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PAGE TWO Song Os Wananook BY WILBORNE HARRELL J l GLOSSARY OF (INDIAN NAMES Weapomeiock—Albemarte Sound N omopana—-Chowan River Machapungo—-A tribe of Indians to the south Coratuc— (Currituck) A tribe of Indians in the vicinity of Currituck County Raspatank or Pasquotank—A tribe of Indians to the north Rakiock —ORockyhock) A locality near Edenton called by the Indians “The Land of the Cypress Trees” Locale: On the banks of the Chowan River, in North Carolina FOREWORD This is the story of Wananook, brave and warrior of the tribe of Chowanoke Indians who lived down in North Carolina, on the banks of the Chowan, in the early days of the white man’s conquest of die American wild erness. Although this story is fic tion, it may have happened. It has all the authentic historical ingred ents necessary to make it a true story, and is based as accurately as possible on known historical events . The beau tiful and picturesque Indian names for the Rivers and Sounds in this story are used throughout, and In dian terminology is used wherever possible. An early map of the story’s locale, as published by Hakluyt, gives the spelling of Chowanoke as Chaw anoke; still other early historians give it as Chowanook or Chawanook. But this is a minor point immaterial to the story; we shall use the modern and accepted version, Chowanoke. 'According to Hakluyt (the contem porary authority for these early ex plorations), on April 27, 1584, Cap tains Philip A mad as and Arthur Bar lowe, in a fleet of two vessels, set sail t from England, and on the 4th of July first sighted the coast of North Caro- , lina, approximately at a point just below Topsail Inlet. Continuing north- ] ward and exploring the coastline and 1 inlets a s they cruised, they came to i anchor two days later off an island 1 called Wocoken, located in what was then an inlet. The weary voyagers i after the long trek across the sea were , delighted with the panarama of lush vegetation, the balmy air and the ] general semitropic shores that spread before them. At first they thought- the land un inhabited, but contacting the natives or Indians they found them, in the main, friendly and hospitable, with a few notable exceptions, one of which was Wingina, an Indian Chieftain who developed an instant dislike for the white men. The Indians were astounded when they beheld the big winged canoes : of the white men, and were terrified of the fire-sticks that spat streaks of fire and killed fr»nj a distance. AH of this was entirely beyond the In dians’ comprehension and understand ing. They thought the white men gods, but they mastered their fear to tm (Continuation of standard equipment and trim iliustrated is dependent on qvailabiUty of material.) Tracks deliver more value! ,’i- ; MORE CHEVROLET TRUCKB IN *" "*** f THAN ANY OTHER MAKE I 'V B. B. H. MOTOR COMPANY “YOUR FRIENDLY CHEVROLET DEALER ” K, Broad and Oakum Streets . Edenton, N. C the extent of trading with them and teaching them Indian ways of hunt ing and fishing. And to placate and appease these strange fair gods, the Indians showered them with gifts of food and fish and fruit of all de scriptions. Amadas and Barlowe penetrated further into Carolina waters, bringing their little fleet into the Albemarle Sound and into the broad mouth of the Chowan River. • Two years later, Sir Richard Gren ville, reporting on his voyages to the new world, wrote: “To the northwest and fartherest place of our discovery was to Chaw anook, distant from Roanoke about 130 miles. Our passage thither lies through a broad Sound, but all fresh water, and the channel of a great I depth, navigable for good ship- j ping ...” Grenville evidently sailed 1 up the Chowan River also, for he' wrote: “Chawanook is the greatest 1 province lying upon that River, and. the very town (Mavaton) is able to put 700 fighting men into the field.” It appears that Grenville found the Indians potentially, war-like, if not actively so. It is indeed very evident that these ( early explorers plied the waters of the Albemarle Sound and the Chowan . River, and no doubt in their encoun- [ ters with the Indians met with some . unexpected and unchroaicled adven- , tures. Even as Hiawatha loved the forests < and streams, the solitude and majesty of the wilderness trails, so did fWana nook bear a deep sympathy in his heart and feel a fellowship for the primeval vastness about him. 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The weapon is a 78-mlllimeter recoilless rifle. * AA n*** rinruVLIVVVAAAAAAiV'tAAOj'^AAruV'tAruViAAJVJV^ sylvan paradise and upon his broad waters in_ their great winged canoes, and attempted to hunt the denizens of his beloved, hitherto untramimeled for ests with their fire-sticks, Wananook resented their unwonted intrusion with all thefierceness of his intense Indian nature. Wananook was an independ ent and original individualist; imbued with the soul of a free spirit, and it , was maybe because of this he had a deeper insight into the significance lof the voyages of the strange white j men from distant lands. Wananook i saw in them what his complacent peo ple did not: the beginning of a tide lof conquest, that once started, would sweep the Indian from his own home land, deprive him of his forests, his streams, his hunting grounds. In short, Wananook evisioned, the white man’s invasion would spell the doom of the red-man. 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