This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DSanfilippo60 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.evans/4360.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Jan - Thanks. I live in Powhatan County, and this was the territory of the Monacan Indians - relics have been found on the old farm that was the site of the original Huguenot Settlement, and also on other farms in the county. A friend of mine has a huge collection of arrow heads picked up on their land... and the lady who owned Monacan Farm before she sold it, has a huge collection of relics. Not too long ago - several years - we had an extensive drought here and the James River was at the lowest ever recorded - you could walk across the river and not get your knees wet! The Appomattox was a'trickle'... but what the low water uncovered was a Monacan Indian 'fishing trap' - dams in the river where the fish would be gathered together... I saw photos and it was amazing that it survived underwater all these years! Thanks for setting the record straight on this 'true' tribe. Diane S Sanfilippo Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.