IJaji Elixhomayo

Uvile nge "jongeni elilenga" uIsake Parker, kodwa ngaba uyazi ukuba wayenkundla enkundleni yase Arkansas? Ngomnyaka we-1875, uParker wazinikela ukugweba e Fort Fort, Arkansas. Waqala ngoMeyi 4, 1975. Kwiiveki zokuqala ezi-8, wazama aba-91 abasemthethweni. Wenza inkundla ezintandathu iintsuku ngeveki ixesha elide kwiiyure ezili-10 ngosuku. Ngelihlobo lakhe lokuqala njengejaji, abantu abangu-18 batyholwa ngokubulala kwaye wafumana isigwebo esingu-15 kubo. Amathandathu alawo madoda abulawe emgodini wakhe ngaloo mini (ngoSeptemba 3, 1875) kwaye wabeka ifa lakhe kwisigxina.

Isenzo sokuxhoma amadoda angama-6 kukhokelela kuye ukuba yinto enokubambela i-media ngexesha, ukufumana inkundla yakhe inqabileyo "yeNkundla yeNgcaciso" kwiinyanga zokuqala ezimbalwa emsebenzini.

Idumela lifanelekile. Wayengumgwebi onzima. Kwiminyaka engama-21 ebhentshini, uMgwebi uParker wazama amatyala angama-13,490, kwaye ezingama-344 zazo zazingekho mthetho. Ufumene i-9,454 yabammangalelwa benetyala, wandigweba ngokubulala. Kuphela ama-79 kuphela ayenziwe. Abanye baphele ejele, bhenxiswa okanye baxolelwa. U-Parker wayengomnye owayevame ukuphulaphula izibheno kwizigwenxa ezigwetyelwe ukudlwengula okanye ukubulala, kodwa wayengumgwebi onobulungisa kwaye ininzi eFort Smith yavumelana nezigwebo zakhe.

UIsake uCharles Charles Parker wazalelwa kwindlu yecala laseBelmont County, eOhio ngo-Oktobha 15, 1838. Wavunyelwa kwi-bar bar ngo-1859, eneminyaka eyi-21 ubudala. Wamsinya wadibana noMary O'Toole. Esi sibini sasinoonyana ababini, uCharles noYakobi.

U-Parker wakha udumo ngokuba ngummeli onyanisekileyo kunye nenkokheli yoluntu.

Esi sizathu sizathu sokuba uMongameli weNgxowa-mali kaMongameli uGree Grant wammisele ukuba abe ngumgwebi kwiNtshonalanga yeArchansas kunye nayo yonke indawo yaseNdiya (inkundla yayise Fort Smith). Xa wayeneminyaka engama-36, uMgwebi uParker wayengumgwebi omncinci wesigqeba oseNtshona.

Inkundla yakhe yafumana idumela elikhankanywe ngasentla, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo yabonwa ngabafundi bakhe kunye nomgwebi onobulungisa. Uya kunika izilungiso kunye nokunciphisa ngezivakalisi izivakalisi zentlupheko encinci. Nangona kunjalo, wayehlala ehlangene namaxhoba, ngakumbi ulwaphulo-mthetho. Ubizwa ngokuba ngumnye wabameli bokuqala bamalungelo abaxhoba.

Ukuba wayegxeka, kwakuvela ngaphandle komda. Kwakukho ukungabikho komthetho kunye nomyalelo kwiindawo zaseNdiya zaseParker ezabongamela, kwaye abaninzi beendawo babesaba kwaye bafuna ukuba i-oda ibuyiselwe kwintsimi. "Abaphambukeli" bacinga ukuba imithetho ayifakelanga kubo kwiSithili. Ukungabi namthetho noloyiko lwalulawula. Abemi abaninzi babecala ukuba ubugqwetha bezobugebengu bufanelekile izivakalisi ezibekwe.

I-Parker ngokwenene yayithanda ukupheliswa kwesigwebo sokufa. Wayekunamathele ngokungqongqo kumthetho kunye nomgangatho ocacileyo wokugweba ulwaphulo-mthetho. Uthe, "ekuqinisekiseni ukuba isijeziso esilandelayo kulwaphulo-mthetho sinobubuthathaka bokunqanda ubulungisa."

Ulawulo lukaParker luqala ukunciphisa njengoko inkundla ezininzi zanikwa igunya phezu kweengingqi ze-Indian Territory. NgoSeptemba 1896 iCongress yavala inkundla. Kwiiveki ezintandathu emva kokuba inkundla ivaliwe, ngoNovemba 17, 1896 wafa. Washiya emva kwelifa elidla ngokungaqondi.

I-Parker inegama lomntu onobugwenxa nabangakhathaleliyo kwimbali yethu, kodwa ifa lakhe langempela linzima kakhulu.

Tyelela iNkundla yeParker

I-Fort Smith Smith Historic Site ivumela iindwendwe zegumbi leNkundla likaJake Isaac Parker elibuyiselweyo, "iHolen kwiBorder" ejele, ukulungiswa kwakhona kweengqungquthela zee-1888 zeentolongo kunye nemigodi eyakhiwe ngokutsha. Unokufunda okungakumbi malunga nolunye ulwaphulo-mthetho lomda kunye nento eyiParker ekufuneka ijongane nayo.

Ukungena yi $ 4. Iziko leendwendwe (kunye nenkundla yenkundla) livulekile imihla ngemihla, ngo-9: 00 ukuya ku-5: 00 ntambama.

Efumaneka eFort Smith (imephu yeGoogle), malunga neeyure ezingama-2 ukusuka kwi-Little Rock.