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Indian Lives and Anecdotes ca. 1886 - 1941 part 1 (ms158_b3f003_001.10.pdf)
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Saul Neptune | Mitchell Neptune
| Susan " | Newell " | John " (Arthur, Saul) | Peter " | son drowned in Connecticut R.Inf. of Harriet Hunt, Apr. 11, 1930, from Charley Daylight [?] & Mitchell Attean.
The children of John Neptune sure [?] (as father remembered them) (July 22, 1767, May 8, 1865) 1. Saul (Sol?) Neptune | Mitchell Neptune m. Clara (Mitchell) Orono
m. a Notamis | Newel Neptune ((d. Mch. 26, 1907 aet 63 Mary Jane, wife, d. Oct 27, 1907, aet. 62 (see above) Look elsewhere for what old Clara Neptune told me2. Joe Neptune | son Peter. 3. Mary Cecil married Henry Stanley, the white Indian 4. Susensis - d. of Cholera - lends [?]Living (Sylvia Stanton) 5. Mary Melt (or Mary Necola) | Joe Nicola, author of Red Man
was mother of | Peris [struck through] Pielis Nicola | Toma Nicola, etc a large family m. Peter Necola, a Norridgewok Indian (Clara)6. Tellis Annis (= Phyllis [struck through] Theresa Agnes) d. recently, 1917.
m. brother N. [struck through] m. Joe Necola, brother of Peter Necola, oldest of 8 more brothers Necola. (Clara)7. [Entire sentence struck through:] Mary Neptune? mother of Marie (Neptune) Sauhees, was a Notamis, wife of Piel Sauhees. 8. daughter in Canada, called Mahli Glace= Mary Grace. (Clara)
All were large stout women, & very intelligent.
Swasin Neptune and Soccabesin Neptune (father of Peter Soccabesin) were children of a brother of John. Soccabesin's wife was a great scold
The Neptunes were all distinguished by aquiline noses, the Neptune nose being quite a feature. Joe Neptune was a grandson. So said father but I am told it was a notorious [underlined] feature. It was a Neptune feature! (Ranco)
Peter Soccabesin was the Indian dandy, old Soccabesin Neptune's son. He was the one who called grandmother "Kataline" He went hunting and also traded. Was engaged to a Squaw up St. Francis & Otis Ellis cut him out, but afterwards deserted the woman. In 1861 father saw her & a son of Ellis about 17 yrs old. Ellis then married an Irish woman.
Description: Pages from Fannie Hardy Eckstorm's notebook 10 (X)
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Language: English
Date: ca. 1886 - 1941
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