This is a very old breed, for although we do not find it included in the first Book of Standards of 1865, at the first poultry show of 1845 the classification included Old Sussex or Kent fowls, Surrey fowls and Dorkings.
Glass would again return to the frontier as a trapper and fur trader. Later, he was employed as a hunter for the garrison at Fort Union. He was killed, along with two fellow trappers, in an attack by the Arikara on the Yellowstone River in the winter of 1833.shley (who was also with them) became convinced he would not survive his injuries. Ashley asked for two volunteers to stay with Glass until he died, and then bury him. Jim Bridger (then 19 years old) and Fitzgerald (then 23 years old) stepped forward, and as the rest of the party moved on, began digging his grave.
1823 - Ashley Fur Trading Company attack. Ashley Fur Trading Company attack by Arikara 1823. Arikara Indians attack a fur trading party led by a General Ashley. Twelve of the fur traders were killed and eleven wounded.This fight is one of the first fights between Indians and whites in South Dakota.News of the attack on the Ashley party resulted in the launching of a punitive expedition against the Arikaras.The expedition was under the command of Col. Henry Leavenworth. The troops consisted of six companies of the 6th U.S. Infantry and several groups of fur traders.ews of the attack on the Ashley party resulted in the launching of a punitive expedition against the Arikaras. The expedition was under the command of Col. Henry Leavenworth. The troops consisted of six companies of the 6th U.S. Infantry and several groups of fur traders.