Yes, I agree, this is a very high number for intermarriage and many
Native Americans were slaves as well....when the Cherokee intermarried
outside of the Nation the White population was outraged that even such
a marriage would be considered ... not considered cool in those
days...

Equally as interesting in the wedding of Pocahantas would be whether
or not she also had a Native American wedding...as late as the 1870,
one could be married in a White cememony but if living in the Nation
was required to go through also a Native Ceremony....

In many of the SE Tribes, if a White Trader came into the Nation, he
was required by their laws to take a Native American wife if he
remained in the Nation...in many cases, these men had other white
marriages, thus they had two families one within and one outside the
Nation...



On 2/28/07, John Frederick Fausz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> That is NOT a reliable figure, for it is outrageously high.  "Early English
> settlers" is much too vague, and "marry" is very problematical.  All of
> the available evidence for the early 17th century shows that the Virginia
> English constructed literal and legal barriers in separating themselves
> from Indian populations--much more of an apartheid society than most
> of the French and Spanish with regard to native peoples.
>
> I would be amazed if any documentation could be produced to show
> even 4 percent of English males "intermarrying" with Indian women--
> and certainly not 40 percent.
>
>
> Fred Fausz
> St. Louis
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