Yksi parhaista intiaanielokuvista koskaan; ratkaiseva hyökkäys Abenaki-intiaanikylään on parhaiten filmattu intiaanikahakka elokuvissa koskaan. Northwest Passage perustuu todellisiin tapahtumiin Amerikan intiaanisodissa 1700-luvulla.
Raid on Saint-Francis
During 1759, the Rangers were involved in one of their most famous operations, the St. Francis Raid. They had been ordered to destroy the Abenaki settlement of Saint-Francis in Quebec. It was the base of the raids and attacks on British settlements. Rogers led a force of 200 Rangers from Crown Point deep into French territory. Following the October 3, 1759 attack and successful destruction of Saint-Francis, Rogers' force ran out of food on their retreat through the wilderness of northern New England. They reached a safe location along the Connecticut River at the abandoned Fort Wentworth, where Rogers left them encamped. He returned a few days later with food and relief forces from Fort at Number 4 (now Charlestown, New Hampshire), the nearest British outpost.
In the raid on Saint-Francis, Rogers claimed 200 enemies had been killed, leaving 20 women and children to be taken prisoner; he took five children as captives and released the rest. The French recorded 30 deaths, including 20 women and children. According to Francis Parkman, Ranger casualties in the attack were one killed and six wounded; in the retreat, five were captured from one band of Rangers, and nearly all in another party of about 20 Rangers were killed or captured. One source alleges that only about 100 returned of about 204 Rangers, allies, and observers.
Northwest Passage ( King Vidor, 1940 ) 5/5
Pääosissa tuon ajan huippunäyttelijöitä: Spencer Tracy, Robert Young ja Walter Brennan. |
