GFS Karen:	Tonight I am going to give you some of the information I found on BLUEJACKET.
GFS Karen:	I tried to get as much of his family history that has been
GFS Karen:	written about him in here as I could .
GFS Karen:	Here we go .
GFS Karen:	I am going to try and give you as much information tonight
GFS Karen:	as I can on BLUEJACKET .  I am happy that you could
GFS Karen:	make it tonight . This is going to be the first of a month
GFS Karen:	long lectures on Our Great Men .
GFS Karen:	BLUEJACKET, the Shawnee name appeared more than
GFS Karen:	once in the Shawnee Nation. MARMADUKE VAN
GFS Karen:	SWEARINGEN,  most think, was not the orginal
GFS Karen:	BLUEJACKET.
GFS Karen:	The name started out as two words and evolved into a
GFS Karen:	surname after MARMADUKE  was captured by the
GFS Karen:	SHAWNEE NATION . Historians have noted that
GFS Karen:	Bluejacket was a white captive and received wide
GFS Karen:	acceptance since the publication of ALLEN W. ECKERT'S
GFS Karen:	book  "THE FRONTIERSMAN" .  Bluejacket's  life is
GFS Karen:	based on family stories and traditions from Kansas in 1877.
GFS Karen:	Bluejacket was the recognized chief of the Mequachake
GFS Karen:	division of the Shawnee in 1772 , while Marmaduke was
GFS Karen:	but a youth at the time of his capture in 1778.
GFS Karen:	A Shawnee named Blue Jacket is listed among John
GFS Karen:	Owens early accounts of our history .  As early as 1756
GFS Karen:	Bluejacket's name appearing along with Ben Dickerson,
GFS Karen:	and cousin Blue Shadow, who was also called the Earl
GFS Karen:	Of Hell. Along with the Rev. David Jones who visited Blue
GFS Karen:	Jackets town in 1772 .
GFS Karen:	When Marmaduke VanSwearingen was captured during
GFS Karen:	the 1770's, he was adopted and given the name of Blue
GFS Karen:	Jacket . Perhaps he was to replace the original Blue
GFS Karen:	Jacket . But Blue Jacket's family may have given him the
GFS Karen:	same name, which was done at that time.
GFS Karen:	Blue Jacket was the second in command with Little Turttle
GFS Karen:	(when reading about Little Turttle I find mention of
GFS Karen:	Bluejacket also), during the red victories at Harmar 's
GFS Karen:	Defeat and St. Clairs defeat .  You can find writtings of
GFS Karen:	them both in many of the books written about the fall of
GFS Karen:	Fallen Timbers, KY.
GFS Karen:	Blue Jackets first wife was Clearwater, daughter of
GFS Karen:	Deperon Baby and his Shawnee wife.  His children
GFS Karen:	included JAMES BLUEJACKET  b. around 1790.
GFS Karen:	BlueJacket had a second wife . Her name was PEGGY
GFS Karen:	MOORE,  a white daughter of James Moore who was
GFS Karen:	adopted by the Shawnee. Their children were JOSEPH,
GFS Karen:	who became the sub-chief under Tecumseh in the war of
GFS Karen:	1812, Mary Jane Bluejacket, who married a
GFS Karen:	French-Canadian Trader named Lacelle and later lived in
GFS Karen:	Detroit, James Bluejacket who was the father of Rev.
GFS Karen:	Charles BlueJacket, and Nancy Bluejacket  who married
GFS Karen:	James Stewart and had four children whom among them
GFS Karen:	was Joseph Stewart. Listed in the tracts of land in Ohio
GFS Karen:	by the 1817 Treaty of the Miami of Lake Erie was
GFS Karen:	Thucuscu or Jim Bluejacket. I am not sure if this is one of
GFS Karen:	Van's children.
GFS Karen:	The Shawnee who were on the muster roll of the Ohio
GFS Karen:	Hog Creek and Wapakonetta bands shows Henry
GFS Karen:	BlueJacket family of seven and James Bluejacket family of
GFS Karen:	four.  The Shawnees who fought the Seminoles in Florida
GFS Karen:	were Henry, George and Jim Bluejacket.
