Judy, Come to think of it, the Surname Queen is a surname found in the area where the Cherokee reservation is, it is basically a surname in the White communities, but evidently a Whiteman with the surname Queen did marry into the Eastern Band, as there are Indians with the Surname Queen listed on the roll. I think that in the colonies the settlers would attach titles to certain Indian leaders such as King Phillip, or King Haigler when dealing with the native people, and then given the Hollywood created images of Native people, people often have a created fantasy of grandma as being a Cherokee princess. I had one co-worker inform me that her husbands grandfather had kidnapped his wife off the Cherokee reservation, and married her...lol I wanted to tell her, that the man would never had made it off the reservation alive. --- On Sun, 8/17/08, Judy White <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Judy White <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Indian Princess > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, August 17, 2008, 8:15 PM > >From the last bunch of records I put online, I > discovered something that > gave me pause for thought. I found King, Prince, Princess, > Queen, all > surnames. Now my grandmother was an Indian Princess, do > you think it is > possible some people are saying her last name was > Princess?? Don't > missunderstand I know the stories, and know some believe > grandma was a > princess, but what I am saying maybe she was a Queen or > Princess, they just > didn't get the jist of the story the first time it was > told. > > Something new for you to look at > http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/pension/ This is > from a Senate > document Alleged Frauds Aganst Certain Indian Soldiers. > There is much more > to come. > > Feel free to pass the link on. > > Judy > > On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Leon Beard > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I know one time back in the 1980's my Mom was > working as a desk clerk at a > > motel there on the reservation, and the liliy white > white haired lady came > > in the office, and proudly tells my mom that her > grandmother was a Cherokee > > indian Princess, and my Mom without blinking looks at > the woman and said > > well mine was a indian w---e ( slang for prostitute ) > > I think I was just as stunned as the white > lady.....after the lady left > > the office, my Mom said she was just tired of hearing > about everybody's > > grandmother being a Indian princess...lol > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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