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**NATIVE AMERICAN WISDOM**

FIRST PEOPLE OF AMERICA AND CANADA:

"The time has come to listen to echoes from our land ... the wisdom and teachings of our native American Indians. Their words are simple and their voices are soft. We have not heard them because we have not taken the time to listen. Perhaps now is the time to open our hearts [and our spirits] to the words of wisdom they have to say. [www.firstpeople.us/]
Anon
Aseenewub ~ Red Lake Ojibwe
Big Thunder ~ Bedgi-Wabanaki
Alonquin
Black Elk ~ Oglala Sioux
Black Hawk ~ Sauk
Canassatego ~ Chief of the Onondaga Nation
Charles Alexaner Eastman ~ Ahiyesa Santee Sioux
Chief Aupumut ~ Mohican
Chief Dan George ~ Chief of the Salish Band
Chief Joseph ~ Nez Perce
Chief Luther Standing Bear ~ Oglala Sioux
Chief Plenty Coups ~ Crow
Chief Red Cloud ~ Sioux
Chief Seattle ~ Suqwamish & Duwamish
Cochise ~ Chiricahua Chief
Constitution of the Five Nations
Crazy Horse ~ Sioux
Crow Belly ~ Gros Ventre Chief
Crowfoot ~ Blackfoot Chief
Doublehead ~ Creek Chief
Eagle Chief ~ (Letakos-Lesa) ~ Pawnee
Flat-Iron (Maza Blaska) ~ Oglala Sioux Chief
Four Guns ~ Oglala Sioux
Francis Assikinack (Blackbird) ~ Ottawa
George Copway ~ Ojibwa
George Henry ~ Maungwudaus
Geronimo ~ Apache
Gertrude S. Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa) ~ Yankton Sioux
Hendrick ~ Mohawk
James Paytiamo ~ Acoma Pueblo
John Wooden Legs ~ Cheyenne
Joseph Brant (Thayendanega) ~ Mohawk
Kanekuk ~ Kickapoo Prophet
Kanickhungo ~ Seneca Chief
King Wahun Sonacook ~ Powhatan
Lone Man (Isna-la-wica) ~ Teton Sioux
Long Mandan ~ Sioux
Many Horses ~ Oglala Sioux
Maquinna ~ Nootka Chief
Metea ~ Potowatami Chief of the Illinois Nation
Miscellaneous
Mourning Dove ~ Salish
Okanicon ~ Delaware
Old Tassel ~ Cherokee
Peter Jones ~ Ojibwe
Peter Paul
Piapot ~ Cree Chief
Qwatsinan (Hereditary Chief Edward Moody) ~ Nuxalk Nation
Red Dog ~ Oglala Sioux
Red Jacket ~ Seneca
Sarah Winnemucca ~ Paiute
Satank ~ Kiowa
Satanta ~ Kiowa Chief
Sharitarish ~ Pawnee
Shingis ~ Delaware Chief
Shinguaconse ("Little Pine")
Shooter ~ Teton Sioux
Simon Pokagon ~ Potawatomi Chief
Sitting Bull ~ Teton Sioux
Spotted Tail ~ Brule
Tecumseh ~ Shawnee
Teedyuscung ~ Delaware
Ten Bears ~ Yamparika Comanche
Tenskwatawa ~ Shawnee
Tomochichi ~ Creek Chief
Waheenee ~ Hidatsa (North Dakota)
White Shield ~ Arikara Chief
Wovoka ~ Paiute

Dear Amc, Hell on Wheels has dedicated fans...

