To all
brothers and sisters of the NAF, and those that
are checking us out. First of I'd like to wish
you all a Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year. Speaking of the new year,
this new year will bring in some new officers
and maybe some new ideas for the NAF.
Something
I would like to say in this issue of Smoke
Signals, has to do with the NAF as a family so
to speak, and its willingness to help others and
to help others just getting started. I have a
nephew that has been recently discharged from
the U.S.Army, due to a leg injury. Now it didn't
permanently cripple him but it did make it
impossible to finish boot camp (twice as he had
his leg fixed went back and hurt it again). Well
he has been hanging around watching me work on
my muzzle loaders and do certain mountain man
crafts and such. To make a long story short, he
decided that he was interested in being part of
living history and wanted to give it a try,
and just recently being discharged and in this
economy he has little money and at the moment no
job. So buying the thing to get started as you
all know can get into some big bucks, I had a
few things that I had extras of or up-graded to
that I could hand down. I got to thinking that
other NAF members may have a few thing that they
weren't using anymore that maybe they would
donate to a 24yr old kid that was starting from
scratch. So I sent out an email to all the NAF
brothers and sisters and told them of what I was
doing. The response was nothing short of
incredible, with in a week he had everything he
needed and more including 1 smooth bore
flintlock and a rifle. He could not believe that
folks that didn't even know him had helped him
and made it possible for him to become a part of
living history as he learns it himself . I have
to say that we may be a small group, but by God
a nicer bunch of guys or better men cannot be
found ! And I have learned first hand that
quality beats quantity any day of the week and
consider myself lucky and blessed to be around
this group of men of such high character.
So
if your not already a member of the North American
Frontiersmen and your looking to join a
national living history association that has no
other agenda other than being the best we can be
and practicing pre-1843 mountain man woods
craft and survival skills, maybe you should look
us over, we may be what your looking for. We are
always looking for more quality folks to join us.
I thank you for your time
And as I always say and will say again, If ya have
any ideas for encampments or places to have'em
please let us know.
See ya down the trail,
