{"id":89,"date":"2012-12-02T22:58:10","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T03:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/hist359f2012\/?p=89"},"modified":"2012-12-02T22:58:10","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T03:58:10","slug":"the-hunters-of-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/hist359f2012\/1824\/the-hunters-of-kentucky\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hunters of Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Hunters of Kentucky\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vrWaDYzZ-hQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Max Heninger<\/p>\n<p>My goal in the video was to present Andrew Jackson as a man of the people.\u00a0 The way I chose to accomplish that objective was to craft an image of Jackson as a courageous, independent frontiersman that could relate to the common man because he came from that kind of background himself.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The centerpiece of this effort was the use of Andrew Jackson\u2019s campaign song, \u201cThe Hunters of Kentucky.\u201d\u00a0 Originally written after the battle of New Orleans, it described the rough and tumble characteristics of Jackson\u2019s hearty militiamen who played a key role in the famous battle.<\/p>\n<p>I introduced the viewer to election with a political cartoon from 1824, which depicts all the candidates in a footrace.\u00a0 Flashing across the screen was a quote describing Jackson as \u201cthe People\u2019s candidate,\u201d<a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> thus setting him apart from his rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Next comes a picture of Jackson on the screen while simultaneously I played the chorus of the \u201cthe hunters of Kentucky\u201d for the first time, therefore connecting those words with Jackson himself.\u00a0 This suggests what I then go on to show in the next part of my video, that Jackson had personal characteristics of a frontiersman.<\/p>\n<p>The next verse of the song claimed that the Hunter\u2019s of Kentucky are a \u201chearty free born race\u201d ready to take on \u201ca daring foe\u201d because \u201cKentucky boys are alligator horses.\u201d<a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a>\u00a0 While this is playing I showed quotes that paint Jackson with these types of characteristics.\u00a0 First comes a quote from a toast praising him as \u201cbold and fearless.\u201d\u00a0 Then comes a piece from an article discussing his qualifications for office. I highlighted each qualification, (Judge, Senator, Governor) and then the assertion that \u201ceach station\u201d he acted with \u201c<em>fearless <\/em>devotion to his country\u2019s service.\u201d\u00a0 By connecting that frontier attribute, being \u201cfearless,\u201d with his qualifications I make an implicit suggestion that Jackson brought the spirit of the common man into the all the high offices he held.<\/p>\n<p>After a string of images capitalizing off of the eye-catching richness of the \u201cAlligator Horse\u201d imagery, I transitioned the viewer to thinking about Jackson\u2019s role in the Battle of New Orleans with an image of a commemorative coin Congress minted for the battle with the date of the engagement, January 8, 1815.\u00a0 The quote I chose about the battle talked about how with Jackson, a militia was brought to \u201cheroic thought\u201d and that \u201cnot only New Orleans, but our country was saved.\u201d\u00a0 At that point in the song comes the verse: \u201call around the General flocked the Hunters of Kentucky.\u201d\u00a0 By choosing to paint the battle not just as a victory for Jackson, but as an example of the magnificent accomplishments possible when Jackson and the common man worked together, I furthered Jackson\u2019s image as a man of the people and suggested where that background would could the country.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I ended the video with an image of Jackson in military garb with quote explaining that Jackson\u2019s \u201cfellow citizens\u201d (and the words \u201cfellow citizens\u201d where highlighted for emphasis) were those who knew him best).\u00a0 This served as a final reminder that Jackson had the support of the common man, but also\u00a0 defended him against attacks from elite New England Adams supporters who might write scathing editorials of him as a military tyrant.\u00a0 Despite their rancor, the quote explained that the <em>people<\/em> knew him for what he was, a man who was one of them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Images and Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Foot Race,\u201d Political Cartoon, 1824<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/item\/2008661728\/\">http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/item\/2008661728\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ithaca Journal, 3\/31\/1824<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.newsbank.com\/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info:sid\/iw.newsbank.com:EANX&amp;rft_val_format=info:ofi\/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&amp;rft_dat=10CE050D9EACA558&amp;svc_dat=HistArchive:ahnpdoc&amp;req_dat=0F4223B7E8433C2F\">http:\/\/docs.newsbank.com\/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info:sid\/iw.newsbank.com:EANX&amp;rft_val_format=info:ofi\/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&amp;rft_dat=10CE050D9EACA558&amp;svc_dat=HistArchive:ahnpdoc&amp;req_dat=0F4223B7E8433C2F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Jackson, 1815<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/item\/96523440\/\">http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/item\/96523440\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Map of United States of America, 1820<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/2008622175\">http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/2008622175<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Richmond Enquirer, 7\/17\/1824<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.newsbank.com\/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info:sid\/iw.newsbank.com:EANX&amp;rft_val_format=info:ofi\/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&amp;rft_dat=10F588C2EA462C90&amp;svc_dat=HistArchive:ahnpdoc&amp;req_dat=0F4223B7E8433C2F\">http:\/\/docs.newsbank.com\/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info:sid\/iw.newsbank.com:EANX&amp;rft_val_format=info:ofi\/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&amp;rft_dat=10F588C2EA462C90&amp;svc_dat=HistArchive:ahnpdoc&amp;req_dat=0F4223B7E8433C2F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rhode Island American, 