| Subject: Re: Cherokee, or Kickapoo--or Kispoko Shawnee? |
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gina Boltz
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Date Posted: 11:55:19 03/13/09 Fri
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In reply to:
Dara
's message, "Re: Cherokee, or Kickapoo--or Kispoko Shawnee?" on 20:53:03 04/19/07 Thu
I'm also an ancestor of John Owens and Maths, his Seneca wife. Nice meeting you!
I'm not sure if you mean Mary Ice was mother to Tecumseh (Tecumtha is really a closer pronounciation of his name), but Tecumseh's mother was Methotaske (Turtle laying her eggs in the sand) She met Tecumseh's father, Puckinswah, in Cherokee/Creek country, probably South Carolina.
The Galloways built a cabin on the site where Tecumseh lived after Europeans invaded Ohio. Tecumseh became their friend. While many report that Tecumseh was romantically involved with a Galloway woman, experts feel that's a fallacy for two major reasons: in following his own philosophy, Tecumseh wouldn't marry or have an affair with a white woman and 2, the Galloway woman didn't tell this story until she was elderly. And that was to someone writing a book. It's believed she made it up.
Of course, I could be wrong. But I do know a lot about Tecumseh, and thought you might be interested in this story for accuracy reasons only.
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