Mountain Men Had Cats?

gunny · Post by **gunny** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:54 pm

Dogs yes. this painting of 1845 by George Caleb Bingham titled Fur Traders Descending The Missouri clearly shows a cat in the bow of the canoe. The caption says it is a bear cub, but unless the artist is from New Jersey, looks like a cat to me.

Post by **Minimalist** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:55 pm

Link, gunny?

Sam Salmon · Post by **Sam Salmon** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:04 pm

Minimalist wrote:Link, gunny?

Note that it really is an artist's depiction-the creator had NFI what a fur trader's canoe looked like/how large it needed to be to carry supplies/maneuver on a river as large as the Missouri.

It's 100% feline though of that there is no doubt.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:00 pm

Yep, that's a cat.

The opportunity for raw humor presents itself, but I'm a sensitive person.

Frank Harrist · Post by **Frank Harrist** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:33 pm

Prolly make a pretty warm hat. Reserve food rations. Other than that they ain't good for nothin'.

kbs2244 · Post by **kbs2244** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:01 pm

They catch and eat mice that would otherwise eat provisions.
That was a reason they were aboard most seagoing ships of the day also.

Digit · Post by **Digit** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:46 pm

It's 100% feline though of that there is no doubt.

Or a lousy artist!