Big Indian
Coordinates: 42 ° 6 ′ N , 74 ° 27 ′ W
Big Indian is a small hamlet that belongs to the Town of Shandaken in Ulster County in the US state of New York . The hamlet is located on New York State Route 28 (NY 28) in the Catskill Mountains , within Catskill State Park about 4 km southwest of Shandaken and about 27 km west of Woodstock . Which is also the Town of Shandaken belonging location Pine Hill is bordered on the northwest by Big Indian, but his center is 4.5 km away. The Esopus Creek , a tributary of the Hudson River , flowing north and west of Big Indian past, coming from the south west of the hamlet he does in Big Indian Hollow bends to the east and then flows north of Big Indian eastwards over. To the southwest is Big Indian Mountain , the summit of which is 1128 m high. The entire Town of Shandaken county had just over 3000 residents in 2010.
origin of the name
According to legend, the name goes back to an unfortunate love affair between a Munsee named Winneesook , which means "snowfall", and a woman named Gertrude Molyneux, who is said to be from the city. Winneesook is said to have been seven feet tall and was therefore called the Big Indian . Gertrude Molyneux's parents were against the relationship with a savage and they arranged a forced marriage with a Joseph Bundy . But later Gertrude Molyneux ran away with Winneesook and lived with him in the woods where they had their children. Years later, a cow went missing in the city and the revenge-minded Joseph Bundy accused the "great Indian". While searching for Winneesook, Bundy shot him with the rifle and seriously injured him. Winneesook fled to a hiding place by a pine tree and was found by Gertrude and died in her arms. The hamlet of Big Indian was built there , the pine tree was felled around 1880 when a railway, the Ulster and Delaware Railroad , was built.
The hamlet
The hamlet is located in the Big Indian Valley and now consists of only a few houses, most of which are located at State Root 28 and County Road 47, which crosses the State Route at Big Indian, and a station of the United States Postal Service . Together u. a. Big Indian has the postcode NY 12410 with the hamlet Oliverea, according to the United States Census Bureau 397 residents were registered under this postcode in 2010.
The climate
This climatic region is determined by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot and often humid summers and cold, sometimes very severe winters. According to the Köppen and Geiger climate classification , Big Indian has a humid continental climate, abbreviated to "Dfb" on climate maps.
Personalities
- Lhasa de Sela (1972-2010), singer
Individual evidence
- ^ Native New Yorkers: The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York by Evan T. Pritchard at Google Books