tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29179803.post1279143537298774714..comments2024-03-28T20:47:47.445-04:00Comments on Serene Musings: Tragedy in the Sierra Nevada, Part VIIScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10535260741343975445noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29179803.post-71021532470134896592009-11-24T05:00:24.019-05:002009-11-24T05:00:24.019-05:00Thanks for your comments and corrections, Kristin,...Thanks for your comments and corrections, Kristin, I appreciate it.<br /><br />My wording about "profound liar" was a bit of writer's rhetoric. (Maybe Quinn Thornton is rubbing off on me!) My research indicates that Donner Party survivors called William Eddy "Lying Eddy" because of the exaggerations present in Thornton's account - Thornton, of course, used Eddy as a primary source for his book. So I was extrapolating there and suggesting that both Eddy AND Thornton were stretching the truth in the name of sensationalism. <br /><br />And thank you for the clarification on the house at Johnson's Ranch. My research had indicated that it was just a small place in the 1840's. I subtitled the picture in question as being "circa 1860's," but I realize now that I wasn't clear. I didn't mean to imply that this particular house was there in 1847. <br /><br />I also would like to thank you for all your hard work on the Donner Party - your websites were invaluable to me in writing this account. I will give you the appropriate "credit" in the last installment, where I intend to provide a bibliography and links.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10535260741343975445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29179803.post-53199106419479015772009-11-23T21:14:51.723-05:002009-11-23T21:14:51.723-05:00?? What Donner Party survivors called Thornton &qu...?? What Donner Party survivors called Thornton "a profound liar"? <br /><br />FYI, in addition to William Eddy and Mary Graves, Sarah Graves Fosdick wrote that Luis and Salvador were killed and eaten<br /><br />"The house of Mr. Johnson is a small building of two rooms, one-half constructed of logs, the other of adobes or sun-dried bricks."--Edwin Bryant. The house pictured did not exist in 1847.Kristin Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10137203177065875290noreply@blogger.com