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The part that stuck out to me was “friendly”. A subtle insertion of language that at best alludes to some early 19th century frolicking, and at worst rewrites a
by thelock85 5y ago
The part that stuck out to me was “friendly”. A subtle insertion of language that at best alludes to some early 19th century frolicking, and at worst rewrites a history of sexual violence.
In a fairly objective accounting of historical science (is that a term?), I’d like to see more evidence when suggesting cultural behavior, or just leave the descriptive language out and let the reader interpret.
- ars 5y ago> and at worst rewrites a history of sexual violence. Maybe not: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/lewis-clark-expedition-history https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/lewis-c... And entries from the journal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_(explorer)#York_and_Native_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_(explorer)#York_and_Nativ...
- andrewflnr 5y agoWow, that's even weirder.
- Tao331 5y agoFor most of the company it was an expedition. For York it was more like touring with Motley Crue.
- qiskit 5y ago[flagged]
- throwaway894345 5y ago[flagged]
- Tao331 5y agoPurportedly, some of these encounters were initiated by the natives as a means to transfer some benefit of manly prowess from the expedition. https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/anthropology/bar-room-banter-sex-on-the-lewis-and-clark-expedition https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/anthropology/bar-r... Though I do wonder how many "offered wives" were slaves of the tribe. We know that Sacagewea was a slave who was sold as a wife to a French trapper.
- oh_sigh 5y agoI don't know if "Offbeat Oregon" is actually an appropriate venue for "objective accounting of historical science" (never been written before per google, but I'm cool with it).
- vorpalhex 5y agoOutsiders have always been targets of sexual attraction.