Period pieces, eye witness accounts and archaeology give you the best idea of what really happened. Modern times always engage in revisionist history and rewrite it as to be seen thru the lens of modern politics and under the assumption people back then were stupid/superstitious/and us modern ppl know better. They had good reason for feeling the way they did, and certainly knew more about their world and times than a modern purple haired history professor at a state sponsored college.
@@mikerelva6915Agreed, but most history professors are not woke let alone purple haired victim connoisseurs. Sure, there are a few outrageous teachers + professors that make easy targets for ridicule, but the vast majority are just interested in history and not identity politics.
Pikunni (Blackfeet) youth Mountain Chief, later a very famous Chief, was age ~13 at the time of a massive battle vs the Cree - he is my 8th great grand uncle, it was his first battle and he reported he killed 12-15 himself, most by knife and tomahawk.
Say what you will about Hollywood movies, watching westerns while growing up I learned the names of many of the American Indian tribes. In a way, movies -bad as they were-brought these people to life.
Greetings from Germany and thanks for the insight I have to think of Ötzi, who was found not far from me. A lot of interpretation, but probably in truth a simple fight for recourse in a tough area
@@colinglen4505 perfect german accent, sounds like Heros von Borcke (Jeb Stuart, adjudant? in Gods and generals). but I dont have this hard german accent cuz iam half german half north african plus i grew up with BAOR Tommy`s, but in school during engl lessons my classmates had the same accent like the narrator sometimes a harder one, sounds terrible!!!! @Tombrunner, warum greetings from germany ? Ötzi wurde an der östereichisch italischen grenze gefunden, greetings from Austria wäre korrekter.
Just prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall,I went to Innsbruck, Austria.My father was teaching a course on Geology, so we went to the Otzal glacier.Been captivated by Otzi ever since.
I always thoroughly enjoy your presentations.Karl Bodmer has become one of my favorite artists of the Old West.His attention to detail is unparalleled.
Enjoy your content as well as your storytelling. Not far from where I live in Cheyenne Wyoming is a rock formation, which was the site of a bloody battle crow and Blackfoot in the 1830s. I like how you switch from German accent to your regular storytelling voice to your narrative.
Thank you for a great story. I'd like to remind everyone that Europeans. suffered greatly from Plagues themselves 100 or more years before this so it's not like they knew what the. Heck they were carrying with them it just happen.
Between 1497 til 1880 brutally was dished out in the most horrific way in the Americas. Mind boggling savagery that has never been covered in the movies. True hatred towards foe shown in the most unimaginable ways. Most folks these days never ponder the thought I am sure.
My grandfather is Creed/Blackfoot and a product of the treaty of the Cree and Blackfoot to join to fight the White Man. Though his parents married and had children(14), they were forbidden to live on or raise their children on EITHER tribe’s land or reservation. So they lived on a large farm in Iowa and taught their children very little of either Tribe. He also never knew any of his grandparents, only seeing his Blackfoot grandfather once in his entire life. Only his Blackfoot Uncle taught him anything of the Tribe and his history. He also had a couple Cree cousins that he knew that taught him some of his Cree history.
Yep. All that were here - in the Americas- were in deadly combat more frequently than you think. Humans have been doing this warfare against eAch other since there humans that left one area for another - in an effort to keep their families alive (find food and water).
Is it Fort McKenrie or McKenzie? Lol. Jk. By the way, at 3:12, the man photographed with the beard is indeed Karl Bodmer, the Swiss-French “print-maker, etcher, lithographer, zinc-engraver, draftsman, painter, illustrator, and hunter”-what a résumé, dude, wow-but I have a hard time believing he was 24 in THAT picture. Maybe no pictures exist of him at that young age, around when the Battle of Fort McKenzie took place. Whatever. Like I know times were hard back then, but my GOD, not enough to look f*cking 30-50 years older than your actual age, in your 20’s. 😆
The Cree, etc, are much like American maps, American weather reports and revolting American history myths in American consiousness. They all end at the Canadian border line for some reason. What a pity . . .
