Descendent of Chief Wyandanch
Stephen Pharaoh Talkhouse, last of the Montauk Sachems
Often took fifty mile round-trip walks
To carry and deliver letters for .25 cents
From Montauk Village to East Hampton and back
A tall man who used a long walking stick
A whaler, Civil War Soldier, chair caner
Buried on Montauk Mountain
The only native with a memorial marker
In the most familiar photograph
He sat in a chair, long black hair, long face
Holding his long walking stick
A remnant of his small cottage in the woods.
Is a stone foundation on the Paumanok Path
A historic marker near the pit
Marks where he stored his food supply
Tom Stock – May, 2017
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