Inter-racial relations between the Indians and those of European descent were very strained in colonial America and in the early years of the U. S. The level of hostility between the races was much more intense than inter-racial relationships we have experienced in our lifetimes here in the U. S. Regarding western Maryland, for example, in 1763, the Maryland legislator paid a bounty for the scalp of an Indian killed along Georges Creek. Meshach Browning's book (written in 1859) recounts western Maryland settlers' intense fear of the Indians around the late 1700s. Incidences where an Indian and a person of European descent produced offspring occurred, but were rare. Most credible are contemporaneous accounts regarding specifically identified individuals. Walt ------------------------- Sam Bowser wrote: > Hi Lois: > > Some of Henry Bittinger's sons may have *married* daughters of Indian > descent, > but there is nothing in the book I can see to indicate that his *sons* > were > of Indian descent. The Bittingers were German and the Bausers were > Swiss. > > Sam > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:59 PM > Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Pow Wow medicine > > >> >> Hi Sam, >> >> I didn't mean that Henry had Indian Blood, but it appears his sons >> did. In the front of the Bittinger Book, page 73 (Jonathan Bittinger) >> 75 (Solomon P. Bittinger). I did an extensive study on Henry last >> year. My cousin Bob Brenneman descends from William H. "Bill" >> Bittinger (Henry's last child). Bill married Agnes Ruckle (Bob >> Brenneman)--Bob Brenneman's great grandparents. >> Lois >> >> In a message dated 8/30/2006 4:09:55 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> Hi Lois: >> >> I don't know about the Bittinger's having Indian blood. Don't know >> where >> it would have come in if they did. >> >> Henry Bittinger was born July 14, 1778. He married Barbara Bauser >> about 1799. She was born in July of 1772, so was about 6 years older >> than Henry. The Bauser's (later Bowsers) lived directly across the road >> from the Bittingers about 1 1/2 miles northeast of Meyersdale in >> Somerset >> County, PA.. The Bowsers were of Swiss origin. >> >> So Henry Bittinger was about 22 years of age when he married Barbara >> about 1799. >> >> Wayne Bittinger's book, page 15, places Henry in Somerset County in >> 1798 as a member of a local militia under his father's command. This >> was >> probably the period and shortly before when he was involved in >> skirmishes >> with the Indians in Ohio. >> >> In 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1804, and 1806 they were living in >> Somerset County. >> >> Sam >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== >> Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on >> the web at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html >> > > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list > administrator, Sonny O'Haver, [email protected] > >