Appalachia People How they doctor themselves before modern medicine
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- A look at some of the reasons why you find so many baby graves in these old Cemeteries through out these mountains. These people had some tragic times before modern medicine came in. Thanks for watching. SUBSCRIBE: LIKE AND SHARE: GROW YOUR CHANNEL: THIS CHANNEL COVERS 9 DIFFERENT SUBJECTS ! All Videos are Copyrighted and used by permission only.
I remember watching my Grandmother take a teaspoon of turpentine ... yes turpentine! She also crushed asprin and mixed it with lemon juice and put it on the rough patches that were on her elbows and heels. Tree sap for cuts, which actually does work. Nettle tea for arthritis and gout. How many of her remedies worked I have no idea but she swore by every one and lived until she was 97 and saw a Doctor maybe 3 times in her life. I miss her ✌
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❤ The turpentine was ingested to kill internal parasites. I believe some people still do that remedy nowadays, but instead of taking it straight up, they soak sugar cubes in it and ingest it that way.
My husband and I were talking this past weekend about our ancestors and all the sacrifices they made to build this country. The hard times that this country was built on. If our ancestors could look a hundred years ahead they would be shocked and sad I think. I’m praying for our country and really appreciate this video that shows us how far we’ve come and how thankful we should be.
Amen my friend. God bless you. Thanks for sharing this.
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The only grandparent I ever met was born in 1894. She passed away in 1983. I learned a lot from her. Glad I listened to her and Mama talk .
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Thanks for keeping the history of these hard working people. Medicine is one of those areas that you can see progressing but people are still dying when there's currently no cure. So sad to see babies headstones and so many unmarked graves. Thanks for keeping their stories alive and sharing on TH-cam.
he indicated the cures are in the forest, just a matter of finding and understanding. good advice.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. Your very welcome. God bless you.
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Go to old cemeteries family area see lot of these
A very timely topic... thanks so much for sharing
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Thank you Donnie for another informative history lesson. The best part to me, is the Lord knows each and every one of them. May they RIP...no longer dealing with the sufferings of this world. I'm not so sure things are better now for us though. Life was hard back then but in a different way.
Your very welcome my friend. Thank you for sharing this. God bless you.
Thank you for the video. It breaks my heart to see people that struggle. It’s amazing how they figured out what to use as meds and knew they weren’t dangerous.
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I appreciate the many hours of hard work you have to invest in just one of these videos. Thanks for preserving our history and for reminding us that God knows those who were unknown to us. God bless you, Donnie.
Thank you so much for saying this my friend. I really appreciate it. God bless you.
Very nice presentation. Thank you.
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
One of my ancestors died of Ague in the mountains of Union County, which is the flu or malaria. I agree with you, Donnie. I've always said, for every disease, the Lord gave us a cure in nature. We just have to find it!
So sorry to hear that my friend. Thank you. Your very welcome.
You are so right all cures are provided by the lord however we have lost most of that knowledge I have been working hard to learn the herbal remedies and have used some with great success more folks need to do the same we may soon have to go back to those times.
This was a extra good up load today Donnie. We just might have to know these herbal medicines, and we should learn as much as possible about ginseng , yellow root, Mullen, self heal, and blood root to name a few. It’s sad about these graves unmarked or no names on them, so people could know. Like you said the Lord knows where they are and who they are. Thanks Donnie for sharing this with us, I have always found it of great interest to know our for fathers ways of life. Keep up the good work.
Thank you friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Many of today's "modern" medicine comes from those herbs and herbal oils. I'm a big believer as was my mom and grandma!
@@sandysue202 Soon we will have to know all these things, there will be no medicine , only what we can make ourselves, we are collapsing , the Chinese has police stations all over the country now, the Saudis have cut our oil off , and our brain dead government is letting them do all this. Soon we will be a third world country.
Amen brother! Lord knows how much folk's went through back then an yet they was so strong willed they pushed through. God bless and have a good'n Donnie!
So true my friend. Thanks for sharing this Jaered. God bless you. Shout out to your channel Friday my friend.
@@donnielaws7020 It's an honor to brother! And God bless you for the shout-out Friday! 🙏
Take care my friend.
