SURVIVING INDIAN GROUPS—GILBERT 
mixed, and 31 percent not recorded. 
Practically all these Indians are Chris- 
tians, and there is a Presbyterian 
church and a_ school. Seneca is 
spoken by the old people. 
The census records a few Indians in 
certain other counties of Pennsylvania, 
in Alleghany (Pittsburgh), in Bucks 
(North Philadelphia), and in Phila- 
delphia. The Indians of Philadelphia 
have their own association. 
“The Pool Tribe.’—In and about 
Towanda, Pa., and in various parts 
of Bradford County there is a sub- 
merged group which is referred to 
locally as ““The Pool Tribe.” There 
are over 500 members of this inbred 
group whose chief family names are 
Van der Pool, Johnson, Vincent, 
Heeman, and Wheeler. They are 
farm laborers, and a large section 
have the reputation of being sub- 
normal and addicted to petty crime. 
Traditionally they are descended from 
Sir William Johnson who in 1744 left 
over 100 half-breed children by women 
of the Oneida, Mohawk, and other 
tribes. 
Cherokees—There is a small group 
of Indians, apparently of Cherokee 
descent, residing in the mountains 
near Harrisburg. ‘Traditionally they 
are descended from a group of Chero- 
kees who went northward with the 
Tuscarora in 1710 and stopped in the 
Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania. 
They then took up homesteads in the 
Blue Mountains from Doublin Gap 
to directly north of Chambersburg. 
Since the papers and land titles of 
this group were burned recently 
during a quarrel between factions, 
the neighboring whites have been 
said to be “‘moving in” on the lands of 
these Indians. 
10. Delaware 
There are two groups in Delaware 
who are probably of part-Indian ori- 
gin, the Moors of Kent County in 
the central part of the State and the 
Nanticokes of Sussex County in the 
southern part of the State. The 
census does not return either of these 
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groups as Indians, and no official 
data are gathered regarding them. 
Moors——This group, which here 
numbers about 500 persons according 
to private investigators, is located 
mainly around Cheswold, about 5 or 
6 miles north of Dover, the State 
capital. As we have already noted, 
there is another colony of these people 
in southern New Jersey at Bridgeton. 
They show a variety of physical traits 
and vary as to complexion from rather 
blond to very dark. It is thought that 
they may represent a cross of some 
dark race (not necessarily Negro) with 
Indians and whites. In common with 
the Nanticokes farther south, they are 
farmers, fishermen, carpenters, truck 
drivers, poultry raisers, storekeepers, 
gas station attendants, and common 
laborers. Unlike the Nanticokes, how- 
ever, they have not organized them- 
selves in a corporation for mutual 
betterment. They have their own 
churches, a Methodist and an Ad- 
ventist group being represented, and 
seem to segregate in particular ele- 
mentary schools. There is no pro- 
vision for high schools for them locally, 
and they would have to attend Negro 
schools for this level of education. 
Moors are characterized by certain 
family names, the principal ones being 
Carney, Carver, Coker, Dean, Dur- 
ham, Hansley, Hughes, Morgan, Mos- 
ley, Munsee, Reed, Ridgeway, Sam- 
mons, and Seeney. Some of these 
names are shared by the Nanticokes. 
Nanticokes—The Nanticokes are lo- 
cated primarily around Millsboro on 
Indian River, but their settlements are 
somewhat scattered in the nearby 
area. They present more of the phys- 
ical characteristics of the Indian than 
do the Moors and seem to have di- 
vided themselves socially into two 
groups, a darker group called the 
Harmony Group and a lighter group 
who cling to the name “Nanticoke” 
Indian. Altogether both groups are 
said to total about 700 people. First 
incorporated under State laws in 
1881, they were reorganized and rein- 
corporated in 1921 as the Nanticoke 
