June 25, 2002
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The European invaders brought three great scourges with them: alcohol, smallpox, and Christianity. I think Christianity was the worst. Alcohol destroyed our minds, and smallpox destroyed our bodies. Christianity destroyed our souls. (Most people know very little about the atrocities inflicted by the invaders; the Massacre at Horseshoe Bend springs to mind. This is because history books are usually written by the side that won. For a relatively unbiased accounting, read Indian Givers, by Jack Weatherford. He may be a distant relation of mine–my 5x great grandfather was known to his followers as Red Eagle, but known to the Whites as William Weatherford. I never got around to checking.)
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Tis true that too many atrocities were committed in the name of the almighty “church” to count, but the same can be said for other religions/cultures/causes….face it, we are all a bunch of animals at heart and I think that the violence that we inflict upon each other is less about faith than it is about power and control… ymmv
Just reading some back stuff cuz i’m bored. I’m going to look into that book. I have no Native blood but my daughter does, and I want her to know where she came from. And the various cultures fascinate me as well.