Basil Clement (Claymore), The Mountain Trappers

"Basil Clement (Claymore), after 60 years, tried hard to recall under the cross-examination of Charles Edmund DeLand, his affiliation with Henry Fraeb and James Bridger, beginning with the spring of 1841." -Jim Bridger (2013) "His intimate acquaintance with both whites and Indians for some sixty years of our territorial and state history give a special value to his recollections of the early days." - Historical Society of North Dakota, 1906 "Volume XI of the South Historical Collections...contai