Post by Robert Braun on Apr 2, 2002 12:20:05 GMT -5
The Mississippi Valley Archaeological Center, in conjunction with UW-LaCrosse, produced and released a video entitled The Battle of Bad Axe in 1995. Pete Shrake, I think, mentioned this video in a thread on the other discussion board.
To see the description or to order your own copy, click:
perth.uwlax.edu/mvac/Involved/shop.htm#BadAxe
Description:
The mistrust and misunderstandings between cultures have led to many battles in American history. This theme would again be replayed in the tragic Battle of Bad Axe. During the lead mining boom of the early 1800's, white settlers leaped ahead of the frontier to northern Illinois, causing relationships between various Native American tribes, Colonial Britain, and a young United States to weaken. By 1832, Blackhawk led 2000 Native American men, women and children back to the Rock River. Their actions were mistaken as acts of war, and so the Blackhawk War began.
This video features a full cast of narrators, keeping the viewer engaged as the battle unfolds. After watching the Battle at Bad Axe, people of all ages will have a better understanding of the motivations behind these two cultures and how misconceptions can lead to devastation.
Award winner: "1995 Special Achievement in Script Writing"- International Television Association-Greater Wisconsin Chapter. (30 minutes) $29.95
Bad Axe photos courtesy of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin WHi(x3)18222. Whi(x3)38424.
A few corrections in the above description:
1. Most historians agree theat the numbers in the British Band amouinted to somewhere between 1,000 and 1,200 persons, of these about 500 were warriors;
2. The "full cast of narrators" is actually only two: Roger Nichols, who wrote the biography on General Atkinson, and Ellen Whitney, whose multi-volume work on the Black Hawk War 1831-2 needs no introduction;
3. When one considers the actions of Black Hawk in 1831 and the provisions of the Treaty of 1831, which Black Hawk signed; the British Band's numbers of warriors; the messengers sent by Black Hawk to have other native tribes join him; and the treatment of U. S. Indian Agent Gratiot at the Prophet's Village at the hands of Black Hawk and his warriors when attempting to deliver Gen. Atkinson's "talk"; the British Band's invasion of Illinois in April, 1832 could not be construed any other way, except as an act of war.
I have viewed the videotape... and found it to be among the more balanced videos information-wise out there.
Aside from the protrayal of a single U. S. Regular/reenactor, the reenctor scenes are terrible... obviously shot in conjunction with a Civil War event. Aside from this and a few minor historical and clarification errors, the video is quite good, and contains map graphics that are helpful for understanding the battle.
I hope to write up a review of this video in the near future.
If you are interested in seeing it, let me know.
To see the description or to order your own copy, click:
perth.uwlax.edu/mvac/Involved/shop.htm#BadAxe
Description:
The mistrust and misunderstandings between cultures have led to many battles in American history. This theme would again be replayed in the tragic Battle of Bad Axe. During the lead mining boom of the early 1800's, white settlers leaped ahead of the frontier to northern Illinois, causing relationships between various Native American tribes, Colonial Britain, and a young United States to weaken. By 1832, Blackhawk led 2000 Native American men, women and children back to the Rock River. Their actions were mistaken as acts of war, and so the Blackhawk War began.
This video features a full cast of narrators, keeping the viewer engaged as the battle unfolds. After watching the Battle at Bad Axe, people of all ages will have a better understanding of the motivations behind these two cultures and how misconceptions can lead to devastation.
Award winner: "1995 Special Achievement in Script Writing"- International Television Association-Greater Wisconsin Chapter. (30 minutes) $29.95
Bad Axe photos courtesy of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin WHi(x3)18222. Whi(x3)38424.
A few corrections in the above description:
1. Most historians agree theat the numbers in the British Band amouinted to somewhere between 1,000 and 1,200 persons, of these about 500 were warriors;
2. The "full cast of narrators" is actually only two: Roger Nichols, who wrote the biography on General Atkinson, and Ellen Whitney, whose multi-volume work on the Black Hawk War 1831-2 needs no introduction;
3. When one considers the actions of Black Hawk in 1831 and the provisions of the Treaty of 1831, which Black Hawk signed; the British Band's numbers of warriors; the messengers sent by Black Hawk to have other native tribes join him; and the treatment of U. S. Indian Agent Gratiot at the Prophet's Village at the hands of Black Hawk and his warriors when attempting to deliver Gen. Atkinson's "talk"; the British Band's invasion of Illinois in April, 1832 could not be construed any other way, except as an act of war.
I have viewed the videotape... and found it to be among the more balanced videos information-wise out there.
Aside from the protrayal of a single U. S. Regular/reenactor, the reenctor scenes are terrible... obviously shot in conjunction with a Civil War event. Aside from this and a few minor historical and clarification errors, the video is quite good, and contains map graphics that are helpful for understanding the battle.
I hope to write up a review of this video in the near future.
If you are interested in seeing it, let me know.
