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Some History of Skull River and Skull River Outfitters
Broken Skull River
Broken Skull River is known by the Mountain Dene Indians as Pı̨́ı̨́p’enéh łéetǫ́ǫ́ Deé, pronounced Pip-en-ay Lee-toh Day. It is in one of Canada’s national parks. The river is a little-known tributary of the fabled South Nahanni River (Nahʔą Dehé). Starting high in the Mackenzie Mountains, the river boasts excellent whitewater, pristine hot springs, great hiking and truly untravelled wilderness. The river passes Swallow Falls and downstream to the Broken Skull Hot Springs. Along with the more peaceful Dene, the local oral history contains many references to the Naha tribe, a mountain-dwelling people who used to viciously raid settlements in the adjacent lowlands, thus the name Broken Skull River.
River of Skulls
The Rio de las Calaveras (“River of Skulls”) The Spanish word calaveras means "skulls." The Calaveras river was said to have been named by Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga in 1806 when he found many skulls of Native Americans along its banks. He believed they had either died of famine or been killed in tribal conflicts over hunting and fishing grounds.
Later, human remains were of the native Miwuk people killed by Spanish soldiers after they banded together to rise against Spanish missionaries.
In 1836, John Marsh, Jose Noriega, and a party of men, went exploring in Northern California. They made camp along a river bed in the evening, and when they woke up the next morning, discovered that they had camped in the midst of a great quantity of skulls and bones. They also gave the river the appropriate name: Calaveras.
Skull Creek
Skull Creek South Carolina is a historic archeological site located at Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The site includes two of 20 or more prehistoric Indian shell middens in a ring shape located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central coast of Georgia. It probably dates from early in the second millennium BC, and is likely to contain some of the earliest pottery known in North America. Skull Creek’s ancient history is steeped in Indian ritual and war.
Skull Creek Colorado .
Skull Creek rises in the central western portion of Colorado County and runs east for eighteen miles to its mouth on the Colorado River, near Altair. According to frontiersman Jesse Burnam, the creek was the site of one of the first battles fought between the White settlers of Colorado County and the Karankawa Indians of the area. In the spring of 1823 three young men from Burnam's settlement were ambushed by the Indians near the mouth of Skull Creek; two of them were killed, and the third was mortally wounded. Local settlers, led by Robert Kuykendall, retaliated with an early morning raid on a nearby Karankawa encampment. Fourteen of the Indians were killed and seven wounded; the attackers suffered no casualties. The creek was named when several human skulls-possibly the remains of some of the Karankawa-were unearthed along its banks.
Skull River Outfitters– skullriver.com
Is a small family operation, our co-proprietor Gary, with a Great Deal of inspiration from his son Dustin got the idea for some outdoor, sporting type handicraft. He is a semi retired General and Engineering Contractor. He got his start in the trades as a Brick Mason working his way through college as an Industrial Technology Major. After two summers in the Masons, it was soon learned another skill would be greatly preferred. After college and several years working for the Western Pacific Railroad, he open a cabinet shop. After a few years it grew into a complete mill working shop, building and installing custom cabinets, doors, finish carpentry, furniture, moldings and stair cases. With circular stair cases being the most artistically and personally satisfying. After a decade of wood working curiosity moved him to become a General and Engineering Contractor for a score of years. After two years of semi retirement, fishing and the outdoors just wasn’t enough, the need to be creative and hands-on led to the creation of Skull River Outfitters.
Skull River Outfitters & skullriver.com is an Anaconda MT Web Express, Inc. company. Anaconda MT Web Express, Inc. is a State of Montana Domestic Corporation. Who's mailing address is 506 Calypso St. Billings, MT 59106, Phone 406-598-5880.