SC - WAS Re: saffron/NOW: Authenticity?

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/4/00 2:36:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
JGedney at dictaphone.com writes:

<< From the accounts I have read, the Amerindians were 
 fascinated with European clothes and often traded for them, even those who 
 did not gp to Europe. 
 So that is a perfectly period practice.
 
 brandu >>

Correct. The citizens of the Kingdom of Jerusalem also wore middle eastern 
garb which makes the citizens of that European kingdom less conspicuous  when 
playing with the civilized world. :-)

Ras