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 caption reads:
"Aunt Frank, as she was known, was a Shinnecock who married Charles Ashman of the Eastville Band of the Montauks at Sag Harbor. She was a wise woman and true friend, to whom many people in all walks of life came to for advice. She had two sons, Arthur who was one of the best checker players in Eastern Long Island and had a fine sense of humor.
One winter day a lady was walking by the gas station that Arthur managed on Windmill Lane in Southampton and she almost lost her fotting on the icy sidewalk. When she regained her balance she promptly opened the door and exclaimed "When are you going to remove that ice from there!" Arthur Ashman looked her steadily in the eye and replied, "The Good Lord put it there and the Good Lord can take it away!" The lady stormed out of the office enraged at this casual remark of Art Ashman.
The other son, Albert Ashman, was well known within Southampton and also had a dry type of Indian humor. His Indian name was Sitting Bull and the Shinnecocks used to refer to him affectionately as "Bull". These were both Aunt Frank Ashman's sons."
