tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583858833715089401.post2496989443112695795..comments2023-10-25T01:42:27.469-07:00Comments on Victoria Daily Photo: The Hands of Time 4 - Carrying Point BlanketsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583858833715089401.post-34874686538211066342013-09-21T12:28:19.377-07:002013-09-21T12:28:19.377-07:00An interesting shot, Benjamin.An interesting shot, Benjamin.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583858833715089401.post-49249416025169721282013-09-21T10:46:32.149-07:002013-09-21T10:46:32.149-07:00Well, not to get too nit-picky but the instance re...Well, not to get too nit-picky but the instance referred to by Dean was not on this coast and was not perpetrated by the Hudson's Bay Co. Smallpox is a very communicable disease and did not require artificial means to spread. There is no doubt that smallpox and other diseases such as measles literally decimated the coastal populations but it seems their arrival on these shores was incidental and cannot be laid at the door of the Hudson Bay Co. Benjamin Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557453060872726741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583858833715089401.post-24874581844828006672013-09-21T10:29:04.063-07:002013-09-21T10:29:04.063-07:00Interesting shot, however like the other comments,...Interesting shot, however like the other comments, I too think it a tragic irony that a blanket giving warmth and comfort also brought small-pox and death to so many. Eclecticityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583858833715089401.post-47118096015092857452013-09-21T10:19:35.837-07:002013-09-21T10:19:35.837-07:00Unfortunately there is historical substance to the...Unfortunately there is historical substance to the stories of smallpox-laden blankets given to indigenous peoples of America. Along with the slaughter of buffalo, seen as a vital element of their greater survival.<br /><br />http://academic.udayton.edu/health/syllabi/bioterrorism/00intro02.htm<br />Dean Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517101319415981439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583858833715089401.post-35657607955547580142013-09-21T08:29:16.851-07:002013-09-21T08:29:16.851-07:00@s.c. - That's a fairly well-known story but i...@s.c. - That's a fairly well-known story but it has no basis in reality that I know of. The Hudson's Bay Co. was fundamentally a business and to kill off their trading partners (the First Nations People) would have been like killing the goose that was laying the golden eggs. The HBC was making a lot of money off the furs they were getting in exchange for their blankets and the only way to get those furs was through the native people, so it seems unlikely to me that they would want to infect them with smallpox.<br /><br />@JoJo - so far as I know The Hands of Time sculptures are permanent.Benjamin Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557453060872726741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583858833715089401.post-89277183967424174032013-09-21T05:55:12.050-07:002013-09-21T05:55:12.050-07:00Very cool. How long will the art installation sta...Very cool. How long will the art installation stay up.JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583858833715089401.post-32188632171986766452013-09-21T02:48:21.971-07:002013-09-21T02:48:21.971-07:00I cannot help it but by seeing this I must think a...I cannot help it but by seeing this I must think at a history ,long ago learned in school, that blankets where given to the indians containing the smallpox with purpose . Of course it was not the meaning of the artist but i can't get it out of my head.s.chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14053064476533947580noreply@blogger.com