Historians Note #1
It is at this point that very little in the way of communication can be found between Gregory and David. The reason for the lack of information has been of much conjecture among scholars and other researchers. Most who are familiar with The Expedition find it odd that both men, so verbal and enthusiastic, went totally silent at the same time with no warning. Journal entries and letters completely stopped in unison as if their minds and bodies were functioning in parallel.
Some speculate that they had a falling out due to differences in the proposed direction of The Expedition. Though that is entirely possible, it is unlikely that they got angry or that they actually stopped talking to each other. Based on interviews from people who were in their inner circle the general feeling is that both men could not be offended, almost to a fault, and that it is entirely implausible that they ever held each other in any hostility. It is of the opinion of historians that they simply got lazy or tried other methods of communication that did not stand the test of time. Greg was prone to experiment with carrier ferrets, teletype and very low frequency radio transmissions with varying degrees of success.
On the topic of offence, a story that has been passed around certain historical research groups who have been working to reconstruct this tale, comes to mind. It recalls an incident where David had crossed a patron of a local saloon in such a manner that this individual insisted that David's mother sucked the ovum of poultry. I'm sure such a comment would have made the blood boil of the most devout priest but apparently David simply walked away, saying nothing. David only spoke once of the incident to Gregory and the details of this conversation have been lost to the pages of time.
It is of subsequent interest that the individual who made that improper remark about David's mother was found seven months later in an industrial plastic barrel used for transporting soy sauce, placed in the elevator shaft of an abandoned tuna canary. The body had been preserved in a sort of brine consisting of fish oil, ginger ale and MSG. Authorities disproved all claims that David or Gregory had anything to do with this person's bizarre demise.
Regarding the topic at hand, there are other instances where communication was all but nonexistent and I, your historical interpreter, will do my best to bridge those gaps as they arise as we revisit in this amazing tale of exploration.