Kilted Indian?

[macwilkin]

I remember reading that during the French and Indian Wars, the Indians of the Iroquois Confederacy regarded the soldiers of the Black Watch as 'distant cousins' - probably because the Gaelic culture has many common 'markers' with theirs.

I have a Sikh customer who is considering a kilt in the Singh tartan!

..and remember that 'mutts' are the most robust bloodlines! (Someone once described the 'pureblood' Habsburgs as 'a pack of stuttering bleeders'!

There are many connections between the Scots and Native Americans -- many of the principal Chiefs of the Creek Nation, for example, have born the surname McIntosh. And many a Scots fur trader for the HBC or the NWC intermarried with Native Americans. Those are just two examples...

The best summary history of this special relationship can be found here:

http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...an_indians.htm

Cheers,

Todd

[brandycr]

Lol I loving refer to myself as heinz 57 .If its a nationality its in there somewhere Scots,Irish,German,Romany(Gypsy),Cherokee,Black Foot,English,geez the list could go on and on.I think thats what makes us all special were seasoned with a little this little that.

[neo71665]

That is a way to start it. Who knows, maybe we'll see the fellow here some day soon. I know we have a few half-blooded & mixed blood American Indians, and a Jew or 2

And on that note, I wonder what kind of mix we really have here. I'll bet were the muttliest rabble on the internet

Long live the mixed bloods, I'm 1/4 indian

[ChattanCat]

As they say, the US is a big melting pot... I am scottish, english, my wife is half german... no native american (unfortunately)... I guess if it wasn't for my last name, I wouldn't have a heritage at all...

[ccga3359]

I resemble that remark In my genealogical research I have uncovered: Irish, English, Scots, Welsh, Cherokee, German (specifically Bavarian), Dutch, Jewish, French, and possibly Swedish. And there are still a lot of gaps to be filled yet!

You should check your keyboard as it appears that some words come out smaller the faster you type.

English here for generations back, with some Irish apparently way back there. I am 1/4 Gypsy from my Dad's side.

I've also lived in Canada for 31 years so to echo SnakeEyes:

[Mr. MacDougall]

I guess if it wasn't for my last name, I wouldn't have a heritage at all...

This is an attitude I've never completely understood. You have a very rich heritage -- you're an American! It was your people who invented the cotton gin and the reaper. Your people built the Empire State Building, and rebuilt large portions of the world after the Second World War. An American wrote Last of the Mohicans, and another wrote My Life on the Mississippi!

As an American, you're the inheritor of a great tradition of innovation and hard work. And the best part? Anyone can be an American!

[brandycr]

Just read up and Id missed something about the Indians and Scots mixing through marriage.Both my great grandfathers one Scots one Irish married Indian women thats where the Black Foot and Cherokee comes in.Back in those days all three races so to speak were looked down on so they tended to band together or atleast in my area .

[KILT TURKEY]

I'm Irish and Slovenian.
matt z

[prattw]

The early scottish settlement in what is now the US was largely from the highlands. (The great mass of lowland settlers, the Ulster Scots or "Scots-Irish", who were from the lowlands or border about as often as from Ulster, only began ca 1710.) Many of these highlanders wound up on the frontier and lots of them married into the native tribes, especially in the Appalachians. I don't know that anyone has ever done a survey, but I'd guess that near half of registered Cherokee have scottish surnames. My wife is Wallace and Cherokee, on the same side of her family.

On the theme of kilted indians, the Hopi (and some Pueblo people?) and some of the California tribes (IIRC) originally wore wrapped, unpleated kilts.

Will Pratt

Stand fast, Craigellachie!