The 2009 AMM Western Territorial Rendezvous was
located in the Glaciated region
of Kansas known as the Flint Hills. The prairie here is called Tallgrass and, in the spring,
portions of it may be on fire. Inhabitants do this on purpose just like the Pawnee, as fire
restores this prairie. This area was a cross-roads for the trails used in the early years of
westward expansion, and many of the original mountain men crossed this portion
of Kansas..
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Flint Hills of Kansas |
Morning in camp |
Main Camp Area |
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Beaver Sign! Waugh!! |
Setting a trap by hand |
Trap setting with levers |
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A fine set location |
Skinning the beaver |
Castor gland - Ready for next year! |
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Another requirement knocked off |
A fine plew! |
Preparing the hide for market |
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Hooping the beaver |
Preparing beaver tail oil |
Casing a muskrat |
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Afternoon ride to the creek |
Sharing times with brothers |
Arranging camp |
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Kansas creek bottoms |
Making a simple snare |
Primitive snare college |
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Paiute Deadfall |
The world's greatest cook! |
Side-lining the mule |
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Primitive fishing |
Primitive cordage college |
Primitive cordage college |
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Horse Packing 101 |
Travelling light - on foot |
One man's gear |
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More time to visit |
Watering the stock |
A family settles into camp |
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Elk - Time to butcher |
Butchering with flint tools |
Skinning with a flint blade |
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Fleshing the elk hide |
A good working camp |
Primitive arrow making |
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Comparing flintlocks |
A noonday visit |
Hunting lodge, WFT and future WFT |
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Time to catch-up |
Brothers from the mountains |
Dusk at rendezvous |
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