Falling Feathers: The Pocono Indian Presence
Author Peggy Bancroft
First Edition, 1991
Used book, good condition with light wear around cover edges from age.
The Indian presence in the Pocono Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania is a shadow beyond the reach of time . . . Gun-ni-ati: those who are long since gone. Indian stories, legends, tales, imaginings and historical facts are tucked away in Yesterdays, but the ghosts of another day are still there, somewhere. Names like Cornplanter (Gyantwathia), the last of the great Seneca chieftains; Teedyuscung, the final and famous leader who was called, "King of the Delaware"; Captain White Eyes, whose name was really Coquethagechton, the strong advocate of peace; Newallike, who renounced the Moravians in 1777 and joined the Delaware in their pro-British leanings; Nutimus, another Delaware chief who was a respected medicine man and healer (and one of the few Indians who had Negro servants); Glickhican, a Moravian convert who took the name of Isaac and who was one of ninety Christian Indians killed by the Pennsylvania and Virginia militia at Gnadenhutten; and Handsome Lake (Skaniadariyo), who had walked the Sky Path and brought the "new religion" to his people through the Code of Handsome Lake, a systematic compilation of laws similar to the Ten Commandments, and as fresh and appropriate today as in the Eighteenth Century when it was presented for acceptance.
It is a fascinating study, this pursuit of the Indian presence in the Poconos. It deserves devout and particular preservations . . . this bit of history. Only a few examples, a few of the legends, are included here in Falling Feathers. May it inspire you to delve deeper into the bewitching story of Gun-ni-ati . . . those who are long since gone.
Author Peggy Bancroft
First Edition, 1991
Used book, good condition with light wear around cover edges from age.
The Indian presence in the Pocono Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania is a shadow beyond the reach of time . . . Gun-ni-ati: those who are long since gone. Indian stories, legends, tales, imaginings and historical facts are tucked away in Yesterdays, but the ghosts of another day are still there, somewhere. Names like Cornplanter (Gyantwathia), the last of the great Seneca chieftains; Teedyuscung, the final and famous leader who was called, "King of the Delaware"; Captain White Eyes, whose name was really Coquethagechton, the strong advocate of peace; Newallike, who renounced the Moravians in 1777 and joined the Delaware in their pro-British leanings; Nutimus, another Delaware chief who was a respected medicine man and healer (and one of the few Indians who had Negro servants); Glickhican, a Moravian convert who took the name of Isaac and who was one of ninety Christian Indians killed by the Pennsylvania and Virginia militia at Gnadenhutten; and Handsome Lake (Skaniadariyo), who had walked the Sky Path and brought the "new religion" to his people through the Code of Handsome Lake, a systematic compilation of laws similar to the Ten Commandments, and as fresh and appropriate today as in the Eighteenth Century when it was presented for acceptance.
It is a fascinating study, this pursuit of the Indian presence in the Poconos. It deserves devout and particular preservations . . . this bit of history. Only a few examples, a few of the legends, are included here in Falling Feathers. May it inspire you to delve deeper into the bewitching story of Gun-ni-ati . . . those who are long since gone.
Author Peggy Bancroft
First Edition, 1991
Used book, good condition with light wear around cover edges from age.
The Indian presence in the Pocono Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania is a shadow beyond the reach of time . . . Gun-ni-ati: those who are long since gone. Indian stories, legends, tales, imaginings and historical facts are tucked away in Yesterdays, but the ghosts of another day are still there, somewhere. Names like Cornplanter (Gyantwathia), the last of the great Seneca chieftains; Teedyuscung, the final and famous leader who was called, "King of the Delaware"; Captain White Eyes, whose name was really Coquethagechton, the strong advocate of peace; Newallike, who renounced the Moravians in 1777 and joined the Delaware in their pro-British leanings; Nutimus, another Delaware chief who was a respected medicine man and healer (and one of the few Indians who had Negro servants); Glickhican, a Moravian convert who took the name of Isaac and who was one of ninety Christian Indians killed by the Pennsylvania and Virginia militia at Gnadenhutten; and Handsome Lake (Skaniadariyo), who had walked the Sky Path and brought the "new religion" to his people through the Code of Handsome Lake, a systematic compilation of laws similar to the Ten Commandments, and as fresh and appropriate today as in the Eighteenth Century when it was presented for acceptance.
It is a fascinating study, this pursuit of the Indian presence in the Poconos. It deserves devout and particular preservations . . . this bit of history. Only a few examples, a few of the legends, are included here in Falling Feathers. May it inspire you to delve deeper into the bewitching story of Gun-ni-ati . . . those who are long since gone.