"could find a homesite, it would have been well scouted wouldn't it?"
if it had been well scouted, even more reason to unload on the mainland and not move it from an island, they already knew their destination...and if they were concerned about hiding...an island only just off the mainland would be the wrong place to do that.
if it had been well scouted, even more reason to unload on the mainland and not move it from an island, they already knew their destination...and if they were concerned about hiding...an island only just off the mainland would be the wrong place to do that.