Myths such as that from the Kiowa tribe tell that the seven sisters, whilst running from the great bear, they hopped upon a great stump that grew into the enormous stump formation we see today in Wyoming, Devil’s Tower. The seven sisters were borne unto the sky and became the night stars which now make […] Continue reading
[Note: The following is one chapter of a larger work, entitled “1863” an epic poem on the ‘Turn of Events’ at that time, from two major events of that year: Vicksburg and Gettysburg. Several sources have been used and are acknowledged.] ~ McClernand had sided with William T. Sherman at Milliken’s Bend, on being […] Continue reading
~ Ah! Young mother, there with your son, Pray tell us, dear daughter, what have you done? “Why, the Future, my dear! You see him right here. And the Future has barely begun.” And what’s to be told for the Future of old, like us, no longer so young? Does the Future behold […] Continue reading
~ Longstreet’s First Corps ran into action marching toward Devil’s Den. when Sickles vacated the Union protection, Little Round Top, from all of his men, Chamberlain saw it, and there he moved in with troops of the 20th Maine. Less than 400 spread out on top single file in a line westward way. On […] Continue reading
~ The town was entered from opposite sides, on horse by the Blue, and foot for the Gray. The North, from the south; the South from the north, as if old Misrule carried the day. A comedic performance seemed well underway, when tragic events would turn the whole play. John Reb had come in […] Continue reading
~ Mid-May, that day Stonewall is dead, buried the same day Lee will be speaking with Davis and Seddon, the Confederate Heads, a Confederate meeting on moving ahead. The first six months of Sixty-Three witnessed the most extraordinary campaigns in all the military heretofore seen in history. Jackson and Lee made legendary the […] Continue reading
[Note: The following is one chapter of a larger work, entitled “1863” an epic poem of the ‘Turn of Events’ at that time from the two major events that year: Vicksburg and Gettysburg. Several sources have been used and acknowledged.] ~ Down through the Yazoo’s Magnolia leafed region come a great body, […] Continue reading
[Note: The following is one chapter of a larger work, entitled “1863” an epic poem of the ‘Turn of Events’ at that time from the two major events that year: Vicksburg and Gettysburg. Several sources have been used and acknowledged.] ~ Eighteen Sixty-three came with a bang, but went, with a whimper, at […] Continue reading
[Note: The following is one chapter of a larger work, entitled “1863” an epic poem of the ‘Turn of Events’ at that time from the two major events that year: Vicksburg and Gettysburg. Several sources have been used and acknowledged.] ~ Grant was now fighting two wars at once: a private along with […] Continue reading
V. Rebellion ~ The Ninth day of August, Sixteen-Eighty, don Antonio de Otermín, governor and captain of His Majesty’s province, New Mexico Land, states he had received “Some noteworthy news of general disturbance.” The Pueblo Indians, now Christian converted, are “convoked, allied, and confederated” to revolt from this Kingdom and destroy all at hand, […] Continue reading
IV. Popé ~ The strands, knotted leather, each knot of the tether, a message, in passage, denoting together when Pueblo would no longer hide. A signaling system that signified breaking of the yoke and cruel chaffing chide. Augusto de Año, Sixteen-Eighty, The High Time had come, the bell had been rung, and the […] Continue reading
III. A Colony Lost ~ Three generations, from Oñate to here, Sixteen-Eighty, and the changes appear: Caste system conflict among three estates – Religious, Government, and the Colonists – coupled with Distance, which turns to Neglect and Form follows Function to change and correct. The land was harsh – this has its own […] Continue reading
II. Acoma! ~ Upon a hill, impregnable, a mighty fortress, still: a city in the sky upon a mesa stood: Guarded Acoma! Oñate came in Ninety-Eight, incurred the wrath and Pueblo hate, demanding more they could afford – the Natives would deny! and bring about the total rout, this City in the […] Continue reading
~ At the fin de siècle myths are re-newed, and Cibola re-sought for thought to be true. Wealth! beyond measure, there for the leisure to take for España, the King, and their God; but of that brought back, was fraught with the bad, from a land that was called New Mexico. Oñate […] Continue reading
“the greatest war that ever was,” is an oxymoron. the finest act that no one has done remains untold by someone. and numbers don’t end, nor will they begin, not even with the number one. that nothing is something is one thing to count on – an obvious oxymoron. an […] Continue reading
Tink's ChapBlog ~ Tales of the Tribe. Mythopoeic Verse 