[bookshare-discuss] Re: The Northwest Passage
- From: talmage@xxxxxxxxxx
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:44:42 -0500
Cindy,
I'm aghast that of the units you mentioned you forgot the one that
carries on under the same name.
Rangers Lead The Way
Historical trivia:
Rogers Rules Of Ranging - Rogers' Rangers
I. All Rangers are to be subject to the rules and articles of war; to
appear at roll- call every evening, on their own parade, equipped,
each with a Firelock,
sixty rounds of powder and ball, and a hatchet, at which time an
officer from each company is to inspect the same, to see they are in
order, so as to be
ready on any emergency to march at a minute's warning; and before
they are dismissed, the necessary guards are to be draughted, and
scouts for the next
day appointed.
II. Whenever you are ordered out to the enemies forts or frontiers
for discoveries, if your number be small, march in a single file,
keeping at such a distance
from each other as to prevent one shot from killing two men, sending
one man, or more, forward, and the like on each side, at the distance
of twenty yards
from the main body, if the ground you march over will admit of it, to
give the signal to the officer of the approach of an enemy, and of
their number,
&c.
III. If you march over marshes or soft ground, change your position,
and march abreast of each other to prevent the enemy from tracking
you (as they would
do if you marched in a single file) till you get over such ground,
and then resume your former order, and march till it is quite dark
before you encamp,
which do, if possible, on a piece of ground which that may afford
your centries the advantage of seeing or hearing the enemy some
considerable distance,
keeping one half of your whole party awake alternately through the night.
IV. Some time before you come to the place you would reconnoitre,
make a stand, and send one or two men in whom you can confide, to
look out the best ground
for making your observations.
V. If you have the good fortune to take any prisoners, keep them
separate, till they are examined, and in your return take a different
route from that in
which you went out, that you may the better discover any party in
your rear, and have an opportunity, if their strength be superior to
yours, to alter
your course, or disperse, as circumstances may require.
VI. If you march in a large body of three or four hundred, with a
design to attack the enemy, divide your party into three columns,
each headed by a proper
officer, and let those columns march in single files, the columns to
the right and left keeping at twenty yards distance or more from that
of the center,
if the ground will admit, and let proper guards be kept in the front
and rear, and suitable flanking parties at a due distance as before
directed, with
orders to halt on all eminences, to take a view of the surrounding
ground, to prevent your being ambuscaded, and to notify the approach
or retreat of the
enemy, that proper dispositions may be made for attacking, defending,
&c. And if the enemy approach in your front on level ground, form a
front of your
three columns or main body with the advanced guard, keeping out your
flanking parties, as if you were marching under the command of trusty
officers, to
prevent the enemy from pressing hard on either of your wings, or
surrounding you, which is the usual method of the savages, if their
number will admit
of it, and be careful likewise to support and strengthen your rear-guard.
VII. If you are obliged to receive the enemy's fire, fall, or squat
down, till it is over; then rise and discharge at them. If their main
body is equal
to yours, extend yourselves occasionally; but if superior, be careful
to support and strengthen your flanking parties, to make them equal
to theirs, that
if possible you may repulse them to their main body, in which case
push upon them with the greatest resolution with equal force in each
flank and in the
center, observing to keep at a due distance from each other, and
advance from tree to tree, with one half of the party before the
other ten or twelve yards.
If the enemy push upon you, let your front fire and fall down, and
then let your rear advance thro' them and do the like, by which time
those who before
were in front will be ready to discharge again, and repeat the same
alternately, as occasion shall require; by this means you will keep
up such a constant
fire, that the enemy will not be able easily to break your order, or
gain your ground.
VIII. If you oblige the enemy to retreat, be careful, in your pursuit
of them, to keep out your flanking parties, and prevent them from
gaining eminences,
or rising grounds, in which case they would perhaps be able to rally
and repulse you in their turn.
IX. If you are obliged to retreat, let the front of your whole party
fire and fall back, till the rear hath done the same, making for the
best ground you
can; by this means you will oblige the enemy to pursue you, if they
do it at all, in the face of a constant fire.
X. If the enemy is so superior that you are in danger of being
surrounded by them, let the whole body disperse, and every one take a
different road to the
place of rendezvous appointed for that evening, which must every
morning be altered and fixed for the evening ensuing, in order to
bring the whole party,
or as many of them as possible, together, after any separation that
may happen in the day; but if you should happen to be actually
surrounded, form yourselves
into a square, or if in the woods, a circle is best, and, if
possible, make a stand till the darkness of the night favours your escape.
