[meteorite-list] What are the latest Iron Falls?

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 21 13:24:55 2005
Message-ID: <gf6431ts90ldpnusi922tmo8jbjhuccb66_at_4ax.com>

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:08:52 -0500 (EST), Jeffrey Shallit <elvis_at_graceland.math.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

>Peary, not Perry. It's my understanding that Peary actually gave the
>natives lots of iron that was more suitable for making tools in return
>for the meteorites. Maybe I'm wrong, and I'm sure Peary was a man of his
>time with attitudes of that time, but maybe it's not a simple case of theft
>as you imply.

You may be right, I've just never seen that part of the story.
Received on Fri 11 Mar 2005 05:22:20 PM PST