> Thank-you Dr.Bill Ditto!! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Fox" <bfox@nightowl.net> > To: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 7:08 PM > Subject: Re: [NEWGEN] Story of Sarah Osborne and Tsi'yuy-gunsini > > > > Well Roy, you certainly won't have to worry about having to read any more > > rubbish on this list because we are not only tired > > of your arrogance we are sick of your not being able to accept the defeat > > of many, many years ago that freed us from such attitudes of superiority. > > > > Dr. Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Roy Stockdill" <roystock@compuserve.com> > > To: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 2:06 AM > > Subject: [NEWGEN] Story of Sarah Osborne and Tsi'yuy-gunsini > > > > > > : PLEASE forgive this ancient Brit's scepticism but sweet as it is, this > > : story of a little girl feeding cake to marauding Indians has about as > > much > > : chance of being true as I have of proving myself to be descended from > > Mary > > : Queen of Scots! It is obviously just a piece of Wild West mythology of > > the > > : "homespun" kind much loved by Hollywood and perpetrated on the gullible > > as > > : serious history. Hasn't somebody made a film of it yet? They ought to! > > : > > : We had our own myths over here long ago in the Tales of King Arthur and > > the > > : Knights of Camelot, and Robin Hood and his Merry Men. They never > > happened, > > : either! Isn't it time you folks stopped believing in these dewy-eyed > > myths > > : of the pioneers of the Wild West, created by the movie moguls and John > > : Wayne? Do a bit of serious research and I suspect you will find that the > > : so-called Wild West was never romantic or heroic, but just plain > violent, > > : ugly, an era in which vicious criminals and murderers slaughtered each > > : other, along with the innocent, with impunity, and a nightmare for those > > : living it much of the time. > > : > > : I find it disturbing if this kind of rubbish is being peddled on > websites > > : as "history". Unfortunately, some folks will believe it, just as they > > : believe everything they see in the movies. > > : > > : Roy Stockdill > > : Editor, The Journal of One-Name Studies > > : The Stockdill Family History Society (Guild of One-Name Studies, FedFHS) > > : STOCKDILL PREST YELLOW BOLTON WORSNOP > > : GIBSON MIDGLEY BRACEWELL SHACKLETON BRADLEY MOODY in Yorkshire North > > & > > : West Ridings > > : MEAD YOUNG in Somerset, Wiltshire & Gloucestershire > > : Web page of the Stockdill Family History Society:- > > : http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/roystock > > : Web page of the Guild of One-Name Studies:- http://www.one-name.org > > : "Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does he will tell > you. > > : If he does not, why humiliate him?" - Canon Sydney Smith (scholar and > > : humorist 1771-1845) > > : > > : > > : ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > > : BE SURE TO SHARE WITH THE OTHER LIST MEMBERS ANY SIGNIFICANT > > : (OR INSIGNIFICANT) FIND YOU HAVE MADE. IT HELPS OTHERS TO PRESS ON > > : WITH THEIR OWN SEARCH. > > > > > > ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > > ROOTSWEB..............R.I.P. > > > > > ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > HTTP://WWW.DR-FOX.COM HAS A LINKS PAGE WITH > MANY, MANY HOOK-UPS TO VALUABLE INFORMATION SITES. > >