XI. If your rear is attacked, the main body and flankers must face
about to the right or left, as occasion shall require, and form
themselves to oppose
the enemy, as before directed; and the same method must be observed,
if attacked in either of your flanks, by which means you will always
make a rear of
one of your flank-guards.
XII. If you determine to rally after a retreat, in order to make a
fresh stand against the enemy, by all means endeavour to do it on the
most rising ground
you come at, which will give you greatly the advantage in point of
situation, and enable you to repulse superior numbers.
XIII. In general, when pushed upon by the enemy, reserve your fire
till they approach very near, which will then put them into the
greatest surprize and
consternation, and give you an opportunity of rushing upon them with
your hatchets and cutlasses to the better advantage.
XIV. When you encamp at night, fix your centries in such a manner as
not to be relieved from the main body till morning, profound secrecy
and silence being
often of the last importance in these cases. Each centry therefore
should consist of six men, two of whom must be constantly alert, and
when relieved by
their fellows, it should be done without noise; and in case those on
duty see or hear any thing, which alarms them, they are not to speak,
but one of them
is silently to retreat, and acquaint the commanding officer thereof,
that proper dispositions may be made; and all occasional centries
should be fixed
in like manner.
XV. At the first dawn of day, awake your whole detachment; that being
the time when the savages the savages chuse to fall upon their
enemies, you should
by all means be in readiness to receive them.
XVI. If the enemy should be discovered by your detachments in the
morning, and their numbers are superior to yours, and a victory
doubtful, you should not
attack them till the evening, as then they will not know your
numbers, and if you are repulsed, your retreat will be favoured by
the darkness of the night.
XVII. Before you leave your encampment, send out small parties to
scout round it, to see if there be any appearance or track of an
enemy that might have
been near you during the night.
XVIII. When you stop for refreshment, chuse some spring or rivulet if
you can, and dispose your party so as not to be surprised, posting
proper guards and
centries at a due distance, and let a small party waylay the path you
came in, lest the enemy should be pursuing.
XIX. If, in your return, you have to cross rivers, avoid the usual
fords as much as possible, lest the enemy should have discovered, and
be there expecting
you.
XX. If you have to pass by lakes, keep at some distance from the edge
of the water, lest, in case of an ambuscade or an attack from the
enemy, when in that
situation, your retreat should be cut off.
XXI. If the enemy pursue your rear, take a circle till you come to
your own tracks, and there form an ambush to receive them, and give
them the first fire.
XXII. When you return from a scout, and come near our forts, avoid
the usual roads, and avenues thereto, lest the enemy should have
headed you, and lay
in ambush to receive you, when almost exhausted with fatigues.
XXIII. When you pursue any party that has been near our forts or
encampments, follow not directly in their tracks, lest they should be
discovered by their
rear guards, who, at such a time, would be most alert; but endeavour,
by a different route, to head and meet them in some narrow pass, or
lay in ambush
to receive them when and where they least expect it.
XXIV. If you are to embark in canoes, battoes, or otherwise, by
water, chuse the evening for the time of your embarkation, as you
will then have the whole
night before you, to pass undiscovered by any parties of the enemy,
on hills, or other places, which command a prospect of the lake or
river you are upon.
XXV. In padling or rowing, give orders that the boat or canoe next
the sternmost, wait for her, and the third for the second, and the
fourth for the third,
and so on, to prevent separation, and that you may be ready to assist
each other on any emergency.
XXVI. Appoint one man in each boat to look out for fires, on the
adjacent shores, from the numbers and size of which you may form some
judgment of the number
that kindled them, and whether you are able to attack them or not.
XXVII. If you find the enemy encamped near the banks of a river or
lake, which you imagine they will attempt to cross for their security
upon being attacked,
leave a detachment of your party on the opposite shore to receive
them, while, with the remainder, you surprize them, having them
between you and the lake
or river.
XXVIII. If you cannot satisfy yourself as to the enemy's number and
strength, from their fire, &c. conceal your boats at some distance,
and ascertain their
number by a reconnoitering party, when they embark, or march, in the
morning, marking the course they steer, &c. when you may pursue,
ambush, and attack
them, or let them pass, as prudence shall direct you. In general,
however, that you may not be discovered by the enemy upon the lakes
and rivers at a great
distance, it is safest to lay by, with your boats and party concealed
all day, without noise or shew; and to pursue your intended route by
night; and whether
you go by land or water, give out parole and countersigns, in order
to know one another in the dark, and likewise appoint a station every
man to repair
to, in case of any accident that may separate you."
