latortuga

[Edited on Jan 17, 2004 11:06PM]

unfortunatly with the way things were in the south in the old days being indigenous was not so romantic as it is now. the first members in my fathers family to move to the region got there in or around 1808. they traded with and married into the local tribes. however, as time wore on things got tense so not much is mentioned about my great-grandfather, sadly his mental state was in line with most of the americas native people. he was given to depression and alcaholism. not much else is known other than the men in our family all fought in the texas revelution but refused to fight in the civil war. they were bitter about the annexation. i've been to several of the tribal councils in north texas but again not much is known about the tonkowa tribes. it seems that they were assimilated into the cherrokee and other tribes relocated to the area. as for tomorrow i'm going mountain biking in the high desert with the dogs. i'm praying for some sunshine.