we are here to talk about mass violence. how would that have been different in the 1850 s? it would have been very different. in our past, mass kill wrgs quite common but it was a group activity. you didn t have the technology for an individual to kill as many people as an individual can kill today. when you re talking about violence done primarily with knives or swords or muzzle-loading firearms, it takes quite a while to reload, even if you re a skilled person, it take 30 s seconds to reload one of those things and by the time you pour in the powder, stamp down the wad, tamp down the shot, put on the percussion cap and get ready, the person you re trying to kill should be a half mile away. it s very difficult. so these were really mass murders where a lot of people got together to do these things. we have examples early in our history. talk about the pequot war, they had surrendered, they were hiding out in a swamp, the remnants of them, 700 women, children and men. sur
bill: we are here to talk about mass violence. how would that have been different in the 1850 s? randolph: it would have been very different. in our past, mass kill wrgs quite common but it was a group activity. you didn t have the technology for an individual to kill as many people as an individual can kill today. when you re talking about violence done primarily with knives or swords or muzzle-loading firearms, it takes quite a while to reload, even if you re a skilled person, it take 30 seconds to reload one of those things and by the time you pour in the powder, stamp down the wad, tamp down the shot, put on the percussion cap and get ready, the person you re trying to kill should be a half mile away. it s very difficult. so these were really mass murders where a lot of people got together to do these things. we have examples early in our history. talk about the pequot war, they had surrendered, they were hiding out in a swamp, the remnants of them, 700 women, children an
when you re talking about violence done primarily with knives or swords or muzzle-loading firearms, it takes quite a while to reload, even if you re a skilled person, it take 30 s seconds to reload one of those things and by the time you pour in the powder, stamp down the wad, tamp down the shot, put on the percussion cap and get ready, the person you re trying to kill should be a half mile away. it s very difficult. so these were really mass murders where a lot of people got together to do these things. we have examples early in our history. talk about the pequot war, they had surrendered, they were hiding out in a swamp, the remnants of them, 700 women, children and men. the others surrounded the swamp and burned it down and if people tried to escape they shot the people. it took a lot of people to kill 700 people back then. you take a look at things like the when the mormons, fearing inroads of gentiles into their territory and feeling the hostility of the gentile, remem
professor roth: it was very different. they did not have the technology we have today. when you talk about violence loadingswords or muzzle firearms, it takes quite a while to reload. even if you are skilled, it takes 30 seconds to reload. by the time you pour the powder, tip down the shot, put on the perversion cap and get ready, the person you were trying to kills should be a half-mile away. so, these were really mass murders were a lot of people got together to do these things. other examples very early in our history. when you think about the pequot war. we talk about that as a war. but what happened, the pequots had capitulated. 1700had surrendered, women, children, and men, and they burned the swamp. and anyone who was not burned alive, they shot them down. it took a lot of people to kill 700 people back then. likeook at things ,omething like when the mormons fearing inroads of gentiles into their territory, and fearing the hostility of the gentiles remember there wer
american trade with the indians. dakota, thereouth are interesting tales. ,hen you come into south dakota sergeant lloyd had just died. they got to elk point, south dakota. interestingly, clark s slave york was able to vote in the election. very unusual. devils. to go see these once they got to the top of the did theyunts, what see? their first bison. acres and acres of bison. these are men coming from the eastern united states who are used to seeing trees and forests and heal and fields and rocks. this was a farmer s delight as well as a hunter s delight. member of the expedition got lost. but the most important thing here,appened, the lakota many historians believe it could have been the end of the expedition because it was a confrontation. it was a great misunderstanding between the non-indians, lewis and clark, in the indian people here at the confluence of the river. a veryre walking into difficult political situation. these were just some full people, some full lives.