Talk:Battle of Minisink

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[edit] Reason for Non-burials

Too distant? Not for 43 years; superstition seems more plausible: one year for every year of Claudius Smith's life [including the conception itself], compounded with the warning that Claudius' son, Richard Smith, gave to the town of Goshen after they hanged him. I just think they were more afraid of Claudius' son and his gang rather than any elements that they were all already used to living in.

WB2 05:58, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Those claims of superstition don't have any basis in the historical record. In fact, several families tried to make the trip out to the battlefied shortly afterwards, but had to turn back because the going was too tough. Besides that, Goshen itself was never attacked. Not by Richard Smith, not by Joseph Brant. There's no reason to suppose that this had anything to do with Claudius Smith, except for the timing, which can just as easily be chalked up to coincidence; there was a war on, after all. Kafziel 16:02, 13 August 2006 (UTC)