At 07:08 PM 3/19/2007, you wrote:
The question would be, does going under the ice cap
count as going through the Northwest Passage or
circumbenting it? smile Now if the sub tried it
staying in the surface...
I remember reading many years ago Kenneth Roberts'
Northwest Passage (re-issued in 2001 in paperback). I
see we only have two of his novels in the collection.
For those interested in the historical novels set in
early U.S., he's a wonderful writer, and more of his
books should be in the collection. Apparently Major
Robert Rogers "...himself commanded the first real
"commando" unit [during the French & Indian War] and
he is the father of all subsequent outfits like the
Green Berets, the Navy Seals etc.
Cindy
--- talmage@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> The bit about only seven through the northwest
> passage isn't really
> all that accurate.
> Nuclear Subs travel routinely from New London,
> Charleston, Norfolk,
> etc. to the Bering Sea, and hang out, under the
> Arctic ice cap.
>
> Dave
>
> At 06:40 PM 3/19/2007, you wrote:
> >Amundsen was also the first expedition leader to
> take a team to the
> >South Pole, beating Robert Falcon Scott's team by
> over a month, and
> >also surviving, unlike Scott.
> >
> >You can read about it in the incredible book I
> submitted to
> >Bookshare called, The Last Place on Earth, by
> Rolland Huntford --
> >it's dual biography of both Scott and Amundsen.
> >
> >The most famous ill-fated expedition in search of
> the northwest
> >passage was the Sir John Franklin effort of the
> 1845 which resulted
> >in every one of 129 men dieing. It was the
> moonshot of the 19th
> >century. Ironically, there have been eight
> successful voyages to
> >the moon, only seven through the northwest passage.
> >
> >I have a pretty extensive collection of books on
> arctic exploration
> >which I suppose I could submit if folks are keen.
> >
> >Brian Miller
> >00
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <mailto:agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>Amy
> Goldring Tajalli
> >To:
>
<mailto:bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 4:06 AM
> >Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: Brian's
> teaching
> >
> >Cindy,
> >
> >I am not Brian (obviously) but happen to notice
> this so thought I
> >would save some time; Look in Wikipedia under
> Northwest Passage and
> >you will find Amundsen as the one (first?) who
> succeeded and a list
> >of those who failed and died and/or lived. He also
> flew over the
> >North Pole (first) in an airship piloted by Umberto
> Nobile and the
> >two fueded about who should have gotten credit for
> that
> >accomplishment as Amundsen was the head of that
> expedition. You may
> >be familiar with part of that Story from the movie
> The Red Tent. I
> >am sure Brian will give you a more concise answer -
> you know I tend
> >to give much too much - but I could spend a week in
> Wikipedia just
> >with those two or following everything in the
> section on the
> >"Northwest Passage" and another month following
> connections from
> >there. Have fun.
> >
> >Amy
> >
> >P.S. Do get The Red Tent. It is a marvelous movie
> and as far as I
> >can tell or heard it is not far from the history.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Grandma Cindy"
>
<<mailto:popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> >To:
>
<<mailto:bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 12:06 AM
> >Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: Brian's
> teaching
> >
> > > Interesting. What us your dissertation on.
> > >
> > > Cindy
> > >
> > > --- Brian Miller
> >
>
<<mailto:brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Actually, I m not with the University of Iowa
> > >> anymore -- that is, I am not
> > >> teaching there right now. I currently work for
> the
> > >> U. S. Department of
> > >> Education. I am a U-Iowa alum, however, and I
> > >> taught both Spanish and
> > >> History there, as well as completing my
> master's in
> > >> education, a teaching
> > >> credential, and most of my doctorate (which I
> am
> > >> still working on, which is
> > >> why I still have the U-Iowa address).
> > >>
> > >> Brian
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Grandma Cindy"
> >
>
<<mailto:popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >> To:
> >
>
<<mailto:bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:22 PM
> > >> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] OT: Brian's
> teaching
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > I see you're at the U of Iowa. What do you
> teach?
> > >> >
> > >> > Recently there was a program on either the
> History
> > >> or
> > >> > the Discovery Channel about a group of late
> 19th
> > >> or
> > >> > early 20th-century explorers who were trying
> to
> > >> find a
> > >> > passage through the Arctic from the Atlantic
> to
> > >> the
> > >> > Pacific and got stuck. It sounds somewhat
> > >> > similar--maybe that's where the novelist got
> his
> > >> idea.
