Traditional Muzzleloading Association
The Center of Camp => People of the Times => Topic started by: rollingb on February 14, 2019, 10:59:30 PM
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https://www.varsitytutors.com/earlyamerica/early-america-review/volume-2/lewis-wetzel-dark-hero-of-the-ohio
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Not the type of guy I'd want to meet in a dark alley or a dark forest trail. A very dark chapter of our history.
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Excellent read, Rondo. He must have been quite the character. Guess his barber could have been Sampson? lol
John
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Not the type of guy I'd want to meet in a dark alley or a dark forest trail. A very dark chapter of our history.
He was indeed, considered a murderous villain by some,.... and a hero by others, of that time and place. :bl th up
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That was a good read Rondo.
I've read short articles about Lewis Wetzel off and on over the years, but never really read an entire short biography of him and his life. I simply view him as a man of his time and surroundings... Many are judged in their world - of their time, (good or bad) and I'm sure to many he was a hero in his time...
Today's world does not allow this way of thinking... A good example would be Custer and the 7th Cavalry. A hero Regiment of their time,,, now frowned on in our time... Yet these men did what they had to do - in their time...
Many times history is very kind to yesterdays hero's,,, and then very cruel as time passes... We see it all the time in today's world... Sadly...
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This is my first introduction to Lewis Wetzel, and I like it. First, it's strikingly similar to the biographies of other frontiersmen of his time, and secondly the story doesn't just portray him in a one dimensional manner. Yes, he was excellent at what he did, but there was a dark side that was only too apparent, as well.
After this introduction I will have to read more. This whetted my appetite for a more detailed look a another fascinating figure from the colonial history of our country. Thanks for sharing.