Rattlesnakes and other snakes swarmed around pioneer cabins

Evidence

I killed a rattlesnake this morning close to the cabin, and have taken its rattle, which has eleven joints. My life is embittered by the abundance of these reptilesrattlesnakes and moccasin snakes, both deadly, carpet snakes and “green racers,” reputed dangerous, water snakes, tree snakes, and mouse snakes, harmless but abominable. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 60

Categorization

• CANDY: An eleven-jointed rattlesnake killed at her own cabin door is a vivid, self-contained frontier image.
• FICTION: A landscape so snake-choked that it ‘embitters’ daily life is strong sensory material for period-set fiction.
• XREF: connects to: Pioneer frontier dwellings teemed with snakes and stinging insects pressing on human life — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 61

Related

• Pioneer frontier dwellings teemed with snakes and stinging insects pressing on human life (similarity 0.91)

Broader Connections

• Pioneer frontier dwellings teemed with snakes and stinging insects pressing on human life #corroborates (0.85) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 61