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	Why John Colter Ran
		John Colter was a trapper who crossed the continent to the Pacific Ocean with Lewis and Clark.
		Colter knew all this, but he loved to trap and with another hunter named Potts he plunged into the wilds of the best beaver streams of the Blackfoot hunting grounds.
		Colter understood enough of their language to tell him that he was a very poor runner, although he was one of the swiftest runners among the hunters.
	www.tetonvalleychamber.com /colterRan.aspx (870 words)

	John Colter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Colter was born in Augusta County, Virginia, near the town of Stuarts Draft in 1774.
		Colter headed back toward civilization in 1807 and was near the mouth of the Platte River when he encountered Manuel Lisa, leading a party which included several former members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, towards the Rocky Mountains.
		Colter reportedly visited at least one geyser basin, though it is now believed that he most likely was near present-day Cody, Wyoming, which at that time may have had some geothermal activity to the immediate west.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Colter (1265 words)

	Lewis and Clark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Colter was next seen canoeing solo down the Missouri River near the mouth of the Platte River in the spring of 1807, alive but far from wealthy.
		Colter’s knowledge of the Yellowstone River country was worth a mint to Lisa, so once again Colter turned his back on civilization and lit out for the Territory.
		Later that summer, Colter and John Potts were trapping a tributary of the Jefferson River, a river they had ascended in 1805 as members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
	www.id.blm.gov /lc/colter.htm (2621 words)

	Tyler.Colter.Html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		John Colter may have had the toughest time as a mountain man. He was attacked by Blackfeet twice, was wounded in a battle, and explored the dangerous Yellowstone area.
		However, John Colter may have done the most historic things as a mountain man. He was part of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
		John Colter was born in 1755 in Tennessee and died in 1813 of jaundice.
	staff.bbhcsd.org /colemanj/Tyler.Colter.Html (161 words)

	Colter's Escape
		In the autumn of 1808 John Colter and John Potts, both veterans of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, were trapping in the Three Forks area.
		The main group of Blackfoot Indians gradually fell behind, because Colter was a powerful man and a swift runner, in spite of the sharp rocks and prickly pear cactus which lacerated his feet.
		On reaching the Madison River, Colter dove in and swam to a nearby driftwood snag, a mass of loosely consolidate limbs, trunks and roots.
	home.att.net /~mman/ColtersEscape.htm (562 words)

	john colter, first mountain man (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Private John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was put on trial for mutiny along with Private John Shields.
		Upon reaching the Pacific in November of 1805, John Colter was one of 10 men to accompany Captain Clark on a trek to “the main ocean” from the expedition’s “Station Camp” at Chinook Point, on the Columbia River estuary.
		In mid-August 1806, John Colter was granted an early discharge from the Corps to become a fur trapper in partnership with two Illinois trappers, Forest Hancock and Joseph Dickson.
	www.lewis-and-clark-expedition.com /John-Colter.aspx (681 words)

	Lewi & Clark: An Epic Journey
		John Colter is credited with discovering many of the wonders of the park.
		Colter was born in Staunton, VA, between 1773 and 1775.
		Colter was eager to head back to the rich beaver streams he had seen.
	lewisclark.cet.edu /student/corps/colter.html (592 words)

	Colter's Run
		John Colter was thus the first white person to see the wonders of Yellowstone Park, but his accounts of the geological oddities sounded so farfetched that he was the butt of many a mountain man’s jokes for years afterward.
		As retreat was now impossible, Colter turned the head of the canoe to the shore; and at the moment of its touching, an Indian seized the rifle belonging to Potts; but Colter… immediately retook it, and handed it to Potts, who remained in the canoe, and on receiving it pushed off into the river.
		[Colter] knew that he had now to run for his life, with the dreadful odds of five or six hundred against him, and those armed Indians; therefore cunningly replied that he was a very bad runner, although he was considered by the hunters as remarkably swift.
	www.ultimatemontana.com /sectionpages/Section5/articles/coltersrun.html (993 words)

	John Colter
		John Colter, with the hardihood of a regular trapper, had cast himself loose from the party of Lewis and Clarke in the very heart of the wilderness, and had remained to trap beaver alone on the head waters of the Missouri.
		Colter sprang on shore, wrested the weapon from the hands of the Indian, and restored it to his companion, who was still in the canoe, and immediately pushed into the stream.
		Colter urged him to come on shore and submit, as his only chance for life; but the other knew there was no prospect of mercy, and determined to die game.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WWcolter.htm (1378 words)

	Mountain Man John Colter
		John Colter was the prototypical mountain man. By 1806, he had already crossed the continent twice with Lewis and Clark, gaining valuable experience in the rigors of wilderness life.
		Colter was also not a stranger to dealing with the Indians; he had been involved in Captain Lewis' conflict with the Blackfeet on the return trip from the Pacific.
		It is assumed Colter told Clark of the things he had seen in his years of travel as a trapper, as the map that appeared in Nicholas Biddle's 1814 version of the Lewis and Clark journals reflects Colter's knowledge.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~HYPER/HNS/Mtmen/johncol.html (606 words)

