Thanks Ken,  I knew I could count on somebody on here to answer.  Do I
understand that if I go to CT and get on  a ferry I can get to where you
are without going to NYC?  Neat-O!!!!

When I got your message there was a red ball at the top that said it had
illegal things in it but I don't see anything illegal so guess it was all
right for me to read it.  Ruth




At 3:54 PM -0500 3/15/03, Ken Follett wrote:
>Ruth,
>
>The Shinnecock were Algonquin's and may still be today. Algonquins were a
>bigger gang than the Iroquois, but tended to side with the English during
>the Colonial Revolution so our historical retribution is to sh*t them out
>of our history, their history and all history, and likewise ignore their
>bloody raids on our innocent women and children... like the Mohawks & Last
>of the Mohicans -- same folks different woods, different diet. It may be
>fortunate, in some respects but I'm bollixed if I know which, that the
>Indians of LI tended to find out about the ravages of small pox sooner
>than most of the indigenous locals west of the Hudson, which is another
>reason that they are quickly forgotten. I mean, faster dead faster forgot.
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Ruth Barton
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