----- Original Message -----
From: "Rollo Myers" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "COT1793" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: Got powder?


> Those Digger-Deviants, they're here, they're there, they're everywhere.
> Customs & Immigration can't even keep them out now that there's e-mail.
Be
> on alert in particular for those born in Sydney, especially North Sydney.
> Rollo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "COT1793" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "Rollo Myers" <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
> Cc: "COT1793" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 11:37 AM
> Subject: Re: Got powder?
>
>
> > This article comes from my historical archaeoloy e-group mail. I sent it
> > back to the group and to George Myers to continue the conversation. From
> the
> > e-mails I,ve read I think he's Australian and is writing from Sydney.
> Isn't
> > that interesting?
> >
> > Adriana
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rollo Myers" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: "COT1793" <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
> > Cc: "COT1793" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 4:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: Got powder?
> >
> >
> > > I'll tell you who won!  We did!
> > > 50,000 British troops (fresh from the just-ended Napoleonic War) were
> > > surging into New York State & Maine when hostilities ceased.  Those
were
> > the
> > > days when battles were with only a couple of thousand troops (1000 or
so
> > > Brit troops vs 6000 US troops at the pivotal battle of Crysler's
Farm --
> > > several thousand of the US troops crossed back over the St Lawrence
> during
> > > the night, so it was really 4 to 1).
> > > An interesting side-bar is another cause of the War of 1812, cited as
> one
> > of
> > > the "Intolerable Acts" of the British in Canada:  permitting the
French
> to
> > > continue with their religion, system of law and language, after being
> > > vanquished in battle. Rollo
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "COT1793" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>; "Rollo Myers" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Cc: "COT1793" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 11:14 AM
> > > Subject: Fw: Got powder?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Just general interest,
> > > >
> > > > Adriana.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "George Myers" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 3:37 PM
> > > > Subject: Got powder?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > This just in from a one time 447687010 "Dulser - Gathers dulse
from
> > > rocks
> > > > at
> > > > > low tide and spreads it on a beach to dry." US GOE
> > > > >
> > > > > Primer
> > > > >
> > > > > By Clif Garboden - The Boston Globe Magazine, July 2, 1989
> > > > >
> > > > > Calais/St. Stephen
> > > > >
> > > > >    What if they had a war and nobody cared? The details of this
> story
> > > are
> > > > a
> > > > > bit thin, but along the Maine/New Brunswick border the incident is
> > > > > legendary. During the War of 1812, the people of the
> > British-controlled
> > > > St.
> > > > > Stephen, New Brunswick, helped the citizens of Calais, Maine
> celebrate
> > > the
> > > > > Fourth of July.
> > > > >    Calais (as in France but, in Maine, pronounced "Cal-liss") is
> your
> > > > > typical sleepy little Yankee border town, undistinguished among a
> > > hundred
> > > > > other Maine hamlets except for its strategic location on Route 1
at
> > the
> > > US
> > > > > side of the international bridge across the St. Croix River. St.
> > > Stephen,
> > > > > population 1,800, is Calais' Canadian counterpart. It was named
not
> > for
> > > > the
> > > > > first Christian martyr but for a notorious early Canadian surveyor
> and
> > > > > troublemaker. Except for the border traffic, not much happens at
> > either
> > > > > town. But during the James Madison administration, the people of
> > Calais
> > > > and
> > > > > the people of St. Stephen woke up and made a statement.
> > > > >    For context, one has to understand the War of 1812, which is
more
> > > than
> > > > > most people did while it was going on. In Europe, Napoleon was
> warring
> > > > with
> > > > > England. US businessmen, especially Yankee shippers, were
> profiteering
> > > by
> > > > > selling goods to both sides. England demanded that US ships bound
> for
> > > > France
> > > > > first stop in England to pay duty. France said it would impound
any
> > ship
> > > > > that complied with that order. The British navy began waylaying US
> > ships
> > > > and
> > > > > reclaiming AWOL English sailors from their crews. Sometimes they
> > > impressed
> > > > > American sailors by mistake. Meanwhile, back in the States, a
bunch
> of
> > > > > Western and Southern Congressman, led by Kentucky's Henry Clay and
> > South
> > > > > Carolina's John C. Calhoun, were agitating for a war of expansion
to
> > > drive
> > > > > the British out of Canada. The above-mentioned shipping tiffs gave
> > them
> > > > > their excuse. New England objected because a war would destroy the
> > > > lucrative
> > > > > international trade.
> > > > >    The War of 1812 was a truly stupid war. No one even knows who
> won.
> > It
> > > > > began with a three-pronged US land invasion of Canada that failed
in
> > > part
> > > > > because the New York militia refused to cross the Canadian border.
> Its
> > > > final
> > > > > engagement, the Battle of New Orleans, was fought two weeks after
> the
> > > war
> > > > > was officially over. Neither England nor the United States could
> > afford
> > > to
> > > > > fight the other; the spat was an unwelcome distraction for France;
> and
> > > the
> > > > > sea war's blockade tactics disrupted trade world-wide. It was just
> > plain
> > > > > dumb.
> > > > >    What could such an obtuse conflict mean to the people of Calais
> and
> > > St.
> > > > > Stephen? St. Stephen had been sent a goodly stash of gunpowder to
> > deploy
> > > > in
> > > > > its defense should the Yanks attempt to take New Brunswick. The
> > citizens
> > > > of
> > > > > Calais were, of course, bound to defend the United States'
> impractical
> > > > > international posturing. By the book, the United States and Canada
> > were
> > > > > enemies. But along the St. Croix the War of 1812 was treated with
> > > disdain
> > > > or
> > > > > disinterest. The St. Stephenites and the Calaisians had been good
> > > > neighbors
> > > > > since the Revolution. No incomprehensible war was going to stop
> that.
> > So
> > > > > when July 4 rolled around and the people of Calais wanted to
> celebrate
> > > > > Independence Day with fireworks, St. Stephen lent them its powder
> > > supply.
> > > > > The story goes that Calais even promised to pay the Canadians back
> if
> > > > > Washington ever sent the town any powder.
> > > > >    And so, with one quaint pyrotechnic display in the middle of
> > nowhere,
> > > > the
> > > > > War of 1812 was declared unimportant. An appropriate declaration
of
> > > > > independence.
> > > > >
> > > > > Clif Garboden is a free-lance writer.
> > > > >
> > > > >
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