Anyone who really had the courage of their convictions would act on them.
I keep hearing we stole America from the Native Americans. Well, anyone who really feels that way and sincerely wants to make good on them should immediately do a search for any remaining Creeks, Delawares, Hurons, Senecas, Iroquois, Oneida,Mohawk,Susquehanna, Shawnee,and a whole lot more, and then sell their properties and homes and either give the money to their descendants or simply deed over their land.
Now, if someone does that I am prepared to take their protestations more seriously....Don't hold your breath, we will all turn a pleasant shade of Blue..
"By a treaty of March 24, 1832, the Creek Indians ceded to the United States all of their land east of the Mississippi River. Heads of families were entitled to tracts of land, which, if possible, were to include their improvements. In 1833 Benjamin S. Parsons and Thomas J. Abbott prepared a census of Creek Indian heads of families, which gave their names and the number of males, females, and slaves in each family. The entries were arranged by town and numbered; these numbers were used for identification in later records. This census is only a partial depiction of the 1832 Creek Census." Information is categorized by pages for 16 towns. - Text only - From AccessGenealogy -
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/1832creek/
Many tribes did what the Creeks did and many other tribes were wiped out by other Indians, who weeps for them.
And, we, as a fledgling nation, were responsible, at least physically, for the demise and the movement of a lot of other tribes.
Again, I reiterate, Indians killed many, many more Indians than the "White Eyes" ever did..
Indians in the East at least could lay claim to particular tracts of land, those in the west could not make that claim. Although you could say you would find the Blackfeet in the higher elevations, they stayed higher and longer than any other tribe..
The Comanche were of course plains Indians, and the Apache stayed in and around the southwest deserts...
They did overlap occasionally and the stronger would "Always" kill the weaker...Always.
If you were not of the tribe, you were an enemy, period.
This held true whether you were one of the plains, or desert, or mountain Indian tribes.... The Pueblo Indians dwelled in these areas of the southwest in dwellings up to 1000 feet high..
They simply disappeared.. To this day no one is certain what caused their disappearance, although common thought is they were destroyed, pushed off by other Indians.
The Pueblo Indians, old as they were, made reference to those that came before, the "Old Ones"...
Change is always in force....
Now, I say this to bring into focus those that persist in bemoaning the fate of the poor Indian.. Yes, they were treated shabbily, in some cases, but that is life.. There are a lot of people who can make the same claim..
The Jews could make a lot of noise if they chose over terrible treatment.. But, they are a stolid, secure people and accept that which they cannot change..
A million times more Jews were cooked in the Nazi "Easy Bake Ovens" than all the Indians ever killed, either by us or other Indians..
Who weeps for them, who stands for them?
AS usual, they stand almost all alone, save for the United States, and there are many here who would leave them to their fate..
Just an example..
I usually stay in the background unless and until I begin to see patterns develop..those of which I simply cannot subscribe to.
Now, emotion is a fine thing, but it must be expressed along with facts and information that is valid. Then and only then can emotion enter into the fray..
If you rely simply on emotional outbursts without benefit of factual evidence to back up that emotion, people will soon recognize it for what it is and simply ignore or tune out anything presented in that manner..
I am certain I will , at some time, also respond to some comment with emotion, perhaps strongly, but if i do it will be accompanied with all the factual evidence at my command.
As always, good stuff.
Take care and have a great new years -coming soon to a life near you..
Leep out:
