The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-06

Tamh indian war chief, saga
riore. sacliem and friend Of the white
niai best remembered today by
lie sccIety that bears his name But
lie BaBs famous q century before Fam
i many Hail was built 's
Iistcrtaps were few and amateur
fomahcerg were many in the Pennsyl-
WILDERNESS ef elden times. 20
for one true story otf the great Fam.
many there are y hcifll Legends.
Ana cttentImes Il Is hard 70 separate
fact from fancy in telling Of the OLD
sagauiores career
Tammny was ruler Of the Delaware
Indians early IN the seventeenth CEN
y fury and was leader Of the Lenni-Len.
nape confederation Of New York and
Pennsylvania tribes which in those
days waged eternal warfare against
tie fierce .Six Nations" and the say.
ages who lived on and around Mannat'
tan Island He was q king, ratner thau
q chit, and ruled his vide domain
Wisely In various native dialects ne
called Tamenand, Temane. Tam
lIientIand Tammany. His huge pal
aeeswlgwanl IS reported tohaye stood
tponsthe site Of Princeton college.
w eleemed William Penn.
II when william Penn and his fellow
Qlakers landed in Pennsylvania. with
4 chatter to settle that region, 1t was
1eammany, according to most accounts,
Who first greeted the great English
man and who made him and his COM
pani6is welcome guests Of his ma
tion. Tammany twas Hho!smoothedy
tie way Tor the, newcomers and In,
Tneed tie neighboring tribes to receive
theh peacefully. He is said to have
4. been d party to Penn;s sleorated
treaty with the natives, and to have
,cetaentei so close q friendship be-
tween caakefs and red men that
while Engiish-Indian wars waged con
stahtly In nearly all the other colon
les. Pennsylvania was immune from
bloodshed.
50 mighty was Tammany and so
deeply revered that his tFlbesmen In
fater gears were wont to bestow his
name upon any person on whom they
" Wished To confer special honor. The
indians looked on him; as q sort OF god
ind would travel hundreds OF miles 70
bring him theffg troubles for adjust
ment 1t is probably to some of these
worshtpping Indians rather than to
anyrealIy authentic facts that we owe
the following tale of Tamfnany's Prov
ess, story that used to be told and q
fetold lat d thousand native camp
flres: a
The Evil Spirit" for some powsriul
and malicious Indian chief who be-
came gnown by that name, because Of
his cfinesl coveted the wealth and,
peace and easy life OF Tanmany's 90.
nlnlois. and sought to gain tootnola
there Tammany knew that Il, the
Evil Spirit should once establish a
home in Pennsylvania the justice and
kindly feeling that had been so care e
fully iostered among theslocal Indians.
must give place to strifeand 8sins Se
he forbade the Spirit" TO set foot IN
the realm. The spirit" Insisted, and
Tammany had to use force to checK
his advance
I Battle With "EvII Spirit"
a long and terrible battle ensued,
lasting several months and dyeing the
green forests red. At last Tammany
oyercaIhe his foe and drove him forth
In utter defeat. The Evil Spirit" fed
to Manhattan island, where the god
less natives received him enthusiastic
ally and made him their ruler, begging
him 10! remain among them forever.
The truth Of the story-if truth
there was-probably lay in a war be-
tween; Tamma1y and some rival chief
who was forced, by the Pennsylvan-
Ian's victory. TO fy for safety to Man,
haitian. Tammany and his Delawares
hated Manhattan island and its inhsbi-
tants In the Delaware language Man