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	Message: : in the Historical & Mythological References in Marathon page, Wilson : Miner wminer@feist.com > writes: "The Basques were a native tribe : who ambushed Charlemagne's army at the pass of Roncevalles in the Pyrenees : Mountains." : hadn't seen that quote before. i'm pretty sure Basques do not consider : themselves a "tribe"! : quoting from Wikipedia: The Basque (Basque: euskaldunak; Spanish: vascos; : French: basques) are an indigenous ethnic group who primarily inhabit an : area traditionally known as the Basque Country (Basque: Euskal Herria), a : region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast : of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and : south-western France. : i worked surrounded by basques some years ago, and even have some basque : blood. i remember some things they used to be quite proud of, like the : fact that they have been living at the same place (Euskal Herria) since : prehistoric times, and that the Euskara language is one of the oldest : living ones, and one of the few human languages that isn't derived from : others, which makes it very difficult to learn. i certainly can imagine : a bunch of rock-headed basques fighting off Charlemagne, in a show of : bravery similar to Thermopylae :) : agur! : yaco\
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