> but it is sort of strange in a way, knowing how hated the Indians > were by the white families that there are so many who say they are > of Indian descent. I was at a talk several years ago given by a noted genealogical speaker, and he said the very large number of people in the U.S. who have some Indian blood was partly due to the many trappers, and others who "went west" on the frontier, where there were no white woman. Due to this, many of them, who were friendly with the Indians, often "married", in an Indian ceremony, with women of the tribes. Or were "given" a squaw because of some deed. He said the "three brothers who came from Europe and one of them married an Indian Princess" family lore story needed to be investigated pretty thoroughly, as that was usually bunk." JudyMcKinn@aol.com