GFS Karen:	Charles Bluejacket was the son of James Bluejacket born
GFS Karen:	on the Huron River in Michigan 1816.  He attended a
GFS Karen:	mission school near Fort Meigs .
GFS Karen:	James Bluejacket married a Wyandot and lived with her
GFS Karen:	people. The 1843 Roll of the Wyandots from Sandusky
GFS Karen:	shows his family consisting of 3 children.  Rev. Charles
GFS Karen:	Bluejacket married Pa-we-see in 1833 , among their
GFS Karen:	children was Robert  born in 1840, he was shot to death
GFS Karen:	by Villiam Fish in 1858 in Johnson County, Kansas.
GFS Karen:	Charles married again in 1843  to Julie Ann Daugherty
GFS Karen:	member of the Louis P. Daugherty family . From this
GFS Karen:	marriage came Sally b. 1844 m. Jonathan Gore, David, b.
GFS Karen:	1846, Price b. 1854, Willis b. 1860, Julia Ann b. 1863 and
GFS Karen:	Richard b. 1866 .
GFS Karen:	There is much written on the family of Charles Bluejacket
GFS Karen:	which can be retrived from RICHARD PANGBURN'S  book
GFS Karen:	INDIAN BY BLOOD VOL1.
GFS Karen:	Among the Shawnee who settled on the lands of the
GFS Karen:	Cherokee Nation by 1869 was Charles, Louisa, Price,
GFS Karen:	Willis, Silas, Henry, Richard M., David, Eliza , Rosella,
GFS Karen:	Katherine, Sally Martin, Joseph, Emma,
GFS Karen:	Sally, (F. E. Bailey's divorced widow) . All family members
GFS Karen:	are listed in JAIFR, vol lV, #2, pp 100-111. Twenty -four
GFS Karen:	members of the Bluejacket family are listed among the
GFS Karen:	Shawnee on the 1880 Cherokee Nation Census. 
GFS Karen:	And last but not forgoten is Dennis W. Bluejacket, he was
GFS Karen:	among the Shawnee who fought for America during WWII .
GFS Karen:	He was killed in Europe.
GFS Karen:	I hope this lightens your search for BlueJackets family .
GFS Karen:	The following books may help .
GFS Karen:	JAIFR, Journal of American Indian Family Research
GFS Karen:	HARVEY, Henry Harvey , History of the Shawnee Indians
GFS Karen:	from 1681 - 1854, E Morgan & Sons , Cincinnati ,1855
GFS Karen:	I have a list of other books that may help you also and
GFS Karen:	would send the list to you .  Thank you for coming
GFS Karen:	tonight . Are there any questions ?
JLBRUNS:	Where does one find the JAIFR?
GFS BB:		Janet Jaifr is availble through Memorabilia Corner, the editor is Larry Watson
RanchRat:	where was the original SHAWNEE land (what states would it be now)???
GFS BB:		Jaifr stands for the Journal of Indian Family research and
GFS BB:		has been in publication since 1979
GFS Karen:	The orginal lands according to the maps I have was the Ohio Valley which included
GFS Karen:	parts of Tenn, KY , Ohio, IL
RanchRat:	and possibly SW PA, sometimes considered the Ohio Valley???
RanchRat:	or no?
GFS Karen:	Ranch that I am not sure of .
GFS Kevin:	yes
GFS Karen:	Thank you Kevin .
GFS BB:		Ranch Rat there is a map on our website that show the Shawnee boundries
GFS BB:		it is located on the Maps and Bookstore Page
RanchRat:	(the reason is there are many names around my homeland: Shawnee is the name of my Moms club
RanchRat:	house, Youghiogheny River, Monogahela River, etc)
GFS Kevin:	All Shawnee country
RanchRat:	there are alot of NA names in my area... and many legends
Aggiemax:	The Sally Martin listed, does it say where she is from?
GFS Karen:	Aggie  I searched for her,  I thought she could be part of
GFS Karen:	my line . And could only find mention of her twice.
GFS Karen:	Both times she was Sally Martin .
