Ken, I was wondering if you would be willing to share some of the stories of the Mandan people an their contact with the Welsh.  You had alluded to that earlier, I thought that that story might make for some neat epic style poetry (plus, I hear some of the Mandan ended up in my State of NE, so it is a neat 'local' bit on info for me.)

Evening, Ken!

I know some of the databases are having issues and it's being looked into. Don't give up hope, yet, lol.

That's quite a spread of geography in your history! How awesome! Sort of a touch of everything. :)

I have a little Israeli, German, and French but otherwise my ancestry is all Celtic. I still proudly call myself an American and while I can't necessarily claim the same length of American heritage as you can, I still proudly claim a good four hundred or so years of it. So I always say my blood is Celtic and my heart is American. :) Two complementary concepts, I think!

Please excuse me.. I meant Native American, earlier. I apologize:)

Dia duit, a Ken! (hello!)

A Welsh Indian with Scots.. those are some pretty darn powerful blood lines, my friend! :)

It's a pleasure to meet you! One of my best friends is half Lakota, down south in Arkansas. When my oldest daughter was born, he bought her a little stuffed buffalo and a book full of Lakota stories; it was wonderful! Beautiful, dark, dangerous, and wonderful. :)

I'm Welsh through both sides of my family, with the additional heritage: Irish coming in from my Daddy's side, and English and French from my mama, but (like you and English), I don't claim the French, much, and just can't seem to hide the English, lol. Most of my ancestry can be traced to the Vikings, though, which is pretty interesting.. nothing quite so alive and close as Native American, though. :)

Thank you for the welcome! Again, it was wonderful to meet you!

Fiona

Ken I just read the rest of your story on Lewis, I live in Idaho so thats a big why I am interested in Lewis and Clark. I have a son that is going to school at ECU in Greenville, we are planning a trip to see him graduate this May and want to go to Boone in the ? mountains to see the Appalaction Hills. Norm

Ken I wanted to thank you for your reply on the Welsh Indians, I for one belive that the story true about Prince Madoc. But where they landed and what ever happened to them is a mystery, is the story you told me passed down through your tribe. I find it very interesting that the anicents were much more advanced than what they are given credit for. I have also read the stories about Lewis and Clark's travels and have travaled some of the same places they travald. As to why the Gov. wont let you family members exhume his body one only has to look at what insane rules we all have to live under. Have you ever heard of David Thompson of Canada, he worked for the Hudson Bay Co as a survaior that is also a great read and he got along well whith most of the natives he came across. Norm

Ken can you give me the story on the Welsh Shawnee

Hi Ken