	John Colter
		Colter was born in Virginia and was still a boy when his family moved to Maysville, Kentucky, on the Ohio River.
		Colter is possibly the "Co" who loaded his gun and threatened "to Shute S. [Sergeant Ordway?] & Disobyed Orders"; the other possible "Co" is John Collins, but he was not court martialed on that date.
		Out from Travelers' Rest, hunting alone, Colter came upon three Indians who "were allarmed and prepared for battle with their bows and arrows." Colter "relieved their fears by laying down his gun and advancing towards them," and invited them to go with him to his camp.
	www.lewis-clark.org /disabled.asp?H=True&NextPage=/content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=2613 (913 words)

	Grand Teton NP: A Place Called Jackson Hole (Chapter 3)
		Colter was the prototypical mountain man. An experienced frontiersman, he honed his skills with the Lewis and Clark expedition.
		Colter broke up the partnership and was canoeing down the Missouri in 1807 when he met Manuel Lisa.
		One side reads, "John Colter," the other, "1808." The stone was found by a farmer plowing his field; he traded it for a pair of boots.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/grte2/hrs3.htm (4458 words)

	Lewis and Clark . Inside the Corps . The Corps . John Colter \| PBS
		Upon reaching the Pacific in November of 1805, Colter was one of 10 men to accompany Captain Clark on a trek to “the main ocean” from the expedition’s “Station Camp” at Chinook Point, on the Columbia River estuary.
		In mid-August 1806, Colter was granted an early discharge from the Corps to become a fur trapper in partnership with two Illinois trappers, Forest Hancock and Joseph Dickson.
		Colter supplied Clark with many new details gleaned from his travels into the Yellowstone, Wind River and other mountain country not known to Clark.
	www.pbs.org /lewisandclark/inside/jcolt.html (604 words)

	Clarke, Men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
		Colter was sent with a party to trap the rich beaver country of the Blackfeet Indians.
		John Shields enlisted in the expedition on October ig, 1803, in Kentucky, and is considered one of the "Nine young men from Kentucky." He was one of the most valuable men on the expedition, as he was the head flsmith, gunsmith, boat builder and general repair man for anything needed.
		John Jr., was a highly spirited young man and was one of those cited f or misconduct while at Camp du Bois.
	www.artsci.wustl.edu /~landc/html/clarke.html (8601 words)

	John Colter's Escape From the Blackfoot Indians by Addison Erwin Sheldon
		Colter understood enough of their language to tell him that he was a very poor runner, although he was one of the swiftest runners among the hunters.
		Colter, using every moment, soon gained the shelter of the trees on the bank and plunged into the river.
		Colter dived under this raft and after some trouble got his head above the water between large logs which screened him from view.
	www.legendsofamerica.com /NB-JohnColter.html (1125 words)

	John Colter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the summer of 1808 Colter was sent to the Blackfeet, but was engaged in a battle against them on the side of Flatheads and Crows, being wounded.
		In the fall of 1808 in the Three Forks region, his companion John Potts, was killed and Colter captured by Blackfeet.
		Colter married, settled near the aging Daniel Boone, and died of jaundice.
	www.3rd1000.com /history3/biography/jcolter.htm (327 words)

	John Colter - Wikipedia
		Colter hatte von der Möglichkeit, durch Pelzjagd den Lohn aufzubessern, regen Gebrauch gemacht und tauschte nun seine erbeuteten Felle gegen die nötige Ausrüstung für zwei Jahre aus.
		John Colter blieb nicht lange in St. Louis, sondern ließ sich nördlich von Charette, in der Nähe der heutigen Ortschaft Dundee im Franklin County in Missouri, nieder.
		Colters Verdienste liegen vor allem in seinen Leistungen bei der Lewis-und-Clark-Expedition, in seiner Fähigkeit, Beziehungen zu den verschiedensten Indianervölkern zu knüpfen und in den folgenden Erkundungen in bislang für die Weißen unbekannten Gebieten.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Colter (2032 words)

	John Colter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		John Colter was one of the youngest men selected to accompany the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
		During the stay with the Mandans, Dickson and Hancock asked John Colter to join them and return to the Yellowstone country.
		Colter's Bay is but one of the features named for him.
	www.hanksville.org /daniel/misc/John.Colter.html (240 words)

	John Colter Explores Hell in 1807 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Colter's Hell is a mostly inactive geyser district located just west of Cody, Wyoming, at the mouth of the Stinkingwater River Canyon (see photo at right).
		John Colter, an intrepid member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, gave the first accounts of the area to non-native Americans following his solo journey of 1807-1808.
		But Colter's descriptions of gloomy terrors, hidden fires, smoking pits, noxious streams and the all-pervading smell of brimstone were too wild for his listeners to believe.
	www.outriderbooks.com /1807.html (421 words)

