n2doc
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Nov-27-09 09:10 AM
Original message |
Students of Colonial history will appreciate this cartoon |
BrklynLiberal
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Nov-27-09 09:44 AM
Response to Original message |
1. Ah yes. I remember that incident. |
|
http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/amherst/lord_jeff.htmlThis is the person after whom Amherst, Mass was named...and thereafter Amherst College.
|
tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Nov-27-09 11:15 AM
Response to Reply #1 |
3. I thought that was common knowledge |
|
Horrible common knowledge but common knowledge nonetheless.
|
BrklynLiberal
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Nov-27-09 06:46 PM
Response to Reply #3 |
4. I remember seeing a movie about it when I was kid. But of course they depicted the general |
|
Edited on Fri Nov-27-09 06:46 PM by BrklynLiberal
who gave the Indians the infected blankets as a "Hessian"..not one of the "good guys".
|
tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Nov-27-09 11:14 AM
Response to Original message |
2. Yep, Die Quickly has been an American tradition for a long time |
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Tue May 07th 2024, 08:07 AM
Response to Original message |