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In reply to the discussion: I never really liked the work of poet Walt Whitman, but I never realized [View all]StevieM
(10,503 posts)32. "Adopted" is a charitable word.
https://featherfoster.wordpress.com/2014/07/13/lincoya-andrew-jacksons-indian-son/
The battle of Horseshoe Bend in central Alabama, was a particularly brutal engagement. Scores of Creek Indians lay dead. One of Jacksons soldiers discovered a little boy, perhaps three-years-old, wandering around nearby, crying in search of his family or of anyone familiar.
The soldier brought the child to General Jackson, asking what he should do with him. The militia was on the march. There was no one to care for a little baby. Jackson did not hesitate. Bring him to Mrs. Jackson, he instructed. It was the perfect solution.
The battle of Horseshoe Bend in central Alabama, was a particularly brutal engagement. Scores of Creek Indians lay dead. One of Jacksons soldiers discovered a little boy, perhaps three-years-old, wandering around nearby, crying in search of his family or of anyone familiar.
The soldier brought the child to General Jackson, asking what he should do with him. The militia was on the march. There was no one to care for a little baby. Jackson did not hesitate. Bring him to Mrs. Jackson, he instructed. It was the perfect solution.
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I never really liked the work of poet Walt Whitman, but I never realized [View all]
pnwmom
Jun 2018
OP
And in the news now, that Einstein detested Chinese people, culture & lifestyle.
appalachiablue
Jun 2018
#1
One of his homes is a few towns away and I worked on some of the restoration of it, back in the 70s.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2018
#7
Our first Democratic President was Irish, both parents born in Ireland, and he adopted an Indian son
braddy
Jun 2018
#29
Scots Presbyterian isn't Irish. He also slaughtered a lotta 'Indians', as you put it.
Mc Mike
Jun 2018
#30
Don't forget, JFK's Catholic religion was considered by many to be an insurmountable obstacle to
tblue37
Jun 2018
#22