Shadow, your comment about how we, (Cherokee people) are quiet, brought a question to mind. Has any one ever been accused of 'having an attitude' or 'not trying to fit in' because of this being quiet? I can not tell you how many people I have worked for that did not understand being quiet, staying to myself and just doing my work instead of being part of the office gossip group. Sher -----Original Message----- From: shadowbear270 [mailto:shadowbear270@webtv.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:55 PM To: CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Cherokee Circle] Hiding I can tell you if you find much of your family it is because they didn't do a good job of disappearing ==this what the Cherokee tried to do ==this part of the country they called themselfs hillbillys other places== Black Irish-french-black dutch-what ever worked==one old chief gave every one in his tribe a new surname in the same family there was smith-jones-brown-etc.this when Mo.said there was no indians in Mo. SHADOW BEAR ==== CHEROKEE Mailing List ==== <<>OPEN forum to all Cherokee topics - except Genealogy<>> <>Culture-History-Language-Folk lore and Truths<> Good Manners & Language is required to be on the list ALL the links you will need to sub and unsub or contact listowner below http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CHEROKEE.html ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx