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And Lewis Wetzel practiced loading on the run. His rifle was supposed to have had an oversized touch hole and was self priming, so he poured powder in to the muzzle from the powderhorn, spit a ball from his mouth in to the bore and seated it with a slap, and fired at his pursuer.
As Colonel...
I must be getting old. I remember when DuPont black powder sold at $1.50 per pound at the local hardware store and people complained that it was too high..... Of course minimum wage was 65 cents an hour at the time.
And, of course, you are mistaken. Both Rick Keller and Ernie Cowan are/were extremely diligent and thorough researchers and the sources they used are the best sources of information on the expedition as you would see if you were to read the article. Also, the late Ernie Cowan was probably one...