Patawomeck Response
I was aware of Stafford county having a significant role in and around the time of the civil war but I had no idea that there were serious ties predating that. It is a nice thing to know that Stafford county had a rather large part in shaping the early colonial America. I can understand why the government would have some trouble in recognizing them as a tribe due to
lack of official documentation of the tribe through the years. They are really only relying on oral history passed down through generations of the tribe, so the lack of the hard evidence is a major factor. I do like the idea that Stafford does have some importance rather than the useless existence that I've always thought it has kept.
-Daniel
lack of official documentation of the tribe through the years. They are really only relying on oral history passed down through generations of the tribe, so the lack of the hard evidence is a major factor. I do like the idea that Stafford does have some importance rather than the useless existence that I've always thought it has kept.
-Daniel
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Yeah, the lack of hard evidence is a shame, and the fact that the Indians don't have the money to support any excavation of evidence is a shame as well. I am quite surprised Stafford isn't a large city by now with all of it's history and years and years of people here, I guess that makes us fortunate though.
I agree. I think it's important to remeber that history is bias and is based on people's opinions. It's hard to prove something like the Patawomecks aid and support to the colonists. The fact that there's could be no official documentation supporting this might explain why the Patawomecks haven't been mentioned in history books yet.
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