The Nome daily nugget., 1935-09-28

Jackson was made for the Constitution after Dewey had decaptated him and that 1t Is this replica which stands on the academy grounds The head which Dewey carried away, according to this version, did not turn up, de- spite the rewards that were offered for 1t, until many years later and this original which sold few years ago for S1o,O00, Is now in the pos session of a private collector.
 The Andrew Jackson fgurehead, whether the original or a replica is not the only famous one al the Naval academy in Annapolis Even richer in tradition is that of a scowling Indian chief tain-"Old Tecumseh," the God of 2.5"-which stands in front of Ban croft hall. This fgurehead originally graced the bow of shipof- -the-lne, the Delaware. built in the navy yard at Norfolk Va, In 1877 and was supposed to be likeness of Tamanend the most famous of chiefs of the Delaware Indians Gle also known as Tam many, and as such becam the patron god of the New York political society,"
 At the beginning of the Civil war the Dela ware was out of commi ssion at the Norfolk navy yard. When the navy yard was destroyed in 1861 she was scuttled and burned, but after the close of the war what remained of her hulk was sold to wreckers, who raised and broke her up for copper in 1S66-67 and the figurehead was sent to the Naval academy, where after occupying several sites finally in 1909 was placed on a pedestal facing Bancroft hall.
 
 terious power of imparting knowledge estab lished. Also by this time he had been renamed "Tecumseh" by the middies and had become the God of 25" (the passing mark at the academy) Later his powers were increased and he was charged with gaining victories for the navy teams. As the regiment of midshipmen departs for the big games each platoon gives left handed salute" to him that the Navy may win that day. Another ceremony Is centered around "Tecumseh." When the final examinations are | concluded the graduating class gathers before him to read its class history and pay final hom age to his steadfast aid.
 In more recent years the ravages of time were | threatening "Old Tecumseh," so a movement sponsored by the class of 1S91 was put under way to replace the wooden figure with an exact replica in bronze This was done about five years | ago but even though the midshipmen now toss | their pennies before a bronze .'Old Tecumseh" | as they pass Bancroft hall and invoke his aid in the imminent quiz, the original wooden figure | head is still carefully preserved at Annapolis It has distinguished company in one of Gre. clan design which once graced the British ship Macedonian until that vessel was captured by Stephen Decatur, while in command of the U. S. S. United States during the War of 1872. one of bust of Benjamin Franklin which adorned the U. s. s. Franklin launched in 1S15
 and another, taken from the Spanish Don An tona de Ulloa, destroyed by Dewey at the battle of Manila Bay. Dewey's flagship at that battle, the Olympia, had an interesting fgurehead. It was bronze winged goddess of victory holding aloft an eagle, and it was designed by the fa.
 nous sculptor, Augustus Saint Gaudens. The Buffalo (N. Y.) Historical society has A
 notable collection of ships igureheads, one of
 the most famous being bust only 19 inches | high. It is a smiling woman, wearing coronet
 and is supposed to be portrait bust of Queen | Caroline of England, since 1t was the fgurehead
 of the steamer the Caroline, which was built
 in the early part of the Nineteenth century. Dur. ing the Upper Canadian rebellion of 1887. the Caroline was said to have been in the service
 of the rebels and one night she was lowed from
 her moorings in the Niagara river, set on fire and set adrft. The charred timbers of the shin
 loated over Niagara falls, and were dashed tt pieces on the rocks But by some strange quirk of fate the smiling face of Queen Caroline sur
 vived the perils of both fire and water and was
 found comparatively uninjured in the lower
 Niagara river near Lewiston.
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