Musket Fire at Hawn’s Mill (Paul Debarthe 5 of 5)

What was discovered at Hawn's Mill? Archaeologist Paul Debarthe from the Community of Christ details musket balls, and why he refuses to find the well where 17 men at boys were buried following the massacre at Hawn's Mill. Check out our conversation... https://youtu.be/dakb9xavIXw Copyright © 2023 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission Musket Fire at Hawn's Mill GT  00:31  Well, I know I've kept you long time Paul and it's getting late. Do you have any last thoughts? Is there anything as far as Hawn's Mill that we didn't cover? Actually, I think there is something, you did say that you found Musket Balls. Paul  00:51  Yes. Yes, we found both the rifle and pistol balls. So it’s very good evidence of the battle that was conducted there. Some probably close to 500 Missouri regulars came in and there were probably as many as 30 people in Hawn's Mill at the time. The Hamlet was pretty small. It was a scattering of maybe a dozen buildings. And yes, there was a significant military incident that occurred there. And sadly, it was really a massacre for those 17 people. And, again, I would call to people's attention that it's so much better if we love each other. GT  01:37  I agree. Paul  01:41  It's not that difficult. I mean, I understand that there are people who get angry and want to go to war. We have an awful lot of heritage, that wants to go to war. But the call, as I understand it, of God to mankind, is that you don't have to be a dysfunctional family. You can overcome the dysfunctionality of your past. If you will learn to love each other, follow the teachings of the Christ. Recognize that to use a bit of compassion can be a good alternative. And when we are compassionate and follow the compact for compassion, it's just amazing how much better our lives can be. Look what difference it is, when, for example, you have the Iroquois Confederation where leaders take a vow to keep in mind the welfare of the children in every political decision they made. Even the unborn children. That was a priority. The women were the one that selected the men to go on the council. And if you offended a woman then you probably didn't get on that council. So, you had better mind your manners throughout your growing up life. But the tug and pull here, making it so that you have to keep in mind the benefit of the children with every political decision you make, made it so that the Iroquois Confederation was a powerful, strong, beautiful Confederation. We have a lot to learn from them. I am so convinced that the cause of Zion that Joseph Smith advocated so much is the promised land that is still before us. And we can learn to not be so dysfunctional. If we follow the message of my sweet wife."Don't forget to love each other." GT  03:30  I think that's a great place to leave. All right. Well, Paul DeBarthe, remind people what the name of your book is again. Paul  03:41  Oh, here I had it open for the map. Hawn's Mills Hamlet. GT  03:46  Okay. Paul  03:47  And it's an archaeological investigation. Phase three archaeological investigation conducted by hands on history students in high school and college. The map inside will show you just a little bit of a sketch of what Hawn's Mill looks like. It's in Caldwell County, Missouri. It's a site that is an example of lessons in history that we need to learn. There's an awful lot of those. We're walking on 10,000 years of cultural residue, virtually everywhere we walk in America, or more. And we generally don't appreciate it. The fact we bulldoze the buildings that are 20 years old and replace them because we got something better now. And we put parking lots and apartment houses on the ancient sites and pay no attention to the people that were covering over that way. We can do a better job of appreciating and respecting our heritage, our own culture but other people's cultures.