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The Lost Tribe of Coney Island

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by Claire Prentice


  105 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-det-4a11111

  119 Friends of Ocean Parkway via https://twitter.com/NYCEMSwebsite

  125 The New York Sun

  138 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-det-4a17572

  142 Memphis Public Library

  159 National Archives at College Park, Maryland, RG 350-13847

  165 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, PAN US GEOG—Louisiana no. 12 (F size)

  177 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-hec-14151

  177 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ggbain-05086

  188 Richard Schneidewind Papers 1899–1914, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan

  192 National Archives at College Park, Maryland, RG 350-13847

  226 National Archives at College Park, Maryland, RG 350-13847

  234 National Archives at College Park, Maryland, RG 350-13847

  241 Tate Archives & Special Collections, The Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois

  253 National Archives at College Park, Maryland, RG 350-13847

  256 National Archives at College Park, Maryland, RG 350-13847

  263 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-42836

  271 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, HABS ILL, 49-FTSH, 1–21

  278 Memphis Public Library

  290 Civic Affairs, Souvenir Courthouse Edition, Memphis, March 1910

  290 Civic Affairs, Souvenir Courthouse Edition, Memphis, March 1910

  296 National Archives at College Park, Maryland, RG 350, File 13847-218

  314 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-80521

  Index

  Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations

  Adler, Flo, 144–46

  Aguinaldo, Emilio, xxi

  Alexander, “the Hindu Magician,” 82

  Allen, John J., 131

  American Humane Association, 74, 75, 232

  Amok, James Robert

  background/description, 323–24

  exhibitions and, 319, 323, 324–25, 326

  World War I and, 324–25

  amusement parks/shows in America, 54–55. See also Igorrotes in America; and specific individuals; specific locations

  Antero (Igorrote)