@@kenneth9874 Can assure you it is a subject glanced at after discovering Davy Crockett didn't kill a bear at age 3. The story of the Loyal Americans are unknown. As many as 170,000 left colonies their ancestors had served bled and died for over 100 yrs fighting the French. The Revolting Mob did not hesitate to Ally with them. Proved treachery pays. Three sets of my own kin (studied in great depth) arrived in 1627, 1638 and 1652. When did yours ?
@@kenneth9874 In 1761 the Isaac Man/Mann Sr family (Scots-Dutch) moved from NY city to 'Still Water' in upstate NY, made recenty safe by the end of the F&I wars. Purchased land lot section from old Albany Dutch. Leased 120 acre lots to settlers who believed it worth while. Among the latter was a group of 'Yellow Church' enthuasiasts from witch burning Salem. Old Isaac was Col of the local militia in which his sons ages ca 13-20 served. Disaster struck when a cannal he was constructing for mill work together with a land swindle over land in Vermont bankrupted him. He had to sell his lots to the 'Yellow Church' congregation whose leaders by now proved themselves 'dodgy' characters. When the troubles began Old Isaac spoke out, he was arrested several times and was a minor celebrity because he claimed the right to 'Free Speach' that the revolting rebles claimed they stood for. Didn't help his case at all. Sent to various prisons till finally released after 2 years of cruel treatment and fled to Montreal with wife, leaving all property behind. Meanwhile the 'Yellow Church' leaders had become local leaders of the 'Commitees of Corespondence. Isaacs sons (including the 13 yr old) were arrested. Released at different times and went to Montreal with some extra ordinary adventures along the way. They fought as Loyalist Militia at Saratoga, lost and escaped back to Canada after that disaster. One (my favourite) a 'scout' was captured near Still Water - he was exchanged for a revolting Lt the day before his proposed execution. All remustered into the Royal Kings Regiment of NY province, famous for their raids in upstate NY for the rest of hostilities. This information comes from testimony given to post-war British Comissions set up to pay-off loses at 10% value, the extensive records held in the 'Haldimand' Papers avaliable on line and the minutes of the meetings of the Stillwater Comittee of Correspondence successor and correspondence with various historians 20-30 years ago.
@@kenneth9874Now that I have taken the time and trouble to share my familys American history, trust you will share your own if you are able. What did they do if as you claim they showed my own the way ?
@@andre36wo”don’t criticize Hitler he has 15 million followers!!” Do you see how dumb that is . Bigger channels actually deserve more scrutiny than smaller ones. Atleast he was nice about it , I wouldn’t have said it as nice 😂
I am Assiniboine aka Nakota Sioux, we split off from the 7 council fires in the 1650's and went north to join the Cree and Ojibwe and formed the "Iron Confederacy" u should do an episode on how different tribes went south and north like how the Apaches used do be up here in Canada same with the comanches but were pushed or simply migrated south
A fellow Nakota Sioux here, actually we’ve lived in the Rocky Mountains for thousands of years. There are plenty of archeological sites across the Rocky Mountains that back up our oral history.
@@Daylon91 we’ve been part of the Seven Council fires for Thousands of years, however The Seven Council Fires inhabited a large territory, which includes Minnesota ( Dakota land ), Dakotas, Wisconsin, Iowa ( Lakota land ), Saskatchewan ( Assiniboine land ) and Rocky Mountains including Calgary region ( Stoney Nakoda ). But the Assiniboine did break off to join the Cree and the Cree later asked the Stoney Nakoda to join. It’s just that people tend to forget that the Sioux Nation inhabited a Large portion of land which is backed up by oral history and archeology
@@thegamingnomad1 I'm pretty sure we split off from the seven council fires because we became blood enemies of the Lakotas and Dakotas. Not many tribes split off from themselves then fought eachother
