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Indian Lives and Anecdotes ca. 1886 - 1941 part 6
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"Old Hannah with the withered hand" must have been Betsy's mother, either [one struck through] a Francis or a Neptune [three struck through]. {Father mixed up the totems with the Neptunes} | "Old Hannah with the withered hand" must have been Betsy's mother, either [one struck through] a Francis or a Neptune [three struck through]. {Father mixed up the totems with the Neptunes} | ||
| − | Old Betsy, the terror of my childhood, a drunken old beggar. She was a Neptune [one struck through] a Notamis & a sister to Joe Denny {or Joe | + | Old Betsy, the terror of my childhood, a drunken old beggar. She was a Neptune [one struck through] a Notamis & a sister to Joe Denny {or Joe Sepsis} who was also a Neptune [five struck through]. She m. Frank Sock who was killed in the war (says Lewey). "Some says I'se foolish but my sister Betsy she's more foolish nor I be. |
We have bills of Joe Denny's given at Castine Denny, so Clara says was father of Sebattis Denny. {but doubtful} | We have bills of Joe Denny's given at Castine Denny, so Clara says was father of Sebattis Denny. {but doubtful} | ||
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Old Hannah, Old White Hat, squaws of notoriety as scolds though inferior to Brassoway Joe Tomer's wife
White Squaw, mother Francis White-Squaw's son and Sebattis White-Squaw's son.
Old Lizzy, a miserable character with a twitching face used to say Pon my soul, Mr. Hardy {Clara Neptune says she was the illegitimate daughter of a priest long ago & it would seem most likely of Father Juniper Berthiaume [?] }
Elizabeth Lyon
"Old Hannah with the withered hand" must have been Betsy's mother, either [one struck through] a Francis or a Neptune [three struck through]. {Father mixed up the totems with the Neptunes}
Old Betsy, the terror of my childhood, a drunken old beggar. She was a Neptune [one struck through] a Notamis & a sister to Joe Denny {or Joe Sepsis} who was also a Neptune [five struck through]. She m. Frank Sock who was killed in the war (says Lewey). "Some says I'se foolish but my sister Betsy she's more foolish nor I be. We have bills of Joe Denny's given at Castine Denny, so Clara says was father of Sebattis Denny. {but doubtful}
Margaret Mitchell was Dr. Sebattis Mitchell's wife {d. 1888}
Juliana Raccoon was Attean Raccoon's widow. I saw her in 1887 when she said she was 49 years old, a very trim little woman - [thirteen struck through] a pleasant old woman; also the widow of Peol Molly who was then 49 years old, a neat, trim little black eyed woman. The two came together to our house.
Lame Pete, a cripple
Newell Kentaway - (Kentoway appears in Gen. John Blake's Roster in 1815