All Cherokee have a little Shawnee and Lenni-Lenape ( Delaware) in the bloodline. The Saponi had lived in Virginia had been forced out. AT Winchester,VA they had lived together for some time. BARB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Gaston Reece" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 6:24 PM Subject: [CherokeeGene] 1831 > In 1831 Alexander Withers had a book published called “Chronicles of > Border Warfare”. He tells an up-front summary of Indian depravations > along the border of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky over the past 100 > years or so. Admittedly he is speaking from the ‘white man’s” point of > view but even taken with several grains of salt it is easy to learn that > the Indians most often gave as good as they got. > > I really don’t think it’s fair to represent Native American’s as helpless > ‘hunted animals’. They were a warrior like people that fought tooth and > toe-nail. They didn’t just throw up their hands and run like rabbits. > > Mr. Withers names some interesting figures. “In the country north west of > the Ohio river there were many warlike tribes of Indians, strongly imbued > with feelings of rancorous hostility to the neighboring colonists. Among > the more powerful of these were the Delawares, who resided on branches of > Beaver Creek, Cayahoga and Muskingum; and whose towns contained about six > hundred inhabitants—The Shawanees, who to the number of 300, dwelt on the > Scioto and Muskingum—THe Chippewas, near Mackinaw, of 400—Cohunnewagos, of > 300 and who inhabited near Sandusky—The Wyandots, whose villages were near > fort St. Joseph, and embraced a population of 250—The Twightees, near fort > Miami, with a like population__The Miamis, on the river Miami, near the > fort of that name, reckoning 300 persons—The Pottowatomies of 300 and the > Ottawas of 550, in tier villages near to forts St. Joseph and Detroit, and > of 250, in the towns near Mackinaw. Besides these there were in the same > district of country, others of less note, yet equally inimical to the > whites; and who contributed much to the annoyance of the first settlers on > the Ohio, and its tributaries. > There were likewise the Munsies, dwelling on the north branch of the > Susquehanna and on the Allegheny river—The Senecas, on the waters of the > Susquehanna, Ontario and the heads of the Allegheny—The Cayugas on Cayuga > lake and the Sapoonies, who resided in the neighborhood of the Munsies. > In these tribes was an aggregate population of 1380 souls and they > likewise added in committing depredations on our frontiers. > Thos who venteured to explore and occupy the southwestern portion of > Virginia, found also in its vicinity some powerful and warlike tribes. > The Cherokees possessed what was then, the western part of North Carolina > and numbered 2,500. The Chicasaws, residing south of the Cherokees, had a > population of 750 and the Catawbas, on the Catawba river in South Carolina > with only 150 persons. These latter were remarkably adventurous, > enterprising and courageous; and notwithstanding their remote situation > and the paucity of their numbers, frequently traversed the valley of > Virginia and even penetrated the country on the north branch of the > Susquehanna and between the Ohio river and lake Erie to wage war upon the > Delawares. > Joyce Gaston Reece > =====*NOTICE THIS*===== > Cherokee genealogy; topic specific certain conversation is allowed to do > genealogy; and sort fact from (fiction). > > Rude people will be moderated asap! > List archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene > please take non genealogy to [email protected] > Dual admin. > Dan and Joyce > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message