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To: DUMBGRUNT

Wait. I thought that native peoples lived in peaceful harmony.


27 posted on 09/10/2020 4:03:03 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: Seruzawa

Wait. I thought that native peoples lived in peaceful harmony.

Yes!
I see that all the time???

Now that you mention it a local landmark is known as Starved Rock.
Not Peaceful Harmony Rock???

Starved Rock received its name for an event that allegedly took place there about 1770. According to Native American tradition, some Peoria Indians who came under attack by a war party of Potawatomi Indians suffered starvation when trapped on the rock without food or water....

http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/arch_starv.html


36 posted on 09/10/2020 4:23:01 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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