Mohock scare [ Feelings & Emotions / Publicity ]
… Image ‘The Spectator’, April 8th 1712 ; 1891 new edition. Image John Simon, ‘Four Indian Kings of Canada’, Magazine of American History, c. 1700. Résumé Falling into a long tradition of violent gatherings such … Spring of 1712. While little evidence exists for the Mohocks being an organized group with a shared motif of mischief-making, rumors nevertheless put the violent outbursts attributed to them into the context of a club-like structure, thereby … the French’. 5 A few weeks later, the Tatler similarly reported about the ‘Emperor of the Mohocks and the other Three Kings’ at court. 6 The state visit was sophisticated and highly publicized, yet prevailing attitudes towards ‘savagery’ …
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