Mischievous mountain men anger the Arikara, and are caught in a deadly ambush.
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Mischievous mountain men anger the Arikara, and are caught in a deadly ambush.
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Very good story
Thank you
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The Arikara were well aware of the fur trappers crimes and injustices against other Indigenous groups and it was prudent for them to establish themselves as a strong force not to be abused. If it were not for the two trappers that snuck into the Arikara camp to defile the women, reinforcing the suspicions of the the tribe, then this very well may have ended in a more mutually amicable relationship.
The story is great and the only fitting thing in Mr Dicaprio is the look. The Rickarees are great looser at this time, lost 4/5 of their Tribe in the small pocks epidemic and the Dakota for decades heartily dominated got firearms and grow more powerful. Many Arikara married to Pawnee. Read the book The Renvenant and you get the story of a real badass and I do believe that every mountain man was out of this mold. Are there any sure pictures of the Arikara? Liked from Northern Germany
interested in those 'retributive actions', keep it comin!
Enlisted men looking for whores. I am old enough to remember the whorehouses outside the gate to the base. It was cleaned up in the 60s and 70s. A lot of damage has always been done by enlisted men looking for whores. The evil is in the soldiers. The whores are merely desperate.
Excellent! Thank you!
The funny thing is that as soon as the Sioux Indians got guns and horses from the white man, they exterminated the Arikawas. Most people today are very naïve about the brutality that went on for thousands of years in tribal warfare
Brilliant Video!!!
Smith wasn't the hero you say. Later he had trouble getting men to follow him after his California trips. on his first trip only he and Harris made it back out of over 25 men.
Best old west history channel out there
I really enjoy your story’s
Love these videos on north Americas Indians. I live one hour from the present day Arikara reservation. They have beautiful land, rich with oil.
Great channel. Yes it was avoidable! Had those two men been able to keep it in their pants I'm sure a sheep would have shown up. But that's history and we are the simple observers.
One must conclude the foolhardy venture of the two Mountain men into the Arikara camp. They had already brokered a deal with the Native tribe yet tensions were still somewhat high. I don't blame the Arikara at all for being upset over the fact the two Mountain men wanted to have intimacies with their women. I would have acted the same way to be honest. Especially as they went in after dark to try to procur sexual favors. That showed they knew it was probably not going to be looked upon with favor. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨
The Arikara scouted for Custer, though some survived and told their tale in the Arikara Narrative.
Got any accounts of things that went on at the famous rendezvous?
Those two fools can take the blame for the whole disaster. That tends to happen when another culture is violated.