> > >> > Unfortunately, there were no survivors from
> that
> > >> > expedition.
> > >> >
> > >> > Cindy
> > >> >
> > >> > --- Brian Miller
> >
>
<<mailto:brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > Thanks Shellie, this one is especially
> terrific
> > >> -- I
> > >> > > used to teach a course
> > >> > > on arctic exploration, and I wish I had
> this
> > >> novel
> > >> > > when I taught as I would
> > >> > > have added it to my reading list.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Brian Miller
> > >> > >
> > >> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >> > > From: "Shelley L. Rhodes"
> > >>
>
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> > >> > > To:
> >
>
<<mailto:bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> > > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 2:00 PM
> > >> > > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Just
> Submitted:
> > >> > > Afterlands
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > > > That one sounds really good.
> > >> > > > You always pick some great stuff.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> > >> > > > and Judson, guiding golden
> > >> > > >
>
<mailto:juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> > > > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> > >> > > > Graduate Alumni Association Board
> > >> > > >
> <http://www.guidedogs.com>www.guidedogs.com
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> > >> > > > Puppies are the joy at one end.
> > >> > > > Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> > >> > > > Carolyn Alexander
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >> > > > From: "Brian Miller"
> > >>
>
<<mailto:brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >> > > > To:
> >
>
<<mailto:bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 12:33 PM
> > >> > > > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Just
> Submitted:
> > >> > > Afterlands
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > All,
> > >> > > > I have just submitted for validation the
> > >> > > following:
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Afterlands, a novel, by Steve Heighton,
> > >> Haughton
> > >> > > Mifflin, 2005, pp 400.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > >From the book jacket:
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > THIS GRIPPING NOVEL OF ARCTIC survival,
> is
> > >> based
> > >> > > on one of the most
> > >> > > > remarkable events in polar exploration.
> In
> > >> 1871,
> > >> > > off the coast of
> > >> > > Greenland,
> > >> > > > nineteen men, women, and children,
> voyaging on
> > >> the
> > >> > > Arctic explorer USS
> > >> > > > Polaris, were cast adrift on a large ice
> floe
> > >> as
> > >> > > their ship began to
> > >> > > > founder. Afterlands is the story of this
> small
> > >> > > society of castaways a
> > >> > > white
> > >> > > > and a black American, five Germans, a
> Dane, a
> > >> > > Swede, an Englishman, and
> > >> > > two
> > >> > > > Inuit families as they try to survive a
> > >> six-month
> > >> > > winter ordeal,
> > >> > > struggling
> > >> > > > with the harsh elements and with one
> another,
> > >> the
> > >> > > group splintering into
> > >> > > > factions along ethnic and national lines.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Steven Heighten provocatively fills in
> the
> > >> blanks
> > >> > > of the documented
> > >> > > history
> > >> > > > of this event by focusing on the
> suspicions,
> > >> the
> > >> > > hunger-induced delusions,
> > >> > > > and the unrequited longings among three
> > >> members of
> > >> > > the group: Roland
> > >> > > Kruger,
> > >> > > > an educated, witty, rebellious German
> seaman;
> > >> > > Tukulito, or "Hannah," the
> > >> > > > party's Inuit interpreter; and George
> Tyson,
> > >> the
> > >> > > American ranking officer,
> > >> > > > who later wrote an account of the
> experience
> > >> that
> > >> > > solidified his
> > >> > > reputation
> > >> > > > as a hero while casting Kruger as the
> villain.
> > >> > > Throughout the novel,
> > >> > > > Heighten incorporates passages from
> Tyson's
> > >> > > contentious account, then
> > >> > > > daringly imagines the aftermath of the
> ordeal,
> > >> > > following Kruger, Tukulito,
> > >> > > > and Tyson as they attempt to move beyond
> their
> > >> > > searing memories and resume
> > >> > > > their lives in the larger world.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Combining the high drama of Arctic
> survival
> > >> and
> > >> > > the psychological
> > >> > > intensity
> > >> > > > of modern theater, this beautifully
> written
> > >> novel
> > >> > > powerfully addresses
> > >> > > > themes of belonging, nationalism, and
> love in
> > >> > > times of crisis.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > ***
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > This is an awesome book, and I hope
> someone
> > >> picks
> > >> > > it up soon.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Brian Miller
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >
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