Doris, I have no intention of kicking you off the list. I have seen nothing that would warrant it. I cannot contol what goes on in private email. I do control what happens on the list. If someone is flaming you privately, block their address. Just don't put up with it. I look at all of this as strictly a look back in time. I have learned the other side of the story about Indians and Pioneers. If you really want to research your family to see if there is a connection then it is very important that you understand the time and why Indians were hated and anyone that married or had anything to do with Indians were hated. This is not a slander it is a fact. You have to look at it objectively and use it as a research tool. In today's political correctness. The crimes that the Indians committed against the whites would be considered hate crimes. It is also a historical fact that they would carry off children and if the cried too much they would beat them to death with a club, tomahawk or just kill them and leave them where they fell for the animals. They were feared and hated for this. I knew nothing of this history. When I inherited this web site, I went to the library and got every book that my library had and could order for me. Some were so horrible that I could not read them all at one time. I would just get sick to my stomach and put the book down and continue later. As for showing the emails to your friends. I have went back to the archives and found nothing that should embarass you or hurt your feelings. What some of the researchers are absolutely appaled at are those that want to be able to connect to Indian heritage so they can put it down on the job application. Oh! yes! I had a man say to me "I just wish I could find some Indian blood, if I could my son could get on the sheriff's dept". There is another thing. This is also something I did not know. I saw this big documentary on the History Channel and it was about Lewis and Clark. The explorers brought with the Black men to carry their loads. When they came to the Indian villages the Chiefs had the Black men mate with their women. They associated the Black man with the bear and and wanted the strength of the bear into the children. So this is another part of the Indian Culture and heritage. Another is that some tribes ate their dead. They believed that by eating their mother, she would always be with them. I only mention these few things as a matter of history and fact. To research you have to have a good knowledge of what you are researching. Good Luck, Margie ----- Original Message ----- From: <BUFFUM2@aol.com> To: <ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [ALBARBOU] Indian heritage and just what you don't know about it. > Folks of the Alabama List, > > I have thought long and hard on this issue. The only bickering that I am > guilty of is responding to someone's ( which I still believe to be an insult > ) entertainment of one of my names that I was completely serious about . > Laughing at ones name and making a mockery of it are two different things. I > only sent one e-mail to the list, and I made no mention of any names when I > did. I certainly flamed no one. > I on the other hand have received many many flaming e-mails , and invitations > to leave the list. I have sit quitely and done or said nothing. I expected > the list owner to kick me off, if she didn't agree, but since she didn't I > thought all was well and over. Evidently, I was wrong. It now starts again. > I don't mind being chastised , or even constructive criticism. The names > that I have been called are something else. > To set the record straight, I have not claimed to be Native American. I have > been trying to prove the linage for a long time. That is one reason that I > was on the Barbour County Mailing List. My family lived in Barbour County > for a long time before moving to Florida. Some of them still live in Pike > County. > > I have asked other people to read some of these e-mails and they were shocked > to say the least. Some of them took the situation the same as I did, they > thought it was an insult. > As for owing anyone an apology, NO I don't. > > Good Luck to all of you and I wish all of you well, and hope you find what > you are researching . > Now please don't send me any more flaming e-mails, I won't respond. > > Doris B. > > > ==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== > Check the Macon County Ga. web site for their newspaper listings. There are many listings for Alabama citizens including those in Barbour Co., > >