Hey All, I remembered a posting of either Dot's or Dorothy's, don't remember which......said her and her sister were atop Roan Mt. at Sunrise hearing the Cherokee morning song.....Well, it was your Catawba Ancestors singing to you.....from this book I'm reading: According to legend, the rhododendron(Catawba Rody)atop Roan Mt. N.C. became crimson because of the blood shed by warriors of "all nations of the earth" in a three-stage battle in which the Catawbas were victorious. from Charles Lanman "Ancestors in the Wilds of the United States and the British American Provinces" It's funny, I found out tonight my next door neighbor is 1/16 th Catawba.....but her Ggrandmothers' papers say Souix, which describes the whole of Southwestern Nation. TT