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Map of Native American etymologies for “horse”. There were no horses in the Americas before the colonists arrived. Native Americans quickly developed new words for this strange animal, often associating them with dogs, their one other domestic animal before contact with Europe.
In Inupiaq its tuttuqpak, which means “big caribou”, which I’ve always loved. But I didn’t realize that the Creek, Choctaw, Cheyenne, and Shawnee etymologies were so similar! I love how associative animal names tend to be, like how “catfish” were named for their whiskers. What’s important about horses? They’re domesticated, they resemble other American ungulates but only have one toe, the Spanish and the French brought them (so you might as well use a loan word) and they’re quite useful for various tasks. It sounds goofy, but that’s how humans think, and its how we categorize animals- by their relationship to us, their appearance, where they’re from, and how useful they are.
Yeah our tribe used Cavaayo, from spanish caballo, because the Spaniards were the ones who brought them.
There’s actually a really endearing Lakota story about the discovery of horses tbh. But the only comparison anyone was able to link them to was dogs…just large, really fuckin weird dogs.
Heheh, looks like a lot of other people thought the same way. All we know with our tribe is we saw them, realized there were ways for a person to move faster than they could running, and our eternal hunger to GO FASTER was born- to this day we’re obsessed with cars, motorcyles, anything to feel the wind in our hair and Go Fast.
I’m not sure how this quite compares to other tribes, but when we moved about, we would place things to haul the fabric and wood between dogs, and they would pull it. So, naturally, horses meant BETTER at pulling stuff around, and less worn out pups. Clearly a decent choice.
Three churches, a school, and dozens of homes were demolished
^^^^Prominent abolitionist Albro Lyons and Mary Joseph Lyons were residents of Seneca Village.
The community, called Seneca Village, began in 1825 and eventually spanned from 82nd Street to 89th Street along what is now the western edge of Central Park. By the time it was finally razed in 1857, it had become a refuge for African Americans. Though most were nominally free (the last slave wasn’t emancipated until 1827) life was far from pleasant. The population of African Americans living in New York City tripled between abolition and complete emancipation and the migrants were derided in the press. Mordecai Noah, founder of The New York Enquirer, was especially well-known for his attacks on African Americans, fuming at one point that “the free negroes of this city are a nuisance incomparably greater than a million slaves.”
More than three-fourths of the children who lived in Seneca Village attended Colored School №3 in the church basement. Half of the African Americans who lived there owned their own property, a rate five times higher than the city average. And while the village remained mostly black, immigrant whites had started to live in the area as well. They shared resources ranging from a church (All Angels Episcopal), to a midwife (an Irish immigrant who served the entire town).
But in 1857, it was all torn down.
Even as the church was being built on 86th street, then painstakingly painted white, the original settlers fought for their lands in court. Andrew Williams was paid nearly what his land was worth, after filing an affidavit with the state Supreme Court. Epiphany Davis was not as fortunate, losing hundred of dollars.
By 1871, Seneca Village had largely been forgotten. That year, The New York Herald reported that laborers creating a new entrance to the park at 85th Street and 8th Avenue had discovered a coffin, “enclosing the body of a Negro, decomposed beyond recognition.” The discovery was a mystery, the paper reported, because “these lands were dug up five years ago, when the trees were planted there, and no such coffins were there at the time.” That’s unlikely, as the site was the graveyard of the AME Zion church.
Researchers from Columbia, CUNY, and the New York Historical Society have been working on excavating the site of Seneca Village since the early 2000s. The work has been slow, with excavation starting in 2011.
The only official artifact that remains intact on the site is a commemorative plaque, dedicated in 2001 to the lost village.
People didn’t know about this? We learned about this in school bc the village welcomed and sheltered Irish immigrants during the Famine.
The authorities hated the place because the residents were highly politically active and had ties to the Underground Railroad.
A lot of people assume, because Manhattan was in The North[tm], that it must have been an abolitionist-friendly place (and that its residents then would have had as favorable view of Lincoln as residents today have of Obama).
But the truth is: much of the money flowing through Wall Street was profits from the cotton, sugar, rum and slave trade. The Power Brokers of NYC were solidly on the side of the slaveholders in the South.