4\/23\/1824<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.newsbank.com\/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info:sid\/iw.newsbank.com:EANX&amp;rft_val_format=info:ofi\/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&amp;rft_dat=10E69B75820614E8&amp;svc_dat=HistArchive:ahnpdoc&amp;req_dat=0F4223B7E8433C2F\">http:\/\/docs.newsbank.com\/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info:sid\/iw.newsbank.com:EANX&amp;rft_val_format=info:ofi\/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&amp;rft_dat=10E69B75820614E8&amp;svc_dat=HistArchive:ahnpdoc&amp;req_dat=0F4223B7E8433C2F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Norwich Courier, 2\/19\/1824<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.newsbank.com\/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info:sid\/iw.newsbank.com:EANX&amp;rft_val_format=info:ofi\/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&amp;rft_dat=10AE306635B3C1C8&amp;svc_dat=HistArchive:ahnpdoc&amp;req_dat=0F4223B7E8433C2F\">http:\/\/docs.newsbank.com\/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info:sid\/iw.newsbank.com:EANX&amp;rft_val_format=info:ofi\/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&amp;rft_dat=10AE306635B3C1C8&amp;svc_dat=HistArchive:ahnpdoc&amp;req_dat=0F4223B7E8433C2F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Richmond Enquirer, 2\/19\/1824<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.newsbank.com\/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info:sid\/iw.newsbank.com:EANX&amp;rft_val_format=info:ofi\/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&amp;rft_dat=10F587C22EDD40E0&amp;svc_dat=HistArchive:ahnpdoc&amp;req_dat=0F4223B7E8433C2F\">http:\/\/docs.newsbank.com\/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info:sid\/iw.newsbank.com:EANX&amp;rft_val_format=info:ofi\/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&amp;rft_dat=10F587C22EDD40E0&amp;svc_dat=HistArchive:ahnpdoc&amp;req_dat=0F4223B7E8433C2F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Commemorative Coin for Battle of New Orleans, 1815<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/item\/2012645265\/\">http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/item\/2012645265\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBattle of New Orleans and defeat of the British under Sir Edward Packingham,\u201d 1815<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/item\/2007683567\/\">http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/item\/2007683567\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMajor General Andrew Jackson,\u201d 1820<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/item\/96521560\/\">http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/item\/96521560\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hunters of Kentucky (Broadside), 1815<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/ampage?collId=icufaw&amp;fileName=alf0003\/icufawalf0003.db&amp;recNum=0&amp;itemLink=h?ammem\/fawbib:@field(NUMBER+@band(icufaw+alf0003\">http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/ampage?collId=icufaw&amp;fileName=alf0003\/icufawalf0003.db&amp;recNum=0&amp;itemLink=h?ammem\/fawbib:@field(NUMBER+@band(icufaw+alf0003<\/a>))<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hunter&#8217;s of Kentucky. Or half horse and half alligator,\u00a0 (Broadside) 1815<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/ampage?collId=icufaw&amp;fileName=alf0002\/icufawalf0002.db&amp;recNum=0&amp;itemLink=h?ammem\/fawbib:@field(NUMBER+@band(icufaw+alf0002\">http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/ampage?collId=icufaw&amp;fileName=alf0002\/icufawalf0002.db&amp;recNum=0&amp;itemLink=h?ammem\/fawbib:@field(NUMBER+@band(icufaw+alf0002<\/a>))<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> The quote actually came from a hostile article from the Ithaca Journal.\u00a0 However, if even Jackson\u2019s enemies acknowledged that he was \u201cthe People\u2019s candidate\u201d it seemed like a statement with reasonable truthfulness.\u00a0 The article acknowledges with a grudging acceptance Jackson\u2019s popularity with the common man before going into the typical attacks against him as ruthless military dictator.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> The concept of the \u201calligator horses\u201d was a colorful example of backwoods toughness and masculinity that stemmed from frontier folklore.\u00a0 In the early 1800s, a Missouri Fur Company trapper named Mike Fink was known to boast that he was \u201chalf horse, half alligator\u201d because he could \u201coutrun, outjump, outshoot, outdrink, drag out lick any man in the country.\u201d\u00a0 By 1815 this idea of an alligator horse representing frontier toughness must have been widespread as it appeared in the popular, \u201cHunters of Kentucky\u201d song.<\/p>\n<p>The Kentucky Encyclopedia, pg 319.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=8eFSK4o--M0C&amp;pg=PA319&amp;lpg=PA319&amp;dq=alligator+horse+mike+fink&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=2OgDM_p_PZ&amp;sig=uhxF8hPjnU4GnCrhezL96UN8zmA&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=crGEUNeYCeTI0AH1-oCgDg&amp;ved=0CFEQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&amp;q=alligator%20horse%20mike%20fink&amp;f=false\">http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=8eFSK4o&#8211;M0C&amp;pg=PA319&amp;lpg=PA319&amp;dq=alligator+horse+mike+fink&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=2OgDM_p_PZ&amp;sig=uhxF8hPjnU4GnCrhezL96UN8zmA&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=crGEUNeYCeTI0AH1-oCgDg&amp;ved=0CFEQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&amp;q=alligator%20horse%20mike%20fink&amp;f=false<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Heninger My goal in the video was to present Andrew Jackson as a man of the people.\u00a0 The way I chose to accomplish that objective was to craft an image of Jackson as a courageous, independent frontiersman that could &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/hist359f2012\/1824\/the-hunters-of-kentucky\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":459,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26636],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-26636"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/hist359f2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/hist359f2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/hist359f2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/hist359f2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/459"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/hist359f2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/hist359f2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/hist359f2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/hist359f2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/hist359f2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/hist359f2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}