Great movie with huge historical mistake

Rating: 7/10 (11 April 2016)

Some comments on the sign that can be read from the hung Aboriginal man..."On est tous des sauvages" (We are all savages).
1. Could those guys living in the wilderness know how to write? without spelling mistakes? 2. Who the hell was the sign for? No one could read it, whether English or Aboriginal. 3. While they could talk amongst themselves in French, most of the Voyageurs could use some aboriginal languages with Aboriginals. It was a question of survival.The movie doesn't reflect that. 4. Many Voyageurs were close to Aboriginals in one way or another... the life they lived, the survival in the wilderness, the wives they met and the children they had with them. 5. Yes, violence happened between people, even rape..."we are all savages"... but I doubt a group of Voyageurs would be totally irrespectful of all Aboriginals unless they were a bunch of militaries coming from an all white European city. Finally, you have to remember that French people in North America had to control a huge piece of land and they were small in numbers... they needed to be friends with Aboriginals to control the territory through them... and survive throughout the land with their help.