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To: Renderofveils
Except for that whole rifle/horse thing.

Yes but can any example from amongst the warring natives of a ferrier be cited? Without ferriers and blacksmiths, the horse was used merely for transportation until it could no longer provide transportation at which point it would be eaten.

Similarly, from amongst the warring peoples, can any example of a native blacksmith be cited? Any gunmakers?

66 posted on 11/24/2005 5:59:06 PM PST by fso301
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To: fso301
The Iriquois had many blacksmiths and gunsmiths in their country in Central New York.

One family named Jordan/Jourdan/Jerden accounted for several of them and at least one is so identified in Revolutionary War records.

82 posted on 11/24/2005 6:07:56 PM PST by muawiyah (u)
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To: fso301

Farriers and Blacksmiths be damned!
I know alot of horses with good hooves (black horn) that don't need shoes if the going is not too abrasive or too hard. Most unshod pastured horses have healthier hooves than stabled shod horses.

Having been to several Pow Wows, I have to say that those Indians I observed and some I met were wonderful people. At every Pow Wow I attended, they celebrated the American Flag and Veterans in parade. These were very positive experiences. I really cannot bear having American Indians mocked and maligned even if they are unduly influenced by leftist activists. I resent it. I hear bloated ignorance about Indian tribal culture the basis of which was a council of wise elders and a commune order for survival.
I have friends who are one half or one quarter Indian who are sober productive members of society and they don't work at Casinos. This negative stereotyping and cold-blooded lack of empathy only plays into the hands of the leftist agitators. Communists feed on this.


226 posted on 11/24/2005 8:13:21 PM PST by purpleland (Vigilance and Valor! Socialism is the Opiate of Academia)
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