Suchergebnisse

On a frozen field 35 kilometers east of Dortmund, members of Germany'selite—government officials, business leaders, and royalty—assemble in the medieval city of Arnsberg for a 1,000 year ritual: theArnsberg Treibjagd (driven hunt). Like live-sized Hummelfiguren,adorned in Bavarian-style Loden coats, expensive Zeiss binoculars,priceless weapons, and accompanied by the German hunter's bestfriend, the Dackel, they ready themselves for the ancient and hairraisingwail of the hunting horns—the hunt is on! The playing out ofthis medieval scene is soon interrupted, however, by an unlikelygroup of fast-moving, jean-clad "hunting saboteurs" who, wieldingsigns that read "Hunting is Murder," proceed to barricade huntingareas and to risk life and limb before high-powered rifles. The sceneplays itself out in the usual way: heated words are exchanged, thepolice arrive, and the hunt is cancelled. Over the past few years, thisscenario has become more common in German forests. For the firsttime in its deeply rooted existence, German hunting is under siegeby the anti-hunting movement, begging the question of whether thisage-old hunting culture will survive in the new century.

1. The Dakota Homeland -- 2. The American Invasion -- 3. Removal and the First Indian Massacre -- 4. Chaos, Confusion, and War -- 5. The Massacre -- 6. Fright and Flight on the Minnesota Frontier -- 7. The Road to Retribution -- 8. Captives and the "Fate Worse Than Death" -- 9. Capture and Trials -- 10. The Executions -- 11. Deportation and Rebirth.