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Legend of the Chichi-Okobee
Legend of the Chichi-Okobee
Legend of the Chichi-Okobee
The Spanish explorer, Hernando De Soto, explored this part of Florida in 1539 and, according to legend, he had his daughter with him.
Sara met and fell in love with a native warrior by the name Chichi-Okobee (pronounced Chee Chee Okobee). Unfortunately, he contracted some kind of fever and became gravely ill.
Sara decided to remain
The Spanish explorer, Hernando De Soto, explored this part of Florida in 1539 and, according to legend, he had his daughter with him.
Sara met and fell in love with a native warrior by the name Chichi-Okobee (pronounced Chee Chee Okobee). Unfortunately, he contracted some kind of fever and became gravely ill.
Sara decided to remain with him and nurse him back to health, but she contracted the fever and died.
Chichi-Okobee was grief-stricken at the loss of his love, and had her body buried out in the bay. He then sent 100 of his best warriors out to the spot where they chopped holes in the bottoms of their canoes and drowned themselves to protect her final resting spot.
According to the legend, when you see whitecaps on the waves in the bay, the are actually the feather headdresses of those native warriors still guarding her grave.
Our Patriot Ancestors
Legend of the Chichi-Okobee
Legend of the Chichi-Okobee
Connecticut
John Starkweather
Maryland
William Shields
Massachusetts
James Collins
John Follett
New Hampshire
Stephen Bartlett
New Jersey
Caleb Baldwin
Daniel Condit
Jeremiah Corey
New York
Nathaniel Chatterton
Nathaniel Mighill
North Carolina
Benjamin Best Sr.
Caleb Penney
Pennsylvania
Anthony Clippinger
Rhode Island
Jonathan Sodan
South Carolina
Thomas Blitc
Connecticut
John Starkweather
Maryland
William Shields
Massachusetts
James Collins
John Follett
New Hampshire
Stephen Bartlett
New Jersey
Caleb Baldwin
Daniel Condit
Jeremiah Corey
New York
Nathaniel Chatterton
Nathaniel Mighill
North Carolina
Benjamin Best Sr.
Caleb Penney
Pennsylvania
Anthony Clippinger
Rhode Island
Jonathan Sodan
South Carolina
Thomas Blitch
Virginia
Ingram Nunn
John Rust
Our Society Roster
Legend of the Chichi-Okobee
Our Society Roster
Society President
Luke Rush
Society Chaplain
Chloe Westerberg
Society Treasurer
Ella Bontrager
Senior Members:
Senior Society President
Ashton Bontrager
Senior Vice President
Sunny Westerberg
Senior Registrar
Nancy Vachon
Senior Treasurer
Cynthia Rush