I'm reading "So wild a dream" by Win Blevins. At this point I'm not real sure about it.
His research seems fairly complete but one thing really bothers me. To the point where I'm not sure I'll read any more by him.
Twice now, he has stated that when someone fired thier rifle it belched forth a large cloud of "Black Smoke". But to be fair with him he's not the first person I've heard say this. I always just assumed they hadn't really ever shot or seen a ML shot.
Maybe I'm partially color blind but I see the grains of Black Powder as "Black" and the smoke it generates as "White".
This may be a small point to some but to me the guns, horns and pouches etc. are more important than beads and other stuff.
Other than that it seems a fair tale of the "Shining times" I just keep getting hung up over that Black smoke.
His research seems fairly complete but one thing really bothers me. To the point where I'm not sure I'll read any more by him.
Twice now, he has stated that when someone fired thier rifle it belched forth a large cloud of "Black Smoke". But to be fair with him he's not the first person I've heard say this. I always just assumed they hadn't really ever shot or seen a ML shot.
Maybe I'm partially color blind but I see the grains of Black Powder as "Black" and the smoke it generates as "White".
This may be a small point to some but to me the guns, horns and pouches etc. are more important than beads and other stuff.
Other than that it seems a fair tale of the "Shining times" I just keep getting hung up over that Black smoke.