Elder's Meditation of the Day - March 31 "The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man's heart away from nature becomes hard; he knew the lack of respect for...
1861 In Washington, Abraham Lincoln sent orders to the commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard to get the U.S.S. Powhatan ready for sea. "Fit out the Powhatan to...
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"People think other things are more important than prayer, but they are mistaken." --Thomas Yellowtail, CROW An Elder once said the most important thing you...
1861 In Virginia, the Staunton Spectator editorialized against secession. In a piece entitled "The Fruits of Secession Agitation," the editor complained about...
The Daily Dispatch: April 1, 1865. The enemy have pushed a heavy column beyond our right, southwest of Petersburg, but we have heard nothing from that quarter...
April 1, 1865 Florida Governor commits suicide Worn down by the stresses of his office, Florida Governor John Milton commits suicide at his plantation,...
April 1, 1877 Discoverer of Tombstone begins prospecting Ignoring the taunts of fellow miners who say he will only find his own tombstone, prospector Edward...
April 1, 1800 Weeks' trial sheds light on early procedure The trial of Levi Weeks in New York City ends with his acquittal. The jury, either persuaded by the...
April 1, 1865 Battle of Five Forks Confederate General Robert E. Lee's supply line into Petersburg, Virginia, is closed when Union forces under General Ulysses...
April 1, 1789 First U.S. House of Representatives elects speaker On this day in 1789, the first U.S. House of Representatives, meeting in New York City,...
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Major-General WHEELER, Commanding Cavalry Corps, C. S. Army: Your communications of December 5 [6] and 11 have just been received. In reference to the...
"With children we always have to think about seven generations to come but yet unborn." --Janice Sundown Hattet, SENECA What we do today will effect the...
1861 In Charleston Harbor, an artillery battery on Morris Island fired on the merchant steamer Rhoda H. Shannon commanded by Joseph Marts. On his way to...
Hollywood Athletes By Tom Cunneff "Without a Trace" star Eric Close and other Hollywood actors stay fit by competing The 80th annual Academy Awards are slated...
From Another List: PJ shared some larger pictures from the article Sandra shared yesterday on one of my other lists. I thought you might like to see them too....
"We know that in all creation/Only the human family/Has strayed from the Sacred Way." --OJIBWA Prayer How have we gotten so far off track? What has happened to...
Shellenberger, John K., b. 1843? The Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee read after the stated meeting held February 2d, 1907 http://tinyurl.com/6znkb ...
April 3, 1865 Richmond captured The Rebel capital of Richmond falls to the Union, the most significant sign that the Confederacy is nearing its final days. For...
April 3, 1882 Jesse James shot in the back Jesse James, one of America's most notorious outlaws, is shot to death by Robert Ford, a member of his gang who...
The Daily Dispatch: November 19, 1860. The Press. "There is no retreat," says the Sumpter (S. C.) Dispatch, "but in submission, and submission new is ruin and...
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The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1860. Excitement in Charleston. Evacuation of Fort Moultrie! the Buildings in the Fort Burnt — gun spiked--Fort Sumter...
It was a warm spring day. The sky overhead was a cerulean blue with powder puff clouds sprinkled sporadically across it. Early morning sunlight cast down its...
The torpid prairie sun dipped low in the sky as Marshal Teaspoon Hunter's horse trotted down the Pony Express trail leading back to Sweetwater. Tall yellow...
Mitakuyapi na Lakotiya wayawapi This site, wikipedia.org, will lead you to the history and other interesting facts that you may peruse at your leisure and read...