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Streetbikerr6

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Another myth about the west (on topic - it involves guns)

is: there is *no* record of and no evidence existsthat settlers crossing the west made a circle of their wagons when theywere attacked byNative Americans (Indians) Pure myth.
 

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Another thing you see on TV and in the moviesthat isn't true....They settlers never used horses to pull the wagons. The horses the Spaniards left here were too small to be used as draft animals. They used oxen. This info comes from my Grandma as told to her by her Grandma who crossed the plains states and settled in Oregon.
 

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Gundude wrote:
Another thing you see on TV and in the movies that isn't true....They settlers never used horses to pull the wagons. The horses the Spaniards left here were too small to be used as draft animals. They used oxen. This info comes from my Grandma as told to her by her Grandma who crossed the plains states and settled in Oregon.

Oh come now. We all know they used native americans to pull their wagons while they weren't too busy getting in gun fights/stealing land and writing the second amendment to pertain only to a state run militia. Lol God bless Alan Gura.
 

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Streetbikerr6 wrote:
Gundude wrote:
Another thing you see on TV and in the moviesthat isn't true....They settlers never used horses to pull the wagons. The horses the Spaniards left here were too small to be used as draft animals. They used oxen. This info comes from my Grandma as told to her by her Grandma who crossed the plains states and settled in Oregon.

Oh come now. We all know they used native americans to pull their wagons while they weren't too busy getting in gun fights/stealing land and writing the second amendment to pertain only to a state run militia. Lol God bless Alan Gura.
My great, great, great Grandpa was a member of the Oregon Volunteers, a militia that was busy killing "hostile indians", escorting wagon trains and protecting survey parties. They received $150forjoining, and at the end of their enlistment, they received 40 acres of land as payment for their service.
 

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Gundude wrote:
Streetbikerr6 wrote:
Gundude wrote:
Another thing you see on TV and in the moviesthat isn't true....They settlers never used horses to pull the wagons. The horses the Spaniards left here were too small to be used as draft animals. They used oxen. This info comes from my Grandma as told to her by her Grandma who crossed the plains states and settled in Oregon.

Oh come now. We all know they used native americans to pull their wagons while they weren't too busy getting in gun fights/stealing land and writing the second amendment to pertain only to a state run militia. Lol God bless Alan Gura.
My great, great, great Grandpa was a member of the Oregon Volunteers, a militia that was busy killing "hostile indians", escorting wagon trains and protecting survey parties. They received $150forjoining, and at the end of their enlistment, they received 40 acres of land as payment for their service.
Oh come on now gundude. Your not fooling anyone. We know all these stories are you in your 40s. :D
 

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chewy352 wrote:
Gundude wrote:
Streetbikerr6 wrote:
Gundude wrote:
Another thing you see on TV and in the moviesthat isn't true....They settlers never used horses to pull the wagons. The horses the Spaniards left here were too small to be used as draft animals. They used oxen. This info comes from my Grandma as told to her by her Grandma who crossed the plains states and settled in Oregon.

Oh come now. We all know they used native americans to pull their wagons while they weren't too busy getting in gun fights/stealing land and writing the second amendment to pertain only to a state run militia. Lol God bless Alan Gura.
My great, great, great Grandpa was a member of the Oregon Volunteers, a militia that was busy killing "hostile indians", escorting wagon trains and protecting survey parties. They received $150forjoining, and at the end of their enlistment, they received 40 acres of land as payment for their service.
Oh come on now gundude. Your not fooling anyone. We know all these stories are you in your 40s. :D
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wild west again; only while carrying with a chaw of bakker in yo mouth- pilgrim:cool:
 

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I saw a 60 Minutes interview of Louis L'Amour (http://www.louislamour.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_L%27Amour ) back in the 1980s where he said that in all of his years of researching the Old West, he never found one instance of men meeting in the middle of a street at a predetermined time to have a "High Noon"-style shootout/duel. That was all a figment of Hollywood's imagination.

Sorry about bursting another bubble . . .
 

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"This isn't Texas!"

"You gun people are just 'compensating'!"

"Oh my gawwwd, are you gonna like, shoot someone?!"

Ah, gems, every one. :quirky
 
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