According to family anecdotal history, Jim Prince was Eel River Wiyot Indian. My mother told me the story that he came by the name "Prince" because the white people would make fun of him, because he attempted to dress as they did, and they thought he was "putting on airs." Henceforth: Prince Jim became Jim Prince. His lifespan encompassed being present for the horrific massacres, most famously typified by the one on Indian Island Feb. 1960. He married Kitty Francis, a full-blood Bear River Indian, and they had four known children: Theodore "Bull" Prince, Dan Prince, May Evelyn Prince Hecker, and Edith Prince Burt Anderson. His exact dates of birth (about 1843) is unknown. His exact place of burial is unknown, but it is said to be somewhere between Loleta and Ferndale. I've found a record that he died "on the old Dickson Place on Cannibal Island, where he had resided for many years," and I believe he was buried there as well. He was my great-great-grandfather.
According to family anecdotal history, Jim Prince was Eel River Wiyot Indian. My mother told me the story that he came by the name "Prince" because the white people would make fun of him, because he attempted to dress as they did, and they thought he was "putting on airs." Henceforth: Prince Jim became Jim Prince. His lifespan encompassed being present for the horrific massacres, most famously typified by the one on Indian Island Feb. 1960. He married Kitty Francis, a full-blood Bear River Indian, and they had four known children: Theodore "Bull" Prince, Dan Prince, May Evelyn Prince Hecker, and Edith Prince Burt Anderson. His exact dates of birth (about 1843) is unknown. His exact place of burial is unknown, but it is said to be somewhere between Loleta and Ferndale. I've found a record that he died "on the old Dickson Place on Cannibal Island, where he had resided for many years," and I believe he was buried there as well. He was my great-great-grandfather.
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