New documents are slowing arriving at the in-box after a long lull in activity. I have some exciting discoveries to share. Today I am presenting the obituary for Dr. Lee-o-netto recently provided by the Allegany Area Historical Association of Allegany, NY. [edited 11-Dec-2012]
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Posts Tagged With: indian medicine
An Obituary for Lee-o-netto
Dr. Lee & U-ta-wa-un
A few weeks ago I posted a news clipping about U-ta-wa-un touring in Vermont with Dr. Lee-o-netto as a member of his troupe. Today’s post will cover a nice little treasure relating to this tour. It was located by my good friend Salmon, who is a total research hound. Once he found this artifact, he tracked down the owner and purchased a digit copy for me so I could post it on this blog.
K’chi Wliwni Nidoba
This document is a bit unusual for the time period since it is written using an early version of the “writing machine” or what folks of my generation would recognized as a typewriter.
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Categories: Analysis, Culture, Documentation, Entertainments, Family-Kanistanaux
Tags: abenaki, cambridge vermont, dr lee, ellinwood, farce, indian medicine, news clipping, red men, waterbury vt
Lee-o-netto’s Death Notice
Another wonderful find by our new friend, Randy Blood. This one is a real puzzler!
Categories: Analysis, Documentation, Family-Kanistanaux
Tags: 1920 census, 1930 census, allegany, birth year, census records, charles dodge, death notice, dr lee, indian medicine, leonette, medicine doctor, pomfret, portville
The Ne-Do-Ba Research Journal 