Skinners and pilgrims …………….take heed.
The dates of Texas Free Trappers’ Rendezvous IX have been changed to a week earlier.
A Civil War battle reenactment is scheduled on our original date and we find it best to change our dates.
The new flier is attached, as well as a map to avoid having to send it later to those who were unable to join us at our previous Rendezvous at the La Vernia site.
There were 30 registrants at Rendezvous VIII plus two youngsters whose registration is not required and our new Native American friends, The Running Waters Drum. They presented a drum and song program for us after council fire and enjoyed themselves enough to say that they will be at Rendezvous IX and bring along some dancers.
I hope to get some of our Native American friends that we will see at the “Celebrate Bandera” powwow over Labor Day weekend to be a part of Rendezvous IX.
The TFT brigade has been invited to set up a mountain man camp at “Celebrate Bandera” for the second time. We will be doing demonstrations and talking to visitors about the days of the fur trade. Period camps and campers are invited to join us there. Contact me for more information and/or to let me know if you will be there. We need to reserve plenty of space for lodges, knife and hawk, and possibly archery demonstrations.
At Rendezvous IX we can expect to meet some new reenactors who have found us. I was told that they do well researched “personas” of Cherokee and Seminole individuals and are ready to portray the 1810-1840 period with us.
We will have “Trader Bucks” ready to award as prizes, in addition to the black powder, so be there, traders!
Grey Wolf can be contacted at wolfbear@gvtc.com for more information.
This event has been posted to the events page – Many Rifles