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From: "Cleland Thorpe" <>
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] James Adair 1776
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 18:12:34 -0600
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Penny.
Enjoyed your post about history of American Indians.
Thought there for a minute you was talking about me with some of the points.
At one time I posessed some of thoswe atributes.<<G>>
Understand the weather is not so good back there. Hope it gets better.
Take care and let us hear from you.
Cleland
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From: "Penny Ferguson" <>
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Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 6:01 PM
Subject: [Melungeon] James Adair 1776


> James Adair, History of the American Indian, 1776 p 5
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> "They are ingenious, witty, cunning, and deceitful; very faithful indeed
to their own tribes, but privately dishonest, and mischievous to the
Europeans and christians. Their being honest and harmless to each other,
may be through fear of resentment and reprisal--which is unavoidable in case
of any injury. They are very close, and retentive of their secrets; never
forget injuries; revengeful of blood, to a degree of distraction. They are
timorous, and, consequently, cautious; very jealous of encroachments from
their Christian neighbors; and, likewise, content with freedom, in every
turn of fortune. They are possessed of a strong comprehensive
judgement, --can form surprisingly crafty schemes, and conduct them with
equal caution, silence, and address; they admit none but distinguished
warriors, and beloved men, into their councils. They are slow, but very
persevering in their undertakings--commonly temperate in eating, but
excessively immoderate in drinking. ---The!
> y often transform themselves by liquor into the likeness of mad foaming
bears. The women in general, are of a mild, amiable, soft disposition:
excedingly modest in their behaviour, and very seldom noisy, either in the
single, or married state."
> Penny
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