GFS Karen:	I am thinking she was a daughter in law.
JLBRUNS:	Was Bluejacket white
JLBRUNS:	And his 2nd wife?
GFS Karen:	Second wife was Shawnee and white .
NAAHKITTY:	Have an Address for Larry Watson at HISTREE if that will help those who are interested in JA
NAAHKITTY:	IFR
NAAHKITTY:	HISTRE P O Box 5982 Yuma Az 85366-5982. (520) 343-2755.
Gray Dove2:	If I  understand correctly  Blue Jacket was a young white boy who was captured by Shawnees?
Gray Dove2:	and later held quite a high position
GFS Karen:	Gray  I read in one book that he was 4 and in another he
GFS Karen:	was 8, when he was captured
GFS Karen:	Yes Gray  he grew up as a Shawnee not a white .
Gray Dove2:	then after a tribe adopts they consider them Indian
GFS Karen:	Gray most of the Nations did .
Goater:		What was the relationship between the Miami's & the Shawnee's in the Miami River Valley
GFS BB:		Graydove this was a fairly common practice when a loved
GFS BB:		one was lost to replace them with a captured  person that
GFS BB:		would be worthy of them
GFS Karen:	Goater they went to war together .  From the book I read
GFS Karen:	Indian Fighters  this is what I understood .
GFS Karen:	Every book I read for this had them fighting together as allies .
GFS BB:		Karen I think I read once that the Miami's were an off shoot of the Shawnees
GFS Karen:	Barb I got that too reading this one book .
JLBRUNS:	If adopted by tribe today, do tribes consider you Indian? How about the govt.?
Gray Dove2:	What position did Blue Jacket hold  was he Chief at any time?
GFS Karen:	JLB  I think that depends on the families and those around you.
GFS BB:		anet I can answer that you would not be recognized by the
GFS BB:		government as being Indian by Blood
GFS Karen:	I am 3/4 and not accepted by all my people .
GFS Karen:	Gray  they never mentioned him as a Chief .
GFS Karen:	Just a great Warrior .
NAAHKITTY:	About the Miami/Shawnee connection. It is a popular belief among many that they are related.
NAAHKITTY:	the same way the Delaware - Shawnee - and Lenape.
GFS Karen:	NAA  that is what I was understanding while reading . But they never came out and
GFS Karen:	said it .
Gray Dove2:	What was his claim to fame?  In other words  how did he become so well known?
GFS Karen:	Gray Dove he was a great Warrior to the Shawnee Nation .
GFS Karen:	There is not alot written on him .  But all that is speaks of
GFS Karen:	him highly .
RanchRat:	did the Shawnee revert to Christianity or practice their spiritual ways and if not Christian
RanchRat:	then did they believe in reincarnation at all???
RanchRat:	or is that not even known?
GFS Karen:	Ranch  sorry  I cant answer that one . I do know that some
GFS Karen:	of his family became baptist .
GFS Karen:	You would have to read up on his son to find that out .
Candover:	RANCH I can  tell you about the OLD religion.
JLBRUNS:	BB He adopted a lot of folks
JLBRUNS:	Don Lakota
Candover:	RANCH, it goes back to the beginning of the INDIAN on American soil.
GFS BB:		one of your favorite authors work Allen Eckert has written
GFS BB:		alot on the Shawnee as well
GFS Karen:	Ohh Barb  THAT DARK AND BLOODY RIVER .
Nitoba:		Karen was Black from OK
PSlater113:	Eckert wrote a book called "Blue Jacket"...............Some of it fiction...but very interesting
GFS Karen:	Nitoba  no  he was from Kentucky .
GFS Karen:	His family came here from England to VA .
GFS BB:		Ranchrat most tribes had beliefs in reincarnation, there is
GFS BB:		a book called Native American Religions by Hirschfelder and
GFS BB:		Molin that covers some of this
Candover:	TULIPS, Indian soil???
GFS Karen:	Ohh  Black Elk .  Noooo  he is Ogala Souix
RanchRat:	i am reading HISTORY OF WESTERN PA (1754-1833) the Western Campaigns