July/August 1995

ON THE COVER:
The Sound of Distant Hoof Beats by Kirk Stirnweis


INDEX:
Smoke Signals
A Pilgrim's Journey The Journey's Seduction - Mark A. Baker
The Gunsmith of Grenville County The Patchbox Release Mechanism: The Butt Plate - Peter A. Alexander
Tidings from the 18th Century A Woman's Jacket - Beth Gilgun
Cache of the Hollow Tree The Early French in North America: Dark Clouds Over the Colony of New France - Tony Hunter
Gather 'Round the Stove
Eyewitness to History The First Presidential Assassination Attempt - Jim Crutchfield
Early Rio Grande Blankets - Dick Myers
1798 Northwest Company Fur Post - Perry Vining
Alternative Shelters for Rendezvous The Wigwam - Rex Norman
The Act of Survival - Bruce Druliner
Bowies on the Frontier - Ronald Kil
Basic Tomahawk Skills - Jim O'Meara
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