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Indian Lives and Anecdotes ca. 1886 - 1941 part 1
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� Lieut. Gov. John Neptune. | � Lieut. Gov. John Neptune. | ||
− | Neptune was one of the [work] [?] noted of the Indian hunters. He was a tall, well - proportioned man weighing about 225 pound. He led a Roman [mre,] [?] the distinguishing Traits of all the Neptune family. | + | Neptune was one of the [work] [?] noted of the Indian hunters. He was a tall, well - proportioned man weighing about 225 pound. He led a Roman [mre,] [?] the distinguishing Traits of all the Neptune family. He was noted [man awing [illegible] [?] the whites as being a man of great intellect He died (about 1860) May 8 1865 [(grist)] [?] aged (between 80 and 90) years. 95 years, says [Sabattis] [?] Mitchell. [in 98 to year (Inbstosas) [illegible] [?] |
+ | One of his [much] [?] famous hunts was his trip to the St. Lawrence with a company of eight Indians. They went across into the North Shore, [then] [?] in [prcessine] [?] of the Hudson Bay Company and stayed there several months living [almrl entirey] [?] on Beaver meal with-out salt. They had to make the whole [trip] [?] [witms provinces,] [?] and they dared not go to the Hudson Bay trading posts. After having got a very [large] [?] amounts of furs, they started in the spring and came down the [8F] [?] Law. |
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� Lieut. Gov. John Neptune. Neptune was one of the [work] [?] noted of the Indian hunters. He was a tall, well - proportioned man weighing about 225 pound. He led a Roman [mre,] [?] the distinguishing Traits of all the Neptune family. He was noted [man awing [illegible] [?] the whites as being a man of great intellect He died (about 1860) May 8 1865 [(grist)] [?] aged (between 80 and 90) years. 95 years, says [Sabattis] [?] Mitchell. [in 98 to year (Inbstosas) [illegible] [?]
One of his [much] [?] famous hunts was his trip to the St. Lawrence with a company of eight Indians. They went across into the North Shore, [then] [?] in [prcessine] [?] of the Hudson Bay Company and stayed there several months living [almrl entirey] [?] on Beaver meal with-out salt. They had to make the whole [trip] [?] [witms provinces,] [?] and they dared not go to the Hudson Bay trading posts. After having got a very [large] [?] amounts of furs, they started in the spring and came down the [8F] [?] Law.