wish her all the best through
this difficult period.  

Patrick Surrena
AMM #1449














- --part1_79.11f26b15.27eb89f6_boundary-- - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 17:02:54 -0600 From: "Paul W. Jones" Subject: MtMan-List: Re: Song Inquiry For reasons I do not understand, Jennifer has not been able to send queries to the list. She has asked that I forward this question about "songs." As some of you are known to howl at the Moon in a fine harmony with the occasional coherent word or three thrown in for the betterment of those more sober, perhaps someone can help this nice young Lady. Regards, Paul - ----- From: Jennifer Holm To: ; Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 1:29 PM Subject: Song query I'm looking for any songs (the lyrics, specifically) sung by mountain men. Does anyone know of any diaries,etc. that might list such songs? I'm most interested in love songs. Thanks! JH __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ End of hist_text-digest V1 #770 ******************************* - To unsubscribe to hist_text-digest, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe hist_text-digest" in the body of the message.