WE present as the content of this year’s volume of The Lakeside Classics another story of the American fur trade. SECRETARY AND EDITOR OF THE BURTON HISTORICAL COLLECTION The Lakeside Classics Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard Written by Himself We have also made every effort to include all maps and illustrations of the original edition the limitations of formatting do not allow of including larger maps, we will upload as many of these maps as possible. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without the written permission of the copyright holder.Īlthough in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit. © Barakaldo Books 2020, all rights reserved. "A completely trustworthy account of Rocky Mountain trapping, 1831-35, including experiences with Walker’s expedition from Salt Lake to California, 1833, of which it is the chief first-hand authority."-U.S.iana Read more The printing was crudely done (apparently the type used in the newspaper was utilized also for the book), but the narrative thus preserved is one of great human interest and of decided historical value. For some reason it was published only in part at the time, but two or three years later the enterprising editor of the Clearfield Republican procured the manuscript, and in addition to printing it in his paper, issued it in book form in 1839. So great was the interest aroused in the recital of the wonders he had experienced that he finally became tired of repeating his story to succeeding groups of auditors, and to save himself the trouble of doing so, he wrote it out for publication in the local paper.
After four years of wandering which took him to the then strange land of Spanish California, he returned to his parental home in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, in the autumn of 1835, where he was greeted by his relatives as one returned from the dead. Louis in a company of seventy men who had formed an expedition for the purpose of trapping furs and trading with the Indians in the Rocky Mountains. In the spring of 1831 a young Pennsylvanian, Zenas Leonard, embarked from St.
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