Tuesday, January 1, 2013

WHITE OWL Quips

After the boat wreck the Lenape appear to have stayed or returned to James Bay.  Sachem names appear to be an attempt to incorporate more information than just a man's name.  Thus "White" might imply white snow, or white (or blonde) hair.  "Owl" could imply a wise man.  The pictograph shows a cape, which could imply a Bishop rank."

A first guess is that "White Owl" was a blonde haired Norse man, who functioned as a Bishop during the Lenape sojourn in a snowy land.  He may have been a church man that came to James Bay with the Knudson rescue mission.

TO BE DEVELOPED


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