Who you portray

[heatherhistorian]

I am curious about our members and who they portray, what area they are representing  and what time period your  persona is from.  What gear do you wear to bring your persona to life?  Maybe this has been covered before, but I am new to the forum.

[Roaring Bull]

My wife and I are from the Arkansas and Louisiana area and she is Native American.  So we are working on being a couple composed of a Caddo Indian and a old river rat from North Louisiana.  Only been to one vouz so we haven't really worked out much of the details, but at least we have a start.  Time period will be around 1820-1825.

[heatherhistorian]

Very interesting.  I have portrayed a Wichita woman.  The Wichita are one of the Caddoan groups as well.  They were in The Arkansas City, Ks area and traded with the French from the 1700s-1753ish.  I have also portrayed a French woman who is on the plains ca. 1700.

[Chaffa Hosa]

Although all my gear is not yet correct I portray a state employed surveyor/hunter around 1820 in Mississippi. My caplock rifle is not yet correct

[heatherhistorian]

Neat.  What made you want to portray a surveyor?  Was there someone in your family or in your area's history that was a surveyor, or are you interested in surveying?

[Chaffa Hosa]

Neat.  What made you want to portray a surveyor?  Was there someone in your family or in your area's history that was a surveyor, or are you interested in surveying?

A lot of my education is in engineering and surveying, Mississippi became the 20th state Dec 10, 1817 and the time frame I am interested in there would have been state surveyors working. The Chickasaw Agency is also located a few miles from where I live and is very interesting as is the Natchez Trace

[heatherhistorian]

That is interesting.  You probably didn't like the Arkansas Post story I just did where they portrayed the Chickasaw as bad, bad men. haha!  So the Chickasaw are in Mississippi and Oklahoma now.  I didn't know that. 

[old salt]

I do not really portray any one in particular that can be documented but rather a member of that fringe group that was seeking freedom and land to live as they wanted to.

I am the type that dose not like people looking over my should telling me, You have to do this or you can't do this.

[heatherhistorian]

Yes, I know.  :)  However, you do portray a group of people. I bet if one analyzed history, he or she would find that most people who traveled West were the type that were always on the fringe trying to stay outside the highly populated areas.  Those who wanted to live by their own rules and not society's.

I was just curious what all was out there as far as our forum goes.  I bet we represent a broad range of interpretations of history. 

[Chaffa Hosa]

That is interesting.  You probably didn't like the Arkansas Post story I just did where they portrayed the Chickasaw as bad, bad men. haha!  So the Chickasaw are in Mississippi and Oklahoma now.  I didn't know that. 

Heather
History is History That I cant change
I do love to read and learn history that is true

Yes I live in the middle of the old Chickasaw nation and The Mississippi Band of the Choctaw Nation are just south of where I live and operating the 2 largest casinos in the state And doing good 

[heatherhistorian]

Cool.  Are they tribal casinos?  We have several here. There are two just south of my museum just across the state line into Oklahoma.  They are Tonkawa and Otoe-Missouri and there are two more planned right there...Ponca and Pawnee.  Then, another few miles south is the Kaw. 

I am glad you are doing good.  It is always nice to be successful. :)

[halfstock]

Heather: My persona (portrayal) is loosely based on family history, I'm an Irish/Scot whose family came to north america around 1700. Got into an argument with an english oversee'er on his treatment of a young lassy and had to kindof head west to avoid the noose for horsewhipping the old reprobate. Just headed west into what is now known as the Southwest, lived from hand to mouth as best as I could, traded, raided, lived with several different tribes. Am now an old man that don't like to be fooled with and maybe a bit grouchy LOL. Not a poor beggar but not a wealthy store keeper either. Make a few items to sell or trade to the flatlanders and the Moutain men and tribes alike. Still just a little wild and wooly but been to (2) county fairs and a rodeo so am not entirely without culture but close. Time line now somewhere around 1836-1839. Very close to realizeing that the old way's are about over and lamenting the loss of personal freedom.

Halfstock

[heatherhistorian]

That is great that you have someone in your family history to portray.  That makes it all the more personal for you.  See...I knew this topic would be interesting. haha!

[heatherhistorian]

Anyone else got any info to share on this?

[gonzales]

Missouri frontier trash, 1830'ish. Lookin' fer trouble!

Working on Spanish personna in Saint Louis 1780's. Lot of work researching this. Well lol, a lot of time I have'nt dedicated to it!