Hey, Richard.....as for my part it's not lack of appreciation, it is more of ignorance. I take liberties sometimes and remove all doubt about my ignorance....sometimes I wait on others to take my spot. So....here you are.....a well earned applause conducted in earnest and sincerity. What makes it even sweeter....one of ours did it. Way to go and keep educating us.........heard from the park in Chattanooga yet? Want me to ring their bell? Gently of course. TT ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 6:53 PM Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Now I thought you would be excited about theorigin of the Abikara! > Folks! > > Shucks! I thought you all would be excited about me figuring out the > origin of the Abikara Creeks! Not one comment! In the archaeological, > world > unveiling the Abikara's origin is the equivalent of finding "a real" > Bigfoot > in the Smoky Mountains. All the PhD anthropologists in all of the > universities of Dixie have been scratching their heads about the Abikara > for the past > 100 years. > > In fact, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, which has one of the > best anthropology program around, basically gave up on figuring out who > lived in > the area due east of Knoxville. They went on to important studies on the > courtship traditions of the rare Delongo pigmies on the island of > Mindanao in > the Philippines. > > Seriously, the attitude of many professors at most of the anthropology > schools is that they know everything there is to know about the > Southeastern > Indians, and it is time to move on to other things. Obviously, our > little group > of message boarders do not agree with their assessment of the situation. > > Richard T. > > > > > > **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your > budget? > Read reviews on AOL Autos. > (http://autos.aol.com/cars-Volkswagen-Jetta-2009/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00030000000007 > ) > > ------------------------------- > 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 >