-=> Quoting William Elliot to Clarence Hogan <=-
 >>> Clarence Hogan on Some Reservations 
 
 WE> Naw.  Tribe fought tribe and we just happen to be the biggest, meanest
 WE> tribe that joined the fight.  We fought dirty.  Beside the usual
 WE> bribes and lies, I understand that we actually used germ warfare. 
 
 CH> Ya' got that right, however, not that I do not believe that we most
 CH> certainly used germ warfare, it just must have been missed, sorry!
 CH> And am even more sorry that we did such an abominable thing!  :'(
 WE> Smallpox was the main culprit.  Mostly by contact with white man but I
 WE> have heard about indians being given blankets that were previously
 WE> used by small pox victims. 
 Yup, do seem to recall that it was!  No doubt about that and was 
 probably even traded to them for something of value of theirs just
 to get rid of the blankets!  Sheeeeesh, what a lovely way to do 
 business!  :'(
 CH> IMHO, none of the above, but where the Indian came up with the forked
 CH> tongue thingy was from his lowley hissing brother the snake, right?
 
 WE> Yes the snake's tongue is forked.  What's indian lore about snakes? 
 WE> Or were the indians referring to our Christian notion of snakes when
 WE> they talked of forked tongues? 
 
 Now that I do not know, but I suppose that it is possible that they
 learned it from the first settlers from England!
 CH> And just where did you EVER find a woman
 CH> that could talk straight?  :)
 WE> American women?  No way.  How about indian folk?
 WE> Does indian woman talk straight? 
 You have got that right!  You can bet your life that indian women
 talk straight, for I had the joy, pleasure and blessing to be 
 married to a Cherokee who sadly died of cancer!  :'(  And any 
 indian who lies is no longer a member of that tribe either one 
 way or another!
  
 CH> Ya' can't win em' all!
 
 WE> Yea and if ya did, you  get stomped by a bunch of angry men.
 
 Sore losers!  :'(
 CH> ... Injun say:  "BIG cloud, MUCH thunder, BUT no RAIN!
 
 WE> What's he talking about?  The Fidonet PHILOSOPHY echo? -)
 I never judge others except by their shoes, and if their shoes
 fit, then they must be the one who lost em'!  :)
 WE> ... Cheers for the New Year!
 Where's the beer?
Just another humble servant of The Kingdom.......clarence.......
... Don't judge me by my relatives, I didn't choose them!
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