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A Dart in a Boy's Eye May Have Unleashed This Legendary Massacre 350 Years Ago
Live Science ^ | April 22, 2019 | Owen Jarus

Posted on 02/04/2020 9:34:56 AM PST by SunkenCiv

Archaeologists have uncovered a 350-year-old massacre in Alaska that occurred during a war that may have started over a dart game. The discovery reveals the gruesome ways the people in a town were executed and confirms part of a legend that has been passed down over the centuries by the Yup'ik people.

A recent excavation in the town of Agaligmiut (which today is often called Nunalleq) has uncovered the remains of 28 people who died during the massacre and 60,000 well-preserved artifacts...

Some of the 28 people found "had been tied up with grass rope and executed," said Knecht, adding that "they were face down and some of them had holes in the back of their skulls from [what] looks like a spear or an arrow." ...

The massacre occurred during what historians called the "bow and arrow wars," a series of conflicts in Alaska during the 17th century. According to one Yup'ik legend, the conflict started during a game of darts when one boy accidently hit another in the eye with a dart. The father of the injured boy knocked out both eyes of the boy who caused the injury, the story goes. Then, a relative of the boy who had both eyes knocked out retaliated, the conflict escalating as other family members of the two boys got involved. The dart-game melee eventually resulted in a series of wars across Alaska and the Yukon.

"There's a number of different tales," Knecht said, adding that "what we do know is that the bow and arrow wars were during a period of time [called] the little ice age, where it went from quite a bit warmer than it is now to quite a bit colder in a very short period of time."

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: agaligmiut; alaska; godsgravesglyphs; whitesupremacy; yupik
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Poignant photos.

1 posted on 02/04/2020 9:34:56 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 02/04/2020 9:35:21 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

3 posted on 02/04/2020 9:37:34 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: SunkenCiv

Eskimos killing eskimos in a massacre?

Does Disney know about this?


4 posted on 02/04/2020 9:38:47 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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To: SunkenCiv
...A recent excavation in the town of Agaligmiut (which today is often called Nunalleq) ...

Yeah, I get them confused, too...................

5 posted on 02/04/2020 9:39:41 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: SunkenCiv

Wal, now, dart dere’s gonna smart, eye say...

;o]

‘Face


6 posted on 02/04/2020 9:40:04 AM PST by Monkey Face (Trying to pick my favorite politician is like trying to decide which STD would be best for me.~ FB ~)
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To: SunkenCiv

I hate sites that allow that false “Your Windows are bad” crap ad.


7 posted on 02/04/2020 9:41:11 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Epstein pulled a Carradine, the bozo.)
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To: SunkenCiv; ClearCase_guy

These things are older than I thought...............

8 posted on 02/04/2020 9:41:39 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: SunkenCiv

The way I hear it, one tribe was angry with the other because Russian collusion or something about restricting trade with the Yucrane tribe. Something like that.


9 posted on 02/04/2020 9:42:04 AM PST by FlipWilson
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To: SunkenCiv

I like science and history and all that but I can think of a lot of other places I would rather be digging for bones than up in Alaska.


10 posted on 02/04/2020 9:42:15 AM PST by pghbjugop
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To: SunkenCiv
According to one Yup'ik legend, the conflict started during a game of darts when one boy accidently hit another in the eye with a dart. The father of the injured boy knocked out both eyes of the boy who caused the injury, the story goes.

It's literally a good example of why the idea of "an eye for an eye" was actually a legal improvement -- designed to prevent exactly the cycle of widening violence that occurred here.

11 posted on 02/04/2020 9:48:47 AM PST by edwinland
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The noble savage


12 posted on 02/04/2020 9:49:48 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m sure white people and their oppression were involved somewhere.


13 posted on 02/04/2020 9:51:11 AM PST by PGR88
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“”during a period of time [called] the little ice age, where it went from quite a bit warmer than it is now””
Must be because of the SUV dog sleds of the time.. mmmmm..


14 posted on 02/04/2020 9:52:46 AM PST by Retgearjammer
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To: edwinland
the conflict started during a game of darts when one boy accidently hit another in the eye with a dart. The father of the injured boy knocked out both eyes of the boy who caused the injury,

I see a very similar phenomenon quite regularly at youth hockey games.

15 posted on 02/04/2020 9:52:51 AM PST by PGR88
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To: SunkenCiv

The family names of the tribes translate roughly to “Hatfields” and “McCoys”.


16 posted on 02/04/2020 9:56:20 AM PST by glorgau
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To: ClearCase_guy

Daid graphic. :^(


17 posted on 02/04/2020 9:58:01 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Iowa caucus dynamic?


18 posted on 02/04/2020 9:58:09 AM PST by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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Polar hillbilly feud ping


19 posted on 02/04/2020 10:02:26 AM PST by Salamander (Living On The Ledge....)
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To: SunkenCiv

Well, you or I might tolerate an accidental eye-darting, but the Eskimos are having nunavut.


20 posted on 02/04/2020 10:02:55 AM PST by Boogieman
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