We just wanted to share some of our best fan work w/ Amc and the group at HoW; this is one of our best Vidders work, enjoy!!! from MagicMatt DK!!!
http://youtu.be/VRty1iGauKM

~~~~A CITY ON WHEELS~~~~

Each railroad maintained a train that closely followed the rail crews. Each of the cars functioned like a small business on wheels, catering to the needs of the workmen. At the peak of rail setting, the Union Pacific supported a work crew of 8,000. Providing for their needs, especially since they were often more than 100 miles from a major city, required a city on wheels.

Repairing equipment for thousands of workers was primarily the job of the blacksmiths. Most of the tools of the railroad were made of iron and were in constant need of repair or sharpening after repeated chiseling and drilling through granite. Picks, sledgehammers, and shovels also needed constant repair or modification for special needs.

The carpenter car, just like the blacksmith's car, was a place for repairs and construction of unusual implements. Building wood trestles across rivers, repairing wooden wood wagon-wheel spokes, and replacing wood handles on picks and shovels kept these men busy.

Horses and mules moved men and material forward ahead of the trains. These thousand-pound animals had many special needs. The feed car carried oats and corn in territory where grass was sparse. Sick animals visited the veterinarian, who carried boxes full of remedies as well as basic operating instruments. Hooves, the biggest source of horse ailments, were kept clipped, cleaned, and free of the rot that was common in wet terrain.

Following dinner, many of the crew chose to sleep in large dormitory cars. Photos of these cars show them much larger than any of the other cars. Eighty-five feet long, ten feet high, and ten feet wide, dormitory cars were short on privacy when all 180 bunks were filled, but they kept workers dry.

**********IMMIGRANT WOMEN**********

"The life of the immigrant family often involved a difficult struggle for survival on the prairie. The role that women played was no easier than that of men. These insights were compiled by sociologist Dr. JoAnn Hanson-Stone, writing for the Institute of Migration website, based on excerpts written by Finnish women who settled with their husbands and families in Wisconsin and Minnesota." "The farmer worked hard, but his wife worked even harder. She did the housework, cared for the children, prepared the meals, helped to care for the cattle, pigs, sheep, and chickens; milked the cows, churned the butter, did the canning, in summer and fall, prepared cheese, carded and spun the wool [they brought their spinning wheels and looms], wove cloth, dyed it with homemade dyes, knitted and sewed clothing, mended mittens and socks. On occasion she pitched in and helped to rake hay and bind the grain after it had been cut ... She bore children year after year; she cared for the sick when her home was struck by disease."

"She [a specific Finnish woman] bore 13 children, ten growing to adulthood; for 40 years she was the region's only midwife, making 103 safe deliveries. When her husband worked at distant logging camps, she took charge of the farm; she hitched the horse, plowed and harrowed, sowed seed by hand from a dishpan; she milked the cows and nursed the ailing stock. She tanned hides and made footwear, spun wool and knitted garments. She hauled food supplies from the nearest store, a round-trip journey requiring 3 days. She kept the farmhouse in repair, raised the chimney, and found the time to help the neighbors; once she rescued a child from a 28-foot well. She felt no sense of being a heroine, wrote a reporter, but because she had versatile ability and unquenchable energy, she lived up to the standards of that day. These people had to work hard, do those things, or go under."

Season Two: for real

Season Two starts Shooting Monday and Tuesday! The extras were all fitted for their muddy wardrobe over the weekend and everyone's excited to get back in the filth. Anson had mentioned he was a bit blown away by the first script so you know it's going to be good and it's headed somewhere you won't expect. Bless them Gayton Boys!

********HELL ON WHEELS********

As the Union Pacific moved farther and farther west away from Council Bluffs, the work crews found their pockets bulging with money with nowhere to spend it. Unscrupulous entrepreneurs of the Great Plains saw this as an opportunity to get rich. Known to everyone as "Hell on Wheels," this circus of devious owners of saloons, gambling dens, and bordellos set up their tents and moved west along with the track crews.

These traveling businesses exemplified the Wild West and were operated by the sleazier elements of society. First to find their way were the saloons. Whiskey, the preferred alcoholic drink of the crews, was about ten times the price paid in Omaha. Nonetheless, plenty of patrons were willing to pay the inflated prices. Drinks with names such as Red Dog, Red Cloud, and Red Eye reflected the tone of the saloons.

Next to arrive were the gambling tables, usually operated by the saloon owners. Gambling brought in more money than whiskey did. Once the railroad crews were intoxicated, the card dealers were able to cheat them without being caught. Poker games named High-Low, Mexican Monte, One-eyed Jacks, and Chuck-a-Luck were known to all who entered the saloons. When cheating was suspected, pistols were drawn and fired. Fatal shootings in back alleys were a common occurrence.

Finally there were the brothels. Bands of traveling women followed the railroad crews down the tracks. Far from home and weary of working among thousands of filthy men, the workmen were only too happy to give the women a share of their wages.

John Casement (Boss under Durant) was willing to tolerate Hell On Wheels up to a point. When the night's activities prevented his men from working the next day, he entered the tent town with 200 armed men and ordered the owners to reduce their operations. When they spat at him, Casement's men opened fire, killing several of the owners. Hell on Wheels was quieter after his visit.

Taken from the book, "Building the Transcontinental Railroad," World History Series, by James Barter, Lucent Books, Inc, San Diego, California, 2002

Fan Fiction, Fan Art and Ideas....

in our group we like to create fan art and fan fiction/poetry!!! This is my Haiku about Bohannon and Lilly:
Torn broken numb heart
One touch,one look,hope sparks true
Two auras make one!

howiezrockon...the original HoW fan page from FB!!!

we have 90 members in our group some are even associated w/the show, we just had a poetry contest and poem about Bohannon won the prize!!! We also do fan fiction and fan art....hopefully some of our members can post their work!!! Personally im kinda shocked the story will pick up MONTHS after the end of season 1, curious to see what all happened in the meantime....in my mind it would start right where it left off!!!! laterz, Kat

SEASON 3 ~~ A LOOK AHEAD

Brothers Tony and Joe Gayton, executive producers, creators, and writers of Hell On Wheels, told the Hollywood Reporter in an interview before the TV show aired that their new Western drama about the building of America's first transcontinental railroad would use the backdrop of the genre to explore questions about racism and also what it means to be free.

Season 2 has already been written and begins filming in mid-April. But at the same time, the writers/creators are looking ahead to Season 3. How can we help them with their writing for Season 3?

You know ~ the wonderful thing about this Public Forum is that you can feel absolutely free to say anything you want, give your own personal opinion or view, and you will not be judged for it ~ I'm echoing the Gayton brothers here on "what it means to be free."

We are drawn together as a community of viewers who love the Western genre and all of its drama in each of its variations as it occurred after the end of the Civil War during America's period of Reconstruction.

Do you feel that the subject of racism was sufficiently covered in Season 1?

Were you satisfied with how the subject of racism was portrayed?

What else do you expect to see on any particular thing? Any comments anyone? Let's discuss ......