<p>Basically, this started in 1969-70 while I was on vacation in&nbsp;Houston, Texas. I asked my grandfather, Nelson Mason Jones, Sr.,&nbsp;"Granddaddy, where do we come from and who are we?" And he&nbsp;answered, "They say we are Guitchees." It was said so ominously, I&nbsp;did not know whether that was bad, like being a criminal or top&nbsp;secret like being a spy. Since then, I have heard a number of&nbsp;explanations such as 1) these were Blacks who settled in the islands&nbsp;</p><p>off Louisiana, and 2) these were Blacks who were basically English&nbsp;speakers among people whose primary language was not English.&nbsp;You can take your pick of definitions, or even add a new one; I'm&nbsp;still not sure what the definition is!&nbsp;</p>