Spirit mound, what was supposed to be inhabited by 18inchhigh devils, and of course they had to go see these devils. But once they got to the top of spear mount, what did they see . Their first bison. Acres and acres of bison and this flat land. And you have to remember, these are men coming from eastern United States who are used to trees and forests and hills and rocks, and so this open plain was like a farmers delight as well as a hunters delight with all these buffalo. And so and as they come up the rivera little bit farther, george shannon, the youngest member of the expedition, age 17, got lost. But the most important thing that happened in south dakota was the encounter with the teton lakota in the pierre area in central south dakota. Many historians believe it could have been the end of the expedition because it was a confrontation. It was a great misunderstanding between the nonindians, lewis and clark, and the indian people here at the confluence of the bad river and the Miss
Publishing in august 2017, and he also he and his son, lee, are editing an autobiography written by his father and lees grandfather. With that, i would like to introduce mr. Robert k. Sutton. [ applause ]. Goblod morning. Good morning. I cant tell you how excited i am to be here. This is i mean, im sitting here with goose bumps while im hearing the names of the victims of kwantrels raid because i just wrote about many of them, and you actually hear their names in this setting. Its really quite moving. Before i get going here, my wife and my son came with me. Theyre in the back row. And two of my oldest, oldest, oldest friends from california. And im going to tell you, we were all like 5 years old when we got acquainted sit ong the second row, nick and harry so, this is a really special day for me. One of the things that interested me in this topic was that my great i have to say sometimes you have trouble keeping track of the great great great greats, but any great great great grandmot
Civil war. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the watkins, its my distinct pleasure and honor to welcome our speaker today, mr. Robert k. Sutton. Mr. Sutton retired from the National Parks service after serving for nine years. He became the superintendent of the National Battlefield park. He has published a number of articles and reviews on various history topics. As a part of his job was leading the emphasize on expanding the currently serving as a consultant to the American Battle monuments commission, assisting Commission Staff in developing interpretive programs to commemorate the centennial of world war i, and hes currently working on a book on world war i aimed at middle school children. Dr. Sutton has continued teaching, he teaches courses in the Johns Hopkins program on the civil war in the American West. Dr. Sutton also has written a book on the civil war era in kansas, published in august of 2017. He and his son lee are editing an auto biography written by his father and
By just using the records that we have on the second floor, our research core, the archives themselves, and then also a Research Library of 40,000 volumes on the American West. Human habitation in the plains would date from certainly in this part of the country, from well before the current era. Most anthropologists north American Indians as far back as 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, plains culture. What you will see in this exhibit here is much more recent, perhaps about 1700, but it is still precontact. We date the contact period from about in this part of the country anyway, from about the 1740s when there was a french expedition along the Missouri River by the varonde brothers and their father, about 1743. So the materials that you see here would date from before that period of time, and one object that i would point to in particular would be this buffalo effigy in this red tablet. This is catlonite. It is harvested or quarried in a strong vein of soft stone of this red variety up and
The National Battlefield park. He has published a number of articles and reviews on various history topics. One of his primary interests as chief historian and as superintendent at mannasas was leading the emphasis on expanding the interpretation of the civil war for assessment. Dr. Sutton is currently serving as a consultant to the American Battle monuments commission, assisting Commission Staff in developing interpretive programs to commemorate the centennial of world war i, and hes currently working on a book on world war i aimed at middle school children. Dr. Sutton has continued teaching, he teaches courses in the Johns Hopkins program on the Senior Adult Program on civil war in the american west. He will be the resident historian for viking Ocean Cruises as well. Dr. Sutton also has written a book on the civil war era in kansas published by sky horse publishing in august 2017, and he and his son lee are editing an autobiography written by his father and lees grandfather. With tha