Yeah, Dr. Bill!!! You go Dr. Bill, my sentiments exactly!! Lureigne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Fox" <bfox@nightowl.net> To: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 4:08 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. > > ____________NetZero Free Internet Access and Email_________ Download Now http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html Request a CDROM 1-800-333-3633 ___________________________________________________________