Thank you, Mr. Laws, for all of your beautiful stories. Many of us, as adults, forget the importance of continuing to learn. The saying, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”, is attributed to the American philosopher George Santayana, and is very important to remember. Many of us forget that lesson. In your videos, you bring back to life, the importance of the lives of those who have gone before. Channels such as yours bring forth the history of our country and of those countries near and far. Thank you for your work. It’s greatly appreciated.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.
Those are my beloved people! Thanks yet again, Donnie!
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Thank you MrDonnie. I really enjoy your stories and the Appalachian history. I am desended from Cherokee and Irish. My dad was full Cherokee and my mom was half Cherokee and half Irish. I have walked the Appalachian trail and walked or bicycled hundreds of miles through the small communities in West VA Tennesee and NC. Beautiful country.
The sad thing is people are so self absorbed and disrespectful now and with what is comming these same people will not survive. If you don't respect your life and those around you you will eventually find yourself alone.
Thank you again Mr Donnie
WOW that's awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing your story. God bless you my friend.
I Seen your comment just after I had commented about how people are so cold these days and how I wish we had more people like these. They had compassion back then. These days people don’t care. I seen it last week when we took my two year old to the doctor bc he was sick. Just bc one nurse was having trouble swabbing my sons throat another one thought she wasn’t being fast enough and she was going to do it. I got between her and my child. No way was I letting someone like that near my sick child. Especially when I heard how cold she spoke about doing it. I could feel the frustration emanating from her. Me on the other hand I try to be nice to everyone. We need God again. God bless us all.
Thank you for remembering the dead. In my heart, speaking of them is honoring their lives. It keeps them alive in the minds and hearts of all who followed. 🙏💞
Well said my sister. God bless you. Your very welcome.
Thanks for sharing. People love hearing about the past generations❤
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing. Your very welcome.
My grandma used to say it was her faith that made her keep going. I think that's the only way to make it back then as always thank you.
Amen my friend. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Oh wow I love history .it's amazing how times changed ! When Men were Men and Women were Women and family was Everything!! Was a very sad time . Non of those people should be forgotten! Thank you Mr Narrator! You have the perfect soothing voice!Donnie Laws
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Thanks for sharing. I love the people of Appalachia. I’m proud to be one of them.
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I thank you Mr Donnie for doing what you do. We need more of that.
Thank you friend.
Today's world hasn't a clue about how to survive they're too busy with their phones, Uber eats, Starbucks, fighting and dividing. Our ancestors knew how to survive and yes some of them did work themselves to death. Work with the hands and build with your hands. Unfortunately disease comes through and we loose people and unfortunately in today's world there are doctors and big pharma that don't want us to get better because they won't make money of of us. This is truly a great video!
Thank you so much my friend for sharing this. That's so true. God bless you. Your very welcome.
Thank you for telling these stories. Your voice is very calming during a busy work day.
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God Bless you Donnie...you are the BEST Narrator...thank you for telling us the stories long ago
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Hey Donnie 👋, I’m watching videos of yours I haven’t seen before and waiting for you to get out of the hospital and come home! Love you Donnie ❤
I feel like I learn so much listening to you. I wish I would have been smart enough to talk with my elders about their lives, growing up.
I really missed a good learning opportunity.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you.
Thank you so much for posting, Mr Donnie.❤ I always look forward to your videos.😘💋😍🫂❤️
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That moon shine might have been good medicine for some people but it all ways made me dizzy. Thanks for another great video.
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Great video. I know all about these mountain grave yards. Brings me back.
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
Fascinating Mr Donnie. Thank you!
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Hi Donnie, this is a good video on Appalachian illnesses and medical practices. While doing genealogy research. I found a Dr. Moses Clemons in Jackson, Kentucky. His mother was a Cherokee Indian medicine woman. She taught Moses about Cherokee medicine starting at age 11. When he grew up he started a medical practice in Jackson. He was unlicensed, but practiced Cherokee medicine. This was in the early to mid 1800's.
Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. Thank you.
Thank you for another inspiring video Mr. Laws.
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Donnie thank you for your stories my grandma raised 14 kids after grandpa died she was a strong person but it finally took her from us all ancestors work so hard back them people now don’t know how easy life is now they need to look back then they wouldn’t make it God bless you and please keep the stories coming 🙏🙏🙏
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So heartbreaking! Thanking for sharing Mr. Donnie and God bless!
Thank you for another great video, always so interesting!
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
Thanks for sharing God bless.
