geopplers cider mill: Chicken Warrups - Mark Twain - Ramapo Indians - Redding CT ?
- 07/18/14 05:13 AM
Chief Chicken Warrups was a Native American with a checkered past. Meet Chief Chicken Warrups. This Mohawk Indian, originally from Pennsylvania, was captured by another tribe (the Ramapos) who eventually settled in the Greenfield Hill section of Fairfield/Westport, CT. Chief Chicken Warrups married the Ramapos chief's daughter. He later got into some trouble when he murdered another Native American. He fled, but not very far. He ended up a few miles north in what is now known as Redding, CT. He was said to be quite the business man and engaged in the purchase and sale of a
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