Thanks, Mike, for the Ellicott article.
My message this afternoon was to cheer Robert on in his efforts to get
us what he has on Ellicott's mounds along LAMS.
The evolution and status of my previous research and conjecture toward
locating an Ellicott mound on LAMS can be summarized by looking at BP
posts 18516, 18531, 18545, and 18571. Also see your reply to the last
at 18575.
John Shankland's confirmation from the White book, as reported in 18571,
that the public land survey is out of sync with Ellicott's mounds and
the news that the single initial point of both the Washington and St.
Helena Meridians is unmarked threw cold water on my plans for an
expedition to photograph the initial point for John and an Ellicott
mound for us. I did make a very successful trip to bag the initial
point of the Louisiana Meridian, which is in a bottomland swamp. (See
http://www.pmproject.org/LaPM.htm where John placed my photos and some
of my commentary.) John, however, never replied to my request for more
information from the White book as to just how the Washington Meridian
was selected and how much it is off from the beat of Ellicott's rhythm.
At the very end of your reply 18546 to my 18545, you wrote that Jack has
a copy of the White book and that he might perhaps provide the needed
information. If we could get that and the information presumably
forthcoming from Robert, I think I'd have everything necessary to
facilitate an expedition.
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "aletheia kallos" <aletheiak@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: <robertoreg2003@...>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: ellicott mound prospects in louisiana
was bp msgs 18443ff
> well lowell since this adventure was already proposed
> & begun by you in 18444ff
> & cheered & abetted by me in 18447ff
> i dont know what i can add to it now while waiting for
> robert to deliver on these new prospects
> except that it is conceivable that his entry into the
> mix might either speed you on your way or else slow
> you down some more
>
> however he has already come back in today with word
> that a program exists for predicting ellicott mound
> locations
> so you may well want to really slow down until that
> catches up with us
>
> but
> also in his preliminary response
> which i have attached below in its entirety tho its
> overall relevancy for louisiana is mostly peripheral
> comes definite word of a mound number 21 at thompsons
> creek
> in case you can & would just cut directly to the chase
> & bag that one without further ado
>
> also noteworthy in the following text is the news that
> the public land survey is indeed not in synch with the
> mounds thereabouts
> so any faint hopes that we formerly had of finding an
> ellicott mound that is also a tricounty point on the
> lams state line are effectively or mostly dashed
> herewith
> thus reducing what was potentially a multipointing
> quest to a purely academic one in all probability
>
> not at all dashed here however is ellicotts reputation
> as a party dog & indian trickster
> which you may also recall from
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/8462
>
>
>
> Greg Spies of Coden, AL has a computer program which
> will predict the location of the mounds within a few
> feet. In 2002, we used Troy State Geomatics students
> to get accurate GPS for Ellicott Mound #381, #299 and
> #231.