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There was a Tv series called Christy, that tells the story of the Scotts in the hills of Kentucky. I loved it and learned so much it is as your story of the hardships of the mountain people.
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
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Thanks for saying this my friend. Your very kind. God bless you.
Just found your channel, I really enjoy it, I tell old tales on here as well. Keep it up!
Welcome to the channel my friends. Thank you.
They come through the North same thing people sometimes try to get stones from these graves and more than many a times I have been fortunate enough to find folks doing this and I just say you don’t want to be removing them stones they’re graves they’ve been blessed and I sure hope you pray real hard for first my dogs here will be following you and never mind the disturbance of the folks trying to be continuing to be at rest. Mind w you these days it’s harder to get about but word travels fast and so do the dogs. So many of us have taught our families and well some folks run but the grandkids and family dogs surely have kept them the done their best sometimes even bringing the rocks back and giving it a blessing for those to continue resting on in peace. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻💫
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Thank you for this video Donnie. I can believe it and I agree with you. Amen.
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It is so sad that so many people are forgotten. But as you said, the Good Lord knows every one. We aren't thankful enough for all the blessings we enjoy now. Thank you for this video. Hopefully it will help us remember how blessed we are. God bless.
Amen my friend. God bless you. Thanks so much for sharing. Your very welcome.
Thank you Donnie. Excellent program on our ancestors. God bless you.
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
I love this channel I lost my grandfathers when I was barely an adult and it’s like hearing them talk about their upbringing
Sorry to hear that my friend. God bless you.
I've been trying to learn what I can about herbal medicine and the old ways. I treasure your channel.
Thank you friend. Thanks for sharing this.
I was lucky to be born in a time and area where people took care of themselves. My Nana and my Dad taught me how to be self-sufficient. I used to follow all the farmers at the Co-op and the seed store. Lucky they thought I was cute and patiently answered my questions 😅. When I got older, I learned about the Spanish Flu and the other illnesses. When I began fishing the Blue Ridge, I’d often come across a little family plot. I sit quiet for a bit and move on. I found 2 plots right near my house. I started to clean one up, but the property owner asked me not to be on his land.
I really appreciate your bringing us these stories and keeping the memories of the hard working people who made our Great Country what it is today. Thank you Mr 16:42 Donnie for being one of those great Americans. I don’t mean to be posting so much-I’m in a remembering mood today!
WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you. Thank you so much. Your very welcome.
Thanks Donny enjoyed the story, I remember as a young un having to take castor oil or black draught.
I hated that stuff. Thanks for sharing this my friend.
Lol I have a bottle of castor oil in my medicine cabinet. I have mostly gone back to natural healing.
It does work my friend.
Hi Donnie . Thanks . ❤❤
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Thank you Donnie!
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Thanks for sharing the history, Donnie, G.B.
Thank you friend. God bless you.
Wonderful history lesson. I just love these stories. It's the same as sittin at ole Uncle Ed's knee again and listening to his stories. He's long gone now but his memory and stories will live in my heart till I go home to Jesus.
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
They had it hard back in the day. I hate to think about what would happen if we had to go back to those times. The grave yards would be running over. Like you said, people don’t know how to live off the land.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you.
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Happy Sunday Mr Donnie & family! I am oftentimes amazed how our family survived through all the hard living and illnesses we grew up in! It was a hard life and a lot of folks didn’t make it. Which makes me thankful we are even here! Not only the hard living but the wars too! We all have so much to thank God for! Prayers for thanks, loving our neighbors, mercy, blessings and everyone struggling through our Lord and Savior!❤🙏❤️
Amen my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.
Thanks for sharing
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Thanks again Donnie 💜
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Thanks Mr.Donnie. so sad but true 😢
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Another great video of how hard it was on our ancestors and how they worked, lived, & died. Did Typhoid Mary know that she had this disease & was a carrier?? Some people are immune to a disease but can infect others. I’ve often wondered about that. Yes, seeing a baby or little child’s grave always makes my heart ache & I want to know who they are & how they died. You are so right on the fact that God knows each & every one who’s buried in these cemeteries. Blessings always! ❤️✝️
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Thanks Donnie for this video. I really like these. So much good and interesting info. Fun to watch. Thank you😊
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you very much. Your very welcome my friend.
