Post by Robert Braun on Jul 5, 2002 14:46:16 GMT -5
Some of you will recall suffering heat exhaustion at the end of July last year as extras for a Canadian film crew doing a series entitled "Chiefs"-- one of which, of course, includes Black Hawk.
Well... Gala Films has a website now. They're expounding their product, to be released on the HistoryChannel this September.
Here's a portion of the reward for our unacknowledged contributions and personal suffering:
The Battle of Wisconsin Heights (July 21, 1832)
Things are not going well for Black Hawk and his followers in Illinois. Two months ago they offered to surrender, but Major Stillman refused to acknowledge their wish and forced them to fight. Neapope, the band's civil chief, has been to Lower Canada to meet with the British. He claims they will help Black Hawk against the Americans. But the British stay in Lower Canada. The band is now starving.
Black Hawk decides to take the women and children across the Mississippi so they can be safe with the rest of the Sauk and Mesquakie under Keokuk. He leads his followers towards the connecting Wisconsin River. Here, they will build boats and rafts and sail down the Wisconsin to the Mississippi. Right behind the group are 750 Illinois and Wisconsin militiamen led by Colonel Henry Dodge and General James Henry.
Neapope, who leads the rearguard, shouts to the American's Winnebago scouts to tell their masters that Black Hawk's people are starving and looking only for peace. They have no desire to fight the Americans. Like Stillman two months before, Henry and Dodge refuse to let Black Hawk's people go. They take a position on high ground and start shooting.
Black Hawk and 50 of his warriors deploy in ravines below the Americans. The rest of the warriors help the women and children across the river. The warriors and the soldiers exchange fire until nightfall, at which point the Americans retire from the battlefield.
In the dark, Black Hawk and his warriors also move from their position. They cross the river and rejoin the rest of the band. In his battle report, Henry Dodge claims his soldiers killed more than 40 warriors. In his autobiography, Black Hawk reports the loss of only six men. Neapope and some warriors slipped away during the afternoon's fighting. Black Hawk will not see Neapope again until they are both prisoners of war.
[glow=red,2,300]How many errors of fact can YOU find??[/glow]
Source:
www.galafilm.com/chiefs/htmlen/sauk/ev_wisconsin.html
Well... Gala Films has a website now. They're expounding their product, to be released on the HistoryChannel this September.
Here's a portion of the reward for our unacknowledged contributions and personal suffering:
The Battle of Wisconsin Heights (July 21, 1832)
Things are not going well for Black Hawk and his followers in Illinois. Two months ago they offered to surrender, but Major Stillman refused to acknowledge their wish and forced them to fight. Neapope, the band's civil chief, has been to Lower Canada to meet with the British. He claims they will help Black Hawk against the Americans. But the British stay in Lower Canada. The band is now starving.
Black Hawk decides to take the women and children across the Mississippi so they can be safe with the rest of the Sauk and Mesquakie under Keokuk. He leads his followers towards the connecting Wisconsin River. Here, they will build boats and rafts and sail down the Wisconsin to the Mississippi. Right behind the group are 750 Illinois and Wisconsin militiamen led by Colonel Henry Dodge and General James Henry.
Neapope, who leads the rearguard, shouts to the American's Winnebago scouts to tell their masters that Black Hawk's people are starving and looking only for peace. They have no desire to fight the Americans. Like Stillman two months before, Henry and Dodge refuse to let Black Hawk's people go. They take a position on high ground and start shooting.
Black Hawk and 50 of his warriors deploy in ravines below the Americans. The rest of the warriors help the women and children across the river. The warriors and the soldiers exchange fire until nightfall, at which point the Americans retire from the battlefield.
In the dark, Black Hawk and his warriors also move from their position. They cross the river and rejoin the rest of the band. In his battle report, Henry Dodge claims his soldiers killed more than 40 warriors. In his autobiography, Black Hawk reports the loss of only six men. Neapope and some warriors slipped away during the afternoon's fighting. Black Hawk will not see Neapope again until they are both prisoners of war.
[glow=red,2,300]How many errors of fact can YOU find??[/glow]
Source:
www.galafilm.com/chiefs/htmlen/sauk/ev_wisconsin.html
