Pontiac's War/Rebellion 1763 (2 Viewers)

[mestell]

Here are some pictures I took have a comparison of Frontline and JJ figures.

Great comparison photos - thanks.

Mike

 

[mestell]

Thank you John and Mark,

This really is the "information superhighway".


Randy

p.s. Netflix has the Battle of the Brave which i just added to my list. But not the Washington DVD. Amazon has that and the ratings are very high.

You can say that again Randy. I never thought my musings this morning would stimulate such a great on-going discussion. I am really enjoying this hobby and this forum.

Mike

 

[damian]

Is there any truth about the smallpox in the blankets story? In SA the Khoisan were also wiped out by smallpox and there are similar allegations.
Regards
Damian

 

[Harrytheheid]

Is there any truth about the smallpox in the blankets story? In SA the Khoisan were also wiped out by smallpox and there are similar allegations.
Regards
Damian

I just looked this up on Wikipedia a wee while ago Damian. Of course they're not the most reliable source, but they say if it was tried - then it didn't work.
Cheers
H

 

[mestell]

Is there any truth about the smallpox in the blankets story? In SA the Khoisan were also wiped out by smallpox and there are similar allegations.
Regards
Damian

Here's an account you can read describing how British traders purposely gave smallpox contaminated blankets to the Delawares in 1763, whereupon an epidemic of smallpox ravaged the Ohio Country. This was condoned by British political leadership.

http://www.americanforeignrelations.com/Da-El/Diplomatic-and-Military-Relations-American-Indian.html

Mike

 

[PolarBear]

From The Scratch of a Pen : 1763 and the Transformation of North America (2006) by Colin G. Calloway, Professor of Native American Studies at Dartmouth

Here is Calloway on Jeffrey Amherst (for whom Amherst College is named)

"Historians have long debated whether Amherst ordred the use of germ warfare against the Indians. There is no doubt he would have liked to do so. In July, Amherst asked Colonel Bouquet: 'Could it not be contrived to Send the Small Pox among those Disaffected tribes of Indians? We must, on this occasion, Use Every Stratagem in our power to Reduce them.' Bouquet promised to do his best." p.73 (Capitalization of words from Amherst's written memorandum.)

Here is a website about Amherst & Smallpox and a portrait of the General by British artist Thomas Gainsborough.

http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/amherst/lord_jeff.html

Randy

 

[jazzeum]

If any of you plan to go up to Amherst (part of the five colleges area), remember the "h" is silent or you'll be taken for an outsider

 

[Leadmen]

If any of you plan to go up to Amherst (part of the five colleges area), remember the "h" is silent or you'll be taken for an outsider

If I go to Amherst will they give me a blanket? John

 

[PolarBear]

Calloway(Scratch of a Pen) and the Native American Studies Dept. at Dartmouth are part of the college's original history. Dartmouth was founded in 1769 with a goal of educating & Christianizing the Indians in the area--part of the 18th C "civilizing" mission in the West.

History of Native American Studies at Dartmouth College

Dartmouth's commitment to Native American Studies began with the founding of the College. Mohegan preacher Samson Occom raised funds for the College in Britain. The grant for the College, given in 1769 by King George III of England, highlighted Native American education as the purpose of the institution: "...for the education and instruction of Youth of the Indian Tribes in the Land in reading, writing & all parts of Learning which shall appear necessary and expedient..." Unfortunately no more than 71 Indians attended in the years 1770-1865, and in the century between 1865 and 1965, only 28 Indians enrolled at Dartmouth.

Samson Occom (Mohegan)
Co-Founder of Dartmouth College