Total Number Of Pages: 1
Source: Scanned from the original photograph which is 10 inches in width and 8 inches in height.
Language: English
Coverage: Unknown
Creators:
Red Thunder Cloud [Cromwell Ashbie Hawkins West]
Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions
Description: The reverse reads:
"Like other Long Islanders of the era, the Montauks enjoyed posing for pictures. This interesting photo of "Jake" Fowler, the Montauk Hunter was taken when he was a young man. It is an interesting contrast to the photo of him in this same series, Photo 7 when he was older.
The story is still told by Bob Butler (Poniute III) Montauk also of how one day he was with a group of youths at Jeff's Creek in Three Mile Harbor when "Jake" Fowler peddled up on his bicycle. Several men were busy scoopig up crabs with Crab Nets and Fowler watched them intently. One of the white men shouted to him, "Hey, "Jake" too bad you didn't bring your net the crabs are really plentiful!" Fowler waved to him good naturedly and then very quickly took the wire basket from his bicycle, walked over to his boat and picked up an oar which he quickly proceeded to wire to the basket. With this improvised net Fowler then pushed off in his boat to the spot where the other men were scooping up the crabs and began to scoop them up with his instant Crab Net. The other men who had teased him became quiet as the athletic Indian smoothly began to fill up the bottom of his boat with crabs. Such is the ingenuity of the Indian.
His kid gloves and fur coat were quite fashionable in the 1900's when this photo of him was taken. It is a far cry from the garb of the hunter that young Fowler donned when on his many hunting jaunts to Cedar Point."
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