weapons/fighting styles of the ohio/mississippi flatboatmen (1790-1840)?

pallas · 9th September 2009, 08:47 PM

on a final note about the harpes is that they were apparently born in north carolina, the sons of a tory who fought for the british against his american neighbors...........after the war he fled west to save his own life as his neighbors burned his plantation/farm in revenge.........they were apparently of scottish ancestry although there were some in kentucky who thought they where "of some african blood" because of their "tawny appearence and tightly curled hair"........nothing is known about what happened to their father or if they where even actually born in this country or sent for when they where small children.......

they are widely known as "america's first serial killers" but even that is disputed, as some attribute that title to another obscure yet bloody frontiersman, lewis wetzel, who lead a very mysterious and violent life that was largely unknown to even those of his own time........it is suspected that he may have killed between 70 and 400 indians in his lifetime.....

Jim McDougall · 9th September 2009, 09:37 PM

[QUOTE=pallas]on a final note about the harpes is that they were apparently born in north carolina, the sons of a tory who fought for the british against his american neighbors...........after the war he fled west to save his own life as his neighbors burned his plantation/farm in revenge.........they were apparently of scottish ancestry although there were some in kentucky who thought they where "of some african blood" because of their "tawny appearence and tightly curled hair"........nothing is known about what happened to their father or if they where even actually born in this country or sent for when they where small children.......
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Pallas, I was wondering about this in your earlier post, and one of the many curious anomalies that is well known in the folklore of these regions, are the people that correspond to these unusual descriptions known as 'melungeons'.

This group of people are pretty much an anthroplogical mystery and often come up in Appalachian and Kentuckian folklore.

All the best,
Jim

9th September 2009, 08:47 PM	#1
pallas Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 53	on a final note about the harpes is that they were apparently born in north carolina, the sons of a tory who fought for the british against his american neighbors...........after the war he fled west to save his own life as his neighbors burned his plantation/farm in revenge.........they were apparently of scottish ancestry although there were some in kentucky who thought they where "of some african blood" because of their "tawny appearence and tightly curled hair"........nothing is known about what happened to their father or if they where even actually born in this country or sent for when they where small children....... they are widely known as "america's first serial killers" but even that is disputed, as some attribute that title to another obscure yet bloody frontiersman, lewis wetzel, who lead a very mysterious and violent life that was largely unknown to even those of his own time........it is suspected that he may have killed between 70 and 400 indians in his lifetime.....

9th September 2009, 09:37 PM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,189	[QUOTE=pallas]on a final note about the harpes is that they were apparently born in north carolina, the sons of a tory who fought for the british against his american neighbors...........after the war he fled west to save his own life as his neighbors burned his plantation/farm in revenge.........they were apparently of scottish ancestry although there were some in kentucky who thought they where "of some african blood" because of their "tawny appearence and tightly curled hair"........nothing is known about what happened to their father or if they where even actually born in this country or sent for when they where small children....... {Quote} Pallas, I was wondering about this in your earlier post, and one of the many curious anomalies that is well known in the folklore of these regions, are the people that correspond to these unusual descriptions known as 'melungeons'. This group of people are pretty much an anthroplogical mystery and often come up in Appalachian and Kentuckian folklore. All the best, Jim