Dear Richards,

Ottoman Sultan gave some camels as gifts to US in mid-19th century, but it
was a big problem in American senate in that time. These camels were based
on U.S. Camel Corps. later.

These story was written by Lester D. Langley.

Langley, L.D. 1978. "Jacksonian America and Ottoman Empire," Muslim World
68(1): 46-56.

I took some copy of Ottoman documents in the archive on these subject five
or six years ago. If you like and If I found them in my office, I can send
you.

Fahri

> Hi folks;
>
> I am working on a book on the Camels experiment in British Columbia. I
> have completed the Canadian end of the research, including walking two
> camels along a section of the Cariboo Road.
> Now I am heading south to Fort Tejon and other Southwest points to
> research the US end of the story.  Yes, I know the BC camels did not come
> from the Texas importation.
> Has anyone on this list found any archeology reports or know of finds
> relating to camels in Texas (such as Fort Verde) Arizona or California?
> I know no remains have been found in B.C. but perhaps in the dry desert
> there have been.
>
> Any suggestions welcome.
>
> Richard Wright
>
> Wells, B.C. Canada
>


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