WHAT
Black people were always the original currency and stock market of the U.S.
So Kravitz got this assignment. Figured it’d be easy- 23 year old shopkeeper, shoulda checked in to the astral plain two years ago, but has been running around the continent with a pack of low-level adventurer’s instead. Very rude. Should make for easy pickings, though. He could use a quick one. It’s date night.
But then. Then he actually finds her and, whoops. This isn’t necromancy. Reincarnated isn’t the same as undead. It’s still not exactly Kosher with the Queen’s rules, but. It wasn’t even her idea. Not her choice. She’s got a little kid. She’s also got like six really big kids, all of whom are very anxious to defend her, both verbally and physically.
So he makes them an offer. Quick card game for her soul- a game he’s very much intending to throw. He’s not gonna separate a mom from her kids, he’s not a monster…. But he is an emissary, and while it’d be quicker to just let them off with a warning, he’s gotta make sure his own Mom gets her due respect. Just a quick formality, then he can get home to his boy.
Except.
Except.
Every. Single. One of these fuckers are trying to help her cheat. And that’s fine, he’s literally trying to lose, but it’s really fucking hard to pretend he doesn’t notice.
The young Monk, who was so stoic and eloquent presenting her friend’s case, has devolved into a weird sorority girl persona as she tries desperately to distract him from the little blue tiefling slipping aces under the table. The tielfing, who is giving him a very pouty death glare, is having trouble helping because her not-undead friend’s too busy trying to Mage Hand their wizard’s familiar over Kravitz’s shoulder to take the damn cards.
The wizard’s stare is blank and he’s waving his hand like he expects someone to be there beside him but the only one close is a half orc who’s crouched down like he’s about to make a break for it. Kravitz can smell ozone. He really want’s to tell the guy that reapers can teleport, drop that spell before you hurt your own damn party, but his mouth feels weird and tacky and by his fucking god, what did that cow man put in this tea??
This is why he stopped eating Normal People Food in the first place, Taako has fucking ruined him. Taako is gonna fucking murder him if he comes home high off his ass on date night. That Aasimar standing in the back, menacingly sharpening her big ass sword, might actually manage to murder him if he accidentally wins this card game because he’s too distracted by this band of fucking hooligans. He’s not even gonna get a chance to pet the familiar.
It is a goddess damned miracle he manages to lose the game and make it home in time. When he get’s back to the Astral plane he marches right up to Vax'ildan and tell him this is the absolute last time he’s dealing with a reincarnation case.
[Image ID: A doodle of the Mighty Nein and Kravitz, sitting around a wooden table, doing exactly as described above. Kravitz is looking over his shoulder at the viewer like he’s on the office. End ID.]
there’s nothing purer or better than how much kids enjoy being picked up and then hurled at soft surfaces
anyone who’s ever been around kids for ay meaningful amount of time should know exactly how much kids long to be hefted up and then just fuckin tossed! it’s so good! they’re so excited to get fucking tossed around like a sack of potatoes it’s so pure
Why do kids love it so much? Like I remember when I was a kid at diving practice during the summer, the best part was when one if the coaches would toss you into the deep end. And in gymnastics coaches would toss us into the foam pit. Do kids just have a evolutionary urge to die?
“Vestibular sense provides information about where the body is in relation to its surroundings. This is the sense that helps you understand balance, and it connects with all the other senses.
When the vestibular system does not develop properly all other senses will struggle to function properly. Without a strong vestibular sense, kids will have no choice but to fidget, get frustrated, experience more falls and aggression, get too close to people when talking, and struggle with focusing and listening. Because they literally cannot help it.”
“Here are a few ways to support your child’s vestibular sense:
Spinning in circles.
Using a Merry-Go-Round.
Rolling down a hill.
Spinning on a swing.
Going upside down.
Climbing trees.
Rocking.
Jumping rope.
Summersaults or cartwheels.
Using monkey bars.
Skating.
Going backwards.
Swimming.
Dancing.
Wheel-barrel walks.”
Yeeting kids, spinning them, flipping them upside down, tossing them in the air, and otherwise disrupting their balance temporarily, is Important For Their Development, specifically for their vestibular sense.
Kids love this because they NEED it.
