Total Number Of Pages: 1
Source: Scanned from the original photograph which is 10 inches in width and 8 inches in height.
Date: 1967-09-04
Language: English
Coverage: Shinnecock Reservation, Southampton, N.Y. (Town)
Creators:
Red Thunder Cloud [Cromwell Ashbie Hawkins West]
Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions
Description: The caption reads:
"After the Shinnecock Pow Wow on Labor Day in 1967, I drove to Southampton to purchase some film. While in the village I met two friends, Harry Williams (War Elk), who is pictured on the far left, and Albert Ashman (Sitting Bull), the old man in the center.
We had a pleasant conversation and it suddenly occurred to me that this might be the last time that I would see the old Indian Chief again. I invited him to be my guest for dinner and we went to the Shinnecock Diner which is in the hills on land that was once the old reservation.
We discussed many things of mutual interest and affairs that had taken place on the reservation many years ago. "Bull" as he was affectionately called by his friends, found that he could not eat all of his meal, so he said "I'm not going to waste this food after you have paid for it, I'll take it home." So saying, he proceeded to wrap up the two pork chops and the bread that he could not eat by folding napkins neatly over them.
When we returned to the home of Stella Arch, I decided that we should have some photos taken. This is an interesting one and the food that the old chief wrapped in the napkins can be seen bulging out of his coat pockets.
Albert Ashman was the son of a Montauk father and a Shinnecock mother. He was one of the finest Indian physical types remaining in the Shinnecock tribe. My premonition was correct, this is the last time that I ever saw him. He passed away last winter (1968), far from his native Shinnecock reservation in the state of Florida next to his wife."
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