Is Dog Warrior the same as Mad Dog Far Off Warrior?? Thisis my ancestor. ----- Original Message ----- From: <esleslie@bellsouth.net> To: <creek-southeast@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 7:56 AM Subject: Re: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Autry >I appreciate your input and observations. > > I don't put anything out of the realm of possibility back in that time and > place, especially when it comes to spelling, but the marriage certificate > of Susannah Stiggins and Henry Hataway clearly spells his name Hataway. > > I knew that the Weatherford book identified Susannah's rescuer as Davy > Cornells aka Dog Warrior; however, Davy Cornells' death in 1793 near > Colerain, GA is well recorded in numerous histories. He was carrying a > white flag to talk with some whites intent on killing Indians and they > shot > him. The massacre at Fort Mims occurred in 1813. Actually, I have found > the name of her rescuer spelled many ways - Efau Tustunugee, for instance. > In one instance the name was interpreted to mean "loud hollerer or > howler." > Someone fluent in the language might be able to shed more light on that. > > Evelyn > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > >> Wow, Evelyn! >> >> In looking at Lynn Hastie's book, she refers more than once to Henry >> Hathaway as Hatterway. Now, Hatterway could easily be misconstrued to >> be Autry, especially if one squints one's eye or one's ear ! Especially >> if one pronounces it as Hah' -tur-wee ! >> >> Also, Hastie shows Susan(nah) Stiggins Hathaway as being rescued at Fort >> Mims with the Negro girl Lizzie and Elizabeth Randon Tate (daughter of >> David Tate and Tura Dyer) by, as you say, Iffa Tustenegee, BUT she >> further identifies him as Davy Cornells, aka Dog Warrior, who was young >> at that time ! >> > > Notes on the Creek Indians > http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/creeknotes/index.htm > > Early Creek History > http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/creek/early-history/ > > Migration Legend of the Creek Indians > http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/creek/migration/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CREEK-SOUTHEAST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message