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INVASION OF NORTH AMERICA
Contributed by
lovingcritters
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Sunday, 7th December 2003 @ 12:51:27 AM in AEST
Topic:
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No one, save for the indigenous
North Americans,
would ever admit, nor was it heard.
The colonization process in America was
an invasion, it was however,
for the Indians were captured!
This invasion was not military.....
Great Britian and France's invasion was
total subtlety, very sneaky!
Their goal however, was control.
They wanted the resources and the people
not to extol, nor did they want their souls.
Their intention was to dominate the
New World, as they unfurled!
Enters the Catholic Church's Papal Bulls.
"We will embrace the heathens, & introduce,
the one True Christian Church to seduce!'
Any violators of this decree were threatened
"The Wrath of Almighty God," chastened.
And, as if that was not enough,
also the wrath of St Peter & Paul's rebuff!
The Pope tried to justify the conquest
of foreign lands,
The English monarchs were less subtle
with their demands.
King Henry VII simply ordered John Cabot,
"To conquer, possess and inhabit,
the lands of heathens and infidels."
Also, the "nomination, title,
jurisdiction of the same," he foretells.
Even if colonization was justified,
the task of establishing colonies,
was new and difficult too!
The resourceful Dutch solved this problem,
by turning merchant companies into a miniature nation-state......
The Dutch East India Company
became the model for colonization
at any rate.
Maintaining it's own Army and Navy
they could wage war, also make peace
successfully, as others would envy!
In the 17th & 18th centuries fur trade
was engaged.
The HBC or the Hudson's Bay
Company was upstaged.
Charles II, King of England granted a charter
to his cousin Prince Rupet & others,
for which to barter.
Giving them the trading monopoly
over a vast region of North America.
Also the power to establish laws,
erect forts, and impose penalties of trauma.
This was a peaceful colonization,
but not benign.
An incredible fortune in furs was
earned, divine.
For a hundred years the company's earnings
were phenomenal profits.
The conquest of the USA and Canada began
on a solid footing without debits!
THE METIS
Because the Directors of the HBC were aghast
with the possibility of their servants being
underclassed, and mingling with the pretty Indian women, they imposed many rules to
discourage any enamored man!
They could not swear or quarrel
but live peaceably.
There would be no drunkeness
or profaneness.
Men were not to meddle, and concern
themselves with the Indian women.
If any man was found going contrary
to this order, he would punished in front
of the Indians, and no longer be
considerated a free man..
Cold rules such as these could not be successful in the US & Canada, for these
were unihabited vortex.
They should have realized men are unable to
go without warm relations
of the opposite sex.
Thus because of this normal
reaction, in just a few years, the servants
and officers were taking native women for
their wives without fears!
In 1763 when France gave it's territories to
England, the majority of the HBC's were
"Mixed Blood" in this Rupert's Land.
This new class of people were called
"Half-Breeds"
They also gave unexpected company
profits to exceed.
They were near perfect middlemen
of the fur trade.
Creating new alliances between the company and the Northern Cree were laid.
These "Half-Breed" people were skilled in
both ways, that of the Europeans but also
the Indian phase.
Good hunters in the forest or in the fort.
Expert canoe men as well for transport.
The Indian wives of these men
had many skills.
Food supplements, they made snowshoes,
repaired canoes, & leather work with frills.
When Canadian merchants from Montreal
took over the fur trading abandoned by the
French, this forced the HBC to expand.
They took their operations into the continents
interior in order to meet the competition
in this land.
These were sons of the Canadian soil,
at home in the woods & on the river.
These "NorWesters" shunned company rules
taking Native brides with demur.
They were not ashamed to marry
for love and passion.
Many married more than one wife as was
the native way, and common.
This was another advantage for the company.
The children of these unions like their father's
became employees of the North West
Company, not free.
They were known as the "LesMetis"
A name that has been passed down
and never decreased.
Today, all Canadians of Indian and European
descent are "LesMetis called by that proudly
with their consent.
Their ancestors were the early adventurers
of this vast continent.
They marked the beginning of the end of this
Ancient Indian remnant.
It was they that planted seeds
of a new social order.
The value of which is still a wonder?.
This poem was composed from the
writings of Richard McQuisten,
My favorite Author who lives
in Laramie Wyoming
with his wife Pat.
.
The writing is his,
the poem is mine.
Created by
Cheri Cam LeBren
Dec. 2, 2003
Copyright ©
lovingcritters
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Re: INVASION OF NORTH AMERICA
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by emystar on
Sunday, 7th December 2003 @ 02:05:25 AM AEST
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Wow!
I'm not necessarily a history buff but u got my attention and kept it. That's no easy task to grab my attention and keep it.
Very good masterpeice of history!
peace, joy, luv,
emy |
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Re: INVASION OF NORTH AMERICA
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by Vitreous_Soul on
Sunday, 7th December 2003 @ 06:19:30 AM AEST
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Enthralling and well written. Your knowledge of history is surpassed only by your ability to craft such information into a wonderful poem.
"You held my attention from first word to last
Impressed I was with your poem on the past
In every stanza your facts had pervaded
This most grand account on America invaded"
I wrote that for you, Connie Sue.
Love and even more hugs,
V.S. |
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Re: INVASION OF NORTH AMERICA
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by maryetta on
Sunday, 7th December 2003 @ 06:50:57 AM AEST
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WoW again, like the others once i started reading i couldnt stop, i wrote a poem about the role of the poets and you just fulfilled what i said. it was excellent and i loved it. thank you for keeping my attention on something i love.
((((((HUGS))))
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Re: INVASION OF NORTH AMERICA
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by shelby on
Sunday, 7th December 2003 @ 11:42:52 AM AEST
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this makes me want to brushup on my history great job once again
michelle |
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Re: INVASION OF NORTH AMERICA
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by Kie on
Sunday, 7th December 2003 @ 04:21:41 PM AEST
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I am a history buff and I must say this is enlightening and saddening. Every country, continent, city & province has a story to tell and what a fine job you did in telling this one.
Kie |
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Re: INVASION OF NORTH AMERICA
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by norm on
Sunday, 7th December 2003 @ 07:28:13 PM AEST
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You poets of the YPDC,
Observe a trend started for thee,
The Critters lady with all of her ken,
Has written with poetic history pen.
Carefully read and you will find
How America grew behind the line,
The greed involved to make it so,
The Hudson Bay Co helped it grow.
I for one would like to see,
more poets copy the 'Critters' key,
To open our minds with facts and name
And feed our heads if it's all the same...
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Re: INVASION OF NORTH AMERICA
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by jaeann on
Sunday, 7th December 2003 @ 10:46:41 PM AEST
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| you take indignancies of others and make it your quest and your honor to let othersknow in such eloquent ways.......great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Re: INVASION OF NORTH AMERICA
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by Cobalt on
Monday, 8th December 2003 @ 01:25:53 AM AEST
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| Absolutely wonderful write. I will have to show some of my family this one. Ecspecially the ones of native american descent. I loved this so much. I love history as well. Thanks ConSue. |
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