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Post by Mike Thorson on Aug 2, 2002 22:19:38 GMT -5
As you may have noticed the message board icons are very slow to load. I've been told that this is being addressed. Sorry for the slowness, it should be fixed soon!
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Post by Mike Thorson on Oct 24, 2002 11:43:51 GMT -5
Was this documentary made and shown in Canada?
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Post by Mike Thorson on Oct 11, 2002 13:46:44 GMT -5
From the site "Black Hawk said, "I gave everything I had away, and reduced myself to poverty. The only covering I retained was a piece of buffalo robe. I resolved on blacking my face and fasting for two years, for the loss of my two children - drinking only of water in the middle of the day, and eating sparingly of boiled corn at sunset. I fulfilled my promise, hoping that the Great Spirit would take pity on me." It is implied that he said this after his defeat and capture in 1832 but didn't he say that this happened early in his life?? Compositionally the piece is well done. The movement is dynamic and the figures are very well executed. The artist, Jeff Adams is extremely talented. Although I can't say exactly how I would execute it or offer another way for it to be done, I think the gestures are overdone and too overt. I think more contrapasto and less drama - but that is the trend in contemporary figurative "mainstream" sculpture in the U.S. . Unfortunately the artist can't ask too much from the viewer lest he risk confusing them. Such is the case of art education in this country.
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Post by Mike Thorson on Oct 29, 2002 22:06:29 GMT -5
Hi Greg, Yes I think you should be able to change your name as it is displayed in your profile. Or, you can just add your name in your signature in your profile. Or just sign each post. Any way is fine.
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Post by Mike Thorson on Oct 29, 2002 11:09:39 GMT -5
I have changed the board so that only members can post. As a member you are required to use your real name in either your name OR sign it at the end. If posts do NOT have this information they will be deleted and the poster warned.
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Post by Mike Thorson on Dec 9, 2002 18:13:28 GMT -5
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the surrender of Black Hawk at Fort Crawford in 1832. Creation Date: 1940 ca. Creator Name: City, State: Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin Collection Name: Genre: Photographs Additional Information: During the 1940s, Cal Peters painted a variety of historical scenes depicting the early history of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
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Post by Mike Thorson on Apr 2, 2003 14:34:51 GMT -5
BTW did you ever ponder why a Indian mounted on a typical Indian pony or horse in good condition, unshod, could keep up with or ahead of, which ever the case, a white man on a shod horse in good condition?? Being shod or unshod wouldn't make any difference in regards to speed. Depending on the nature of the ground and how it is kept etc., it might make a difference regarding soundness over the long term.
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Post by Mike Thorson on Aug 1, 2002 7:50:02 GMT -5
Some great material you are posting here Larry, thanks!
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Post by Mike Thorson on May 1, 2002 11:22:53 GMT -5
Militia Casualties at Wisconsin Heights, Saturday July 21, 1832
Killed in Action Private Thomas Jefferson Short Captain Josiah Brigg's Company, Col. Gabriel Jones' Third Regiment, Illinois Mounted Volunteers Shot through the head
Wounded in Action Orderly Sergeant John McNair Captain Daniel Parkinson's Company, Michigan Mounted Volunteers Shot in the thigh
Private Isam Hardin Captain Benjamin W. Clark's Company, Michigan Mounted Volunteers Wounded in the thigh July 21, near the south end of Lake Mendota
Private Enoch Neaville Captain Benjamin W. Clark's Company, Michigan Mounted Volunteers
Private Robert McGee Captain Benjamin W. Clark's Company, Michigan Mounted Volunteers
Private Joseph Wells Captain William Adair's Company, Col. Gabriel Jones' Third Regiment, Illinois Mounted Volunteers
Private Meredith S. McMillion Captain James Burn's Company, Col. Gabriel Jones' Third Regiment, Illinois Mounted Volunteers
Private James Thompson Captain James Burn's Company, Col. Gabriel Jones' Third Regiment, Illinois Mounted Volunteers
Private Armstead Jones Captain Jacob Feaman's Company, Col. Gabriel Jones' Third Regiment, Illinois Mounted Volunteers ---------------------------------------------- Col. Gabriel Jones Commanding Third Regiment, Illinois Mounted Volunteers Had his horse shot out from under him.
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Post by Mike Thorson on Jul 8, 2002 20:35:46 GMT -5
Does anyone know exactly where ground=penetrating radar was used in an unsuccessful attempt to locate the grave of Pvt. Short, the only Militia KIA at Wisconsin Heights? And if someone does know roughly, or exactly where they looked, WHY did they look there?
Anyone know of any other remains found on the site at any time?
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Post by Mike Thorson on Apr 2, 2003 14:40:50 GMT -5
As luck would have it, I happened to discuss this practice with a curator at the Buffalo Bill History Center in Cody WY last August. Mostly, this was in the context of pre-metallic cartridge weapons used in the West. He related that some of the early mounted buffalo hunters would carry some bullets in their mouths, in order to literally "spit" them down the barrel during a hunt-- thereby acheiving a faster reload. Later, as cartridge ammunition came in vogue and hunting methodologies evolved, this practice was done away with. Now I dislike this phrase... but... "I seem to recall reading" where this practice appeared in the Revolutionary War among some of Morgan's riflemen... who used round ball of a diameter adjusted for an estimated "windage" in the barrel, thereby acheiving a faster reload than was ordinarily achieved with the rifle of the period. The idea of using a ball of smaller caliber that the weapon's barrel was well-established during the Rev. War... with both sides issuing ammunition that took into account fouling residue that would take up expected windage in the barrel. For example, men armed with .75 cal. Second Land Model "Brown Bess" muskets frequently carried cartidges or loose ball of .69 cal. This being said, I suggest that the caliber of these projectiles made them too large (and too heavy) to hold for any reasonable length of time in the mouth. However, round ball earmarked for rifles that hovered arouind say .50 cal could likely be held for a time in the moutn. To return to your original question, I have not yet run across a reference to this practice among American soldiery circa 1832. And I strongly discourage any reader from attempting to duplicate this practice! I did one live fire rifle/musket shoot a few years ago and had to resort to spitting on the thing to get it rammed down the barrel becasue of the gunpowder fouling up the barrel.
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Post by Mike Thorson on Jan 3, 2004 9:36:00 GMT -5
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Post by Mike Thorson on Mar 26, 2002 15:41:55 GMT -5
If any of the tribe names are misspelled or I have omitted any please let me know and I can easily update it. Thanks and please feel free to participate in this forum.
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Post by Mike Thorson on Feb 8, 2005 12:16:00 GMT -5
I would refer you to the book link at the top of the page for the definitive account of the battle.
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Post by Mike Thorson on Jan 14, 2003 9:17:08 GMT -5
It's a valid point I think. I'll try to name it more accurately.
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