This collection of rare black and white historical photographs of the Montauk Indians was compiled by Red Thunder Cloud (1919 – 1996) (born "Cromwell Ashbie Hawkins West"), the man who identified himself as the last native speaker of the Catawba Indian language, and was published in East Hampton, N.Y.
Each photograph is annotated by Red Thunder Cloud himself with a detailed biographical description of the subject of the photograph and information about the place and time where the photograph was taken, albeit sometimes with a personal perspective that must be taken into consideration by the reader.
The entire series of photographs, titled the 'Rare Eastern Indian Photo Series', was originally published in three sets, and this collection is part of Set 2.
A Catawba Boy From South Carolina Makes Friends With A Montauk Boy Of East Hampton (1943)
Type: Photograph
A Childhood Photo Of Reverend Aaron Cuffee Of The Montauks And His Brother And Sister
Type: Photograph
A Montauk Indian Mother And Her Children In The Montauk Settlement In Freetown (1943)
Type: Photograph
A Young Montauk Indian Boy In His Sunday Best Poses At The Wheel Of A Dandy Car In 1910
Type: Photograph
An Interesting Photo Of Amelia Halsey And Her Daughter Emma Around The Year Of 1900
Type: Photograph
Mary Eliza Butler
Type: Photograph
Stephen Pharoah
Type: Photograph
The Lovely Harriet Joseph And Her Husband Vincent Of Shelter Island
Type: Photograph
The reverse reads:
"In Set No. 1 in photo 10, Harriet Joseph and her husband Vincent also appear but in that photo both were in Sunday attire. Harriet Joseph was an Indian of one of the New England tribes, possibly Mohegan or Wampanoag. She was the niece of Captain Samuel Butler who married Olive Fowler of the Montauks.
The couple made their home on Shelter Island which is rendered in the Montauk dialect as Manhansett-ahaoquahs a wanuck (Island Sheltered by Islands)."
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