The older I get the more I think of my grandparents, both sets of grandparents as most did had cisterns never used for drinking only washing but I’m sure typhoid was spread that way. If I had a chest cold my grandma would make me a onion poultice and put it on my chest and I would stink for days not sure if it helped my chest but it opened up my sinuses. I have so many memories and stories I try to share with my children and grandkids once my generation is gone it’s lost.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing your memories with us my friend. God bless you.
What a lovely video !!!!!......... go "car or property flipping" ..... just sheer respect !!!
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I’m doing my family tree and yes so sad when you see so many children dying due to disease. Thank you for the story.good bless.
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I came across old obits online one day. They put in a brief summary of why the person died and some of the kids were fine 1 day, started feeling ill during the day and passed within 24 hours. So sad but also greatful medicine started being developed
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Thank you, I always enjoy your videos, even the sad ones.
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Thank you Mr. Donnie.
You have a way of making people think deeply.
I don’t know if you’re a drink’n man, but I’d love to meet you and share a jar of liquor, trading tales. Especially on a porch rocking in chairs. Ima, picker too... God Bless you sir... and all of those forgotten souls...
Awesome my friend. God bless you. Sorry I'm not a drinking man.
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Thank you Donnie 😊
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I was told by my grandmother Elizabeth I was born with pneumonia and a heart murmur - - I swallowed penicillin everyday for 10 years - - penicillin saved my life - - "where did the penicillin go?" - - good video Donnie - - thank you
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Thanks again Donnie
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Love the native Americans. I’m 83 and love how they worshipped nature, which is God. I’ll just leave it at that.🙏 Thank you Donnie.❤
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Amen Donnie, God knows all , these poor people will have a mansion in Heaven....
Amen my friend. Thanks for sharing this.
How interesting. If our doctors, nurses, and alot of people in healthcare had to live and suffer like our ancestors they would have more compassion I believe. People are so cold these days. I see it every time someone in my little family has to go to the doctor. I’m not saying everyone is cold hearted. There’s sure some that care. But people are so self absorbed these days. I miss the loving caring people just as far back as my childhood. We need God again. Most everyone has strayed away and it shows. There’s still some good folks left though. I believe you’re one of them Mr Laws. God bless you.
Amen my friend. God bless you. Thanks so much for sharing this.
Thank you for sharing
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I very much enjoy your presentations and the background music is wonderful. However, is it possible to reduce the volume of the music during the monologue? Makes it most difficult to hear such interesting recounts and history.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. Thank you. God bless you.
This is a sad video it reminds me of my first 14years of life growing up in East Tennessee living on no more than $50 a month back in the 50.s I know stuff was a lot cheaper back in the 50s and early 60s but it was still hard going to school in the snow sometimes with holes in your shoes I was hit by a car at 5 years old nearly killed but the lord saved me anyway God bless you and thanks for sharing this video
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My grandaddy, long gone, was an example of this although he was in Mitchell county Georgia. This started before WW1. He married his childhood sweetheart. The had a farm. She gave birth to a child about every year and a half. The first lived and when she got pregnant with her second, the first was just nine months old. She had the serious form of morning sickness and had to stop breast feeding because she was seriously dehydrated and the doctor was afraid she would die. She had to put the 9 month old on cows milk. Humans actually don't tolerate milk well until they are older. The baby died of the scours. Today we would say the baby was lactose intolerant and died from dehydration from diarrhea. This happened with their 3rd and 5th child. The sixth child was born two and half years after the 5th and thrived. They had three healthy children when she became pregnant with the seventh. At eight and a half months, both mother and baby died of what was then called "kidney poisoning", later called "toxemia", today known as eclampsia. His sister came to help when it was spring and Grandaddy had to get crops in so they would have food for the winter. By this time they had learned how to avoid the problems with plain milk. When the baby was about 4 months old and the crop had just really gotten past seedling stage there was a storm. It started to hail and everyone ran out to cover what they could. It was still chilly out so they put the baby on a pallet near the fire. It was asleep and they were only going out for a short time. When they got back, the baby had rolled and died in the fire. Granddady eventually did what men did back then and found a woman to marry because he couldn't farm and take care of young 'uns. His sister had married so she left. When Grandaddy remarried he had two children, a son and daughter. Shortly after he married the woman who would be my Granny, they were invited to visit some neighbors after church. The kids didn't want to go and since the grown ups were only going to be down the road, they le them stay home. The girl was taking a nap and the boy was on the porch watching a storm coming, sittin in a chair that he had leaned back against the wall. It was on two legs, they way boys do to this day and get fussed at for it to this day. When the storm was starting, Granny and Grandaddy were trying to get home. When they finally did they found lightening had struck the house and killed the boy. The girl was in a bed that was on castor that happened to be rubber. She slept through it.
