It is the end of 2018 and The Woodsman’s Journal
Online is officially three months old.
It has been a busy three months, and I would like to thank everyone who
has visited the Woodsman’s Journal and read my articles or has watched my
videos at Bandanaman Productions on YouTube.
Thank you and I hope that the coming New Year is kind to you.
At the end of this old year and the beginning of the
new, I want to take a moment to define and refine the mission statement for both
the Woodsman’s Journal and Bandanaman Productions. Over the last twelve years, ever since I
started teaching wilderness and survival skills, I have found that that the
part of this journey that I enjoyed as much as being out in the wilderness
doing things or teaching people how to thrive in the outdoors; was doing the
research.
I am a voracious reader and researching how to do
things in the woods or authentic woods lore from 18th, 19th,
20th and 21st centuries is something that I enjoy and is,
if I do say so myself, something that I have gotten very good at. So…
The mission of The Woodsman’s Journal Online and
Bandanaman Productions is to be the best-researched resource available to the
online user. My articles and videos are intended
to be a compilation of my research, this way you the reader or viewer, will not
have to spend your time doing the research that I have already done. So that you can gather more information for
yourself, if you choose, I will always provide a list of the sources I have consulted
and endnotes when and where needed.
A note on Evidence and Positive Proof, a selection from Williams, A Compendious and Comprehensive Law Dictionary, 1816 |
To be the best-researched resource available, I will
follow the rules and practices outlined below.
To provide proper evidence and conclusions, and to establish positive
proof, I will always use at least three sources for every article, whenever they
are available. When three different
sources are not available and there cannot be positive proof, which is very
likely when researching antique woods lore from the 18th and early
19th centuries, since everyday skills of everyday people, were generally
not recorded, as they were not deemed important; I will use circumstantial
evidence and the doctrine of presumption.
The doctrine of presumption states that, “…when the fact itself cannot be demonstratively evinced, that which
comes nearest to the proof of the fact is the proof…” (Williams,
1816). I will always tell you when I am
using circumstantial evidence and the doctrine of presumption.
Lastly I will always tell you when I have not actually
done something myself and I am reporting someone else’s experience. In addition, I will endeavor, whenever
practical, to experiment with the techniques, methods and tips and then report
to you on the results.
Again, a most heartfelt “Thank You” to everyone who
has visited the Woodsman’s Journal and read my articles or has watched my
videos at Bandanaman Productions on YouTube; I wish the best to you for the
coming New Year.
Sources:
Warren H. Miller, Camp Craft: Modern Practice and
Equipment, [Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, NY, 1916], p. 168 https://books.google.com/books?id=tdY1AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Camp+Craft+-+Modern+Practice+And+Equipment&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMpImer8XeAhUtvlkKHYEbAVgQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=Camp%20Craft%20-%20Modern%20Practice%20And%20Equipment&f=false,
(accessed 11/8/2018)
Thomas Walter Williams, A Compendious and Comprehensive
Law Dictionary; Elucidating the Terms and General Principals of Law and Equity,
[Printed for Gale and Fenner, Paternoster Row, London, 1816], EVIDENCE p.
2 https://books.google.com/books?id=sw8yAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false,
(accessed 4/18/2017)
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