Puffer Genealogy
FAWN, Indian maiden Little
Abt 1747 - Bef 1847 (< 99 years)-
Name FAWN, Little Prefix Indian maiden Birth Abt 1747 NH 
[1] Gender Female FindaGrave _COLOR 11 Death Bef 1847 Person ID I10500 Puffers Last Modified 14 Sep 2023
Family RICHARDS, Dodipher, b. 1745, Dover, NH d. 1825, Lincolnville, ME (Age 80 years) Children 1. RICHARDS, Jonathan, b. 2 May 1761, Edgecomb, ME d. 29 Oct 1837, Lincolnville, ME (Age 76 years)2. RICHARDS, Dodiphar Jr., b. 1762, ME d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F10955 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Apr 2024
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Notes - That same year 1767, Dodavah & Joseph Richards cleared a plot of land on which to build a cabin. In those days a family with a cabin could claim and hold a certain amount of land,and in addition each member of the family as they were born could when married fence in and claim a parcel of land. When the fall weather set in, Joseph went to Bristol to tell his brother James of this place, the timber, & ect... Dodavah, in the meantime was taken sick, and could not make the trip. Dodavah was taken in by some friendly Indians, who took him to what is now Beauchamp Point. There was a cave on the East side, near Dedman's cove. (The roof fell in about 1908.) Dodavah had a high fever. The Indians warmed up rocks from the shore, covered Dodavah with bearskins, and placed the rocks around him. It was cold and blustery, Dodavah had the shakes, so a young Indian maiden got under the skins with Dodavah, to get him warm,and break the fever. Dodavah survived the ordeal. Later he took this Indian girl for his wife. The story is---the Indians would name their children after anything unusual that happened about that time. So, the Maiden's father was known as "Big Thunder" as he was born during a thunder shower; the Indian maiden was "Little Fawn" as deer had its young at the same time that the Indian girl was born, so --- "Little Fawn."
In the spring of 1768, Joseph came back to Megunticook. Dodavah,and Joseph, with the help of the friendly Indians, cut logs, built a cabin, gathered rock for a fireplace, took clay from the river to chink the logs, and bond the rock in the fireplace.
In the fall of 1768, Joseph went back to Bristol, and told James that the cabin was ready for him. Joseph then went back to the cabin, and found Dodavah with his Indian girl whom he now called Sarah.
(Ed Note: I can find no publication called "Little's Genealogy and Family History of Maine". If true, then "Little Fawn" would be a member of the Penobscot tribe in Maine. I include the story as a family history story.)
- That same year 1767, Dodavah & Joseph Richards cleared a plot of land on which to build a cabin. In those days a family with a cabin could claim and hold a certain amount of land,and in addition each member of the family as they were born could when married fence in and claim a parcel of land. When the fall weather set in, Joseph went to Bristol to tell his brother James of this place, the timber, & ect... Dodavah, in the meantime was taken sick, and could not make the trip. Dodavah was taken in by some friendly Indians, who took him to what is now Beauchamp Point. There was a cave on the East side, near Dedman's cove. (The roof fell in about 1908.) Dodavah had a high fever. The Indians warmed up rocks from the shore, covered Dodavah with bearskins, and placed the rocks around him. It was cold and blustery, Dodavah had the shakes, so a young Indian maiden got under the skins with Dodavah, to get him warm,and break the fever. Dodavah survived the ordeal. Later he took this Indian girl for his wife. The story is---the Indians would name their children after anything unusual that happened about that time. So, the Maiden's father was known as "Big Thunder" as he was born during a thunder shower; the Indian maiden was "Little Fawn" as deer had its young at the same time that the Indian girl was born, so --- "Little Fawn."
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Sources - [S1109] Little's Genealogy and Family History of Maine.
- [S1109] Little's Genealogy and Family History of Maine.