  after exhibitions, 323–24

  description, 209

  Hunt/Igorrotes in Chicago and, 214–18

  as Hunts’ housekeeper (Truman/Else), 8, 189, 209

  Schneidewind and, 189–90, 209, 211–12, 276, 323

  Seidenadel and, 268–69, 316, 324

  St. Louis World’s Fair and, 8, 209

  wife/children, 323–24

  Anti-Imperialist League, 6–7, 152, 182, 214, 220

  Archibald, Rupert, 23, 28

  Associated Press, 162

  Atlantic City Daily Press, 115–16

  Atlantic City incident, 115–16

  Balinag, Julio

  after return to Philippines, 315–16

  clothes of, 3, 86

  descriptions, 3, 4, 16, 300

  education, 14

  Hunt relationship, 8–9

  Nicasio (brother), 83, 317

  parents/ancestry, 4, 16

  recruiting/selecting Igorrotes for trip, 3–4, 7, 8

  salary (promised) on trip, 3, 76

  spiritual beliefs, 282

  See also Igorrotes

  Balinag, Julio, at Dreamland

  Hunt and, 119–20

  Igorrotes’ discontent and, 115

  Igorrotes leaving, 138–39, 141

  Igorrotes’ move to, 110, 111, 113

  Balinag, Julio, at Luna Park

  expeditions outside village, 72, 83–84, 86–87

  friends outside village, 82, 83

  homesickness, 82–83

  Igorrotes’ discontent/talking with Hunt, 84, 86–87

  Igorrotes leaving Luna Park and, 110, 111, 113

  meeting Thompson, 68

  photo, 82

  the “show” and, 72, 75–76, 78

  Balinag, Julio, in America

  asking for help, 217

  in court (July 1906), 257, 259, 260, 261, 261–62

  embezzlement charge against Hunt, 252

  government becoming custodian of, 246–47

  hiding money from Hunt/Hunt taking, 197, 199, 205–6

  Hunt kidnapping, 254, 262

  Hunt relationship, 150–52, 165, 167, 172, 197, 199, 205–7, 238, 245

  Hunt taking watch, 206

  Hunt v. Moody and, 161, 162, 163

  looking for Hunt, 237–38, 239–40

  Memphis, outside city limits, 192–93, 194, 197–99, 204, 205–7, 207

  New York arrival, 57, 60, 65–66

  Portland/Seattle, 45, 52–54

  Pucuan’s death and, 170

  questioning Hunt about money, 150–52, 172

  racism and, 192–93

  Schneidewind’s offers to, 276, 313

  Seidenadel and, 268–69, 316, 324

  at St. Louis Exposition (1904), 7

  tour of Seattle, 53–54

  tribe’s faith in, 199, 205, 207, 230

  as witness against Hunt, 262, 267–68, 283–84, 286–87, 289, 291, 292, 295, 296–97

  See also Igorrote witnesses against Hunt; and specific locations

  Balinag, Julio, journey to America

  Callahan and, 13

  in Hong Kong, 21

  Manila and, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16–17, 18, 22

  train trip, 40

  Vancouver and, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30

  Balinag, Nicasio, 83, 317

  Barker, Frederick

  assessment of Hunt, 230–31

  background/description, 219–20, 221

  Balinag and, 224–25, 232, 233

  building case, 263

  charges against Hunt and, 248, 251–52, 267–68

  government/Barker as Igorrotes’ custodian, 240, 243, 245–48, 262, 271–72, 275, 295, 312–13

  government closing case and, 311–12

  Hunt kidnapping Igorrotes and, 254–55

  Hunt’s charges against/court case (July 1906), 255, 258, 259–60, 261

  Igorrote witnesses going home and, 312–13

  investigating Hunt in Chicago and, 220–32

  later life/death, 328

  looking for Hunt, 234–37, 239–40, 244, 248, 308–9

  Milwaukee and, 234–35

  negotiations/proposals, 250–51

  plans for New Orleans prosecution, 302–3

  reports, 226, 276–77

  second wife/family, 328

  talking with Hunt, 227–30, 250–51

  trials against Hunt, 281, 282, 283, 285–86, 287, 288, 289, 291–92, 293, 300, 302

  Tudie (wife), 220

  See also Igorrote witnesses against Hunt; US government prosecution of Hunt, Memphis

  Barker, Sewell, 134, 136–37

  Barkley, Alben, 334–35

  Barnum and Bailey, 32, 54, 130

  Beifeld, Morris/Joseph, 211

  Bethea, Solomon, 256, 260, 261–62

  bigamy

  in early-twentieth-century America, 127

  See also Hunt, Truman, and bigamy

  Billboard, 200

  Black, James, 336

  Blount, James H., 152–53

  Blum, Louis J.

  background/description, 245, 247, 281

  charges against Hunt, 249, 263, 264

  in court (July 1906), 258, 259

  fee, 267

  government as custodian and, 245–47

  plans for New Orleans prosecution, 294

  trials against Hunt, 281, 282, 284, 287, 289, 291, 292, 293–94, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305

  Bocosso (Igorrote), 88–91

  Bontoc Igorrotes, 4

  See also Igorrotes; specific individuals

  Bontoc, on Philippines map, xi

&nbs
p; Booth, John Wilkes, 106

  Bowen, Clarence W., 97–101

  Bowles Bros. company, 103

  Bright’s disease, 326, 331, 333

  Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan (1905), 57

  Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 72, 77, 113, 129, 320

  Brooks, Willis, 77–80

  Buffalo Courier, 102–3

  Bureau of Insular Affairs

  Hunt and, 97, 168, 172, 179, 200, 213, 231, 311, 336

  Schneidewind and, 188, 219

  See also Edwards, Clarence; McIntyre, Frank

  Burnett House hotel, Cincinnati, 200

  Byungasiu (Igorrote), 90

  Callahan, Ed

  in America/guarding Igorrotes, 47, 60, 65, 166, 167, 173, 193, 194, 195–96, 207, 244–45

  description, 13, 199, 202, 244, 245

  Hunt relationship, 11, 12, 253, 300, 306–8

  Igorrotes’ move to Dreamland and, 110, 111

  Igorrotes’ views of, 13, 85–87, 199, 202

  journey to America, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16–17, 18, 23, 25, 28–29, 40

  Luna Park and, 72, 85–86, 104

  taking Igorrotes’ hidden money, 173, 204, 206

  Carnegie, Andrew, 6

  Castlereagh, Lord/Lady, 23, 28

  Charlton, Paul, 226, 231, 236

  Chicago

  description, 56, 210

  Great Fire, 210

  Rivalry among parks, 210–11

  See also specific parks

  Chicago Daily News, 220, 231, 256, 256

  Chicago World’s Fair/Columbian Exposition (1893), 34, 210

  Childs, R. W., 258–59, 259–60

  Clarke, Met, 17

  Cody, Buffalo Bill, 33, 113

  Coney Island

  continuing Igorrote exhibitions (after Hunt), 317–18

  crime/cleanup and, 62, 108–9

  description, 61, 62

  emergency hospital ambulance, 119

  Igorrotes’ photo (1905), xix

  map, xii–xiii

  1905 season beginnings, 60–61

  parks list, 61

  rivalry between parks, 108

  See also specific parks

  Couney, Martin, 70, 120–21

  court cases. See Hunt, Truman, and bigamy; Hunt, Truman, and US government; specific cases; US government prosecution of Hunt, Memphis

