It is possible he was a Delaware (Lenape) Indian, or associated with the tribe -- rather than the state of Delaware. The Delaware Tribe, native to the east, moved into Cherokee lands of Oklahoma right after the unCivil War. That would put them in northern Oklahoma, considerably closer to the Comanche territory (Texas and SE Oklahoma) of the same time period. I have never heard of any Delaware SHAWs, but the Scots married into many Indian tribes. It might be a logical place to look. QUOTES OF THE DAY "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president...." --Theodore Roosevelt "If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law." --Winston Churchill VOTE TO PROTECT YOUR GUN RIGHTS ON NOVEMBER 7 Mike Shaw ----- Original Message ----- From: <JShaw101@aol.com> To: <SHAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 12:22 PM Subject: [SHAW-L] Jim Shaw of Delaware > I recently bought "Great Speeches" by Elizabeth W. Baker from 1927 which > includes a speech by my ancestor Sam Houston of Texas to a Comanche Indian > Chief Pah-Hah-You-Co. It contains the name Jim Shaw of Delaware in its body > twice. Anyone know about this fellow? The first two paragraphs of this > message follow below. > > > "My brother, our fires have burned far from each other. Your talk > has reached me by our Delaware friend, Jim Shaw. My ears were opened to your > words-They were words of peace. I have laid them up in my heart. > I send you words by the same friend. With him I send two of my young > chiefs. The first is a war-chief. They have eaten bread with me. They have > sat by my side. They have learned to love the red brothers. I send them that > they may tell you many things. They know the councel of peace which I have > always given. They will speak to you words of truth only." > > > ==== SHAW Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >