Americas
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Announcement of condolence for the London attack
Today our thoughts are with those who are victims of the attack in London that took place this afternoon, and their friends and families. Our love and prayers, in whatever format, are with you. Out of respect for those injured or killed, and until we know more, we ask our followers to please refrain from speculative comments, and instead leave messages of condolence, should you wish to do so. There will be no article today. Paula and the team. Naked History. Related posts: No related posts.
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St. Patrick’s Day
Everyone has heard of St. Patrick. The patron saint of Ireland who drove the snakes from the island. However, the famous Irish saint was not even Irish by birth. It is thought that he was born in Scotland, England, Wales or even on the coast of France around 385 CE. He wasn’t named Patrick either. It is thought his original name was Maewyn or Succat. When he was sixteen, a group of Irish pirates sacked his village and took him for a slave. As a slave shepherd in Ireland, he turned to the religion of his youth- Roman Catholicism. He eventually escaped and studied in a monastery in France under…
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The Crawford Expedition
Okay, so we looked at the Gnadenhutten Massacre of 1782, here:http://www.historynaked.com/the-gnadenhutten-massacre/ where Pennsylvania Militiamen under the American Army murdered 96 peaceful Christian Native Americans in Ohio. Their people vowed revenge. Today we are going to take a quick look at what led up to this period, and then happened next. A few years prior to the slaughter at Gnadenhutten, in February 1778 Captain Pipe, a Chief of the Delaware Indians had lost several family members to the Americans in continuously retaliatory acts of violence between the two factions. The Americans, led by General Edward Hand, and consisting of a band of 500 Pennsylvania men had led a surprise march into…
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Three Flags Day
The Louisiana Purchase was a big deal. (Read more about the ins and outs of it in this post: http://www.historynaked.com/the-louisiana-purchase/) It was a great deal for the United States, but it was somewhat of an administrative nightmare. The territory being turned over was huge. Also, it technically belonged to the French as part of a secret treaty with the Spanish in 1769. However, since the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso was secret, Spain still administered the territory to keep up appearances. Confused yet? So were a lot of other people. Many of the Spanish officials didn’t know they were working for the French until it came time to turn things…
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The Gnadenhutten Massacre
It was 1782 and America had been at war with the British for several years as a part of their claim for independence. Caught up in this conflict were tribes of Native Americans, particularly along the Ohio river and into Ohio Country. These tribes consisted for the most part of Shawnee, Delawares. Mingos and Wyandots. For some years previously, as part of the Border conflict, there had been a series of raids on frontier settlements, by bands of aggressive Natives opposed to the expansion of the American colonists territory at the cost of native land. The resulting tension manifested in raids where small parties of natives would enter settlements and…
