Old John Neptune

John Neptune
Born	Bungawarrawit July 22, 1767(1767-07-22)
Died	May 8, 1865(1865-05-08) (aged 97)
Resting place	St. Andrews, or Indian Point.
Residence	Indian Island, Maine
Nationality	Penobscot
Other names	Bungawarrawit
Ethnicity	Penobscot
Occupation	shaman

Old John Neptune was born July 22, 1767. He is sometimes known by his Penobscot name, Bungawarrawit.^[1] He died May 8, 1865. He was a leader of the Penobscot Nation for fifty years. Neptune was a shaman (m'teoulino, in the Penobscot language).^[2]

In The Maine Woods, Henry David Thoreau described a visit to Neptune's Old Town home in 1853.^[3]

References

1. ^ Raymond, William Odber (e-text) Glimpses of the Past. History of the river St. John A. D. 1604-1784. Saint John, New Brunswick p. 298 OCLC 15715006 http://www.archive.org/stream/riverstjohnitsph00raymuoft/riverstjohnitsph00raymuoft_djvu.txt. Retrieved 10 October 2009 
2. ^ Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy (1945). Old John Neptune and Other Maine Indian Shamans. Portland, Maine: Southworth-Anthoensen Press. OCLC 887635. 
3. ^ Thoreau, Henry David (Project Gutenberg text). The Maine Woods. pp. 199–200. ISBN 1420927140 9781420927146. OCLC 437036255. http://www.archive.org/stream/mainewoods00thorrich/mainewoods00thorrich_djvu.txt. Retrieved 10 October 2009. "He told me that he was eighty-nine ; but he was going a-moose-hunting that fall, as he had been the previous one." 

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Name	Neptune, John
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Date of birth	1767-07-22
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Date of death	1865-05-08
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