"Let them drink lead." -Gov. Rick [redacted] Snyder.
True story and history time: In 1862, in the then-brand-new state of Minnesota, a band of Dakota rose up against the settlers (including some of my ancestors) and military after being lied to and denied the food they were promised. A man named Andrew Myrick, apparently a store-owner in the area, reportedly said of the Dakota, "Let them eat grass." He was killed and his body was found with grass stuffed in his mouth, throat and stomach. (Wiki doesn't mention the throat and stomach, but I have read it from other sources.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Myrickhttp://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/20…
By the by, my great-great grandmother was shot and her son, my great-great-great uncle was shot and killed, along with their dog. Luckily, my great grandfather was not home at the time they were attacked (otherwise, there's a good chance he would have been killed also and, therefore, I never would have been born). They were German settlers, only here in this country for 2 or 3 years before the Feds told them they could settle on those lands. They, most likely, had no idea that the land had recently been "ceded" by the Dakota in one of those bullshit treaties America is so famous for. I don't bear any ill will towards the Dakota, nor do I think my ancestors were at fault, either. It was a fucked-up situation from the get-go. Many of the Dakota elders did not want to go to war, but some young men thought it was the only thing they could do. It was a tragedy all the way around. And the tragic events of that summer led to the largest mass execution in American history: http://www.startribune.com/dec-26-1862-38-dakota-…
I could go on and on. (Yes, I've read a lot about this war.) But I think I'll stop boring everyone. For now.
Thank you and, yes, it is chilling. I left out the details for my 3 great-great-great aunts, who were all in their late teens, early twenties at the time. One of my cousins has researched this extensively. Initially, we thought they had either been killed in the attack on the homestead, or taken by the Dakota because they did not appear in any census record after 1860. As it turns out, two of them moved to Iowa with their mom and got married some time between 1862 and the 1870 census, so that's why they were not in any MN census. The third one, we still don't know what happened to her. She could have moved anywhere and gotten married, thus changing her name, so finding her via the census could be all but impossible. Thanks for reading my long-winded blah blah blah!
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What did [redacted] know and [redacted] did [redacted] know [redacted]?
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Wow! If true, that's [redacted] incredible!
I heard [redacted] is negotiating for the movie rights.
"Starring Jerry Mathers as the [redacted]!"
Oh yeah? Well, tell Governor Snyder to [redacted] his [redacted] while I [redacted] and then [redacted]!
"Let them drink lead." -Gov. Rick [redacted] Snyder.
True story and history time: In 1862, in the then-brand-new state of Minnesota, a band of Dakota rose up against the settlers (including some of my ancestors) and military after being lied to and denied the food they were promised. A man named Andrew Myrick, apparently a store-owner in the area, reportedly said of the Dakota, "Let them eat grass." He was killed and his body was found with grass stuffed in his mouth, throat and stomach. (Wiki doesn't mention the throat and stomach, but I have read it from other sources.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Myrick http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/20…
By the by, my great-great grandmother was shot and her son, my great-great-great uncle was shot and killed, along with their dog. Luckily, my great grandfather was not home at the time they were attacked (otherwise, there's a good chance he would have been killed also and, therefore, I never would have been born). They were German settlers, only here in this country for 2 or 3 years before the Feds told them they could settle on those lands. They, most likely, had no idea that the land had recently been "ceded" by the Dakota in one of those bullshit treaties America is so famous for. I don't bear any ill will towards the Dakota, nor do I think my ancestors were at fault, either. It was a fucked-up situation from the get-go. Many of the Dakota elders did not want to go to war, but some young men thought it was the only thing they could do. It was a tragedy all the way around. And the tragic events of that summer led to the largest mass execution in American history: http://www.startribune.com/dec-26-1862-38-dakota-…
I could go on and on. (Yes, I've read a lot about this war.) But I think I'll stop boring everyone. For now.
Yikes, Cmdr, that's chilling. I'm sorry for your family, I'm sorry for the Dakotas, everything in that story is terrible.
Thank you and, yes, it is chilling. I left out the details for my 3 great-great-great aunts, who were all in their late teens, early twenties at the time. One of my cousins has researched this extensively. Initially, we thought they had either been killed in the attack on the homestead, or taken by the Dakota because they did not appear in any census record after 1860. As it turns out, two of them moved to Iowa with their mom and got married some time between 1862 and the 1870 census, so that's why they were not in any MN census. The third one, we still don't know what happened to her. She could have moved anywhere and gotten married, thus changing her name, so finding her via the census could be all but impossible. Thanks for reading my long-winded blah blah blah!
Perhaps the Governor hopes to enter the art world after his term is up–this is a brilliant use of negative space!
/FFS