The Secret Information and Sayings of the Gitchees, 1971

Names:          Sam Gitchee, George Gitchee, and Louis Gitchee


Occupations: Sam is the mayor, George is the grocer, and Louis is the police and fire chief.


Living Area: 2 square feet; 7 miles south of Providence, Rhode Island, in the Atlantic Ocean, on a
                     rock.


Description: The 3 surviving Gitchee Indians live one on top of another in a totem pole fashion.  The
                     offices that each Gitchee holds are changed through an election every 6 months.  The
                     Gitchee on the bottom of the pole wears a SCUBA outfit when the tide comes in.  The
                     Gitchees are there, on the rock, 364 days out of the year.  On July 7, they travel to their
                     mecca--which is Goomee.  (The English name for Goomee is Providence.)  Rhode
                     Island does not claim the Gitchees, but they were there before the Rhode Islanders.


Sayings:       1.  A Gitchee in the hand is worth two on a stone.
                     2.  Look before you Gitchee.