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 > > > ************************************** > AOL now offers free email > to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > -- Cherokee Basketweaving Books: http://stores.lulu.com/cherokeebasketweaver See more of my Baskets: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cherokeebasketweaver/ Visit the Family History Store at LuLu: http://www.lulu.com/allfamilyhistory Can't find the records you need and you're a male surnamed Coats or varitation, order a DNA kit to join our DNA project: http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=A59642&special=True Coats Archive http://www.coatsarchive.us Baker DNA Project http://www.bakerdna.net/ Need Original Records? Pages through Time http://www.pagesthroughtime.us Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric. ~Pam Brown Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Grandaddies have only so many horsey rides in them. ~Gene Perret To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html