Paul, Your mention of the Melungeon Indians reminded me that it was this tribe and the Shawnees that Gavin Manzies, in "1421 The Year the Chinese Discovered America", says may have intermarried with the Chinese that he asserts visited the East Coast of North America in the early 1420's. I still undecided how much of the Menzie's assertions I am willing to believe, so just pass this on as another voice in the controversy over the Melungeon Indians. Anne Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/apembert http://www.educationalsynthesis.org