I thought we should do something in honor of the Lewis and Clark bicentenial. Since I'm not feeling terribly creative, this is modeled after the Harry Potter survival game.
Here are the rules, below is a list of noted North American Explorers from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The object of the game is to select the greatest of them all.
The rules: Once a day you may place a vote. Votes in favor of a candidate add +1 to their total, votes against a candidate subtract 1 from their total. You may vote for any number of explorers each day, but the total of your votes must add to zero.
You can also add an explorer to the list. The only regulation is that they must have explored North American between 1750 and 1850. When you add someone to the list, they will start with 5 points.
Please feel free to campaign for or against any candidate. The goal of this is not just to choose the greatest NA explorer but to discuss this era of American history.
John Franklin 15 Merriweather Lewis 15 William Clark 15 Alexander MacKenzie 15 David Thompson 15 James Cook 15 Sacajawea 15 Silvestre Velez de Escalante 15 George Vancouver 15 John Colter 15 Jim Bridger 15 Brigham Young 15 John Audobon 15
[ October 19, 2005, 08:23 PM: Message edited by: The Rabbit ]
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
What? Am I the only western American history buff at Hatrack?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
That sentence makes little to no sense.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
Sorry. I should take more time to proof read posts.
But I doubt I ever will.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
And to me. But I will play your game you rogue.
John Audobon 16 John Franklin 15 Merriweather Lewis 15 William Clark 15 Alexander MacKenzie 15 David Thompson 15 James Cook 15 Silvestre Velez de Escalante 15 George Vancouver 15 John Colter 15 Jim Bridger 15 Brigham Young 15 Sacajawea 14
+ John Audobon - Sacajawea
Can't we combine Lewis and Clark? It seems silly to seperate Lewis and Clark, and even Sacajawea when they were all on the same trip, except they weren't, because Lewis and Clark went twice as far as Sacajawea.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Silvestre Velez de Escalante 16 John Franklin 15 Merriweather Lewis 15 William Clark 15 Alexander MacKenzie 15 David Thompson 15 James Cook 15 George Vancouver 15 John Colter 15 Jim Bridger 15 Brigham Young 15 John Audobon 15 Sacajawea 14
Escalante + (he has GOLD!!) John Audobon - (birds bore me)
[ October 19, 2005, 08:51 PM: Message edited by: T_Smith ]
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Lewis and Clark went twice as far as Sacajawea.
Not true. Sacajawea joined the voyage of discovery in Fort Mandan North Dakota and remained with the group until they returned to Fort Mandan -- this was far more than half the trip.
Lewis and Clark didn't make the same trip either. On the return trip they parted at the Missouri Head waters and Clark crossed over the Gallatin Mountains and followed the Yellowstone River from around current day Livingston Montana to the confluence of the Yellowstone and the Missouri. Lewis returned along the Missouri river, retracing the original route.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I stand corrected. Fair enough.
Posted by digging_hoIes (Member # 6963) on :
I have heard vaguely of only a couple of these characters.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
John Franklin -- Ships captain on one of the most notorious and mysterious failed attempts to pilot a ship through the North west passage
Merriweather Lewis -- Co-captain with William Clark of the scientific expedition which made the first crossing of what is now the continental US to the Pacific Ocean.
William Clark -- ibid
Alexander MacKenzie -- Canadian and the first European to cross the North American Continent to the Pacific Ocean.
David Thompson -- Canadian Voyager who was the first to map most of what is now western Canada.
James Cook -- Sea Captain most famous for exploring the Pacific Isles. Was also among the first to explore the western coast of North America by sea.
Sacajawea -- Shoshone woman who helped guide the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Silvestre Velez de Escalante -- Jesuit priest who was the first to explore the colorado plateau.
George Vancouver -- Sea Captain and early explorer of the inside passage along the Canadian coast.
John Colter -- Fur trapper. member of Lewis and Clark expedition and the first European to enter Yellowstone National Park. Hence the park's early nickname -- Colter's Hell.
Jim Bridger -- Fur trapper. One of the first explorers of the great basin and Yellowstone.
Brigham Young -- Second Mormon Prophet. Lead the large migration to settle in the Rocky Mountains.
John Audobon -- Wrote and illustrate the first and definitive book on the birds of North America.