  Currier, Tom, 257–58

  Daipan (Igorrote)

  in America, 66, 78–79, 108, 168, 193, 195–96, 215, 323

  description, 3, 24

  going home, 262

  Hopkins and, 108

  journey to America, 21, 24

  return to America/exhibitions, 323

  singing ability, 3

  wedding ceremony (sham), 215, 323

  See also Igorrotes; specific locations

  Dallas Morning News, 148, 153, 176

  Dengay (Igorrote)

  description, 168–69

  discontent with exhibitions/Hunt, 84–85, 87, 111, 115, 167, 168–69, 196

  escape attempt and, 173–76

  hiding money from Hunt/Hunt taking, 199, 207

  Luna Park and, 84–85, 87, 96

  Seidenadel and, 268–69, 316

  as witness against Hunt, 262, 267–68, 283–85, 286, 292, 297–98

  See also Igorrote witnesses against Hunt; Igorrotes; and specific locations

  Deputy, H. E., 159, 164, 179, 186

  DeWolf, C. L., 130

  Deyo, Blanche, 118

  Dogmena (Igorrote), 327

  Dooley, Robert, 123, 126

  Dreamland

  description/attractions, 109–10, 138, 317–18

  first Igorrote baby and, 119–20, 121, 122–23

  Hunt double-crossing Thompson and Dundy, 110, 111, 112

  Hunt’s promises to Igorrotes and, 110, 113, 115

  Igorrotes’ dog killing/eating, 115

  Igorrotes leaving for Memphis, 138–39, 140–41

  Igorrotes’ move to, 110–13

  Igorrotes’ popularity, 122

  as interactive experience, 114–15

  map, xii–xiii

  Metcalf sisters at, 116–17

  photo of Dreamland, 138

  Dundy, Elmer “Skip”

  background/description, 33–34, 37

  elephants and, 38, 70, 96

  first meetings with Thompson, 35–36

  Hippodrome and, 31, 33, 37–38

  later life/death, 325

  Luna Park attractions and, 26–27, 32, 36–37, 61–62, 69–70, 108

  Thompson relationship, 37

  toupee and, 34

  See also Luna Park; Luna Park and Igorrotes; Thompson, Frederic

  Early, John, 319

  Edmunds, W. O., 238

  Edwards, Clarence

  background/Philippines, 178

  ending prosecution of Hunt, 311–12

  government position, 44, 178

  Igorrote exhibitions at amusement parks and, 44, 180

  Igorrotes at Lewis and Clark Exposition, 44, 180

  later life/death, 328–29

  elephants

  Dundy and, 38, 70, 96

  electrocution of Topsy, 36

  Judy at Luna Park, 82, 96–97

  Elks

  Brooklyn Lodge, 92–93

  Hunt’s legal problems and, 279, 293, 294–95, 296, 303, 304–5

  Memphis Lodge, 142, 142, 146, 279

  New Orleans Lodge, 174

  Empress of China (ship), 20, 21–22, 21

  Favis, Asterio, 297–98

  Felder, Edmund

  as Hunt’s business partner, 11, 19, 44, 45, 180, 212

  Schneidewind/Igorrotes and, 118, 188, 191, 213, 214

  St. Louis World’s Fair and, 19

  Feloa (Igorrote)

  back salaries and, 246–47

  background/description, 13, 64, 168–69

  becoming leader, 95–96

  discontent with exhibitions/Hunt, 84–85, 87, 111, 115, 139, 167, 168–69, 196, 215

