Introduction

I seem to have missed the instructions to write an introductory post by June 6th, so I will do that now.  My name is Richard Malin.  I am a History and Political Science major at ASU.  Assuming I successfully complete this course, this will be my last class before receiving my degrees this summer.  I am generally most interested in American History, but this topic will be a new experience for me to study something that begins before there are well documented sources and ease of discerning reliable histories.  I look forward to working with all of you for the next month or so.