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E Tamman Legend Tamanend TAMANEND l d ea li z e d co mp os i t e p o r t r ai t by Fri t z B a d e f r o m d esc ri p t i o n ’ o f a m a ne n d Il l Wi lli am e n n s f r i en d an d t h e le en d s o f T , P , g d a nc n i n t h e o t h e two ki n s o f s am e n am t he I n i ns co e r g r g e . Por ’ i d n a e es us e d as m d l Tam a n n t r a ts o f m o e r n Le p t yp o e s . e d s p o r t r a i t i s t ypi c a l o f Len a pe Al a n h ood a t t im e o f las t en t ry i n t he Re co d S r e . E T A M M A N L E G E N D ( TAMANEND ) JOSEPH WHITE NORWOOD HISTORIC STORY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE M ” ST . TAM ANY TRADITION IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND WHAT DEMOCRACY OWES I TO ABORIGINAL AMERICAN DEALS . BASED ON C ORI GINAL NATIVE SOURCES OVERING, HIS TORICA LLY A D 600 . R . , TO THE P ESENT BO STO N MEADOR PUBLIS H I NG CO M PA NY MCMXXXVIII PYR GHT 1 93 8 BY OSEP H WH T CO I , , J I E PRINTED IN TH E UNITED STATES OF AM ERICA THE DOR R T N CH TTS M EA P ESS , BOS O , MASSA USE D e d i ca te d M y Wi fe AC KNOWLEDGM ENTS 0 1 Special acknowledgments a re made to C . Lucien B eckne r , geologist and Indian author ity , for generous cooperation in working out the chronology o f the Red Score ; William Grant Wilson for Wise and friendly advice on a o n public tion matters ; J h Collier , Indian Comm issioner fo r data on p resent loca tion o f and condition Indian tribes ; Fritz B ade , for the idealized an d composite portrait o f Tamanend . FOREWORD a Often in the youth o f this Republic , Americ n Shirt ” a a a nd sleeve diplom a cy stonished , mused sometimes a a sho cked Europe a n countries . Our simplicity th t c lled a sp a de a sp a de a n d dem a nded th a t a nswers be Yes o r - O a a s o u r a a . N , was t ken evidence o f semi b rb rism After we grew powerful a n d prosperous a n d some a o f a a a wh t more u rbane m nner , these s me Europ e ns “ ” re ferred t o o ur doll a r diplom a cy a n d deplored our a r n o t a t o l a ck o f ide a ls . The World W only f iled “ undeceive them but won f o r us th e nickn a me o f Uncle ” a wa r wa s Shylock , seemingly bec use the fought on ou r money and we merely suggested th a t some o f it be paid a b ck . Our p a rticip ation in the wa r impressed our friends a cross the oce a n n o t a t a ll a s a n a ct insp ired by those high ide a ls that ca used our soldiers to a nnounce ” L a Fa e tt e e a n d y W Are Here , President Wilson to a a pen his m ny historic documents . On the contr ry , a a a a ou r llies were irrit ted , especi lly fter the event , by a o f a a a a n d a the l teness our rriv l on the b ttle field , h ve been scolding us roundly ever S ince . A ll th a t Americ a seems t o h a ve won in this riot o f a a n d n tions is the respect o f its foes itsel f , the envy , a a n d a ingr titude dislike o f its llies , and the right to hence forth bestow its friendship and l a rgess where it pleases . The Rest o f the world neithe r knows no r ca res t o a a underst nd Americ n ideals . 1 0 FOREWORD There is s o m e thi ng in our mental and spiritual life th a t re a lly m akes it impossible for them to d o s o . They never h a d this s o m e th i ng in their lives . Those wh o h a ve attempted t o p attern Republics a fter the American plan h a ve signally fa iled . When we furnished them blueprints f o r a League o f Nations they found it impossible to build . Ou r a postleship o f pe a ce i s just a nother silly idea o f ’ those cr a zy Americans . a The Monroe Doctrine a n d similar ide listic policies , w a n d a hen interp reted dapted by others , result in absurdity . Our refus a l t o enga ge in ent a ngling foreign a lliances is h a iled a s a n exhibition o f complete selfi shness . WHAT I S TH IS MYSTERIOU S KIN K IN AMERICAN PSYC HOLOGY THAT OTH ER PEOP LE FIND IMPOSSIB LE To UNDERSTAND ? A ND WH ERE DID WE GET IT ? This book answers both these questions . a i s To the fi rst , the nswer , tha t the American ideals “ a t o o f hum n right li fe , liberty and the pu rsuit O f a s a h ppiness , pring chiefly from origin a l Americ n sources a nd were developed on American soil f o r untold centuries be fore Europ e a ns arrived o n this continent . In s o f a r a s they a re colored by European ideals a concerning hum n rights , Europeans comprehend them , a and only to th t extent . a a To the second question , the nswer is th t modern Americ a received these ideals from Ancient Americ a o f the Stone Age . These ide a ls a re there fore s o distinctly n a tive to the soil th a t they should be known as the fi rst Americans n a a k ew them , by a n me th t completely symbolizes them . This name is TAMANEND . There were th ree historic a l personages bea ring this FOREWORD 1 1 n a me . They were elected rulers , whose services to their nation in times o f gre a t stress won fo r them such uni versal love a n d a dmir a tion that the pe a ce ful policies they successfully pursued were symbolized by the n a me . TAMANEND I h a d h i s seat a t Wi s awa n a where now the Yellow River o f Iowa flows into the M ississippi . Rive r . He fl ou rished in the tenth century TAMANEND II ruled from the b a nks o f the Su sque a hanna in Pennsylv nia . TAMANEND I I I wa s friend a n d confidant o f Willi a m o f C . Penn , founder the ity o f B rotherly Love The gre a t Qu a ker wa s perhaps the fi rst white m a n to under st a nd the n a tive ide a ls o f T a m a nend and himself b e came a legend a ry fi gure a mong Indians all over the country . In the following p a ges we a ttempt to Show the development o f the Tam a nend ide a l from history a nd legend O f the Indian himself . The historica l portion includes the story o f th a t singul a r Del a w a re record known a s the Wa l a m Olum a f o r or Red Score , over which students h ve puzzled O f more than a century . we interpret it by the a id _ As a A legend , it becomes the key to boriginal merican History in North Ame ric a from the sixth to the seven t e enth century . Among the legends which expl a in details o f the a a r e historic l record , those relating to a secret society a into which white men h ve neve r been admitted , but a r e a a which O f such import nce to ou r story , th t they a must be t ken into consideration . “ wa s es This secret society the PRIESTS HOUSE , t abli s h e d a mong a ll Indi a n n a tions o n this continent a f o r pparently , untold centu ries prior t o the a dvent o f e th white man .
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