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Date Posted: 11:10:10 09/05/10 Sun
Author: doni
Author Host/IP: adsl-66-143-166-122.dsl.austtx.swbell.net / 66.143.166.122
Subject: So Madonna about Battle Creek, MI
I'm watching Caught on Camera (love these kind of shows)...and it's talking about a jerk who killed a cop in Battle Creek, and then I started thinking...When was there a battle in Michigan? Were they even a state during the Civil War? Was it an Indian war?
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Battle Creek always reminds me of Kellogg's. :-) -- 
Dolly, 11:53:08 09/05/10 Sun [1] (pool-70-111-206-220.nwrk.east.verizon.net/70.111.206.220)
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Me too...Ok I wiki'd it -- doni, 17:00:26 09/05/10 Sun [1] (adsl-66-143-166-122.dsl.austtx.swbell.net/66.143.166.122)
cuz I thought maybe I'd get a quick answer from Madonna...She must be off enjoying that marital bliss thing. ;P
Here's what the [who knows if they are an] expert at Wiki has to say:
The name "Battle Creek" had its origin in a skirmish between a government land survey party led by Colonel John Mullett and two Indians. According to various accounts, while Mullett and his group were surveying an area several miles from the present city in the winter of 1823-1824, the work of the survey party was interrupted by Native Americans. Two members of the party, who remained at the camp, were attacked by two Indians, reportedly attempting to steal the party's provisions. During the fight, shots were fired from a rifle, and the two white men subdued the Indians, inflicting a serious injury to one of them. The survey party promptly left the area and did not return until June 1824, after Governor Cass had settled the issue with the Indians. Due to this incident, the nearby stream was called the Battle Creek River.[7][8][9][10][11] The river was formerly known by the Native American name of Waupakisco, to which some attribute a folk etymology for the name. By this account, the name Waupakisco or Waupokisco was a reference to an earlier battle fought between Native American tribes before the arrival of white settlers. However, Virgil J. Vogel establishes that this native term had "nothing to do with blood or battle".[7][12
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Creek,_Michigan#Name_origin
Comment:
Do you think this person "Mullett" could be the origin of the famous hair cut? Maybe that's what made the Indians so irritated, rather than watching them set up their surveying equipment as if they owned the place. ;)
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We weren't blissing, we were scootering all day!! :-) -- madonna, 21:44:16 09/05/10 Sun [1] (c-71-238-235-62.hsd1.mi.comcast.net/71.238.235.62)
Gotta take advantage of the warm days left!!
It got down to 46° last night!
He wanted to turn on the heat!
I said no way, it's only September!
Snuggle up baby!!!
cleardayz@myway.com
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and now we also know why they call it a "Mullet" ;-) -- Dolly, 22:27:31 09/06/10 Mon [1] (pool-70-111-206-220.nwrk.east.verizon.net/70.111.206.220)
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I live about 15 miles from BC -- lindalou, 20:41:43 09/05/10 Sun [1] (24-176-17-197.dhcp.klmz.mi.charter.com/24.176.17.197)
and I have never seen a battle there, but times seem to be getting rough over there lately.
I do know that at one time there was a battle between Ohio and Michigan over some land at the bottom of MI (or is it the top of OH?).
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Wasn't that the U of M/Ohio State battle? Liquidate Ohio State! Rah rah Wolverines! -- madonna, 21:36:28 09/05/10 Sun [1] (c-71-238-235-62.hsd1.mi.comcast.net/71.238.235.62)
cleardayz@myway.com
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actually it was the Toledo war -- lindalou, 04:54:00 09/06/10 Mon [1] (24-176-17-197.dhcp.klmz.mi.charter.com/24.176.17.197)
an almost violent turf war about the little strip between MI and OH. We backed down for a promise of statehood and da UP.
but Ohio State stinks!
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Excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse Me! Just what are you saying? -- Kathy, 18:08:49 09/07/10 Tue [1] (pool-70-105-96-216.chi.dsl-w.verizon.net/70.105.96.216)
Backing down is what you all do best. hahahahaha.
Just kidding.
Looking forward to this year's big game. Chris will get to see it.
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Hey, hey, hey!! Watch it now! There is more than one Buckeye Fan on here -- Kathy, 18:09:57 09/07/10 Tue [1] (pool-70-105-96-216.chi.dsl-w.verizon.net/70.105.96.216)
Go Bucks!!
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Ummm..... -- madonna, 08:48:09 09/13/10 Mon [1] (c-71-238-235-62.hsd1.mi.comcast.net/71.238.235.62)
M go Blue!
Goooooooooooooooooooooo Wolverines!
cleardayz@myway.com
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hee hee hee! Good ol' fashioned college rivalry -- Kathy, 12:57:34 09/14/10 Tue [1] (pool-70-104-107-111.chi.dsl-w.verizon.net/70.104.107.111)
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Don't know about any battles... -- madonna, 21:39:25 09/05/10 Sun [1] (c-71-238-235-62.hsd1.mi.comcast.net/71.238.235.62)
but I'm with Dolly! I think Kelloggs when I hear Battle Creek.
Went on a tour of the cereal plant back in the 80's and they gave us a huge box of cereal at the end!
cleardayz@myway.com
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