Blork?

[rolanni]

It's cold, and it's going to get colder. So there.

In other news, Kinzel and I switched what we have of our respective projects; I just finished emailing the first 25,900 words of Sword of Orion to its fond editor, and am now going to curl up in a chair and read about Indian abductions of adults between 1750 and 1870, firsthand accounts, written by the people themselves. The book on child abductions in Texas in the 1860s and 1870s was ultimately a little disappointing, as the author could only infer why and how the captive children assimilated so easily into Indian culture -- and had no insight into why they found re-assimilating into their birth so difficult. There is, however, a pretty good bibliography, including at least two books written by former captives, so all is not lost.

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I have known about the abductions my entire life, as a seventh generation Texan.

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And that my father delt in Americana and had a very soft spot for Texana. It is my personal belief that the hard time reassimilating problems were a kind of survior guilt mixed with rather harsh judgements of the "white"s as to "improper" behavior.
there is a very politiaclly incorrect set of comics called the _texas hitory movies_ that I remember as having one of these stories.....I'll see if I can find Dad's copy.

Re: I have known about the abductions my entire life, as a seventh generation Texan.

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I was thinking fear of being punished for various crimes against whites when they were Indians. Also, it didn't seem as if the parents had Any Clue about what their kids had gone through, or any idea why they couldn't just pick up where they'd been before experiencing a Serious Life Changing Event.

A long time ago, I'd read about ...Cynthia Ann Parker? Quanah Parker's mother. And how after she was returned, against her will, after living with and as an Indian for twenty-four years she was often locked in her room by her loving family, because, for some reason, she kept trying to run away and rejoin her husband and sons. Go figure.

there is a very politiaclly incorrect set of comics called the _texas hitory movies_ that I remember as having one of these stories....

That sounds interesting...