tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post6373274832389161587..comments2024-02-10T20:37:45.771-08:00Comments on GARY DOBBS AT THE TAINTED ARCHIVE: The Indian Wars - watch out redskins, bang, shoot, kill.Gary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-17255271815688413232013-04-01T10:42:38.820-07:002013-04-01T10:42:38.820-07:00I've a follow up to 'The Comanche's Re...I've a follow up to 'The Comanche's Revenge' - 'The Comanche Fights Again'. It's due out in June 2013 and involves the Palo Duro Canyon battle which more or less wiped out the resistance of the Native American Indians to going and staying on the Reservations. <br />Robert Hale Ltd, my wonderful publisher, has requested (that might not be the word :( ) no more fights between the Cavalry and Indians. <br />It's sometimes difficult to ignore the conflicts of the various groups when you write about a period in history which lasts less than a 100 years.<br />D M Harrisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-5417511158655019942010-03-21T12:26:56.373-07:002010-03-21T12:26:56.373-07:00I'm no expert either, but I did once know som...I'm no expert either, but I did once know someone who was an expert. She said that the native Americans nowadays didn't like books/films that sentimentalised them too much either.Sometimes, books/films do swing from showing Indians as savages to hard done by nobles. What they want are just books/films that show them how they really were, a mixed bunch with good and bad in their midst, like anyone else, no bias either way.beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00860137198633933502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-20059015620865725472010-03-21T12:03:58.548-07:002010-03-21T12:03:58.548-07:00Was told, don't know how true it is, that the ...Was told, don't know how true it is, that the major influence on The Searchers was the story of Britt Johnson.Mark E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01388329754993648873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-56578205088591332442010-03-21T11:53:35.351-07:002010-03-21T11:53:35.351-07:00Plenty of novels do the subject justice - with a c...Plenty of novels do the subject justice - with a capital 'J'. Dances with Wolves was excellent, Hanta Yo was highly regarded though you probably won't see it on bookshelves now... Many of the constraints/strictures are due to the political correct brigade who have no sense of humour, no sense of history and, possibly, no sense at all...Nik Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10060923673065456386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-88224583514487840842010-03-21T10:58:50.325-07:002010-03-21T10:58:50.325-07:00And of course the Ann Parker story influenced The ...And of course the Ann Parker story influenced The Searchers somewhat.Gary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-38220955658983804652010-03-21T10:38:58.266-07:002010-03-21T10:38:58.266-07:00J.W. Wilbarger wrote "Indian Depredations in ...J.W. Wilbarger wrote "Indian Depredations in Texas" in the 1880s. It is a very thick piece, taken from interviews of witnesses, survivors and family members. It is not "politically correct." Keep in mind he saw his brother scalped and die a couple of years later. That in mind, it is an interesting and fascinating study of not only the war that raged in Texas, but also the mind-set of those earlier settlers. Were all Indians bad? No. Were all whites good? Absolutely not. I think what was at hand were two cultures at opposite ends of their view of "right and wrong." Keep in mind to, the attitudes gained in the 1800s were handed down to the next generations ... I had an uncle, born in 1920, who hated the Indians as much as his grandfather. Perhaps the most intriguing, and sad, story is that of Cynthia Ann Parker, captured by the Comanches when she was 9, married, had children and was re-taken by whites in 1860. She was Comanche by then, and died a heart-broken woman.Mark E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01388329754993648873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-46505158309704217792010-03-21T10:36:57.586-07:002010-03-21T10:36:57.586-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mark E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01388329754993648873noreply@blogger.com