Gary I hope, too, that you don't receive any "hate mail", but some people are still like that. The "Redneck mindset", you might call it, but I know for a fact that there are some of my fellow DAR members who think "My Patriot was an officer and yours was only a private, so I'm better than you". Hard to believe how some minds work, isn't it? Marcia ---------- From: G. R. Tafini <gtafini@tir.com> To: PABEAVER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PABEAVER-L] Native Americans in Western PA Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 12:58 PM A question was raised by Jean BUTLER concerning Native Americans that occuppied Washington Co., PA in the mid 1700's. There are 6 pages dealing with "Indian Occupation" in - History of Washington County, Pennsylvania Edited by Boyd Crumrine Philadelphia; L. H. Everts & Co.; 1882 pages 15-21 He identifies 3 principle tribes of Native Americans west of the Alleghenies in PA in the 1700's- Delaware, also known as Lenni Lenape. Shawanese [later known as Shawnee]. Mingoes, colonized bands of Iroquois [I have read elsewhere that they were part of the Seneca Tribe of the Six Nations]. I have some interest in this because my wife's ancestors the GIRTYs were taken captive in PA in 1756 during the French Indian War. The family was split up and the children raised in the above mentioned 3 tribes. Simon GIRTY Jr. [adopted by Seneca] and his brothers James GIRTY [adopted by Shawnee] and George GIRTY [adopted by Delaware] became infamous during and after the Revolutionary War due to their employement by the British Indian Department and involvement in warfare on the frontier. Their brother Thomas GIRTY escaped quickly and lived in Westmoreland Co., PA. Their infant half-brother John TURNER Jr. was raised by the Shawnee, but later returned to Pittsburgh, PA where he lived a peaceable life. I am hoping that I won't receive too much hate mail about the GIRTYs. Regards, Gary R. Tafini gtafini@tir.com Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA ==== PABEAVER Mailing List ==== To contact Patti Caldwell, Listmistress, click below: mailto:impattic@mediaone.net remember, "Please practice random acts of kindness"........