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richfed
Sachem

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May 13 2002

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Posted - October 30 2005 : 08:02:07 AM

Happy End of Daylight Savings Time, All!

Well, here's a rather thought-provoking E-mail I received - complete with permission to use it! Your thoughts on its content would be appreciated ...

That music, and your site, are addictive; gotta gotta have it.

Can I buy LOTM soundtrack CD from your site? Would prefer to if possible, Amazon.com's prosperous enough. Interesting that the melody you repeat on your home page is similar to central European folk music I used to hear in some down-and-out ethnic bars in Milwaukee in younger years, esp. the music played with what they called "tambouritsa's".
Tough neighborhood, but cool music and people cool if they saw respect.
Much like the American Indian neighborhood about a half mile south except they drank more than played music. Given their history, small wonder.

The name "LAST of the Mohicans" is so wrong, and "Lasting of the Mohicans" is better but for the wrong reason. And how was it that both the Mohegans, not one of the Six Nations, and the Mohawk, the first of the Iroquois Six Nations, had been enemies for so long that the Mohawk had greatly reduced the Mohegans in all ways, were allies--about the only Indian allies, except for the Leni Lenape occasionally--of the rebel colonials? Too bad that's not mentioned in your Mohican history, nor the relocation to WI and the course of that--neither of which the vast majority of Wisconsinites (all three of us) are aware of.

The whole Stockbridge Mohegan settlement was "removed" by the U.S. gov from the Berkshire Mountains in western MA to WI in the 1800's, where they've been since. The Mohegans, many of them, survive, although regrettably perhaps not thrive so well as one might wish, on the shore of Lake Winnebago, a large lake (~35 miles high, ~10 miles wide) fed by a confluence of the Fox and Wolf Rivers and drained by the Fox into Green Bay. Good walleye waters, all. In a visit back to Stockbridge about ten years ago, some of the Mohegans said they recognized the place as their former home from oral tradition passed on in Wisconsin.
Impressed me, all right. They mentioned especially a curve in the river at Stockbridge, a description of which had been held important and stayed with them.

Having jacked myself up by writing the above, I think I'll talk with Milwaukee's major newspaper re researching and reporting on a complete history of Mohegans in Wisconsin, respecting their wishes, if any, in the matter. Might make a credible addition to your site. Actually, so might portions of this email, edited in some areas. Use it if you want, no permissions required; rather, permission is hereby granted over the date and signature (not electronic, I've not learned yet how to do that) herein and herewith.

I'm sorry to see that you've opened up your site to include all things frontier. Dissipates the original scope and intention of your site, which was a special thing in and of itself. Another site could have been opened to cover all things frontier; e.g., Northwest Territories, in which I reside; Ohio River, KY and TN and MI and WI; i.e., the "Illinois Country". Interesting in and of itself, but I fear will excessively dilute not just content of LOTM novel and movie, but also the rich history surrounding the events on Lake George and adjacent areas. Those are a distinct and discrete portion of frontier history, and need not be lumped with others; e.g., the Ohio River, except perhaps for Braddock's event on the Monongahela just upstream from its confluence with the Ohio at Fort Pitt.

"But I digress".

And, yes, the soundtrack[s] is[are] available through this site - although Amazon will still get the bulk of the profit. Please see our Frontier Bookstore to purchase that and many other related items. Hey, Christmas Time's a-Comin'!

Spe

Rich
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Chris
Colonial Settler

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May 25 2002

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Posted - October 30 2005 : 2:18:03 PM

Hi Rich,

Before I put any of the email on your site, I'd be sure and research this person's facts. I didn't notice a signature, so can't rely that hisher facts are correct. What he/she wrote was definitely interesting and adding it to the site could be worth some trouble.

As for putting much of your non-LOTM information on another site, wouldn't that cost lots of $$$. It's costly enough keeping one site running. Or, if you have two smaller sites rather than one large one, would it be less expensive (doesn't seem like it ought to, but you never know).

And I did update my profile. Thanks for the info.