My grandparents went on to have three healthy children. During the depression they lost two farms, one after the other. Grandaddy was able to get and keep a third only because he became a tobacco demonstrator. He was paid to go all over Georgia teaching farmers how to grow, harvest, cure and sell tobacco. People think it such an evil plant but it kept a lot of farm families from starvation.
My cousins and I have talked about this. I don't know how he kept going. I think grief would have consumed me pretty early on. Or not. As they say, that which does not kill you, hurts like hell.
WOW! Thanks for sharing your memories and story my friend. God bless. Them was hard times. So sorry to hear about the babies. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you my friend.
Mama used to cook red onions in lard. She strained the onions out,added coal oil and rubbed us down with it on our chest ,neck for colds,flu, bronchitis,etc.
WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend. My used mustard plasters.
@@donnielaws7020 we had our throat swabbed with it too🙊it stopped the cough and broke it up. We lived.
Good Story Mr Laws. Stay Safe and Sound. God Bless You 🙏 👍🇺🇲🐕🪶🐦🐾🐾🐻🙏
Thank you friend. Your very welcome. God bless you.
That was tough to watch but I learned a lot.
I would say we are lucky to have these old mountains. That have saved us from so much of the nonsense we see happening in this world.
Thanks for sharing this my friend with.
That scene of the graveyard reminds me of one of my family's. Rocks as a headstone for the most part
Thanks my friend for sharing this. God bless you.
You are a blessing to me. I even told my mother to check out your videos
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@@donnielaws7020 I definitely will be watching and checking your playlist. When I have time to catch up I will. thanks for sharing your stories with us.
Thank you friend.
One of my favorite moves is Lawless …even tho I live in Washington State I love the history.
Thank you friend for sharing this.
That cemetery reminds me of "pioneer cemetery " down the road from me. It's deep in the woods.
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
Amen God does
Amen my friend.
And I grew up there was Vicks salve,pine nettle cough syrup, koreoil rag and mom was the doc.
Awesome my friend. I bet she healed you many times. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.
Thank you, brother, for sharing the Appalachia history.
Your very welcome my friend. I'm trying to remember these stories and people.
Ma took me to see her great grandparents graves, they were the first generation here. The line of babies graves was so sad. There were six baby graves next to them. So sad
It's very sad my friend. God bless you.
Interesting video.
Thank you friend.
I worked for the park service as a tractor mower operator and I could get of the tractor and walk around in the mountains when I wanted and there were old graves scattered all over them Mountains with nothing but a rock for a head stone. There were still a few old guys working for the park service that had been with the CC camp guys and they said that the government evicted the family’s but the would leave they said they would have to tear down there homes but they still wouldn’t leave they said it wasn’t nothing to see them standing at a old cook stove out in the woods cooking. I had the privilege of helping restore the old Johnson Farm at the peaks of otter and the old cook stove in it came from my wife’s grand parents house my wife had cooked on it before and there family’s were related.If you ever get the chance to go see the old Johnson farm.
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Loved it
Thank you friend.
I don't know if you ever heard of the seventh son of the seventh son, my pappy was one as well as his pappy. They both could cure what ills you. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome my friend. I have heard of that all my life. Thanks for sharing this.
I appreciate you telling the story of what happened to some of our people Plus I also like to make my own clothes
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Very interesting,
Thank you friend.
I’m grateful for modern medicine, but I love and prefer to try natural cures as much as reasonable. I respect the old ways.
Sad about the Native Americans. Sad for the children. Thank you for honoring these families and their place in America’s past.
It's so sad my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.
In the 1800's only 1 out if 5 children born made it to age 5. As you saw in the cemetery they didn't even name many of them unless they survived until their baptism.
It's just so sad my friend. Thanks for sharing this.
Great video , and I agree that babies that die are in heaven , we're held accountable for sin , when we get older , knowing right from wrong..
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
My family, friends and I are fortunate to have access to modern medical care! I remember back in my childhood, when someone I knew was put in the hospital for pneumonia, I knew he or she was a goner.
Thanks my friend for sharing this.