LENAPE HISTORY
OF AMERICA,
OF AMERICA,
1362
To have fish,
ten mates,
bad thrusts,
bad thrusts,
lift themselves up,
sit far away.
sit far away.
Wtenk ayamek
tellen sakimak
machi tonanup shawapama.
tellen sakimak
machi tonanup shawapama.
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The Historian tells of ten mates dead.
Do the markers agree?
YES,
there are ten marks.
YES,
there are ten marks.
Some authorities say the mates died
of the plague.
of the plague.
Would the phrase “Bad thrusts” support a plaque?
No,
“Bad thrusts” and the X X X
imply a violent attack.
imply a violent attack.
Why did the historian use the phrase
“lift themselves up, sit far away?
The
clever phrase was needed to make
the
stanza
self-validating.
self-validating.
People with a Christian religion would understand.
The mates had gone to heaven.
1363
After them,
Peaceable was
the Judge
Peaceable was
the Judge
at the pleasing land.
Wtenk nellamawa sakimanep langundowi akolaking.
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After the Historian told of ten mates dead, He told of Peaceable
at the Pleasing Land.
.
What could
have happened?
have happened?
.
All we really know is that ten "mates" died. The "mates" may have been part of the rescue crew.
.
One possibility may have been that the rescue crew planned to leave via the old copper route to the Mississippi. The ten men may have carried the provisions for two boat crews to the loading place, which was a large mooring stone part way down a steep bluff. But while they waited, the boats decided to spend hours fishing, before loading the provisions. During that time, a group of thieves may have killed the mates and stolen the provisions.
.
The place was on Lake "Cormorant," which means "thieves." The loading spot is on a path from a bluff above the lake. Trees and brush would have enabled thieves to sneak up on the provision camp.
We do not know who the attackers were or if there was any punishment or resolution.
The episode was horrifying enough for a resuce crew member to punch the news into the Kensington Rune Stone and for a LENAPE historian to create a stanza of the year telling of the episode.
The pictograph implies that the Judge was NOT a LENAPE, or that the Historian was copying an old pictograph. or both?
What is your opinion?
My opinion is that the pictograph was both. The Historian would have known the original pictograph, where the Judge had red hair. He may have recycled the pictograph but used the word "Peaceful" in the stanza.
The new Judge may have been an Ojibway chief, with red hair, who was already in the area, when the LENAPE arrived. He may have been powerful enough to resolve the "Ten mates dead" situation to a peaceful solution
Ameircan Catholic custom would have been to allow the family of the victims to decide on the restitution. In this situation most of the dead may have been members of the rescue team. The remainder of the rescue team may have settled for recovering some of the supplies and for an escort to the Mississippi.
So the Scandinavian stone puncher may have vainished from recorded history. But the LENAPE historians continued to record a stanza a year.
Ameircan Catholic custom would have been to allow the family of the victims to decide on the restitution. In this situation most of the dead may have been members of the rescue team. The remainder of the rescue team may have settled for recovering some of the supplies and for an escort to the Mississippi.
So the Scandinavian stone puncher may have vainished from recorded history. But the LENAPE historians continued to record a stanza a year.
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