Linda
07-26-2002, 09:39 AM
I posted this to the "Blackfoot Indians" thread but realized many people won't be able to find it at the end of a two page thread, so I'll place it here also.
On that other was a discussion wherein I learned about some objections to my Eastern Blackfoot theories, namely the alternate theory that this was an ID that people attached themselves to following the popularity of the western Blackfoot during the Wild West show days.
So . . . I've hoped to find some documentation of this ID that clearly predates the use of the word Blackfoot as a household word in the late 19th century.
Go to Google and type in Blackfoot Town Maryland. Click on the link about Gen. Dagsworthy. Dagswood DE, was initially a part of Maryland. Founded in 1747, it was called Blackfoot Town. Dagsworthy had the name changed to Dagsbury in 1780's, or as listed on http://delgensoc.org/deltowns.html
Blackfoot Town (SX) became Dagsborough in 1785
Last week three (ostensibly) completely unrelated individuals contacted me. One was apparently a cousin, who told me that our Hudson ancestors were likely from Fredericks, MD.
The second person was a white lady now in AZ, who has family who lived in Emmitsburg, MD (20 miles north of Fredericks). They carry a story that they are Blackfoot and that they "escaped from Virginia."
The third person is from a Black Indian community in the same locale in MD, some of the old folks say they came from Blackfoot town. An old lady had just relayed the story that they had "escaped from Virginia" and come to live in those mountains. (Same exact words).
Oh, Dagsburough, DE is 20 miles north of Emmitsburg.
Dag!
On that other was a discussion wherein I learned about some objections to my Eastern Blackfoot theories, namely the alternate theory that this was an ID that people attached themselves to following the popularity of the western Blackfoot during the Wild West show days.
So . . . I've hoped to find some documentation of this ID that clearly predates the use of the word Blackfoot as a household word in the late 19th century.
Go to Google and type in Blackfoot Town Maryland. Click on the link about Gen. Dagsworthy. Dagswood DE, was initially a part of Maryland. Founded in 1747, it was called Blackfoot Town. Dagsworthy had the name changed to Dagsbury in 1780's, or as listed on http://delgensoc.org/deltowns.html
Blackfoot Town (SX) became Dagsborough in 1785
Last week three (ostensibly) completely unrelated individuals contacted me. One was apparently a cousin, who told me that our Hudson ancestors were likely from Fredericks, MD.
The second person was a white lady now in AZ, who has family who lived in Emmitsburg, MD (20 miles north of Fredericks). They carry a story that they are Blackfoot and that they "escaped from Virginia."
The third person is from a Black Indian community in the same locale in MD, some of the old folks say they came from Blackfoot town. An old lady had just relayed the story that they had "escaped from Virginia" and come to live in those mountains. (Same exact words).
Oh, Dagsburough, DE is 20 miles north of Emmitsburg.
Dag!