Total Number Of Pages: 1
Source: Scanned from the original photograph which is 10 inches in height and 8 inches in width.
Language: English
Coverage: Unknown
Creators:
Red Thunder Cloud [Cromwell Ashbie Hawkins West]
Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions
Description: The reverse reads:
"The death of Mrs. Eliza Beaman on September 15, 1967, meant that the last female of the Montauks who carried on the traditions, had passed into the land of the hereafter.
She was the daughter of Sarah Melissa Horton Fowler and George Fowler Sr. both of the Montauk tribe. As a young girl, she spent hours listening to the legends and lore of the tribe from the lips of her parents and such relatives as, Ebenezer Tecumseh Pharoah, Samuel Powhatan Pharoah, Queen Maria Pharoah, Ephraim Pharoah and others. She remembered the old herbal formulas, the places in which they grew, and how they were prepared. She knew the art of beadwork and scrub making and was able to prepare delicious dishes such as Clam Chowder, Succotash, Scallop Stew and others for which the Montauks were famous.
Princess Occum married Anthony Beaman (Chief Running Bull) who was the Medicine Man of the Shinnecocks. They lived in a cozy cabin on the Shinnecock reservation. Writers and others interested in historical matters on Long Island went to her home where, she gave unselfishly of her time and knowledge. Conservatives among the tribes of southern New England such as, the Narragansetts and Schaghticockes, used to sojourn to her home. It was at such informal fireside chats that the author heard much of the lore of the Montauks and these related tribes.
After her husbands death, Princess Occum as she was known in Indian circles, lived at the county home in Yaphank until her passing on September 15, 1967."
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