1957.107

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Details

ID Number

1957.107

Category

Personal Artifacts

Sub-category

personal gear

Item Name

cane

Materials

WOOD, UNKNOWN

Measurements

89.5cmx7cm

Description

wood; brown, finished; pear shaped, striated handle; hollow in middle of handle; dentate around top near handle; twined; scaled, serpent and frog totem.

History

Property of Adam Brown, Wyandot Chief, who fought in the War of 1812 (N.B. Battle of Brownstown named after him.) Brown settled in Anderdon after peace. The cane then came into the possession of Leighton. Family reside at Brownstown (now Gilbraltar, Michigan) and also at the Anderdon Reserve. Surprisingly, the Brown family, and probably other Wyandot families were able to stay on the Ohio Wyandot Reserve, the Michigan Wyandot Reserve (now Oakwood Metro Park), and the Canadian Reserve at Anderdon, at various times of the year. They were able to stay long enough to satisfy the Indian Departments agents, and both the Canadian and American governments. They are also on records collected from the 1850's as being in Kansas and Anderdon. The Wyandots were very migratory in all past history.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Anderdon Reserve / Réserve Anderdon

Brown, Adam person

Brownstown (Mich.) place

Gibraltar (Mich.)

Indians / Indiens subject

Natives subject

War / Guerre subject