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carnkie
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16 years ago

Times have changed a wee bit. I think this was in Florida.

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The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

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robnorthwales
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16 years ago

Interesting - hardly any difference to a modern gravel pump.
Just goes to show that, although regarded as 'savages' by the europeans that went there, the methods in use were surprisingly efficient

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carnkie
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16 years ago

I agree, it tends to open up Pandoras Box. Gwyn once said to me (I'm sure he'll correct me if I'm misquoting) that one of the reasons the migrants left Britain was to escape the iniquities, exploitation and social conditions that prevailed here. They then proceeded to inflict the same on the Native Americans, with a little help it must be said. The historyof Wisconsin lead mining is another example although of course there are many.

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

LAP
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16 years ago

Indeed they have changed; unfortunatly some mines in less developed areas of the world don't seem to be much different.

Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

carnkie
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16 years ago

Very true. Take Bolivia. No, perhaps not.

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

Gwyn
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16 years ago

You quote me fairly, Carnkie, however it was a quick generalisation in relation to the general British colonies that became the USA.
Here we have a picture purporting to be Florida in 1591. In this case it would be Spanish. I don't know either of the artists mentioned but it should be borne in mind that the Spanish had a great belief in the myth of Cibola, the Seven Cities of Gold. This myth permeated large areas of their culture including alot of their visual art.
The myth of Cibola drove Cortes, Soto, Coronada and Cabeza de Vaca. They never found it, of course, but left a trail of devastation.
The picture, it could be said, tells us more about the artists than it does about indigenous Americans!