>The Black Warrior was Tuskaloosa, Chief of the Maubila. The river was >named for him. The story goes that in 1540 after the horrendous sacking >of his village by Hernando DeSoto, Tuskaloosa and a few survivors went >to the (now) Tuscaloosa area to live. > >I have heard tales that Tuskaloosa was the son of a Black Conquistador >who was part of the exploration team of Tristan de Luna. Tuskaloosa was >said to be seven feet tall. He is the stuff of legends. It is true that >there were Black Conquistadors though and some did indeed stay behind to >live with the Indians. > >For quick reference on the Chief, please visit my story page at >http://www.geocities.com/~cmiddleton/tusk.html > >The history of Alabama is a rich one, replete with with heroes, heroines >and villains. We should never forget they were HERE. >Carol Middleton > > >==== ALABAMA Mailing List ==== >--snip--- >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal >and exclusion from this mailing list. Spam crashes our servers and we have >to take a stand. >---snip--- >