> Well, to me the huge time span and the huge area of French influence > was > news to me
the main french interest was fur trapping, the mississippi and missouri headwaters are a vast source of the fur (and blackflies). > Isn't it strange/interesting/cute/important that African and > European music > > had to go to America to meet and mix!? No way european music was going to be encountered in settlements in the bights of benin or baifra, maybe some few on the island of Djakarta, but during the time of slavery those places were mostly habited by slavers and agents of slavers, even pirates dared not get too involved. Even today, the inhospitable climate discourages european tourist interest. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
