My 7x great grandmother was captured and enslaved by the Comanche and went in to be one of the early settlers of St Louis. She has her own Wikipedia page!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Rosa_Villalpando
That was very interesting. What a blessing it is to descendants to be able to have that information because of people who cared to document such “small” details. It’s a blessing to others to read too, so thanks!
What a nice piece of family history. Thanks for sharing.
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I just finished a book about the Comanches.
Anyone who has thoughts of the Native Americans as peaceful, humble, servants of the earth needs to read up on that Tribe.
One passage in the book recalled what other tribes called them. One tribe in New Mexico had a word for them that meant, “They don’t get along with ANYONE!”
Your ancestor is Lucky to have made it out of that tribe alive.
You could be elected Senator from Massachusetts.
First you need to write a recipe for “Pow Wow Chow.”
Very cool! I am 1/8 Cherokee; they kept amazing records, and still do. When my husband adopted our son 30 years ago, the adoption attorney wrote the Cherokee tribe for “permission”. It was really just a formality, as I don’t think they ever refuse but it does help them keep their records up to date.
My history is well documented too, this is my grandfather, 7 generations back: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragging_Canoe. Interestingly, he and his father took opposing stands during then revolutionary war. He fought the settlers, while his father tried to be more diplomatic. Interesting stuff.
Very interesting and proof that we aren’t alone. We are as much a part of the red man’s culture as they are of ours. And it drives the left crazy!