I absolutely love these guys!! Great talk!!! Such an in-depth assessment of Lewis!!

I love these guys. An abundance of knowledge and lively conversation.

Don't forget mercury poisoning, in addition to bipolar, malaria, alcohol addiction, laudanum, getting shot in his ass, ,financial and ego ruin, previous suicide attempts...

He's not very fond of "A Christmas Carol," but he has to admit it's famous. I've discovered overwhelming evidence that Dickens was not the original author of "A Christmas Carol." Rather, I can make a strong case that it was co-authored by an American couple named Mathew and Abby Whittier, as a spiritualist redemption novella, where all the supernatural elements were intended to be authentic. Dickens hurriedly re-worked it--butchered it, really speaking--within six weeks for quick cash. I have objective evidence for this, but nobody will give me enough of their time to let me prove it to them.

Holy fuck get to it

Thank you for recording these. A relevant conversation even today. I really enjoyed the Richard Francis Burton discussion as well.

Why , when talking about how the Lakota had the blaxk hills do they not bring up how they took by force that land from other indians ? Now you know why so many indians helped scout and fight for the cavalry....

Love, how they admit that the ghost dance was to wipe out the whites ....then act like the whites who had just lived through indian wars and massacre should have not.. over reacted.. wow , talk about judging the past by your woke present.

The guy in gray is talking tooooooooo much. The other guy must be fuming. God Bless

The Corps of Discovery expedition has always fascinated me, in part by the character of the men willing to participate. The reasons for Lewis' death are interesting to a limited point, but I desire more information of the other members and their lives after 1806, especially those who choose to return upstream for more adventure, exploration and profit versus concentrating on the demise of a Jefferson appointee.

Many people were upset, affronted, that on Dickens first visit to America his opinions, writings, we're not all in glowing terms. He actually had the temerity to speak about faults, that things weren't all great n grand and, OMG, worst of all, he was wined n dined by southern gentry yet still...horror of horrors...found the ownership of fellow human beings, slavery, to be repulsive and insulting to civilization. I think, like many enlightened Europeans of that time, Dickens expected this amazing new idea, a new, free, nation free of monarchs, where all could vote n choose their leadership, the president...a position then that any boy in the land could attain, possibly. But he found it was all lip service. Just like Europe, the same establishment, the same gentry, families, moneyed classes were the elite. Like me, he must have thought the constitution written by the gentry (mythical *founding fathers!* ) all owners of their fellow man, outrageously hypocritical talking about freedom from tyranny (lmao, they were all privileged, moneyed, totally free, British people FFS) whilst keeping people in bondage, literally owning people, under the worst form of tyranny, slavery, whilst whining about a penny tax on tea to help the UK taxpayers financial burden from the recent wars and victory over France that Britain had fought so long to keep french out of British colonies and out of their colonials lands. So yep, one can 100% see Dickens disillusionment to find the USA of high ideals he totally thought it was was nothing of the kind.

Does everyone really think the plan A was supposed to be a bloodless kidnapping? Plan B a triple massacre? Pretty massive leap.

Omg. Please. Do you really think Booth goes to Ford Theater to get his mail and manages to coordinate murdering the president, vp and sec of state all before show time that evening? The same guy whose escape plan includes 4 days in a swamp thicket?

Good god just go work for a cooperative, they’ll train you and get your your certs for free

P R O M O S M 🔥

There’s zero new here🤷‍♂️

It is not stated that in the beginning Lincoln said that he was not going to do anything about slavery where it existed in the South because it was protected by the Constitution - not because he was indifferent to it.

It was NOT a war of dispossession, you idiot.

Just so we get the record straight. Getting to the moon before the Russians before the end of the decade was NOT JFK's idea or vision. It actually was Werhner Von Braun's. When Kennedy was first elected he thought the space race was a waste of money, and thought it would be better to team up with the Russians in space rather than compete. Competing he thought would financially break the nation. He even traveled to Russia and met with Khrushchev to broker a deal. Khrushchev basically told him to forget it. When JFK returned he met with his advisors at NASA and he asked them, "What can we do to beat the Russians" Werhner Von Braun said, and I quote "If the nation can commit itself, I believe we can get the moon and back by 1968" JFK took that idea and ran with it. His famous Congress speech and Rice speech is when he mentioned going to the moon. But it was Von Brauns Idea. The only thing JFK can be given credit for is motivating Congress into allocating the funds for the Space Race and motivating the American people to go along with it. Ref. U.S. Space and Rocket Center. Also his famous phrase, "ask not what your country can do for you but ask what you can do for your country" was also NOT him. He plagiarized that from a book written by Khalil Gebran.

Just saw a great movie about this but I can’t remember the name of it. Wonderful performance by the Actor that played him.

