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165. A Massacre at Dawn

2024/7/3
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Karl Jacoby
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主持著名true crime播客《Crime Junkie》的播音员和创始人。
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William Durrumpal 和 Anita Arnon:Camp Grant 大屠杀是美国对印第安人生活彻底摧毁的典型案例,其根源在于强迫印第安人迁入保留地或同化,并导致大量妇女儿童丧生。 Karl Jacoby:Camp Grant 军事营地位于亚利桑那州中部重要的水源交汇处,对当地原住民来说至关重要,美国军队在此设立营地是为了控制该地区。当地居民对阿帕奇人的非人化以及华盛顿的政策导致了暴力事件,Aravaipa峡谷优越的地理位置是阿帕奇人赖以生存的重要区域。Camp Grant 营地指挥官Royal Whitman是南北战争老兵,他试图通过所谓的“和平政策”来改革阿帕奇社会,但他对阿帕奇人的态度并不明确。阿帕奇妇女试图与Whitman谈判,以寻找失踪的孩子并进行贸易,这表明她们最初并不认为Whitman具有威胁性。阿帕奇人并非统一的部落,这使得军队将他们安置在一个地方的政策难以执行。Whitman为了避免冲突,在Aravaipa峡谷建立了一个非正式的保留地,阿帕奇人为了安全和物资供应而搬迁至此。阿帕奇人在营地附近搭建简易住所,Whitman试图教导他们劳动技能,最终约有500名阿帕奇人,包括妇女和儿童,迁入该地区。图森的定居者不信任Whitman,他们认为Whitman对阿帕奇人过于宽容,并怀疑阿帕奇人袭击了定居者。关于Worcester夫妇被杀事件的报道被夸大和歪曲,这与当时盛行的关于白人妇女受到印第安人威胁的叙事有关。William Ury领导了图森的公共安全委员会,他是一个在图森很有影响力的白人定居者,他参与策划并领导了对Camp Grant的袭击。参与袭击Camp Grant的人员来自不同的种族背景,这反映了该地区复杂的种族关系和历史冲突。袭击Camp Grant的计划周密,袭击者占据有利地形,对阿帕奇人实施了突然袭击,导致大量伤亡。袭击的残酷性,特别是针对妇女儿童的暴力行为,令人震惊。Whitman在袭击发生后才得知此事,他亲眼目睹了大屠杀的惨状。媒体最初将袭击描述为胜利,而Whitman则提供了更为冷静的描述,引发了关于此次事件性质的争论。由于事件的严重性和与格兰特总统的关系,对袭击事件的参与者进行了审判,但审判过程存在腐败和偏见。审判结果为被告无罪,这反映了司法体系的腐败和对原住民的偏见,阿帕奇文化中对讨论这场大屠杀的态度较为谨慎。Camp Grant大屠杀对当地原住民的影响持续至今,他们面临着经济上的剥削和社会上的不公正。美国人对Camp Grant大屠杀等历史事件的了解有限,作者的著作试图揭示这段被掩盖的历史真相,并促成不同族裔后代的和解。 William Dalrymple:对Jacoby著作的评价:其研究严谨,写作优美,视角独特。

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The episode begins with a description of Aravaipa Canyon in the predawn darkness of April 30, 1871, setting the scene for the upcoming violence.

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Arizona Territory, April 30, 1871. The canyon known as Aravaipa lies still in the predawn darkness, the only sounds to be heard in the early-morning calm the song of birds and the lilt of running water as it courses its way toward the nearby San Pedro River. But upon this paradise all hell is about to break loose.

With Native American land being squeezed and squeezed by settlers, and relations becoming more and more violent as indigenous customs are degraded and exterminated, things are at breaking point in Arizona. Nearly 500 native men, women, and children have moved into the US military base, Camp Grant, for protection, yet, the Tucson Committee of Public Safety still see them as a threat. Listen as William and Anita are once again joined by Karl Jacoby as they discuss the Camp Grant Massacre and finish the story of 'How the West was Won'.

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