Ashley's Hundred
Ashley's Hundred refers to the men who responded to the flyer, "To Enterprising Young Men: The Subscriber wishes to engage One Hundred men to ascend the River Missouri to its source to be employed for one, two, or three years . . ."
The flyer was a recruitment for the first of several fur-trapping expeditions to the Rocky Mountains organized by William Henry Ashley and Andrew Henry.
Ashley's Hundred
- Carpenter
- Mike Fink
- Hugh Glass
- Talbeau Talbott?
- Jedediah Smith
- Bill Sublette
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