gay head
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- The most westerly promontory of Martha's Vineyard, historically home to a village of 'red men' who supplied Nantucket with daring harpooneers, and the origin of Tashtego.
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- Martha's Vineyard
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- promontory
- notable_inhabitant_group
- Gay-Headers
- notable_resident
- Tashtego
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- is_part_ofMartha's Vineyard
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- Gay Head is described as the most westerly promontory of Martha's Vineyard.
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- Gay Head, the most westerly promontory of Martha’s Vineyard,
- is_home_toGay-Headers
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- The village of 'red men' at Gay Head historically housed the group known as Gay-Headers in the fishery.
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- suppliesNantucket
- description
- The village of red men at Gay Head has long supplied Nantucket with many of her most daring harpooneers.
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- village of red men, which has long supplied the neighboring island of Nantucket with many of her most daring harpooneers.
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- 2026-03-02T00:07:53.810Z
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