Title Page, The History of Scotland George, Fifth Lord Seton played a pivotal role in the Battle of Langside on May 13, 1568, determining the future of Scotland. One account comes from William Robertson’s The History of Scotland published in 1761. I have modernized...
Replica Claymore Sword Mary Queen of Scots experienced a tumultuous period between March 1566 and May 1568. Caught up in Scottish politics, this period began with the murder of her private secretary and concluded with the defeat of Catholic forces at the Battle of...
Undated Drawing by Ernest Thompson Seton Ernest Thompson Seton’s ancestor George, Fifth Lord Seton, took part in the 1568 Battle of Langside. Four hundred and one years later Roger Waters recorded a performance piece based on the battle. I first heard this work in the...
Seton was at the Battle of Langside—not the usual Seton I write about, but one George Seton who lived 300 years before Ernest. While I am anxious to explore the battle—which is interesting in and of itself—I find myself waylaid by a different issue also needing...
The Red Book or How To Play Indian by Ernest Thompson Seton In 1903 Ernest Thompson Seton published a pamphlet through the Curtis Publishing Company titled “How to Play Indian. Directions for Organizing a Tribe of Boy Indians and Making their Teepees in the True...
Portrait of Charles Eastman, Wikipedia The turning years from the 19th into the 20th century brought new challenges to the relationship between American Indians—white Americans. The entirely traditional pre-European life of indigenous people was over. The shooting...
