At 03:03 PM 6/19/02 -0500, you wrote: >There are actually other reasons that those two women share DNA with the >abos, lots of native >islanders, including aborigines were kidnapped by sailing captains and >many escaped or were marooned >in odd places. Just speculation on my part of course but, feasible I think. > >George Someone, I think the Astorians seeking furs, discovered Pacific NW tribes had two Japanese among their slaves. Slaves were usually members of other tribes, captured in war. The Japanese were probably fishermen blown offcourse, and carried by the Japanese current to the west coast. Margaret L