ジェームズ・アデアb。Abt 1714 of, County Antrim, Ireland d.1784年2月25日から1796年2月12日まで、米国サウスカロライナ州ローレンス

E. From "Family Traces" by David and Kathy Grooms: "John was the son of James Adair, an explorer and trader who lived among the Cherokees for over forty years, along with his two white sons, John and Edward, sons of an English woman. James Adair, one of the first traders among the Cherokees, was a member of the powerful Fitzgerald family, Adair or Adare being the name of the ancient family estate. He was a younger son, leaving home against his parents' wishes, to explore for himself the excitement of the new-world. He arrived in Charleston in 1735 and by the year 1736, he entered North Carolina and settled in the most western recesses among the Cherokee people. He was forthright, honest and had a genuine respect for the Cherokee people. He took to wife a Cherokee bride and had several children by her. He spent the remainder of his life among his new people. James was firmly convinced that the historic Indians known to him as the Cherokee, were relics of the "Ten Lost Tribes of Israel," and devoted his life to proving by systematic comparisons of language and customs, that the Indians were close kin to the ancient Hebrews. One of the myths handed down through the generations, was one of crossing a dry sea-bed as the waters were held back by a "Great Spirit." The name of this leader who led his people across the dry sea-bed, had been over the centuries, changed to the Cherokee form, but translated to English, meant "Moses." At this time, the Cherokee had no written language. These myths were handed down by word of mouth. They also had no knowledge of the Holy Bible until the white men brought it to them in the late 1700s. James Adair filled a large portion of his book "History of the American Indians" with his findings and theories..."
Comment: There are several errors in this summary. Modern DNA testing shows James Adair's wife, Eleanor, was of Native American blood of the Chickasaw tribe. Links to Fitzgerald family are unproven and conjectural; the author probably relied on the unreliable author Dr. J.B. Adair for this. Nothing is known of James' parentage, early life in presumably Ireland, nor of his arrival in America.

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