East Huntingdon High School - Mirror Yearbook (Alverton, PA)

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reason xerv few relrcs are found rn thrs sectron of the townshrp Further north was another swamp the northern edge of whrch rs the present Popovec farm It was here that the Delawares establr hed then camp whrth may possrbly have grown mto an Indran town Many relrcs of all krnds have been found on thrs land Qome of these are spearheads spears arrowheads shred fpotteryl beads tomahawks and almost any concervable lndran mrprovement There are even marks of an old ground fortrfrcatron showrng early habrtatron probably by the Mound Burlders Also located here rs a stone whrch resembles the Indran standmg stone as found rn Hun rngdon County Accordrng to legends passed down from famrly to famlly who have lrved on the Popowec farm thrs stone rs newer to be moved Another legend tells of an old Delaware Indran chref who lrved at thrs camp srte He had spent hrs early south rn thrs drstrrct but when a young brave had moved to more abundant regrons Upon becomrng aged he returned to the srte of hrs bog hood to spend hrs last days He burlt hrmself '1 huntrng cabrn and befrrended settlers who passed through thrs sectron Braddock gave hrm the name of Captarn Jacob The Warrenty Surveys axarlable rn Harrrsburg locate Captarn Jacob s cabrn as berng on the Popovec farm near a flowrng sprrng The Delawares rn burldrng therr camp located therr huts near the edge of the swamp As they could thus be attacked only from the north the swamp afforded them a comenrent retreat rn such an event However the swamp acted as a dea h trap for much drsease was harbored rn the low regrons The huts of the Delawares resembled somewhat a coal house oi today They were bullt rn a rectangular shape of trmber and bark The roof whrch was made of sods and skms had a small hole at the center for the emrssron of smoke Phe floor was thxckly carpeted wrth furs and was very comfortable In the center of each hut was a fue Although the Indrans prmcrpal source of food supply was the forest and rrvers they also made many trrps to the seashore for frsh and other marrne foods One lndlan could carry back about Irtty pounds 01 clrred frsh on the long Journev from the Atlantrc coast All of the eashells found around here were brought by the redmen durrng these food gettrng expedrtrons The Indrans menu consrsted was erther brorled over an outsrde fue or jerked tsmokel Therr jerked venrson was very delrcrous besrdes berng lrght and easy to carry In case of a scarclty of food these early resrdents of our townshrp always kept a supply of nuts on hand F01 thelr corn bread they used fat borled from nuts or bear fat To borl water they had a large hollow rock frlled wrth water mto whrch they dropped heated rocks For amusement the Indrans had numerous games a majorrtg of whrch were for rmprovrng the physrcal condrtron of the body Many of therr games such as lacrosse are strll played today They also had runnlng contests wrestling and the lrke but probably therr favorrte amusement was gamblrng For thrs they used drsh shaped stone known as the gamblrng stone The one who rolled hrs stone nearest to or mto a hole rn the ground won the pot They would gamble for anythrng from arrowheads to the rrght to scalp the next vrctrm Much of the Indrans trme was spent rn thrs amusement The Delaware Indrans had four types of arrowheads They were the spear for krllmg large anrmals the common huntmg pornt whrch they usually retrreved the war pornt whrch remarned rn the body and the trny brrd pornt for the small game Just as some of our people are skrlled rn certarn lrnes so were the Indrans Thus one redskrn possrbly a squaw or a weak brave usually made all the arrow heads for the trrbe These were made from flrnt by a spallmg process Then bows were made of hrckory taken from hrckory trees whrch had been struck by lrghtnrng and splrt rnto long narrow strrps whrch could easrlv be shaped After berng cut such a strrp of hrckory was placed rn a hollow tree to season Wrthrn a few months a brave would get the bow and scrape rt to the correct srze Manrtou was the Indrans God They bellexed he was the Supreme Ruler of the unrverse and had manx sprrrt NV0lk1Y'lg' for hrm The fear of a Supreme Berng was rmpressed upon the chrldren at a very early age In the Delaware brg house an Indran of the tube would wear .1 mask and rmper onate therr God He would dance for the chrldren to cause them to respect and fear Manrtou The office gt the rmpersonator was rnherrted and no one rn the trrbe except the dancer hrmself knew who held rt Contrnued on page 'lo ?1 I II .S . 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