While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
M้tis ('mixed,'
from French m้tis, a derivative of Latin
mescere, 'to mix')
A term used by the French speaking population of the
northwest to designate persons of mixed white and Indian blood.
Among the Spanish speaking population of the southwest the word mestizo,
of the same derivation, is used, but is applied more especially to
those of half white and half Indian blood.
The term mustee, a corruption of mestizo, was formerly in use
in the Gulf states. In the west the term "half-breed" is loosely
applied to all persons of mixed white and Indian blood, without regard
to the proportion of each. See
Mixed-bloods.
