The War of 1812, eh. William Pitt the Younger, British Prime Minister, left, and Napoleon of France carving up the globe. National Portrait Gallery, London “The two greatest Commercial Nations in the […]
The War of 1812, eh. William Pitt the Younger, British Prime Minister, left, and Napoleon of France carving up the globe. National Portrait Gallery, London “The two greatest Commercial Nations in the […]
Back in the spring I pointed out that during the dominance of New France over the West, the Iroquois trafficked in slaves between the Sioux and the French. This transfer of Indigenous […]
To give you a bit of a road map, we’re walking along here together to Pierre’s Hole, as the first of three critical moents in the transformation of Cascadian culture from a […]
I talked about Pierre’s Hole a while back, but I was too quick about it. Here’s a slower introduction to the fall of the Old West. I’ll start with material I looked […]