No dought in my mind ,Custer would have been President of the United Stif he would have been successful in his Campaign against the Siuex

It was a Masonic hit because he wanted to write about what he REALLY SAW. Clark was content to take the bribe…

Don't remember when Eisenhower died, but I remember our mom taking us outside in Okinawa where an Eisenhower motorcade passed when the President visited the island. I was about five years old.

My Dad would have loved to have attended...T3 Harvey J. Schwehr, Company G.....Died May of 1982.

naval gazing on self indulgent goon in 1877 is rediculous he got clobbered out of arrogance - he created his end so lets do a deep dive in goon leadership, time suck sorry folks dont mean to be so oppo but seriously .....imho this is a waste of scholarship unless it comes from the First Nations perspective on a "win".

Abe wasn’t perfect.

I really enjoy listening to the Indians on this subject as they have a great insight to the actual events as they happened.

Good thing that all his views were not in the constitution. Our Republic wouldn't last. We would've had all different types of government and dictatorships.

The true story of the escape of Booth is in Charles County folk lore..try to talk to Harbin family in old Piscataway, Jarboe family and yes Verge family..the horses for change were keep at Hunt/Burrough house (now owned by Verge and torn down Lorie had it removed from the historical register and with it went much history) in TB, John Surratt was in DC night of Murder and stayed at Hunt/Burrough house leaving next day for Canada..history is so wrong..tract the trunk sent to Wheeler in Port Tobacco..research Edling's..and Your name will be Mud originated in the late 1700s. My so much needs to be corrected..Dave Harold took Booth from Surratsville to Piscataway, Harbin home..they were rowed across to Virginia..the rest what is known as history is misleading..just words for thought

As with comments threads under scientific videos on YT, the Comments sections under history videos are mainly a study in how people who couldn't pass a 6th grade history test become self-appointed highly-qualified authorities on the subject.

It's quite sad. But I feel he was murdered.

Excellent presentation! Everything I have read points to Lewis committing suicide and this presentation removed any doubt I had.

If soldiers had the winchester repeaters the results would have been different. the indians had them. Now why?

They gossip like women never getting on topic. 👎 not worth it.

Lewis must’ve seen some grotesque events on the trail

It is amazing that some people just have a way of hating and killing others who do not have their values.

"Thinking things that never were and say 'Why Not?' " is a real reason why we have gone over the Rubicon, and are imploding as a society: The collective "American Culture" based on freedom, values, Faith, selflessness and a "morality" have disappeared, because that quote that Ted Kennedy read at Bobby Kennedy's funeral, haunts America to this very day--(9-24-23), because our norms, values and foundational beliefs have been jettisoned, and things "that never were intended to be, ever were, and not supposed to be," have become "normalized." You might disagree, but having current politicians declare that "Gay Marriage" is valid, that re-defining marriage goes against 2,000+ years of human experience is thrown out the window-this is one example of how, "Imagine things that never were, and ask, 'Why not?' is a highly-destructive notion to the harmony of a society. There are many other examples, but I'll stop with one.

He was murdered by the spanish catholics

So basically, another early, postmodern libertine. Interesting, but mostly sad. Intelligent, but juxtaposed with madness.

Custer & Wife Was An Advocate Of Showing Humanity Toward The Indians Treaties.

what a crock of shit by this supposed scholar

That guy saying "tavren" for tavern is beyond annoying!

i think that 'judging' any human being by the last moments of his life while ignoring all of the good is a sad commentary on our beliefs. if meriwether lewis did, for whatever reason commit suicide, we shouldn't let that color the strengths he showed in his life, least of all his compassion and the empathy he showed for other human beings.

Fantastic content!!

custer divided his command without knowing for sure the size of the village. at the same time, the number one Indian scout in the army, a guy named mitch bouyer, who had never worked with custer before, tried to tell him that morning, "none of us has ever seen this many native americans in one place ." Mitch bouyer told the Arikara scouts, " this man will not quit until we are in the Lakota village, we have no chance...go, save yourselves." custer's favorite scout, Bloody Knife, told him, "Old friend, today you and I go home by a road we do not know." that meant he, also, thought they were going to be killed. Custer ignored the input of actual experts on Native American behavior and, instead, rode into total disaster. it's a weird and sad story. ,

I’ve been around 80 years and have never heard that story

Too much wasted time before you got to the lecture !

Dr.Skogen summarizes- I’m grateful Mr. Jenkinson interjects with colorful contributions and more details. 🙌

wonderful introduction

Eight years on and June 25th. 2023. All the arguments still remain but some details need correcting. If we assume that GAC was mortally wounded at the river ford as stated by Pretty Shield then command would devolve to the two battalion commanders Captains Yates , Companies C, E and F and Keogh I and L. Tom Custer was subordinate to both. George Custer’s body was mutilated the extent covered to protect his widow Elizabeth. Tom Custer’s body was so badly mutilated he could only be identified by a tattoo on one of his limbs. Can you imagine that the 150th. Anniversary is only three years away and the battle is still in focus after crossing two centuries.