  escape attempt and, 173–76

  hiding money from Hunt/Hunt taking, 173, 199, 204–5, 206

  journey to America, 13, 14, 17, 18, 24

  Luna Park, 70, 84–85, 87, 90–91, 96, 107–8

  Pucuan’s death and, 170

  as witness against Hunt, 262, 267–68, 290–91, 292, 294, 296, 298

  See also Igorrote witnesses against Hunt; Igorrotes; and specific locations

  Ferdinand, Franz, 23

  Filian (Igorrote), 207

  Fleetwood (Memphis jailer), 202, 279, 300

  Florida State Fair, 163

  Fogarty, Roundsman, 31

  Fort Sheridan army base, Illinois

  description, 271, 271, 273

  Igorrote witnesses at, 271–72, 273–76

  Fort Wayne News, 172

  Fox, Dora, 147

  Fox, Edwin

  Igorrote exhibitions led by, 147, 148, 152–53, 183, 203, 229, 238–40, 253

  Igorrotes’ views of, 161, 239

  Frayser, David

  background/description, 279, 280, 290, 293–94

  Hunt’s first trial, 279, 280–81, 282–85, 287, 290

  as Hunt’s lawyer, 303, 304, 307, 308

  Hunt’s second trial, 291

  later life/death, 329–30

  Moss relationship, 292–94

  retrials/delaying techniques, 292–94, 296–98, 299–300

  Fuller, George

  with Igorrotes at Luna Park, 78–80

  Strong and, 14, 54, 78, 322

  Funk, Antoinette

  background/description, 241, 249–50

  as Hunt’s lawyer, 249, 250–51, 258, 259–60, 261, 262, 263, 264, 266–67, 269, 270, 300

  Gallagher, Patrick, 133–34, 331

  Gallagher, Sara A., 15, 335

  See also Hunt, Sallie G.

  Galloway, Jacob, 303, 304, 305

  Gatonan (Igorrote), 117, 207

  Georgia State Fair, 152–53

  Goode, Henry W., 43, 45

  Grand Central Statio
n, 58

  Great Northern Hotel, 221

  Greeley, Horace, 200

  Groyss, Adele von

  after Hunt’s scandals, 327–28

  background/Philippines, 65, 327

  description, 65

  Else and, 141

  on racism, 327

  See also Wilkins, George/Adele

  Guggenheims, 32, 328

  Gumpertz, Samuel

  after Igorrote exhibitions, 327

  background/description, 113, 114

  Dreamland attractions and, 109–10, 113, 114, 139, 326–27

  Hopkins and, 114

  Hunt and Igorrotes, 110, 131

  Hunt’s bigamy charges and, 131, 133

  Igorrotes and, 324, 326

  Hammer, William, 189–90

  Happyland Park, Winnipeg, Canada, 238–39

  Hawke, Lord, 23, 28

  head-hunting by Igorrotes

  Blount on, 152–53

  description, 99

  Fuller on, 79–80

  “headhunter’s challenge,” 117

  reasons for, 98–99

  storage of skulls, 5

  tattoos and, xx, 2, 27, 58, 59, 68, 70–71, 79

  Hill, “Happy”

  fighting with Sallie Hunt, 224

  Hunt and Igorrotes, 213, 215, 216, 217, 221, 222–23, 229

  Hippodrome, New York

  Alexander, “the Hindu Magician,” 82

  description, 31–32, 31

  “Marquita, the Igorrote girl violinist” (1924), 320

  opening night/crowd, 31–32, 38

  Hong Kong, 21, 22

  Hopkins, John D.

  Background/description, 105–6, 114, 185

  Hunt and, 106–7, 111, 184–85, 229

  Igorrote exhibitions and, 106–7, 184–85, 313

  later life/death, 326

  McIntyre and, 184, 185

  as witness against Hunt, 268, 300, 326

  Houdini, Harry, 113

  Houston (judge), 265

  “human zoos”

  in early 1900s, xxiii

  See also specific exhibitions

  Hunt, Calista, 16, 89, 140, 330, 332, 336

  Hunt, Else

  Antero and, 8, 189, 209

  background/description, 132, 135

  charges against Truman, 124, 128, 131, 132–33, 134, 136–37, 336

  divorce/second marriage, 336–37

  Hunt v. Hunt, 134–37

  later life/death, 336–37

  marriage to Truman, 132, 135, 136

  meeting/marrying Truman, 128, 132

  Philippines and, 128, 132

  Hunt, Leo

  death, 335

  health, 331

  mother’s care/finances and, 332–33, 334–35

  Hunt, Myrtle. See Potter, Myrtle

  Hunt, Philip, 132, 135, 136, 140, 141, 143, 336–37

  Hunt, Sallie G.

  background, 15, 130

  in Chicago with daughter, 224, 249, 267, 270

  daughter (Patty), 196–97, 249, 270, 308, 330

  death, 335

  deaths of daughters, 330, 331

  description, 15, 26, 140–41, 308

 

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