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My great grandfather wrote down some stories of his life in Southern Kansas at the time, and I was always struck by how less exciting it was than you’d think.
by technothrasher 1y ago
My great grandfather wrote down some stories of his life in Southern Kansas at the time, and I was always struck by how less exciting it was than you’d think.
He talks about taking a horse and cart alone into Oklahoma “Indian territory” and how he scrounged up an old pistol because he was afraid of being scalped. He spends two nights camped out and every group of native Americans that pass by him just entirely ignores him.
He also talks about going to see the Dalton gang just after their famous shootout, and mentions how it was weird to see the bodies just laid out and people cutting scraps of clothing off them as souvenirs. He said it wasn’t romantic at all, just depressing.
- vintagedave 1y agoThat's really interesting in its own way (ie, non-exciting vs stories maybe, but really fascinating.) Have you thought of digitising it and putting it online?
- technothrasher 1y agoI did indeed transcribe them all digitally to preserve them. Most of them probably would only be interesting to the family. The only other one that has general interest was his time as a water fetcher and firewood collector during the gathering before the Oklahoma Land Rush.
- ceejayoz 1y ago> He talks about taking a horse and cart alone into Oklahoma “Indian territory” and how he scrounged up an old pistol because he was afraid of being scalped. He spends two nights camped out and every group of native Americans that pass by him just entirely ignores him. The modern version is people who are afraid of Chicago.
- starspangled 1y ago> The modern version is people who are afraid of Chicago. I thought America has a serious gun problem. Or is it so exaggerated that it is irrational to be afraid of a city that's in or around the top 10 highest rates of gun homicides in the country?
- ty6853 1y agoNo it's not. Last time I had a vehicle failure in a top 10 city the locals noticed, and put a gun to my head. You're a straight up moron if you sleep on the streets of Chicago without a weapon. Here's a hint, get on a rooftop, out of sight.
- bitexploder 1y agoChicago is not a survival video game. If you are stranded call the police.
- only-one1701 1y agoOne time this happened to me. But then when they came I used aikido to disarm them whole flipping the gun out of their hands (all of them at the same time). They were so impressed they made me the leader of their primitive tribe and I started collecting resources and completing mini-missions until I became a high enough level to walk through the sewers until I found the final boss and hit the right combo to kill him.
- ty6853 1y agoI mean sure but if that doesn't work I have literally taken the el to an industrial district and slept on top of a warehouse, rather than getting picked over by people on the street.
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- ahmeneeroe-v2 1y ago>The modern version is people who are afraid of Chicago Gun control advocates?
- ceejayoz 1y agoUnless Republicans have suddenly found a love for gun control, no. "You hear about certain places like Chicago and you hear about what's going on in Detroit and other, other cities, all Democrat run..." - Trump https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-international-association-chiefs-police-annual-conference-exposition-chicago-il/ https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/re... "All over the world, they’re talking about Chicago. Afghanistan is a safe place by comparison. (Laughter.) It’s true." (It isn't.)
- giardini 1y agoBlack Chicagoans.