Volks, << Logan asked Porter to take a Mingo orphan boy, whose parents had been killed by whites, home with him. Porter at first refused, fearful that the Mingoes would follow and kill him. But Logan said that he would tell the Indians that the boy had drowned. Logan said further, "I want you to take Dale, the lonely Mingo boy, because he wants to go with you, Patrick. It is strange. It is strange indeed that he wants to go with you. But he says he wants to learn to read and write. He says you can teach him. He wants to become a missionary among the whites." Porter replied again, "I am afraid your tribesmen will come to the Clinch and kill my family." "Mr. Porter", Chief Logan said, many a time I was on the Clinch River. Many a time I could have killed you. But I did not. I did not because I heard you were a good man. You are good to your children, I've heard. That makes me love you. I know you will be good to Dale. I was near your fort on the Clinch once and I was about to steal your horse. It was just after night fall. I put a small shock of fodder over me and I moved toward your fort. Then I heard a child scream and I thought I was detected. I threw down the fodder and ran. Mr. Porter, did you see that fodder shock?" "Yes," said Mr. Porter, "I saw it. I was on guard at the fort gate that night. I saw the fodder moving and I knew an Indian was in it. I pointed my gun and cocked the hammer. Then a child fell out of bed. When it screamed the fodder dropped. I saw a man run. I went into the house. The child had broken its arm. And that saved you, Logan. I had as good a bead on you with as good a gun that was ever fired." Logan grunted and said, "The Great Spirit will not let one friend kill another." Patrick Porter took the Mingo boy, Dale, home with him to the Clinch. He gave him the first name "Arter". Arter Dale learned to read and to write, using the Bible as his text. He married a white woman and moved to the Hurricane section of Wise County, where he is buried, and where many of his descendents live today. >>> Is this the ancestor of Carroll Dale ? Except maybe the boy was not Indian, but Melungeon ? I have my reasons for thinking it. -eddie Nomad

This boy/man may be the one listed in the 1820 census (Russell Co. VA) as Arthur Dale; also in the 1860 census (Wise Co., VA) as Arthur Dale, Meth. ___?, 84, pauper, living with a Freeman family. He is listed as "white." I believe the Arter you refer to became a Methodist minister, md a white woman, had a large family. (See T. W. Carter's letter, Draper Manuscripts; also Addington's History of Scott Co. VA, 1932.) I can't find a Carroll Dale, but I don't have census indexes for 1830-1850. --- Swvaroot7@aol.com wrote: > Patrick Porter took the Mingo boy, > Dale, home with him to the Clinch. > He gave him the first name "Arter". Arter Dale > learned to read and to write, > using the Bible as his text. He married a white > woman and moved to the > Hurricane section of Wise County, where he is > buried, and where many of his > descendents live today. >>> > > Is this the ancestor of Carroll Dale ? > Except maybe the boy was not > Indian, but Melungeon ? I have my reasons for > thinking it. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html