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From: "Steve & Cindy Hartman" <>
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Re: What Fers!
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 16:41:52 -0600
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How do we know the Melungeons were not on the Ark, and deposited there on
the Ridge when the water receded? That would certainly explain the theory of
some: that there were no Melungeons anywhere else.

Cindy


> Actually Curtis, it was the 'What FURS?' See how easy it is for spellings
to
> change and therefore the meanings get lost? Moses, leading those
Melungeons
> up to Newman's Ridge, did so because he had been told that there was a lot
of
> good hunting up there. And the Melungeons needed not only the meat but the
> furs. Upon reaching the summit however, he found the mount devoid of any
other
> life form and so could not find the furs he longed for to cover up with in
the
> winter time.
>
> Later, others, following Moses came asking about those furs and Moses
> answered "What furs?" And thereby lies the truth of the tail.
> Nancy


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