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To: Lee'sGhost
Quite a contrast when compared to the CSA which included Cherokee representation in its government.

Where?

10 posted on 02/13/2003 5:08:25 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
Here.

From the University of North Carolina, Documenting the American South. http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/csstat62/csstat62.html

"The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America, Passed at the Second Session of the First Congress; 1862."

LIST OF THE PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS.
Acts of the first Congress of the Confederate States.
STATUTE II.--1862.
CHAP. XL.--An Act to fix the pay and mileage of the delegates from the several Indian Nations, authorized to have Delegates under their respective treaties.
Oct. 11, 1862.
Pay and mileage of Delegates from Indian Nations. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the delegates from the several Indian Nations authorized to have delegates under their respective treaties, shall be paid the same salary and mileage that is paid to members of the House of Representatives under the law now in force.

By the way, in doing your research for you I can across this little gem from the University of Virginia (http://www.people.virginia.edu/~pnm3r/kituwah/Chapter%204-06.htm#TopOfPage). Guess now you'll shut up on TWO issues.

Michael Roethler, in his dissertation "Negro Slavery among the Cherokee Indians: 1540-1866," poses an interesting question seldom explored in other stories of the Drew's regiment. He states, "By the time of the defection Drew's regiment contained many Negro slaves who, for the most part, had freely joined the army with their masters. The Indian slaves served well in the border warfare, and there was no recognized difference of social status between the red and black soldier." Given that, as late as 1863, Drew's command contained "many Negro slaves who, for the most part, had freely joined the army with their masters," it is likely that Drew's command in 1861 contained many Negro slaves. Among the Keetoowah, for whom bonds of culture and community transcended lines of clan, of Nation, and possibly even of "race," there were probably African Americans. Among the Baptists who made up Drew's command, there were most certainly African Americans. When asked who he was as he crossed lines to join his brethren, the black soldier would most likely answer, "I am Keetoowah's son!"

Did you notice how many times the words "many" and "slaves" were used? Isn't that amazing -- not!

13 posted on 02/13/2003 7:30:40 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (To BOLDLY go . . . (no whimpy libs allowed).)
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