	The Colter Stone
		The Colter Stone, discovered near Tetonia, Idaho in 1933, is a piece of rhyolite carved in the shape of a human head.
		It is engraved on one side with the name “John Colter”, on the other side is the year “1808”.
		Colter set out from a fur trapping fort in present-day southern Montana and headed south to near today’s Cody, Wyoming.
	www.ultimateyellowstonepark.com /grandteton/colterstone.html (260 words)

	Colter the Mountain Man
		Soon joined by Colter's former partner, Forrest Hancock, these men built Fort Raymond on the Yellowstone River at the mouth of the Bighorn.
		The Blackfeet stripped Colter and discussed something in their language that he did not understand, then motioned for him to leave.
		Colter had to sue the estate of Meriwether Lewis for the expedition pay that he never had collected, and settled for a lesser amount to end the suit in a few months.
	www.lewis-clark.org /content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=2616 (1390 words)

	Grand Teton NP/Yellowstone NP: Colter's Hell and Jackson's Hole (Chapter 3)
		The key to Colter's route is the identification of Lakes Jackson and Yellowstone, respectively, as Clark's Lake Biddle (named for the patron of his publication) and Lake Eustis (named for the Secretary of War), no longer questioned by historians.
		This is a piece of rhyolite hand-carved roughly in the shape of a human head, with the inscribed lettering "John Colter 1808." This specimen was dug up in 1931 by William Beard and son while clearing timber on their farm about five miles east of Tetonia, Idaho, just within the Wyoming state line.
		In 1931 the Colter story had not been well researched, and the version then was largely confined to the year 1807; yet if Colter made winter camp in the Teton Basin, and left a record to help while away the time, this would logically occur early in 1808.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/grte1/chap3.htm (1079 words)

	Amazon.com: "John Colter": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He started to mention this to John Colter but John was enough older he'd probably make light of Shannon's interest, which was innocent as could be, after all.
		Explorers And Mountain Men John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, was probably the first white man to set foot in Wyoming, investigating...
		SS John Colter 2137 Items -- Get the SS John Colter custom embroidered on a sweatshirt, cap or other item - and treasure her for years to come.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/John-Colter (665 words)

	Lewis and Clark in Kentucky : Kentucky people : John Colter
		Lewis and Clark in Kentucky : Kentucky people : John Colter
		His family settled in the Maysville, Kentucky, area about 1779.
		He remained in the West, had many adventures, and became the "Father of the Mountain Man." He is actually better known for his post expedition exploits than for being a member of the Corps of Discovery.
	www.lewisandclarkinkentucky.org /people/colter.shtml (76 words)

	John Colter, Mountain Man
		John Colter was one of the original members of the Lewis and Clark expedition, known as the Corps of Discovery.
		At some point, Colter went on alone in a canoe down the Missouri to the Platte.
		In 1808, Colter was traveling with a party of Crow Indians out on a hunting expedition.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/old_west/20759 (403 words)

	Lewis and Clark Stories: Expedition Men Return to the Rockies
		For sport, Colter was stripped of his clothing and moccasins and given a head start to outrun warriors who fully expected to kill him.
		John Newman trapped on the Missouri, and was killed in 1838 by the Yankton Sioux, who had been friendly to the Corps.
		John Potts was back in Montana by 1808, when he was killed in the fight Colter barely survived.
	www.lewisandclark.com /facts/storiesliked.html (384 words)

	John Colter - University of Nebraska Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		“Because John Colter was the first white man to see the wonders which thousands nowadays visit each year in the Yellowstone, his story has historical importance of the first order.”—San Francisco Chronicle.
		John Colter was a crack hunter with the Lewis and Clark expedition before striking out on his own as a mountain man and fur trader.
		John Colter is known to history as probably the first white man to discover the region that now includes Yellowstone National Park.
	www.nebraskapress.unl.edu /bookinfo/2592.html (283 words)

	Wyoming History: Early Explorer, John Colter - WyomingTourism.org
		Captain Lewis recruited Colter for the Corps of Expedition in Maysville, Kentucky, on October 15, 1803 and by the following February Colter had traveled west to St. Louis to attend the ceremony that transferred Louisiana Territory from the French government to the United States.
		Again Colter set his footsteps toward the west, this time in company with Lisa and three of his former companions on the Lewis and Clark Expedition: George Drouillard, Peter Wiser, and John Potts.
		With Colter's guidance, the party traveled toward the confluence of the Bighorn River with the Yellowstone River, reaching that point by October of 1807.
	www.wyomingtourism.org /cms/d/john_colter.php (786 words)

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