Additional evidence

[Honest Samuel]

What are you writing?

 

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[masterpoe]

What are you writing?

Who!

 

[releventchair]

What.

 

[masterpoe]

In an advertisement in the Lynchburg Press, Dec. 1819, someone (unidentified) offered for sale 8 or 10 ox carts, 8 or 10 teams of oxen, and 10 or 12 work horses. Notice the timing - Dec., 1819. The Beale papers say that Beale and 10 of his party made the 1st deposit in Nov., 1819. Just after this, the correct number or oxen and ox carts were put up for sale in Lynchburg.

So, why sell the carts and oxen, if they were going back to do more mining? Well, I would imagine it would be much easier to walk/ride back to St. Louis free of all the extra baggage. And once back in St. Louis it would be easy enough to purchase FRESH animals, and carts. Also, the trip back to St. Louis with all the oxen, carts, etc. would excite more unwanted attention.

It's interesting how the half empty crowd has no idea they are proveing our point!

 

[franklin]

It's interesting how the half empty crowd has no idea they are proveing our point!

Half empty is better than trying to run on EMPTY.

 

[ECS]

It's interesting how the half empty crowd has no idea they are proveing our point!

...and that point being, masterpoe?