BLOODY ISLAND: 2013

sketch

The history of Bloody Island

Bloody Island was a sandbar or "towhead" (river island) in the Mississippi River, opposite St. Louis, Missouri, which became densely wooded and a rendezvous for duelists because it was considered "neutral" and not under Missouri or Illinois control.

Thomas Biddle and Spencer Darwin Pettis
on August 26, 1831.

Their duel was one of the most famous duels to occur on Bloody Island.

It is an example of how all politics is local. Pettis (a staunch Jacksonian Democrat) challenged Biddle (brother of Nicholas Biddle, the president of the Second Bank of the United States) because Biddle had publicly humiliated Pettis.

Because the Code Duello stated that the particulars of the duel were to be decided by the "chalengee," Biddle chose Bloody Island, and a distance of five feet.

It is argued that Biddle thought such a close distance would convince Pettis not to go through with the duel, but Pettis was undeterred. They fired at five feet.....

BLOODY ISLAND

Samstag, 26. Oktober 2013

Anne and Thomas Biddle....

The News (unfinshed page)

Mittwoch, 27. Februar 2013

Alexis de Tocqueville and the Trapper

Freitag, 22. Februar 2013

Shots fired at the barn

Donnerstag, 7. Februar 2013

Puppet play on the streets of St. Louis.

Dienstag, 5. Februar 2013

Alexis de Tocqueville, the Trapper and a real big knife / sketch

Montag, 4. Februar 2013

challenge delivery / sketch

Montag, 28. Januar 2013

Crows

Mittwoch, 23. Januar 2013

WHO really wins in a duel? / sketch

BOOUUUMMMHHHH!!!

Dienstag, 15. Januar 2013

Bar scene / sketch and final

Freitag, 11. Januar 2013

Seagulls

Mittwoch, 9. Januar 2013

A discussion at the barber shop.

Samstag, 5. Januar 2013

Bar scene

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