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Morriss saw him for the first time in Jan of 1820 after 3 years on the trail and collecting gold and silver in the outback. I would say he was a Tan Man at that time. But if some person of some race could get 30 people to call him captain and have slaves as servants from St Louis and shoot like Captain Beale of New Orleans, Could Be !
Point is, he would have lost "his most distinguishing feature" during the Virginia winter season. I was absolutely amazed at how quickly I lost mine in a very short time and my general complexion/"skin tone" isn't even close to albino, yet it was very noticeable. This is why so many people use tanning salons through the winter months or during those months leading into the short/swimsuit season. During his second visit he is described as being even "darker then ever" and believe it or not men of color do tan. What we learn in this is that Thomas J. Beale was "dark & swarthy" to begin with. And remember, we do know for a "scientific fact" that the wealth, especially true of the silver, could not have been mined/refined from the region described as detailed in the narration. Too many people continue to believe that the wealth was mined as described despite overwhelming historical evidence and scientific fact to the contrary.