Dear Kin, I descend from Mary Ann Cagle b. c. 1788 in North Carolina. She married Rev. Felix DeMunbrun b. 1789 in Tennessee. Our DeMunbrun family researchers have oral history that Mary Ann or perhaps her mother was an Indian. Several years ago a Cagle family association contacted our family society and exchanged information. The Cagle data supported ours. They stated Mary had an Indian mother. Mary was well versed in herbal remedies and was sought out by her neighbors for her skill as healer and midwife. Some Cagle descendants state Mary's parents were John Cagle, Sr. and Mary. Others state the father's name was Peter. Charles Cagle who married Polly Demonbreun, sister of Felix, in 1810 was probably the brother of Mary Ann. "As the story goes, the Cagle family, while living in N.C., took in a young Indian girl considered terminally ill by her native tribe, later to have the Indian girl marry one of the Cagle sons; thus Mary Ann Cagle Demonbreun may have learned her herb-doctoring form an Indian mother or grandmother." The tribe the girl came from was supposed to be Cherokee. One other interesting piece of information is Felix DeMunbrun was buried on top of a knoll overlooking his home in Strawberry Valley; the present site of Mammoth Cave National Park. He is buried in a large limestone tomb. Mary likely dictated her husband's burial. Some Indians buried their dead under limestone tombs similar to Felix's. In The American West ect., by Alford is the following: "The Chauvenons or Shawnee of Kentucky and Tennessee had considerable intercourse with The Illinois Tribe - The Shawnee's typical stone graves being found in Southern Kentucky - Middle Tennessee and Southern Illinois. "The graves are coffin-like structures with sides, top, wall and bottoms formed of slabs of limestone or other flat rocks joined together without cement... from seven to eight feet long and a yard or so side..."" High cheek bones and black hair have come down our line, (my nephew, me, my father, my gt. grandmother, etc.). I would like to trace this Indian ancestry. I realize documenting specific Native American ancestors will be unlikely, but I would like to find out where these Cagles were from in North Carolina and get some idea if the tribe was Cherokee or some other tribe (were Shawnee in North Carolina?). If anyone has any information or suggestions I would appreciate hearing from them. Thank you, Greg