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Intermarriages of Native Americans and white settlers were quite common at times.  This was most common when the frontier had few white families and there were reasonably peaceful relations between indigenous peoples and colonizers.  Other times the Indigenous society may have welcomed the white person, often when the individual was a government agent, trader, minister, schoolteacher, or a craftsman employed to teach blacksmithing or weaving.  Often times, it would take 2-3 successive generations of cross-cultural marriages before someone of Indigenous background could live a regular life among the whites.  Marriages between blacks and Native Americans were common as well and were acceptable, especially in Northwestern Ohio where there was an established Presbyterian Mission for the conversion of the Native Americans to Christianity.  Many records do exist on those affiliated with and converted by this Presbyterian Mission.  Other records may include narratives written by missionaries, trappers, fur traders, and government agents. These records are not easily indexed and can be very time consuming to read through.   

Intermarriages of Native Americans and white settlers were quite common at times.  This was most common when the frontier had few white families and there were reasonably peaceful relations between indigenous peoples and colonizers.  Other times the Indigenous society may have welcomed the white person, often when the individual was a government agent, trader, minister, schoolteacher, or a craftsman employed to teach blacksmithing or weaving.  Often times, it would take 2-3 successive generations of cross-cultural marriages before someone of Indigenous background could live a regular life among the whites.  Marriages between blacks and Native Americans were common as well and were acceptable, especially in Northwestern Ohio where there was an established Presbyterian Mission for the conversion of the Native Americans to Christianity.  Many records do exist on those affiliated with and converted by this Presbyterian Mission.  Other records may include narratives written by missionaries, trappers, fur traders, and government agents. These records are not easily indexed and can be very time consuming to read through.   

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