This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5R.2ADI/1197.1 Message Board Post: During those times many indian agents and factors did not marry their Native American wife. Some did some did not. Many young women were given to the agents to settle debts, to gain land, and other things. So, history may not be as sweet as it may have been passed down according to some families. You also have to remember that there is not alot of information on Native American as for as marriage is concerned, because alot of them did not practice European religion.