In other words: Don’t forget to calibrate your child’s GPS!
aliens: because theres people who think that english is the only language they need to speak
me: thats fair i understand
For some reason I find this all the more amusing because it’s written in English
moi: pourquoi vous détruisez le monde!!! l'extraterrestre: parce que il y a des gens qui pensent que l'anglais est le seule langue pour parler moi: ah ça c'est bien
ich: warum zerstört ihr die erde!!!
aliens: weil es leute gibt die glauben dass englisch die einzige sprache ist die sie sprechen müssen
ich: das ist fair ich verstehe
ég: af hverju eyðileggið þið jörðina!!! aliens: af því að það er fólk sem finnst að enska sé sú eina tungumál sem þau þurfa að tala ég: oh, það er vit í þessu. ég skil.
ik: waarom vernietig je de aarde!!!
aliens: omdat er mensen zijn die denken dat engels de enige taal is die ze hoeven te spreken
ik: oh zo, ik snap het
minä: miks te tuhootte maapalloo?
alienit: koska tääl on ihmisiä joitten mielestä englanti on ainoo kieli jota niitten täytyy puhua
minä: toi on reilua, ymmärrän
私: どうして地球を滅ぼしているんですか？
宇宙人: 英語しか喋る必要がないと思う人がいるからです
私: なるほど、わかりました
me: Wosück maakt ji de Welt twei!!!
aliens: wieldat dat Lüüd gifft, de dinkt dat Engelsch de allenige Spraak weer, de een snacken mütt
me: jo, daar seggst wat. Nu versta ik’t
aniga: dhulka maxaad u burburinaya !!!
shisheeyaha: dadka intiisa badani u malaynayaan in Ingiriisidu tahay afka oo kaliya ay u baahan yihiin inay la hadlaan
aniga: waxaan fahamsanahay. waa wax cadaalad
我：你们为什么在毁灭地球?！！
外星人：因为有人以为他们只会英语就可以了
我：懂了，说得有道理
ako: bakit niyo sinisira ang mundo!!!
taga-ibang planeta: kasi merong mga taong akala nila Ingles lang ang kailangan nilang matutunang lenggwahe
ako: ah, sige naiintindihan ko
Aku : kenapa kau hancurkan bumi!!! Alien : karena masih banyak orang berpikir hanya bahasa inggris satu-satunya bahasa yang terpenting Aku : oh, oke lah..
tôi: tại sao các người hủy diệt trái đất!!!
người ngoài hành tinh: bởi vì có người nghĩ rằng tiếng Anh là thứ tiếng duy nhất mà họ cần biết
tôi: ồ thế thì tôi hiểu
Eu: Por que vocês estão destruindo a Terra?! Aliens: Porque há pessoas que pensam que o inglês é a única língua que eles precisam falar. Eu: Isso é justo, eu entendo.
jag: varför förintar ni jorden!!!
utomjordingar: för det finns folk som tror att engelska är det ända språket de behöver kunna
jag: rimligt, jag förstår
Já: Proč ničíte Zemi?
Mimozemšťani: Protože tu jsou lidé, kteří si myslí, že angličtina je jediný jazyk, který potřebují znát
Já: To je fér, to chápu.
ja: dlaczego niszczycie Ziemię?
kosmici: ponieważ są ludzie, którzy myślą, że angielski to jedyny język, którego potrzebuję
ja: rozumiem, w porządku
io: perchè state distruggendo la terra!!!
alieni: perchè ci sono delle persone che credono che l’inglese sia l’unica lingua di cui hanno bisogno
io: capisco, mi sembra giusto
Yo: porqué estás destruyendo la tierra!?!?
Extraterrestre: porque hay personas quienes creen que inglés es la única lengua que se tiene que hablar.
Yo: te entiendo, es justo.
Я: Почему вы уничтожаете Землю?!?! Инопланетяне: Потому что есть люди, которые считают, что им нужно говорить только по-английски. Я: А, ну понятно, тогда ладно!
A modern Rosetta stone.
Onipa: ad3n ti na woo se3 ewuasi
3wiamu nii: efri s3 nk⊃fu⊃ bi w⊃ ho a ⊃mo fri s3 br⊃fo ne kasa p3 a ehyia ⊃mo
