Image Comanches in war regalia - painting by Lino Sánchez y Tapia, circa 1830sThe enemy of the Hispanic Lancer below would have probably been the Comanche - this documentary deals with their adoption of the horse during the 18th century.
American warfare 1690-1835 in popular culture, art, in miniature and in wargames, through Living History and in movies.
Thursday, 18 February 2010
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Defending Fort Stanwix
Old Fort Niagara has a free zoom lecture for this on the 21 November. Check the webpage. In Defending Fort Stanwix , William L. Kidder tel...
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This is the first stage of an excellent project. This is the corner tower of a recreation of the fort in the movie Drums Along the Mohawk... -
It's not easy photographing smaller figures but Richard has done an excellent job. These miniatures are excellent. He says 'The... -
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This came out in 1984. Was an excellent addition to a small set of books.
Dear Somerset,
ReplyDeleteInteresting look at the most horrific group of murderers,thiefs,sadistic torturers and serial rapists of the Great Plains.Golly, they were just fighting to preserve their way of life.