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<blockquote data-quote="PanhandleGlocker" data-source="post: 3655999" data-attributes="member: 25311"><p>I’m a descendant of William Wallace. (Braveheart) </p><p></p><p>Descendant of Jedidiah Smith. Google him. Mountain Man essentially. He got killed by Comanches near what is now Ulysses, KS. </p><p></p><p>I can’t find any info on it now but I’ve read the story of “An American Indian from the central US” saving the lives of many soldiers trapped in the Argonne Forest in France in World War 1. They didn’t have any pigeons to deliver a message and they were getting fired upon by their own artillery. They sent this man to run through the forest to deliver the message. It was my great grandpa but history books never had his name. He was a “Lost Cherokee” from NW Kansas/SW Nebraska. Not to be mistaken with the Lost Battalion story.</p><p></p><p>To add on the “Lost Cherokee” thing, my ancestors were on the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma and I guess a bunch said screw this and left the trail to go north to Kansas. They would have been recognized by the US government but since they left they are known as the “Lost Cherokee” tribe. Supposedly some of the descendants are trying to get recognition from the US Government but no luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PanhandleGlocker, post: 3655999, member: 25311"] I’m a descendant of William Wallace. (Braveheart) Descendant of Jedidiah Smith. Google him. Mountain Man essentially. He got killed by Comanches near what is now Ulysses, KS. I can’t find any info on it now but I’ve read the story of “An American Indian from the central US” saving the lives of many soldiers trapped in the Argonne Forest in France in World War 1. They didn’t have any pigeons to deliver a message and they were getting fired upon by their own artillery. They sent this man to run through the forest to deliver the message. It was my great grandpa but history books never had his name. He was a “Lost Cherokee” from NW Kansas/SW Nebraska. Not to be mistaken with the Lost Battalion story. To add on the “Lost Cherokee” thing, my ancestors were on the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma and I guess a bunch said screw this and left the trail to go north to Kansas. They would have been recognized by the US government but since they left they are known as the “Lost Cherokee” tribe. Supposedly some of the descendants are trying to get recognition from the US Government but no luck. [/QUOTE]
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