Who Were The Longhunters? 

Ancient Aliens 2: American Revolution

Only BETTER. Much, much better.

@@tonyantonio2 Lolz Sad but true!

Yeah, they lost my views. Ignorant garbage.

I was looking for a documentary that was on History Channel the other day. The quality really went down hill when they realized that reality television grabbed more viewers than The American Revolution. Hell, I remember when TLC meant Television Learning Channel and not Totally Ludicrous Content.

I consider him a friend. I've camped with him and he's a great guy. Fascinating amount of knowledge he's willing to pass on

It is great that such people exist that are willing to share their ways of life. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

@@dillonhinkle8765 I've always been drawn to this type of life , it comes more natural to me wish I could spend time with this fellow and learn what he can share !!

they'll say the same of us in 200 yrs., should we make it before the third dark ages hit.

@@slukky I hope we will but I doubt it. Too pampered, too soft.

Same people as today. We just have more ppl now.

My dad was born in the late 1920’s, his dad mid 1890’s, the work expected from my dad and his generation from the time of boy into an adult was 90% by the power of their body, manual strength and creativity of their mind, technology is great but in some ways it’s weakened us

They were tougher back then simply because they had no other choice.

Wow what a great thing you did to bring that back. Do you spend time in the cabin? Live in it?

My grandfathers mothers side bought land from the native population. This was in the 1700s he dug a well and let hunting parties sleep in his barn and use the well..

Sounds really cool

A nice settlers

I’d like to know more about that. Annacreasman@protonmail(dot)com

chris maggiora has come on

I agree, well deserved!

I have followed this for a while now and find it fascinating . Henry Skaggs is my 7th great grandfather. I have my family tree traced back to 1560. :) Henry and is brothers were famous long hunters and have appeared in several books on the subject.

@@stanskaggs4040I wote a long rely Stan and it disappeared. LOL. We are probably cousins. I do remember my most recent Skaggs ancestor was James Skaggs who married I believe MaryAnn Moore...they are both buried in or near Sikeston MO. I have been to their graves but can't remember if it was Sikeston for sure....its been about 20 years.

Henry Skaggs is my 5th great grandfather. I’d love to learn more about him.

@@debboyermaevers9555 It has been years since I did any "rooting" but I do remember there was a woman named Juanita Luttrell who wrote a book about the Skaggs brothers and Money family that was very very interesting and filled in a lot of my family info for me. It is out of print now and I don't remember the name of it but the library in Summersville KY had a copy of it and they let me photocopy the pages that pertained to my branch of the Skaggs and Money families. This was back in the early 90s. I don't know if Jaunita is still alive, I doubt it. I talked to her by phone a couple times. She was trying to get the book edited because the published/printed version was very rough but she was hesitant to let the edited manuscript out of her possession. This book, if they still have their copy of it might help you in your search.

@@stanskaggs4040 True! There were so many brothers though, it is easy to get confused...or at least it is for me!

hiheeledsneakers1 How would you even find this info? Is it written down or something?

Musket or rifle?

Why are they called 'longhunters'- cause they have long guns?

Tyler Hutchens what does " wholesome " mean ?

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if you like History then read Allen W. Eckert. he has a set of books called the winning of America series.I think you can find them all on Amazon .I first found them many years ago in a old book store called Blueridge Books,I went and asked the little old man who owened the store if he had any books about the Girty brothers .and he went and brought me a hard back book called The Frontiersmen. From there I had him order me the complete set in hard back,it is an amazing story ,you can still get the paper back books and I am sure you will love them.one of the best authors and also his book That Dark and Bloody River is another really Good work.

Beardoggin89 Live Action Yeah, I was loving the dogs. Good lookin’ bunch!

That would make a great story, Mountain men hunting Serial killers, an old concept fighting against a problem we face today.

I’d be interested in that as well. Henry Skaggs is my 5th great grandfather.

Charles (Henry’s brother) was my 6th great grandfather

Do one on Elisha Wallen (Walling). He was my ancestor. Also hunted with Boone and I know I’ve heard the Skaggs name too.

@@debboyermaevers9555 we're cousins.

James Carr Wallen was my great 5xs grandfather and was a long hunter with Danial Boone

Raw hide canoes if anything but they probably bartered for that with the natives most of the time

I doubt that they spent much time building small boats, since that would limit their mobility to following the rivers. The rivers were important for transport, but mostly for flatboats carrying cargo and settlers. If they were planning a long trip by water, up into Indian country to trade, of course a canoe would be useful, as it would carry more "plunder" than hauling it overland. That's why horses were typical for longhunters, even though they were often stolen along with the full packs they were carrying. These guys were not out here for fishing. They wanted hides. So the waters were mainly of interest for transport in the long haul, back and forth, at either end of the journey.

A while back, Jon did a series on constructing a dugout canoe. In it, he covers some of the typical uses. Dig back on his channel and view them. It's not an easy task. (On the plus side, there may still be some original dugout canoes out in the water. That would be a fun find.)

@@krb5292 yeah i watched that whole series on dug outs but rivers and streams was important in that time for transportation. I was asking how that related possibly to the long hunters and the importance of it specifically.

If they had regular routes they worked that involved travel by water a lot of times they would have a canoe they would hide for future use. Use it. Hide it. Available for use next time.

Most longhunters used pack horses.

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Needed an old fat man skinner/cook thar to add to the group lol see Ringo got his facetime too !!!

A few different methods were used. Some used oak wood chips for the tannin in the wood. Some used the brain tan method. Others used urine to tan hides into leather. Did they want to leave the hair on, or make buckskin? Enough for a series of videos really.

Modern Woodsman - a "city civilized" colonist would have stayed in Virginia. The pioneers were usually a fairly rough bunch, used to hard work under difficult conditions, risking their lives to build a free nation. The men and women who settled near a station may have been farmers, but they were still pioneers and indian fighters, and they were carving a home out of the wilderness. No "softies" stayed for long. You arrived "green" and seasoned quick, or you didn't make it.

Modern Woodsman -- Apparently I did not understand what you were trying to say ( I respond nicely and politely). I really thought you meant to have a round table discussion with the people who were actually on the frontier and who could be expected to have a valid opinion about what life was like there. Not to include some fancy pants from the big city who was afraid to get his hands dirty ( both literally and figuratively). My bad. I thought the question was merely misguided, not stupid. ... said Captain Obvious. Have a nice day.

@Modern Woodsman ah yes. Let's force a wildly oppressed group of people to sit down and calmly speak with their genocidal fascistic oppressors. So educational. So interesting.

@Modern Woodsman yea no the concept is still the same as the one I originally had a problem with. It puts the settler's objectively immoral point of view on the same platform as a brutalized and immiserated native. They should not be presented as equals in a sort of "debate" of perspectives. If the Native Americans were there without the colonists, I'd be cool with it.

Modern Woodsman - Clearly, if your proposal needed so much disambiguation in order to make sense to everyone else, it must have been either poorly expressed, or totally stupid to begin with. No need to insult the intelligence of the entire community - some of whom have advanced degrees in history and related topics - when you should abashedly hang your head in contrition and retract the suggestion, politely and silently. Failure to avoid further antagonizing your peers will be viewed as the act of a true moron.

The average man these days would smell like a wee flower in comparison

Marshall L. Monti - So true !! He is much too clean to be hanging out with these guys. LOL

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