Does anyone have information on H.B. Cushamn? Did he live in the I.T.? Have a family? My great grandfather was Choctaw. My Great grandmother was a Cushman. Have no information about her nationality. She was born in I.T. abt. 1863. It would appear that she was also Native American. But, I can not prove it. At 06:56 PM 3/26/00 EST, you wrote: >In "History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natachez Indians," H.B. Cushman >says: >"Those of the SAME clan were never allowed to intermarry". In other words, >marriage outside the clan was the law. >"A Choctaw regarded marrying a girl of his own clan with the same horror as >the white man did to marry his own sister; and equally so did the Choctaw >girl," Cushman writes.(p. 87) >Also when the couple married, the woman's family adopted the man into her >own. It was the female's line that was perpetuated through her uncles and >brothers. >Rusty Lang > > >==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== >OK Surname Registry - added yours? http://www.rootsweb.com/~oknames/ >Search 4 surnames - http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/search.htm > >