Post by Peter on Jul 7, 2019 11:49:30 GMT
You may know that I have been researching the Welsh Indians for years. On our road trip this year, we were going to Fort Berthold in North Dakota, to visit the Mandan reservation. The Mandans have many traits of the Welsh. Red and blonde hair, blue eyes. They live in thatched houses, arranged in streets. They build and use coracles, that they call Bull Boats. They are unlike other tribes, and seem more advanced technologically.
The weather all across North America has been brutal, and continues to be so. We decided to not travel north due to the mud-slides in California and Oregon. So we traveled back across the south through the snow in New Mexico, across Texas, and on to Louisiana. We stopped at Natchez, on the Mississippi. We met up with friends from our Hometown that were also traveling for the winter.
As often happens, our change of plans seems to have been guided by unknown forces. As soon as we had set-up in an RV park overlooking the river, we started looking at local history. We have another tribe that stands out among North American tribes. I have yet to sit down with the curator and person of knowledge with respect to the Natchez Indians, but my initial observations are certainly promising. They may be an off-shoot of the Madoc settlers.
The archeological evidence, and Natchez oral history shows that they arrived here in the 6th century. No indication of where they came from. They do not have a chief. They have a king. They lived in thatched round houses, built in a fortified enclosure, on a hilltop or mound.
They were very well documented by the French and Spanish. In the 1930s, Mary Haas located two Natchez speakers, and recordings were made. The recordings presently reside at the University library of Michigan. I will try to obtain a copy. The language is described as Muskogean, which is unique to the southeast, (where Madoc landed).
The weather all across North America has been brutal, and continues to be so. We decided to not travel north due to the mud-slides in California and Oregon. So we traveled back across the south through the snow in New Mexico, across Texas, and on to Louisiana. We stopped at Natchez, on the Mississippi. We met up with friends from our Hometown that were also traveling for the winter.
As often happens, our change of plans seems to have been guided by unknown forces. As soon as we had set-up in an RV park overlooking the river, we started looking at local history. We have another tribe that stands out among North American tribes. I have yet to sit down with the curator and person of knowledge with respect to the Natchez Indians, but my initial observations are certainly promising. They may be an off-shoot of the Madoc settlers.
The archeological evidence, and Natchez oral history shows that they arrived here in the 6th century. No indication of where they came from. They do not have a chief. They have a king. They lived in thatched round houses, built in a fortified enclosure, on a hilltop or mound.
They were very well documented by the French and Spanish. In the 1930s, Mary Haas located two Natchez speakers, and recordings were made. The recordings presently reside at the University library of Michigan. I will try to obtain a copy. The language is described as Muskogean, which is unique to the southeast, (where Madoc landed).
Here is a photo of comparisons between Natchez, Mandan, and British of the same periods.
Notice in particular, that the coin on the left contains the word BRIT. Both British and Romans referred to Britain as such. I would not expect to see the word BRIT on a Roman coin.
The Natchez worship a winged serpent. The Natchez serpent is quite unlike the Welsh Dragon of the same period, so we cannot give that point very much weight when looking for Welsh traits. The Natchez are the only tribe however, that worshiped a serpent in this area. Many of the Central and South American tribes also worshiped a serpent.
Natchez Serpent
Early Cymry Dragon