Cryptogram B1 possible solution

[Legrand]

After arriving at a solution to crytogram B1 (locality of the vault), I can see why only five words appear using the Declaration of Independence (DOI) as the key.

My point is that after the effort it must have taken to encode B2 using the DOI, the encoding of B1 would have been very short and to the point. In other words, only five words that are very pointed as to the location of where to dig become apparent in my decipherment. The rest of the cryptogram says nothing for as far as I took the decipherment process. I will not reveal the method of decipherment at this time, but I will reveal three of the words to exclude the exact location of where to dig which are the last two words. The last two words seems to be a location and it sounds like a spot in the hills (if you will). Here are the three words and spaces for the other two:

ere fen due ----- -----.

Ere if one will look in a larger, older international dictionary (unabridged) is a variation on the word ear which means to plow. The word ear in this sense is archaic (meaning old usage) which fits for language used in the early 19th century. Fen is a word that means low land, moor or marsh and the word due means exactly. So, in my short decipherment we are instructed to: plow low land, moor or marsh exactly.......

The last two words is some location in the hills I guess, but I certainly don't know where it would be because I am not from the Bedford County area. I wish not to reveal the two words at this time because I am trying to persue another avenue for publication which may be happening soon.

My wish is to solve this enigma once and for all....I don't know if this is a valid decipherment; we will have to wait and see. My decipherment repeats itself using the DOI in a special manner and with two minor alterations. These alterations are mistakes in the DOI that I used to work the decipherment. The message was gleaned because of accident. This I have found to be very interesting as the beale papers mention that of accident!

So, there you have what I am revealing. If you would wish to contact me, please write reply to this message or write me at:

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Legrand

[Legrand]

A very good paper written by Dr. James J. Gillogly supports my theory titled: The Beale Cipher: A Dissenting Opinion.

members.fortunecity.com/jpeschel/gillog3.htm

Let's talk about this.

Legrand

[Rebel KGC]

Yo! Rebel here: ;D Doc... I can only tell ya... there are NO marsh-land here in Bedford County now... I am from HERE... and... SO! those kinds of "clues" are like asking for directions, here in Bedford County now... "How do I get there?" "Well, u turn left at Farmer Brown Red cow... then u turn right at Farmer Miller's Brown Cow... then u just go down da road apiece to the BIG OAK tree..." Point being... da times, they r a'changing...
Farmer Brown has lots of Red cows... Farmer Miller has lots of Brown cows... and... they ALL keep moving (& mooing...)... the trees get cut down... so... has YOU, found it yet? OR... R U also an "anal retentive?"

[Legrand]

Rebel:

"Low land" may simply imply a low spot at a particular location that is not yet revealed. I understand that this unknown location will be revealed in an article in the Lynchburg, Va News & Advance newspaper on Sunday, 09-25-05, written by Darrell Laurant a most excellent reporter. That is if all goes as planned it will be.

The issue of how I deciphered this message is still at hand and I'm not sure how I will reveal that message yet. I'm open to suggestions and interested parties.

I hope my decipherment will provide sufficient information for someone to locate this Beale treasure; I would hope they would share it with the one who took the time to decipher B1.

Enjoy the newspaper article.

Legrand

[Rebel KGC]

Yo! Rebel here: ;D Glad to hear Mr. Laurant will do a "piece" on this... he did a "piece" on my wife & I back in @ '95... have several of his books... and is my fave "short-piecer" for N&A; look forward to it... (his wife is a WONDERFUL artist, too...)

[RebelKGC]

Yo! Rebel here: Aye! it was done very well... loved it!!!!
;D

[Legrand]

Rebel:

Glad you enjoyed the article. At this writing I have not yet seen it....I've ordered the newspaper so will read it soon. Anyone who wishes to read the article should order the News and Advance for Sunday, 09-25-05 @ (434)-385-5400. The piece is in the lifestyles section I understand. For those who cannot or will not order the paper, here are the five words that B1 deciphers out to:

ere fen due red knee

Legrand

[Rebel KGC]

Yo! Rebel here: ;D Yep, knew "Red Knee" was da last 2 words... thing is... NONE of da "locals" know about "Red Knee"... NEVER heard of it, etc... BUT! it does sound KGC-ish... in that Rebs, during da WAR... often kneeled on one knee in da red blood on da ground after da battles... and swore... 'WE WILL RISE AGAIN!" AND... sorta FreeMasonic-like... in that RED is da colour of the Royal Arch degree... and we do kneel on one knee... The article by D. L. just "rehashed" previous attempts to solve da mystery... NO location was revealed... yer "code" was... and there is a "bit" about u... as a brother in Law Enforcement, I will not reveal yer name... and Peter is correct... oughta buy his latest book, on this... ;D

[kydave]

I don't know about the first few words but this "red knee" thing did get my attention! Don't know how exactly you came up with it but very interesting. The Lynchburg paper is online but a few days behind on their articles, maybe it will show up in a day or so.

[Legrand]

kydave:

Now we're talking. Red knee sounds archaic to me. Thanks for responding. Please let me know if the Laurant newspaper article shows up on the internet and how to access it. Thanks.

Legrand

[kydave]

That would be newsadvance.com there Legrand. So far they only have Lifestyle articles up to the 23rd of Sept. Don't know how often they upgrade, guess we'll have to wait and see unless someone can find that out. going to the search engine to see if i get any hits on "Ask Jeeves" for Red Knee

[kydave]

Well seems most of the info talks about the Mexican Red Knee Tarantula found in western Mexico Huh? Guess that's nothin but he is found in "Gold" country isn't he?

[kydave]

ran your words thru an online language identifier and the results came back german dutch netherland or a language called Frisian, just fishin here ha!

[Legrand]

kydave:

I searched forever in google and yahoo for "red knee" and "redknee" and could not find a location in the Virginia hills. If this is a valid location, it must be somewhere that was known back then....

We cannot forget that the cryptogram provided these 16 letters of text....this is too unusual for a random happening. In the next two weeks, I'll write a piece on the method of decipherment so to get it documented on paper. I still think that a real treasure exists in the cryptogram whether an actual (money) treasure still exists in the ground or not. The cryptogram has been unbroken for so long that any valid decipherment must be very valuable. Thanks for the checking you are doing....I also ran into the red knee tarantula in my search. I see in maps the term "knob" for a hill....no way to get that from the decipherment, however.

Legrand

[Rebel KGC]

Yo! Rebel here: ;D Aye, Beale... sounds good... now living in Moneta, Va. (3 miles from Smith Mountain Lake on Rt. 122...), and will send u a private E-mail, to set up day/time/etc.; we can meet at Wal-Mart in Bedford, Va. or Hales Ford Bridge at SML... (watching gas prices rise 'n fall...)