[Grovenet] Genesis 4:9

[Walt Wentz]

>  Our ancestors if they came then went through some terrible times. 
>Some of them starved. Some of them ended up roasted over the fires 
>of indigenous people.

Eh... exactly where did you learn your anthropology? There are some 
first-contact traveler's tales of cannibalism among the Caribs of the 
islands and perhaps some Florida tribes also, but in the mainland 
America of historic times, reports of cannibal Indian tribes were 
probably mere slanders by tribal enemies.

If anything, the offense went the other way. I am thinking of a 
sure-enough Western hero, a mountain man named Jeremiah Johnson. He 
went by the endearing nickname of "Liver-Eating" Johnson, since  he 
had the quaint habit of hunting down and killing Crow (Absaroka) 
warriors and eating their livers-- raw. In extenuation, this little 
dietary peculiarity was not due to some mental aberration or vitamin 
deficiency, but was a long-drawn-out revenge for the murder of his 
Indian wife by the Crows. Johnson supposedly continued his epicurean 
vendetta against the Absaroka for more than 20 years, but eventually 
relented-- gaining the distinction of being the only person to sign 
an individual peace treaty with an entire Indian tribe.
I will refrain from humorous commentary, which would probably be in poor taste.
Walt