Clue 7 : So hear me all and listen good

‘So hear me all and listen good’

I believe everyone would have identified this clue if Forrest had  said ‘now listen up and listen good’.

The quote is attributed to the actor John Wayne.

My answer to this clue is ‘Rooster Cogburn'.

Rooster Cogburn.

It's apparent that Forrest has provided a lot of confirmatory information for this answer:

On the searcher blogs (Scrapbooks 50 & 53)  Forrest published two items from a searcher who had  a pet rooster called ‘John Wayne’ accompanied by a picture of a rooster.

The subject heading of Scrapbook 175  is 'Iron Rooster' including a picture of a rooster.

The whole of Scrapbook 193 discusses an email from a Searcher called 'Rooster Cogburn'.

Scrapbook 192 mentions 'John Wayne'.

A book called Rhymes from a Round up Camp highlighted  extensively by Forrest in his book collecting video was written, as Forrest says, by Wallace ‘Coburn’ and illustrated by Charles  ‘M’ Russell .  The ‘M’ stands  for ‘Marion’,  John Wayne’s real first name.

In Rhymes from a Round up Camp there's a poem called Yellowstone Pete’s only Daughter. In Forrest’s copy of the book  he points out a cartoon by Russell drawn inside the front cover, about Yellowstone Pete.  He hints to camera about the name of the owner of the book.  Yellowstone Pete’s  real life name was Goldie ‘Marion’ Robins.

The cover of Forrest's book Too Far to Walk has a shadowed figure on the front sleeve.  This (hat wearing) shadow figure fits the profile of Edward S. Curtis the photographer who specialised in studying native Americans.  The native Americans called him ‘Shadow Catcher’. Curtis’s middle name was ‘Sheriff’. As Forrest said ‘Only the shadow knows’.

Forrest also mentioned John Wayne in Scrapbook 84 and again in two stories for the publications Newsweek and Altered Dimensions.

So in several locations Forrest has hinted at:

‘cogburn’, ‘marion’, ‘sheriff’, ‘rooster’, ‘john wayne’.

It seemed very likely that Forrest brought these references to the attention of Searchers deliberately to be used as hints, particularly as many of the references were included within a small section of one video sponsored by Forrest.

The White Knight. 

The first clue where warm waters halt

The first clue is 'Where warm waters halt'.  

Where warm waters halt.

 I believe this clue refers to the place where  the Warm Springs Apache chief Victorio and his men were halted by the US cavalry in their attempt to get North within New Mexico.  The US cavalry waited for them at the last watering hole going North at  a place called ‘Rattlesnake Springs’.



Victorio : Warm Springs Apache chief.

 

The answer to this clue is ‘Rattlesnake Springs’.

The 'warm springs' association seems to be confirmed  on the blogs (Forrest's Vignettes) where Forrest actually mentioned 'Warm Springs Apaches' in an article,  something of a giveaway.

The word 'waters' was pluralised because it was referencing a plural subject.   Otherwise, probably Forrest would have said 'where warm water halts'.

The answers to the clues do not map out a point-to-point geographical journey.  However, each answer is very important. 

 

The White Knight.

The Clues.

Clue 2: The home of Brown

 

I believe Brown is ‘Buster Brown’.  This was a cartoon character invented by the Brown shoe company.  A real life boy named Richard Barker played Buster Brown n the shoe adverts.  Richard in later life set up a homestead in the valley of the  Little Snake River.




Richard Barker played Buster Brown.  The 'home of Brown' is the home of Richard Barker.

 



The home of Brown - Buster Brown. was a comic character.

 

The home of ‘Brown’ answer is ‘Little Snake Valley’.

It seems that confirmation for 'Buster Brown' was given in Forrest’s ‘books’ video where he highlights a book about Frederick Remington’s work.  One of Remington’s most famous sculptures was called The Bronco Buster. Forrest owned this sculpture for a while.

Forrest hinted at 'Brown shoes' in Scrapbook 130 where he included several pictures in the piece, all close-ups of 'old brown shoes'.



Solved clue: the home of Brown


 

Regards

 

The White Knight.

To the best of my knowledge the clues and answers here have not been published in any other form apart from being detailed together with the rest of the solution within my ebook.

The statements, answers, deductions, evidence and conclusions within this blog are based on my own opinions and my own work.  There has been no input from Forrest Fenn or anyone else involved in the Thrill of the Chase treasure hunt.