This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_912493345_boundary Content-ID: <0_912493345@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_912493345_boundary Content-ID: <0_912493345@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <> Received: from rly-za05.mx.aol.com (rly-za05.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.101]) by air-za05.mail.aol.com (v51.29) with SMTP; Tue, 01 Dec 1998 01:16:57 1900 Received: from imo27.mx.aol.com (imo27.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.71]) by rly-za05.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id BAA03875 for <OpusLola@aol.com>; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 01:16:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost) by imo27.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.7.3/AOL-2.0.0) with internal id BAA03067; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 01:16:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 01:16:57 -0500 (EST) From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@aol.com> Subject: Returned mail: User unknown Message-Id: <199812010616.BAA03067@imo27.mx.aol.com> To: OpusLola@aol.com Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit The original message was received at Mon, 30 Nov 1998 23:53:27 -0500 (EST) from root@localhost *** ATTENTION *** An e-mail you sent to an Internet destination could not be delivered. 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User unknown ----- Original message follows ----- Received: from OpusLola@aol.com by imo27.mx.aol.com (IMOv16.10) id QBCJa02195 for <VABOTETOUR-L@ROOTSWEB.COM>; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 23:53:35 +1900 (EST) From: OpusLola@aol.com Return-path: <OpusLola@aol.com> Message-ID: <bb23c7db.3663764f@aol.com> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 23:53:35 EST To: VABOTETOUR-L@ROOTSWEB.COM Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Fwd: [MISSISSIPPI-L] Re:Parakeets in North Mississippi about 1845 Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part0_912488007_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 224 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_912488007_boundary Content-ID: <0_912488007@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I'm passing on to you this story about an area many Botetourt citizens ended up at in the early 1830s. Ron Hughes --part0_912488007_boundary Content-ID: <0_912488007@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <MISSISSIPPI-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zd03.mx.aol.com (rly-zd03.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.227]) by air-zd02.mail.aol.com (v51.29) with SMTP; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 22:02:07 1900 Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by rly-zd03.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id WAA16367; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 22:01:45 -0500 (EST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA17583; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:58:06 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:58:06 -0800 (PST) From: OpusLola@aol.com Message-ID: <20f6c929.366358d8@aol.com> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 21:47:52 EST Old-To: Mississippi-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 224 Subject: [MISSISSIPPI-L] Re:Parakeets in North Mississippi about 1845 Resent-Message-ID: <"-sk_iB.A.0RE.8s1Y2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> To: MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1884 X-Loop: MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: MISSISSIPPI-L-request@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I am reading a Tippah Co. Heritage book, published in 1981. In the book is a copy of a letter from John W. Hodges recalling his younger years around 1842, near Ripley. In his own words he said "The whole country was fresh then and Mississippi was a veritable paradise for the sportsman. Then all creek and branch bottoms were covered with cane, the hills and valleys with wild nuts and berries and the woods were full of deer and turkeys. I have often seen as many as eight and ten deer in a drove. There were also wolves, bear and a few panther: and squirrels were everywhere. The creeks were never muddy, even after rains they remained clear as a spring. The streams were filled with fish......There was very little cotton raised. All that was made was carried to Memphis on wagons and sold for four and five cents a pound. Memphis was then a small town, and it required ten to twenty days to make the trip..............." Now for the most interesting part of a very interesting letter, he continues "WE HAD THOUSANDS OF PARAKEETS HERE FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT THEY SOON LEFT AFTER THE COUNTRY BEGAN TO SETTLE UP. The parakeet was a peculiar bird, going in droves. They belonged probably to the parrot family, having a gay plumage. The had crooked bills, and they would hook their bills over a limb to roost. The could be tamed, and when caught and petted, at roosting time, they would hook their bills over the back of a chair and hang there all night. Pigeons were here by the millions. Indian houses were all over the country. The Indians traveled like geese, one behind the other, and their trails were about two feet deep and were all over the country." Quite a story eh! Hope you enjoyed it. I'm still numb to the allegation of "parakeets" in north Mississippi in the 1740s. Do any of our readers know anything about the presence of tropical birds in an area where there are regular freezes and snow fall? This has me puzzled!!! Ron (Rowland, Garrett, Bobo, Ragsdale, Burleson et al) Hughes on the Mississippi Gulf coast --part0_912488007_boundary-- --part0_912493345_boundary--