As you have probably read in an AP article, the proposal for formal naming of the cove where Sam Clemens and John Kinney (and the next week, Sam and Tom Nye) camped at Lake Tahoe has been tabled. I have some letters of support which, in view of the Washoe Indians' comments, I kept in my briefcase. The fact is, the cove is becoming known among visitors to the lake as the Sam Clemens campsite. The Washoe Tribe has a fair interest in the issue; The lake is their ancestral home. The tribal representative, Darrel Cruz, was very courteous in requesting that the board not send the name forward to the national Board on Geographic Names. The board chose not to vote, but to table the issue. The nonsense raised against the cove as being the campsite has no merit. Combining the backgrounds of the people involved with formal, recorded primary documents and court filings relative to the Brigade claim leave no doubt about the location of the September 1861 camp. For the AP story, go to: http://www.therepublic.com/search enter search term: Mark Twain. Bob Stewart