Menna Jones, Chief Executive of Antur Waunfawr, had this to add:

Evans' journey from Waunfawr to the Mandan territory - a journey specifically made to find the 'Welsh Indians', and his declaration in his letter to Samuel Jones that there were no such people have made him a pivotal figure in the controversy as to the authenticity of the MADOC theory.

However, it may well be that the declaration he made should not be treated as being conclusive evidence so as to disparage the Prince MADOC Story.

Even John Evans compatriots, who regard him so highly as an individual and our most renowned and daring explorer, would concede:

1. John Evans may well have expected to find Welsh speaking Indians and his failure to do so would have been an important factor in his decision there was no connection between the Mandans and the Welsh.

2. By the time John Evans reached the Mandan territory it could well be that the strand joining the two people had been stretched over the years as to be so thin and frayed as to convince him there had never been a link and that his journey had been in vain.

3. The statement as to the non-existence of Welsh Indians is one short sentence contained in a long letter giving detail of his travel and he does not dwell at all on the subject.

4. If any credence were to be given to the theory that he made the statement in order to please the Spanish authorities it has to be conceded that his radicalism was such that he would very likely take that course rather than support an English claim to the territory.