The Island of Nantucket

Some gamesome whites will tell you that they have to plant weeds there. But these extravaganzas only show that nantucket is no illinois. Look now at the wondrous traditional story of how this island was settled by men. In olden times, an eagle swooped down upon the new england coast and carried off the infant indian in his talons. With loud lament, the parents saw their child borne out of sight over the wide waters. After a perilous passage, they discovered the island, and there they found an empty ivory casket, the poor little indian skeleton. What wonder then that these nantucketers born on a beach should take to