Re: MtMan-List: underwear

[David Card <DCard@compuserve.com>]

Of course, journals are one of our best sources of information, 
but we need to keep them in context.  How they compare to other
sources, etc.  If someone's journal mentions calico underwear, 
that's great info - but all it really says is that particular
person used calico, or at most that some men used it.  We can't 
say that all mountain men used it.  Still good info, but only 
as far as it goes.  There are many references to flannel drawers 
too, but that doesn't mean calico wasn't used by some, especially 
in warmer areas.  Calico is only a type of cotton fabric - not 
just an "underwear" fabric, so I don't know about the guy arrested 
in a calico shirt.  The big question is - did he have anything 
else on?
-David-



>   Terrel DeWald a brother from Amarillo once told me that the 
> mountain man wore calico as underwear. He said he got the info
> from an original journal he read somewhere. Anyway he said he
> also read an account of a feller getting arrested in a town for 
> being on the streets in a calico shirt, arrested for indecent
> exposure?
>
> Snakeshot