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beeleaf wrote:
May I recommend the “I’m part white, but I can’t prove it” t-shirt? hehe
You are having fun with me Beeleaf … good for you!
I’m okay in the shirt department – have a wonderful story to tell sometime about my ribbon-shirt which was made by a lady who passed two years before I bought it in May … her name was the same as my mother’s – and it was made by a member of the “Confederated” Tribes … which, I’m not sure (and they’re not either) might be part of the Siletz.
Ended up in Oregon by: Left Wyoming to attempt a move to Oklahoma – but it was based on … inaccurate advice and the deal went south. Then was coerced into being rescued by someone “up narth” in Ohio (where I suppose I am from) and so allowed it … it too was based on … inaccurate information. 17 months later, we accepted our old jobs back in Wyoming and went there – chipping ice, blowing snow, thawing pipes, entertaining “SEL” (standard employer lies) and sought a job up here – got it – took it – are doing it … and now everyone almost that I’m meeting is back there – in the east or nearly so. It’s a freaking conundrum I tell ya – this planet, this life, this road – but I am still headed home no matter where I am – and I can see the road stretched out for miles … and I am still baffled by what lies beyond that. See you there Friend.
**note to Rick. “Hokay”
You are having fun with me Beeleaf … good for you!
Yeah, I’m playing. Sort of a spin off the “funny stories” thread. I saw that shirt in a beautiful blue Sunday and almost bought it. But my inner chicken needs to cluck a little longer, I guess. ;~)
I look forward to hearing more of your ribbon shirt story.
When I can get the time, I’ll drop in around the fire (“Shoot the Breeze” thread) and tell the big story.
Hi Dan
Wanted to welcome you to the forum….funny you should talk about WY…my daughter is flying in today from Newcastle….they have been there for 5 months after living in the South…what a change, huh? Have you by any chance met Spilleddi, she’s out there on that side of the world? Hope you stick around and find what you’re looking for.
Aho
Becky
Sgi Mousini; for your welcome.
Wow – Newcastle is out there a ways – over in Devil’s Tower country. I am more from the central and western side but have walked, climbed or helicoptered over every inch just about of Wyody … mostly walked and ran it. I believe Wyoming and I have parted paths … but I never say never as a finality.
Thank you for your wish. I find what I want almost every day – just sometimes the Creator has to open my eyes for me to know it. And I have already found what is important – good people with good intentions. Of course, I want more answers but until they come, I have to focus on learning the right questions.
No, to my knowledge, I do not know of Spilledi.
Sgi again,
Dan
My daughter describes where they live as the end of nowhere….only two places to eat….pizza or…..pizza. They have to drive to Gillette to do much shopping or anything else. He is working at the strip mines as a pipefitter/welder. And she stays home although she could get a job as a tool person.
I know what you mean about finding things…I have to some times pull myself back and regroup to see what I need to see. And stay on the proper path….life gets complicated some times and I am a simple person.
Yes – it is not the middle of nowhere … but you can see it from there!
When you fly, hills and mountains flatten out so that all looks pretty much flat – even in a helicopter. While flying that area, all you can see for miles are the largest anthills in the world (probably) – including Devil’s Tower. (not calling it an anthill – it just looks nearly the same)
The town of Riverton, WY – centrally located in the state – is a white-man’s town leased from the Tribes … and is built on a giant anthill.
The learning is very akin to asking for things from the Creator. Somedays, you get what you want. Some other days, you get what he has been able to arrange. This “free will” thing adds a lot of “rolling-with-the-flow” to everyday life. I’m fine with that. Doheye.
They brought pictures with them of Devil’s Tower and some of the mountains around there. And the fishing pond…and one lake that looked just like a mirror. And a few pics of the Black Hills.
He described what he did at work. And the pictures of the big machinery. All I can say is WOW! And my daughter informed us that if you get hit with a tumbleweed, it hurts…not like on a cartoon. And that it snows every day from Sept. to May. I think she thought folks were kidding when they got there and learned that plus how cold it really gets. Never had her hair freeze going outside with it wet! Ok, enough rambling…
Mousini78 wrote: They brought pictures with them of Devil’s Tower and some of the mountains around there. And the fishing pond…and one lake that looked just like a mirror. And a few pics of the Black Hills.
