Hunting Adventures

[Andy]

Great ideas and great thread. I'm big on Bliss from Thin Man up kinda sorta near Brians way. Where exactly is the dark and bloody ground?

[Mike Franzen]

Originally Posted by Andrew Sacco

Where exactly is the dark and bloody ground?

It was a term the Indians used for Kentucky which was considered to be their sacred hunting grounds. The canopy was so full and covered nearly the entire area, that little sunlight penetrated to the forest floor. Many battles were fought between tribes over hunting territories and no tribes lived here permanently. I have a diary from an ancestor who was an early settler. She made the claim that the trees were their enemy because the Indians could use them for concealment when preparing for attack. One of the first things they did when moving in was cut them all down around the homestead. She wrote it was heartbreaking to see them felled but it was a matter of survival.