"You will do, boy, I will need you!"
The man who spoke - a grizzled old plainsman - nodded to a strong-looking young Scotchman who was standing before him, rifle in hand, and motioned to him to take a position among a number of trappers who stood nearby. The fellow who thus spoke was John Ashley (a famous trader and explorer) who had just organized the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. As he was in need of vigorous young men his heart naturally warmed towards the stalwart youth before him, who was yearning for adventure in the Far West.
-H.L. Johnson Charles. Famous Frontiersmen, 1913
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