Tuesday, September 14, 2010

OPVL for the Messiah letter

This is a primary source. Jack Wilson created it because he said it in a speech. The author is someone who wrote it while Jack Wilson was giving his speech. It was created in 1891. It was published in 1891 in Nevada. Jack Wilson, also known as Wovoka, was the profit of the Ghost Dance religion. This document exists because while Jack Wilson was speaking, he asked someone to record everything he said. The intended audience is for people listening to the speech. The document is telling people who want to join the Ghost  dance religion what to do. The limitation to this is we cannot tell what the Americans thought about this religion happening, or what happened after they got word of this religion happening.

2 comments:

  1. Whoa, you weren't kidding, this is a VERY snazzy blog! Good first OPVL attempt...but what are the values of this document as a piece of historical evidence? It's feeling bad about itself now.

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  2. I totally forgot about that. My bad document!

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