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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

When I was working for Title IX/JOM, I was amazed at all the folks who came 
knocking at the door looking for "their share" because their great-whatever 
was a Cherokee princess.

The gal I worked with (Yurok) and I used to joke about how it was no wonder 
the white man was able to defeat the Cherokee cause inorder to have that 
many descendants they would have all had to spend all their time in bed with 
white folks and wouldn't have had any time to defend themselves <g>

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathy" <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com>


> Funny you mention this, Lynda.  I was just thinking about that phrase 
> while
> reading your other posts.  I've often joked that everyone in the South has 
> a
> great-grandmother who was a Cherokee princess, to hear them tell it,
> anyway.  I had no idea of any negative connotation to the phrase, though.
>
> If I am to believe my living ancestors, the intermarrying on both sides of
> my (Mississippi) family occurred at my great-great level.  No princesses;
> they were men.  For all I know these "red Indians" (my grandparents' term)
> were themselves of mixed descent and from who knows which side of the
> sheets.  As I've said before, as far as I can tell, my family have been 
> poor
> dirt farmers (hardworking and honorable) living among other poor families
> since they came from poverty in Great Britain. No exotic tales.  I guess
> that makes me pretty white.
>
> Cathy
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