Reflection #6

Marques Rutlin 

Transdisciplinary Communication

Dr.Despain

29 October 2024

Reflection #6

One tactic I used while reading this text is taking in chunks, there is a lot of information to take while reading this book. I highlighted and underlined important phrases and text in each paragraph to truly understand what the text was saying. For example on the first page, I highlighted “when Prospect Robbins moored his boat at the point in the alluvial swamps where the Arkansas and Missipi rivers meet.” I highlighted this text because I felt like it set the stage and tone of the story.In addition to setting the scene, this information informed the year and where this happened. Upholdt states “Robbins wrapped up his assignment two months later, hundreds of miles north, on the banks of the Missouri River in the Ozark hills”. I believe the author included it to symbolize some type of competition between these two teams of explorers. While reading I thought it would be important to look up some backup information on black hawk. Black Hawk was a Sauk leader and warrior who lived in what is now the Midwestern United States, Black Hawk fought on the side of the British against the US in the hope of pushing white American settlers away from Sauk territory. Another text I highlighted was “So when the hunters found white settlers on the Cuivre, on land not yet ceded to the United States, they killed the invaders. The deaths put the entire frontier on edge.” I felt like this was important describes the reaction of the Sauk to the American invaders.