He described what he did at work. And the pictures of the big machinery. All I can say is WOW! And my daughter informed us that if you get hit with a tumbleweed, it hurts…not like on a cartoon. And that it snows every day from Sept. to May. I think she thought folks were kidding when they got there and learned that plus how cold it really gets. Never had her hair freeze going outside with it wet! Ok, enough rambling…
Not too much wrong with rambling – something to do while we wait imo.
Looks like she still will learn about your eyes watering from the wind and then freezing shut from the cold, your nose running from the cold and … freezing across your lips to your chin! Part of why so many males in that country grow beards – helps keep the jawbones warm. Most of our winters stretch into June – with a 3-day blizzard around the Solstice.
But if you’re the type of person who enjoys “majesty” as much as “beauty” then, that is a place to begin.
Yep, her boyfriend had grown his beard by the time she got there. I would love to spend some time out there seeing the sights…but, may be in the spring thaw….LOL.
Mousini78 wrote: Yep, her boyfriend had grown his beard by the time she got there. I would love to spend some time out there seeing the sights…but, may be in the spring thaw….LOL.
Well, there are three distinct Wyomings to see. Enjoy the eastern side while you are there – the southern tier is similar (across I-80) but different enough. Then, there are the alpine areas – the Big Horns, The Absarokas, The Tetons, The Gros Ventres (Gro-Vons) and parts of the Wind Rivers. If you get a chance, over on the top of the Bighorns, west of summit – west of Sheridan and Buffalo) is the Medicine Wheel site. Bear in mind that the site that is fenced and protected is not the ancient -ist of the sites. There are others very nearby but protected by anonymity and nothing else.
West of Gillette, there is the town of Ucross and just west of there, a turn that takes you north along the Powder River. Walking that area, there are many markers just all-of-a-sudden out in the middle of fields. Some say calvary people that died on that spot – and some say “Indian” or how many “Indians” died on that spot. It is eerie ground to walk indeed but also an easy spot to touch the heart of your ancestors. The Powder River Basin is quite beautiful as it heads for the tiny town of Biddle just over the border – Of course, you also have the Black Hills and Pine Ridge in nearby So. Dakota. Enjoy – and pleased to make your e-quaintance.
The Custer battlefield site is west of there – west of I-25 in MT. If you go there, bear in mind that the site with the monuments and stories … is probably not the site of the actual victory … they think.
I don’t know how much this play’s into thing’s. But A lot of us may be a lot closer KIN than first Thought. In my latess research , some of us may have already known this. But the County of Anson which Wadesboro covered biggest portion streached From Virginia south to Georgia and west to the Misissippi River. And alot of the natives where Cherokee, Catawba,PeeDee,Lumbee, Shawnee, Siouan, Blackfoot,Just to name a few. Like I said it might not mean any/thing, but then again who really know’s. I believe I will continue to research these finding’s and see what else I come up with.
Always interesting Rick – and thanks.
It seems almost funny to me … more sobering than funny I guess … that the one line I had been assuming was straight out of England – my main paternal line – now intrigues me as there is no tracing beyond my gx5 grandfather who was born “near Roanoke” in 1786. Plenty of conjecture, unfounded statements and mis-applied stories – for example, historical legend has my gx6 grandfather killed by “Indians” at the Cumberland conjunction area – but study shows this to be another John Rice from a different area – and the story is well over 100 years old (coming from another family) so my gx6 grandfather’s vague-origins and his son’s birth “near Roanoke” lend themselves to possible Tribal origins … which just pleases me to no end. And we are all related Rick (imo) – either through our lines, our Native blood or our maker.
Doheye
This is so true, that we are kin. I believe that all this ties in with the facts and documents, that was posted by Linda. concerning Virginia and Kentucky. And this will deffinatly put us blood kin though distance kinship,but kin.PILAMAYA MY Friend/Brother
Rick Cassidy wrote: This is so true, that we are kin. I believe that all this ties in with the facts and documents, that was posted by Linda. concerning Virginia and Kentucky. And this will deffinatly put us blood kin though distance kinship,but kin.PILAMAYA MY Friend/Brother
I have been thinking on this all day Rick. Peace to you My Brother.
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