Re: Stories versus facts
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In reply to:
Stories versus facts
6/20/99
Gary,
I am sorry, if I ruffled any feathers.I repeatedly said in my last posting that it was a story handed down - of course it is not factual even tho there is some truth in it. I only shared this storyas an interest line because that incident has been a major part of the history of story-telling among the residents (past & present) in what is now Bland County.I may not be as experienced of a genealogist as some profess to bebecause I am not only interested in the facts, but also the customs, the beliefs and the stories - the lifestyles of the point in time. Due to television and other modern conveniences, story-telling is a lost art that was a major part of the socialization of our ancestors.My grandfather use to hunt and from stories that he would tell me as a little girl were of living and hunting with the Indians and all sorts of adventures.I know that stories areslanted from the person's point of view but that is the art of story-telling.I did not mean to attack any truth about the Sluss family massacre.I have not read any sensational subject matter on the massacre as what was noted by you.I have only heard it through handing down from the generations.Istated repeatedly that it was a story.
I am sorry, if I ruffled any feathers.I repeatedly said in my last posting that it was a story handed down - of course it is not factual even tho there is some truth in it. I only shared this storyas an interest line because that incident has been a major part of the history of story-telling among the residents (past & present) in what is now Bland County.I may not be as experienced of a genealogist as some profess to bebecause I am not only interested in the facts, but also the customs, the beliefs and the stories - the lifestyles of the point in time. Due to television and other modern conveniences, story-telling is a lost art that was a major part of the socialization of our ancestors.My grandfather use to hunt and from stories that he would tell me as a little girl were of living and hunting with the Indians and all sorts of adventures.I know that stories areslanted from the person's point of view but that is the art of story-telling.I did not mean to attack any truth about the Sluss family massacre.I have not read any sensational subject matter on the massacre as what was noted by you.I have only heard it through handing down from the generations.Istated repeatedly that it was a story.From your letter, it appears to me that you are intent on nothing but the facts.I hope you live close enough or be able to visit Utah at the Church of the Latter Day Saints to be able to correct their records.From what I can recollect, they have a Frederick Sluss living in Tazwell.They have a Jared Sluss and his wife Christina dying about 1885 in an Indian massacre.
From your letter, it appears to me that you are intent on nothing but the facts.I hope you live close enough or be able to visit Utah at the Church of the Latter Day Saints to be able to correct their records.From what I can recollect, they have a Frederick Sluss living in Tazwell.They have a Jared Sluss and his wife Christina dying about 1885 in an Indian massacre.I apologize again for any misunderstanding between the facts and a handed down story.
I apologize again for any misunderstanding between the facts and a handed down story.Sandy
Sandy