December 29, 2012 marked the 122nd
Anniversary of the murder of 297 Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee Creek on
the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. These 297 people, in
their winter camp, were murdered by federal agents and members of the
7th Cavalry who had come to confiscate their firearms "for their own
safety and protection". The slaughter began AFTER the majority of the
Sioux had peacefully turned in their firearms. When the final round had
flown, of the 297 dead or dying, two thirds (200) were women and
children.
Around 40 members of the 7th Cavalry were
killed, over half cut down by friendly fire from the Hotchkiss guns of
their overzealous comrades-in-arms. Twenty members of the 7th Cavalry
were deemed "National Heros" and awarded the Medal of Honor for their
acts of cowardice.
We do not hear of Wounded Knee today. It is
not mentioned in our history classes or books. What little does exist
about Wounded Knee is normally the sanitized "Official Government
Explanation" or the historically and factually inaccurate depictions of
the events leading up to the massacre on the movie screen.
Wounded Knee was among the first federally
backed gun confiscation attempts in United States history. It ended in
the senseless murder of 297 people.
Before you jump on the emotionally charged
bandwagon for gun-control, take a moment to reflect on the real purpose
of the Second Amendment- The right of the people to take up arms in
defense of themselves, their families, and property in the face of
invading armies or an oppressive government. The argument that the
Second Amendment only applies to hunting and target shooting is asinine.
When the United States Constitution was drafted "hunting" was an
everyday chore carried out by men and women to put meat on the table
each night, and "target shooting" was an unheard of concept, musket
balls were a precious commodity in the wilds of early America, and were
certainly not wasted "target shooting". The Second Amendment was written
by people who fled oppressive and tyrannical regimes in Europe, and
refers to the right of American citizens to be armed for defense
purposes should such tyranny rise in the United States.
As time goes on the average citizen in the
United States continues to lose personal freedom or "liberty". Far too
many times unjust bills are passed and signed into law under the guise
of "for your safety" or "for protection" . The Patriot Act signed into
law by G.W. Bush, then expanded and continued by Barack Obama is just
one of many examples of American citizens being stripped of their rights
and privacy for "safety". Now, the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is on
the table, and will, most likely be taken away for "our safety".
Before any American citizen blindly accepts
whatever new firearms legislation that is about to be doled out, they
should stop and think about something for just one minute- Evil does
exist in our world. It always has and always will. Throughout history
evil people have committed evil acts. In the Bible one of the first
stories is that of Cain killing Abel. We can not legislate "evil" into
extinction. Good people will abide by the law, defective people will
always find a way around it.
And
another thought Evil exists all around us, but looking back at the
historical record of the past 200 years across the globe, where is
"evil" and "malevolence" most often found? In the hands of those with
the power- governments. That greatest human tragedies on record and the
largest loss of
innocent human life can be attributed to governments.
Who do governments target? "Scapegoats" and "enemies" within their own
borders … but only after they have been disarmed to the point where they
are no longer a threat. Ask any Native American, and they will tell you
it was inferior technology and lack of arms that contributed to their
demise. Ask any Armenian why it was so easy for the Turks to exterminate
millions of them, and they will answer "We were disarmed before it
happened". Ask any Jew what Hitler's first step prior to the mass
murders of the Holocaust was- confiscation of firearms from the people.
Wounded Knee is the prime example of why the
Second Amendment exists, and why we shouldn't be in such a hurry to
surrender our Right to Bear Arms. Without the Second Amendment we have
no right to defend ourselves and our families.
--Author Unknown
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" Official Government Explanation " , Twenty Medal`s of Honor handed out. Women ,children , old people fleeing the scene on foot were run down by Cavalry and hacked to death by saber. This debacle was on par with some of the " Glorious Victory`s of the Reich ".
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, using the expertise learned from similar actions during the Late Unpleasantness.
DeleteIn 2004 when I was 71, I first visited the Pine Ridge Reservation. I met Leon Blunt Horn Matthews and his wife and a couple of their adopted kids. He drove me to Wounded Knee and my whole outlook on life changed. I had made ammunition and rockets for the Army for 34 years, retiring in 1989. Although I had previously stopped at the Little Big Horn battlefield a couple of times I was woefully ignorant of plains Indian history. I have been back twice, once with my wife. In 2009 Leon and I spent an afternoon talking to Russell Means at his home and again visited the mass grave on the ridge at Wounded Knee, SD. Nothing I could write would do this subject justice but I wrote two trip reports which were greeted with yawns by my family and friends. I wish every American could visit that place and Whiteclay, Nebraska, a study in itself.
ReplyDeleteNobody ever called me a bleeding heart and I never voted for a Democrat from Eisenhower to Romney but I love those Lakotah Sioux people and I'm ashamed of mine and my father's and my grandfather's Army. I will try to get to Pine Ridge one last time this spring. My computer is full of pictures of it, the cemetery, and the frozen corpses of the unarmed women and children slaughtered on that black day in our history.
Maybe we can go together. Certainly something I would appreciate.
DeleteI would be honored sir and we'd get a priceless tour from my friends there.
ReplyDeleteI'm game.:)
DeleteA lady friend of mine (A beautiful Lakota woman) wanted to educate me about Wounded Knee, after discussing the movie "Little Big Man". A movie that caused me to question (once again) this governments habit of sanitizing it's history.
ReplyDeleteShe handed me a well read copy of "Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee". My heart burned with such anger after reading it.....
once again) this governments habit of sanitizing it's history.
DeleteNever ending.