Post by brittanymartinat on Nov 4, 2010 11:15:00 GMT -5
Ok so, as i was reading about laura, all i can say is wow. What an incredible woman. She really loved her husband obviously. I mean what a thing, for a woman at that time to go and rescue her wounded husband from a battle site, during a war! As well
I find it amazing that she would risk trying to leave on
such short notice after her farm was confiscated by the Americans.
I mean, walking 16 miles by herself through the wilderness in order to warn the british of the American plan. All in bare feet! Its no wonder her feet were bloody and swollen by the time she got to Beaver Dams. As for the Americans I find it quite amusing, that they would allow a woman, after they forcibly took her home to leave on very short notice, when they were on the brink of an ambush. As if they were that naive, that they couldnt put 2 and 2 together. If some stranger came into my town, forcibly took my home :'(and then had the nerve to say that they would allow me to stay in my own home, well frankly i would not be overly impressed,>:(and i would probably want them to leave and give me back my home. If i could achieve this, while making a contribution to the side of the war I support ( laura was a loyalist) why not?
The part that bothers me is that the story ends without finding out what happened to laura. Did the british
take her in and give medical care to her feet so she could make the journey back? Did she stay with them at beaver dams until the battle was over? Or did they just say " okay, thanks for the tip. Go home now.", not caring what happened to her because she was a woman? what happened to laura?
I find it amazing that she would risk trying to leave on
such short notice after her farm was confiscated by the Americans.
I mean, walking 16 miles by herself through the wilderness in order to warn the british of the American plan. All in bare feet! Its no wonder her feet were bloody and swollen by the time she got to Beaver Dams. As for the Americans I find it quite amusing, that they would allow a woman, after they forcibly took her home to leave on very short notice, when they were on the brink of an ambush. As if they were that naive, that they couldnt put 2 and 2 together. If some stranger came into my town, forcibly took my home :'(and then had the nerve to say that they would allow me to stay in my own home, well frankly i would not be overly impressed,>:(and i would probably want them to leave and give me back my home. If i could achieve this, while making a contribution to the side of the war I support ( laura was a loyalist) why not?
The part that bothers me is that the story ends without finding out what happened to laura. Did the britishtake her in and give medical care to her feet so she could make the journey back? Did she stay with them at beaver dams until the battle was over? Or did they just say " okay, thanks for the tip. Go home now.", not caring what happened to her because she was a woman? what happened to laura?
