Eye Witness To History

clipped from www.eyewitnesstohistory.com Select a category or go to the Index Great Escapes. . . Captain John Smith is saved by Pocahontas, 1608 ". . .then as many as could laid hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs to beat out his brains." A young Indian girl saves an English adventurer from execution. Escape from Slavery, 1838 "In my clothes I was rigged out in sailor style...and could talk sailor like an 'old salt.'" Frederick Douglass describes his dash to freedom. Lee's Retreat from Gettysburg, 1863 "...it has been a sad, sad day to us." The agonizing retreat of the Confederate Army after the Battle of Gettysburg. The Atomic Bomb Attack on Hiroshima, 1945 In the early morning hours of August 6, 1945 a single plane carrying a single bomb appeared in the clear blue skies over the Japanese city of Hiroshima and introduced the world to the Atomic Age.

Ancient Tomb Found in Mexico Reveals Mass Child Sacrific

clipped from news.nationalgeographic.com Ancient Tomb Found in Mexico Reveals Mass Child Sacrifice The find reveals new details about the ancient Toltec civilization and adds to an ongoing debate over ritualistic killing in historic Mesoamerica. All but one of the children were between 5 to 15 years of age, and they were likely killed as an offering to the Toltec rain god Tlaloc, Gamboa said. The skeletons were each found in a seated position looking east to face the sunrise