I too like this theory.....I had just never heard it before...I would really like to read more about it, if anyone could recommend anything......James ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] choctaw origins >I like this 'theory' much better than the one about our ancestors coming >from Mongolia! > > Angelyn > > ---- [email protected] wrote: >> There has always been speculation that, originally, our people came from >> Mexico. If you will look at Aztec and Choctaw art, there are images that >> are very similar. As an artist, I personally think there could be some >> truth behind this legend. One of our creation legends says the first >> people >> came "from the west". Coming from Mexico, crossing the Miss. River and >> into >> the southeast would verify that claim. It's really anybody's guess and >> it >> depends on which "expert" you consult. >> >> dusty >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Matthew Winlock" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 9:06 PM >> Subject: [CHOCTAW-SE] choctaw origins >> >> >> > I recently read a post on a site, stating:" Did you know that the >> > origin >> of the Choctaw was in the central american country now known as Belize >> and >> that the Aztec kept Choctaws as slaves before they escaped north and >> eastward." This was the first time I have heard anything even remotely >> close >> to the comment. I was wondering if anyone else might have heard or read >> anything like this? james >> > >> > >> > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== >> > Try Markie and Fay's CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST pages at >> http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/index.html for CHOCTAW >> Muster Rolls, Orphans lists, censuses, land records, etc. >> > >> >> >> ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== >> Got a PROBLEM?? Got a GRIPE?? Just wanna' WHINE?? Don't post it to the >> list. Write to me, the listowner, at >> [email protected] >> > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > Got a PROBLEM?? Got a GRIPE?? Just wanna' WHINE?? Don't post it to the > list. Write to me, the listowner, at [email protected] > >