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On this date… November 2, 1542… California

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date in 1542, a party erupted on the deck of the San Salvador anchored off Santa Barbara, California. The captain of the ship was raised on the Cuban genocide, came of age in the conquest of Mexico, and … Continue reading →

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On this date… October 18, 1540… Alabama

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The bloodiest battle between Europeans and Native Americans took place on this date in 1540 in Alabama.  De Soto’s army had been rampaging through the southeast, stripping villages of their entire winter stores of food, kidnapping political leaders, chopping off … Continue reading →

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On this date… October 12, 1492… Bahamas

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On a small white sand island in the Bahamas, Cristoforo Colombo came ashore. Since the first task of the conqueror is always to re-name the conquered, Colombo wrote, “I reached the Indian sea where I discovered many islands thickly peopled, … Continue reading →

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On this date… October 4, 1597… Georgia

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The Guale began their uprising against the Spanish priests on the Sea Islands.  They began by killing the friar of Tolomato.  Over his body, the cacique’s son gave this speech: “Now the friar is dead.  This would not have happened … Continue reading →

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On this date… September 29, 1872… Texas

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

For the first time, Colonel Ranald Mackenzie attacked the Comanche successfully in the heart of Comancheria, on the Staked Plains, on the North Fork of the Red River. Their leader, Mowway, was on his way to a peace conference.  Joining … Continue reading →

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On this date… September 25, 1714… New York

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Three years and three days after the start of the Tuscarora War, on this date, the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy negotiated the safe passage of the surviving refugees from North Carolina to New York.  The Iroquois informed the … Continue reading →

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On this date… September 22, 1711… North Carolina

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date, the Tuscarora rose up and attacked the English settlement of Bath and other homesteads along the Neuse, Roanoke, and Trent Rivers.  They had suffered greatly from English slave raids, land grabs, and diseases.  In the uprising, hundreds … Continue reading →

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On this date… September 8, 1598… New Mexico

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date, Pueblo leaders were summoned to San Juan Pueblo to pledge their allegiance to King Phillip of Spain, represented by Governor Juan de Oñate, and to God, represented by Fray Alonso Martinez. They gathered under the shade of … Continue reading →

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On this date… September 5, 1877… Nebraska

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date, Crazy Horse was literally stabbed in the back and killed while in custody at a guard house at Fort Robinson. He was a man of mystery.  We do not know what he looked like.  We do not … Continue reading →

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On this date… August 27, 1874… South Dakota

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The Chicago newspaper declared:  “GOLD!  The Glittering Treasure Found at Last…  A Belt of Gold Territory Thirty Miles Wide.”  The article was leaking the news from an illegal US Army expedition into the Great Sioux Reservation. The reservation, delineated by … Continue reading →

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