History of the Reed family in Europe and America
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AND HISTORY OF THE CLANS. 15
were in their turn superseded in the sixth century by an
association of German tribes called Bavarians. This ac-
counts for the existence of Reads in Bavai-ia, and for names
of places in Bavaria which retain the name in connection
with some other word indicating their location or history :
as Rednitz, on the borders of Regia ; and Reidlinggine,
meaning " the place of the Reids." It is a very common
name in the German States, and is abbreviated from Rheda-
riurn. Some of the descendants of the ancient Rhedarians
may have found their way to England at the time of the
Saxon invasion, and retained the name ; but I think it is
very clear that the Reads of England, Scotland, and Ire-
land, went there by a different route.
About fourteen or fifteen hundred years before the Chris-
tian era, there prevailed a general fever for Western emi-
gration, which was resorted to by tribes, who selected some
new location in order to get better feeding-places for their
flocks, or for purposes of plunder. The only method then
known of obtaining possession of a desired spot was by
what we now term " fillibustering ; " as was the case with
the Cretan Teucer and his company, from whom arose the
Rhedarians, Dalraids, Reedhas, or Reeds. The advent of
the Israelites into the land of Canaan was in keeping with
the spirit of the times. The stronger would drive out the
weaker ; and the vanquished were under the necessity of
expelling some nation weaker than themselves, in order to
gain a habitation : and thus a general commotion prevailed.
The children of Israel fixed on the land of Canaan for
their portion ; and the Phoenician States, comprising Tyre
and Sidou, were set off to the tribe of Ashur. Though
these never got possession of either, their conquests in the
neighborhood, and almost certain success in every engage-
ment, filled the minds of the Phoenicians with fear. The
latter were a commercial people ; their property consisting
were in their turn superseded in the sixth century by an
association of German tribes called Bavarians. This ac-
counts for the existence of Reads in Bavai-ia, and for names
of places in Bavaria which retain the name in connection
with some other word indicating their location or history :
as Rednitz, on the borders of Regia ; and Reidlinggine,
meaning " the place of the Reids." It is a very common
name in the German States, and is abbreviated from Rheda-
riurn. Some of the descendants of the ancient Rhedarians
may have found their way to England at the time of the
Saxon invasion, and retained the name ; but I think it is
very clear that the Reads of England, Scotland, and Ire-
land, went there by a different route.
About fourteen or fifteen hundred years before the Chris-
tian era, there prevailed a general fever for Western emi-
gration, which was resorted to by tribes, who selected some
new location in order to get better feeding-places for their
flocks, or for purposes of plunder. The only method then
known of obtaining possession of a desired spot was by
what we now term " fillibustering ; " as was the case with
the Cretan Teucer and his company, from whom arose the
Rhedarians, Dalraids, Reedhas, or Reeds. The advent of
the Israelites into the land of Canaan was in keeping with
the spirit of the times. The stronger would drive out the
weaker ; and the vanquished were under the necessity of
expelling some nation weaker than themselves, in order to
gain a habitation : and thus a general commotion prevailed.
The children of Israel fixed on the land of Canaan for
their portion ; and the Phoenician States, comprising Tyre
and Sidou, were set off to the tribe of Ashur. Though
these never got possession of either, their conquests in the
neighborhood, and almost certain success in every engage-
ment, filled the minds of the Phoenicians with fear. The
latter were a commercial people ; their property consisting
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