Hooks “Tied by Pequea Tribe”

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Hooks “Tied by Pequea Tribe”

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The photo below shows snelled hooks “Tied by the Pequea Tribe- All American Labor.” I have seen discussions associating such hooks with Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. See,
https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6x682p3

The now-controversial Carlisle Indian Industrial School (where football legend and Olympic Gold Medalist Jim Thorpe played from 1907-1911) was also in Pennsylvania. I am interested if there is a connection between the Pequea Tribe and these same-era Carlisle snelled hooks.

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"Carlisle" refers to a very early style of hook made in Carlisle, England. Any relationship to Carlisle, Pa., is coincidental.

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Steve wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:47 am "Carlisle" refers to a very early style of hook made in Carlisle, England. Any relationship to Carlisle, Pa., is coincidental.
Thanks, Steve. Curious coincidence.
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Some early references found in an idle moment:


A New and Easy Introduction to Universal Geography…, 1810


Neues Waaren-Lexikon in Zwӧlf Sprachen, 1821


The Angler’s Souvenir, 1835

The Carlisle fishhook industry seems to have begun in the second half of the 18th century.

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