Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
NANTTCOKE TRIBE OF
INDIANS HOLDS ITS
ANNUAL POW WOW
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After invocation to the Great Spirit,
the pipe of peace was passed around
and Chief Wyniaco extended greet
ings. A welcome dance followed
then the green corn dance. Other
dances given during the afternoon
were the war, scalp and snake
dances, in which the members of the
tribe and visiting chiefs and braves
took part, while the tom-toms were
beaten.
Among those from the University
of Pennsylvania who made their an
nual visitation to the pOw-wOw were
DIR. Frank G. Speck, head of the de-
partment of anthropology; Prof. A.
Irving Hollowell, instructor in an
thropology; A. R. Davidson, student
in anthropology of the University of
Pennsylvania; DR.. and Mrs. Ralph
Holtzhouser, DR.. and Mrs. Claude
johnson and daughter, of Philadel-
phia; Fred Johnson of Boston, stu
dent of anthropology in the Univer-
sity; Prof. George Nitchie, DR.. W.
w. Hyde, of Philadelphia.
Visiting chiefs and distinguished
Indians from different sections of
the country who took part in the
ceremonials and pOw-wOws are:
Miss Mabel Knight Miss Tadman)
of Boston, noted lecturer on the
American Indian and adopted into
the Omaha Tribe; Chief Stronghold
and Chief Little Feather, of the OBJ
jibway Tribe, of Canada; Don Whis-
tier Keskikosh and wife of the Oma-
ha Tribe; Princess Gladys Tante-
quidgeon, Julian NJ. Harris and Bun
nell H. Fielding of the Mohican
Tribe; Chief Nantacu-us 20. w. At
kins) of the ChicahOminy Tribe, and
high chief of the POwhatan Confed-
eracy; George Jones and other
braves of the Chicahominy Tribe;
Chief Wah-an-han-oche of the Han
semond Tribe, near the Dismal
Swamp in Virginia; Chief Tahha-
cope (Otho NelsOn) of the Rappahan-
mock Tribe and his squaw, Susan P.
Nelson, who is secretary of the Con-
federacy and also of the tribe; Chief
George Gustalow of the Mattiponi
Tribe of Virginia; Chief James H.
johnson of the Rappahannock Tribe,
now of Baltimore; Chief Dorelix
Amaf of the Cherokee Tribe, a lin
eral descendant Of Chief Great Bear;
Chief Pahamencoot, of the Pamunkey
Tribe of Virginia.
Princess Tantequidgeon is lin
eral descendant of the great Indian
Chief Uncas, who assisted the Puri-
tans in the seventeenth century and
who ate at the first American
Thanksgiving feast. Her ancestor,
the grandson of Chief Uncas, is the
hero mentioned in the great novel
by James Fenimore Cooper, entitled,
1.-THE Last of the Mohicans."
Princess Madacanna of the Nan
ticokes, a lineral descendant of the
kings of the Nanticoke Indians, who
ruled under Powhatan, always enter
tains the noted Princess Tantaquid-
geOn.
The Nanticoke Indian Associa-
ton, organized in 1921, and charter
ed under the Laws of Delaware, has
a membership of about thirty. 1t
has been through the activities of
Chief Wyniaco that they have been
brought together within the past
twenty-three years.
Friday afternoon there was a gen.
eral council meeting participated in
by the chiefs and members of the
tribe. Friday night the Indians en-
gagged in big raccoon hunt along
the shores of the Indian River and
Indian River Bay, which more than
a century ago proved to be the hap
py hunting grounds of their forepar-
ents. Saturday was spent in boat
ing, fishing and hunting quail and
rabbit and at night farewell dance
was given in the council hall.