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frogmarch

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22. I celebrate Independence Day, but

Reply to stevedeshazer (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 03:46 PM

Jul 2012

I cringe at the way the early colonists treated the native Americans.

My 7th great-grandfather Thomas Perley was on the committee that in 1701 bought the deed for the town of Boxford, MA, from three of the grandsons of Masconnomet, sagamore (chief) of the Agawam tribe of the Algonquian People, for two shillings and six pence....oh, and some "vittels and drink.” (See 2nd footnote)
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The name of another distant great-grandfather of mine, John Peabody, appears at the top of the page. (Both Thomas Perley and John Peabody were Salem witch trials jurors. )

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Who was here first? [View all] stevedeshazer Jul 2012 OP

Maybe none of them! Happy 4th to U as well. teddy51 Jul 2012 #1

Going back even further Confusious Jul 2012 #2

Could even be possible that the people who "came first" Scootaloo Jul 2012 #13

one eighth Crow here! panader0 Jul 2012 #3

Hmmm DJ13 Jul 2012 #4

They have that guy on YouTube Confusious Jul 2012 #5

It's always THEM! freshwest Jul 2012 #9

thanks hfojvt Jul 2012 #6

Interdimensional beings! freshwest Jul 2012 #7

Homo Sapiens Sapiens is not native needledriver Jul 2012 #8

See that teeny patch of Choctaw on the Gulf? That's me. nolabear Jul 2012 #10

Asians. progressoid Jul 2012 #11

My wife, who's Asian, is keeps telling me that all Native Americans are descended from Asians. pampango Jul 2012 #20

Yep - That's what recent DNA tests show. progressoid Jul 2012 #27

And this is when the troubles began: Amonester Jul 2012 #12

Yeah, cuz all Native Americans lived in peace and harmony jberryhill Jul 2012 #29

That isn't what I was thinking about "the troubles began" Amonester Jul 2012 #33

Ah! There's my Menominee and Crow! Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #14

This is exactly the diagram that needs to be pulled out Jamaal510 Jul 2012 #15

Spore! kentauros Jul 2012 #16

One thing for sure White Folks were not here first! KatChatter Jul 2012 #17

I still do not understand the concept of celebrating stealing a country from a another country HipChick Jul 2012 #18

Me too. stevedeshazer Jul 2012 #19

My poor Penobscot brother... malthaussen Jul 2012 #21

I celebrate Independence Day, but frogmarch Jul 2012 #22

Those were all late comers. hobbit709 Jul 2012 #23

My great-great grandmother on my fathers side was a Potawatomi woman NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #24

What Native Americans and Europeans have in common is cthulu2016 Jul 2012 #25

Them big white fuckers from Prometheus. Iggo Jul 2012 #26

Adam & Eve Drunken Irishman Jul 2012 #28

K&R. Overseas Jul 2012 #30

My mother got off the train from Toronto in 1919 to steal jobs from Real Americans. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2012 #31

That is one cool map - I'd actually like to have one of those. apocalypsehow Jul 2012 #32