| Tango01 | 31 Oct 2020 4:29 p.m. PST |
"Lord Jeffrey1 Amherst was commanding general of British forces in North America during the final battles of the so-called French & Indian war (1754-1763). He won victories against the French to acquire Canada for England and helped make England the world's chief colonizer at the conclusion of the Seven Years War among the colonial powers (1756-1763). The town of Amherst, Massachusetts, was named for Lord Jeff even before he became a Lord. Amherst Collegewas later named after the town. It is said the local inhabitants who formed the town preferred another name, Norwottuck, after the Indians whose land it had been; the colonial governor substituted his choice for theirs. Frank Prentice Rand, in his book, The Village of Amherst: A Landmark of Light [Amherst, MA: Amherst Historical Society, 1958], says that at the time of the naming, Amherst was "the most glamorous military hero in the New World. … …the name was so obvious in 1759 as to be almost inevitable."…"
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| John the OFM | 01 Nov 2020 9:40 a.m. PST |
I find it ironic that a college with a reputation as having the most liberal faculty is named after the man who gave the Native Americans smallpox blankets. |
| historygamer | 01 Nov 2020 12:14 p.m. PST |
So we're ignoring the fact that the French allied Indians dug up the corpses at Fort William Henry, contracting small pox as they mutilated the bodies, taking the disease how with them? That was far more devasting to their people than anything the British did later. |
| rmaker | 01 Nov 2020 3:23 p.m. PST |
The hoary chestnut raises its head again. The letter used as evidence of this was proved to be a forgery over 100 years ago. Chemical analysis showed that both the ink and the paper date from the mid-Nineteenth Century. And said analysis was done by people trying to prove the letter was authentic after it was challenged on the basis of handwriting analysis. |
| Virginia Tory | 01 Nov 2020 5:10 p.m. PST |
It fits a certain narrative, so it'll get resurrected over and over again. |
| Tango01 | 01 Nov 2020 5:11 p.m. PST |
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| Col Durnford | 01 Nov 2020 9:51 p.m. PST |
Ross, Thanks for doing the research on the recurring piece of BS. It is truly a case of a lie repeated long enough and loud enough will be treated as the truth. |
| historygamer | 02 Nov 2020 10:56 a.m. PST |
Like two ranks on the Plains at Quebec. |
| 42flanker | 05 Nov 2020 1:39 p.m. PST |
And the 'Roussillon plume…' |
| 42flanker | 05 Nov 2020 1:43 p.m. PST |
I thought les Indiens attacked the sick and wounded left in the fort's hospital and helped themselves to clothes and blankets. I can't see them wanting anything to do with corpses. Of course, I could be mistaken. |
| historygamer | 05 Nov 2020 3:03 p.m. PST |
Read the book, Betrayal. Many of the Indians believed that you entered the afterlife as you looked here. IIRC, they dug up the bodies of deceased soldiers who died of smallpox in order to mutilate the bodies. No doubt alcohol played a role in the activity. |
| Virginia Tory | 16 Nov 2020 8:42 a.m. PST |
They also dug up the bodies to look for loot--they were convinced that the bodies had been buried with their valuables. link |
| historygamer | 16 Nov 2020 8:47 a.m. PST |
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