The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13

have corresponded with our New Years festiy
members of the tribe The old fires that had been carefully
cherished throughout the extngushed new
after which life was begun over again All crin
nails except murderers that dav paoned and after
having taken, along with the rest an cnec hey we're re-
They had very decided belief III another
pie used calling heaven hell Into the heaven went
al the good and faithful and brave driven the
wicked unfaithful In connection with this belief In
future life they had Of vague faith in the transngra
ton of souls and to have believed certain
stay in the evil place permitted to
issue into better and life.
1t will be interesting perhaps to know that there still
nuney Indians They claim be the lnea descendants q
the Powhatan tribe.
We indebted to Mr. John Garland Pollard for very
definite information concerning this tribe of Indians They
live in town the Richmond and West Point Railway
known Indian Town, about tweny-one miles east of Rich
mond They live upon land containing about eight
arabic This conceded by an act OF the Colon
a Assembly and it is to be aenated from their pos
In 1898 Mr. Pollard this Indian village and took
Of the Pamunkey tribe He reported that
present on the reservation ninety Indians all told twenty
others accounted for being Richmond
being employed the steamships plying the Virginia
1893 hundred ten Pamunkey Indians
These Indians by any thoroughbred Their
blood has become much tainted especially with negro blood
The estimate OF its purity all the way from onc-fift
ourhs In years, they very string
en rule that there must be ntermaryng with the negroes
The penalty for violation of this rule is expulsion from all
the rights and privileges of the tribe.
They live under pure democracy being governed BY
Chief chosen by the people and by council of four
socated with him. Their OF election
interesting. Two nominated by council for
presidential chief known Number the
known as Number Two. Whoever wishes Num-
her One deposits in receptacle placed central point
OF and whoever for Number Two deposits
bean They enforce their laws rgidy although penalties
Tor violations of law do be very great consisting
mainly in fines and expulsion denial of the rights
eges Of the tribe All capital offenses tried in neigh
boring court OF King William county.
The lands held in common but there is allotted
each head OF the family eight Of ground This land
dnary remains in family through generations
only transferred when there heirs laying claim
Upon these eight they build their house usually story
and half high They live subsst in very primitive
fashion, depending the and woods for their
port Deer sometimes to be had their reservation They
deal considerably in ur of small wild animals The
abound all the fish known the Virginia They
each large numbers of ducks and birds
especially the famous and tOOhsOme Their
OF killing the interesting and peculiar Nowadays they
have basket of iron resembling very much the ordinary
peach basket In it is put the pine kindlng wood which
gncd and set in the marshes in front Of their
The birds attracted to the fire in numbers and
beaten down by fails in the hands of the Indians They
originally had receptacle for the fire what they called
horse 1t made OF clay and hardened much
china is One OF these horses found by Mr. Pollard
and put exhibition the Chicago Exposition and
al the Smithsonian institute at Washington
the Smithsonian Institution at Washington.
They pay tribute the State, except that has be-
custom to furnish to the Executive Mansion Rich