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Nahkomi/Nahkoomer/Nakomin/Nakkomin/Nakoomer/Nahquenon/Natcoming/Neacoming
See Nakomin in Biographies.

Nahoosey - One of the Delaware chiefs who "owned" land in Eastern Pennsylvania and who met with William Penn's emissary in 1682. (Lenape Nations on the Web)

Nanacussey - One of the Delaware chiefs who "owned" land in Eastern Pennsylvania and who met with William Penn's emissary in 1682. (Lenape Nations on the Web)

Nanawaland/Nanawalend. English name, One Who Follows. He was a Captain serving with the American Captain Montour during the American Revolution from 15 June 1780 until 31 October 1781.

Nanticoke, James - Lenape name Lemottenuckques, a Signer of the 22 July 1814 Treaty with the United States at Greenville, Ohio as a Head Man, Chief, or Warrior of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 106) and a He Signer of the 3 October 1818 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Ibid., Vol. II, p. 171)

Naunotetauxien - a Signer of the 3 October 1818 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 305)

Naunotetauxien - A Signer of the 1829 Supplementary Treaty with the Untied States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Delaware Treaties)

Nemacolin - From the article
"Chief Nemacolin--A Delaware Indian Headman" by Alma Irene King-Finney, contributed by Mrs. Donnie Huckaby Donniehuck@aol.com , wife of Sidney Don Huckaby 6th great-grandson of Chief Checochinican.

After his father [Checkoconnicon]  became old, Nemacolin became Chief of 160 warriors (not including women and children) and he moved his tribe from Uniontown area to Fort Redstone, PA (now known as Brownsville, PA).  It was during this time that the Virginia Government asked Thomas Cresap to blaze a trail through the mountains from Cumberland, MD to Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh, PA).  This was to help the westward movement of the Ohio Company to the Ohio River and the State of  Ohio for development of white communities. In 1751 Thomas Cresap asked his friend Nemacolin to help him in blazing this trail.  He knew that Nemacolin would know the easiest way over the mountains,  Nemacolin and his sons, Lonacona and William proceeded to Oldtown, MD, to help Cresap map out the old Indian trail leading to Ft. Redstone, PA. on the Monongahela River.  This trail became known as Nemacolin's Path and then the National Road (Rt. 40) in 1806.  When Thomas had successfully mapped out the trail, he left Nemacolin in Ft. Redstone to travel back to his home in Oldtown, MD.  Nemacolin's son Lonacona (born before 1738 in Ft. Redstone) asked permission from his father to return to Maryland, as he had become good friends with Daniel Cresap, Thomas' oldest son, and wished to live near him in Rawlings, MD.  Nemacolin gave his permission, and Lonacona took his Delaware wife and family back with Daniel.  Thomas Cresap had named Lonacona, George Washington Cresap to protect him from white violence.  The town of Lonaconing, MD - south of  Frostburg, MD - was named for Lonacona.  Georges Creek was also named for him.  Lonacona died around 1790 in the home of his friend Dan, and he is buried in the Cresap Cemetery in Rawlings, MD. Lonacona's daughter Teresa married William Workman of Mt. Savage, MD.  Later, William moved his family to Kerens, WV.

Neolegan - In 1766, he was A Munsee chief of the Minisink. He was baptized on 12 May 1774. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Neshapanacumin - English name Charles Journeycake. A Signer as a Delegate of the Delaware to the 6 May 1854 Treaty between the United States and the Delaware at Washington. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 618)  

Neshepanaumin - The same name as Neshapanacumin, English name Charles Journeycake. One of "some prominent men among the Delaware Indians in what is now Leavenworth County [KS] [in 1844]." (Remsburg*)

Netahopuna - A Signer of the 3 October 1818 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Delaware Treaties, Vol. II, p. 171)

Netawatwees - Translation Skilled Advisor, English name Newcomer, and sometimes called "King." He was said to have been born in 1678 in Pennsylvania. In 1828 Netawatwees signed the Treaty of Conestoga. He became Chief of the Unami after the death of Sasoonan (whom see) and keeper of the wampum and other records. He died in Pittsburgh on 31 October 1776 and was succeeded by Captain White Eyes. (Lenape Nation on the Web) Netawatwees united several scattered Delaware groups in Ohio in the mid-1800s. He lived at Saukink (Beaver, Pennsylvania) and later at Newcomerstown (Tuscarawas County, Ohio). He probably succeeded Shingas as Delaware Head Chief by 1757 and was replaced by White Eyes, who was the Head War Chief. [Note the different versions of succession in these two accounts.] He was succeeded as Turtle Chief by his grandson (his son's son) Gelelemend (Killbuck) (Smithsonian*, 223) He was keeper of the wampum for the Unami. [Some equate the Turtle with the Unami. (Cranor, Kik-Tha-Whe-Nund), p. 2) 

Newcomer - English name for Netawatwees. See entry just above.

Ninsi - English name John. A Muncie Lenape  born about 1705. In 1758 he established a village at Wyalusing. At first he urged his people to keep the ancient Lenape ways and reject the White Man's culture. Later he was converted and baptized in 1765. He conducted the Moravian Lenape to Philadelphia for safety. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Nonondoquomon/Nonondoquomon/Noondoquon - He may be the same person as Non-on-da-gon. A Signer of the 26 October 1832 Treaty between the United States and the Delaware and Shawnee at Castor Hill, St. Louis County, Missouri as a Chief, Warrior, or Councilor. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 372)  and a Delegate to the  8 November 1833 treaty between several tribes at Fort Leavenworth [Kansas]. (Barry, The Beginning of the West, p. 251). He died 11 November 1842 on the Kansas Delaware Reserve. (Ibid., p. 464)

Nutimus - English name Turkey. He was noted in 1734 as a good blacksmith and a famous Indian doctor from New Jersey. He was Chief of the Lenape on the Forks. Nutimus met with James Logan (whom see) in 1735 and was shown a copy of the false deed wherein the Lenape had sold land to William Penn. This was the infamous Walking Purchase. As a result of the deed, Nutimus and his people were forced to move to the Susquehanna. In 1756 he met with Sir William Johnson who removed the "petticoat" and placed a hatchet in the hands of the Lenape to use against the French. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

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Ockanickon - English name Turtle. A famed and friendly Indian, "King Ockanickon," was a party to the deed for lands "from Rankokus to the Falls of Delaware," and eventually found his resting place in the Friends burial ground at Burlington. In 1682, as an old man on his death bed, he named his brother's son, Jakursoe, as his successor. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Onas - Along with his brother Captain Pipe (whom see), he signed a treaty in 1765. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

One Who Follows - Lenape name, Nanawaland, also spelled Nanawalend. He served as a Captain with the American Captain Montour during the American Revolution from 15 June 1780 until 31 October 1781. [Source to be added. Ed.]

One Who is Held in Mind - Delaware name, Caylaylamind , also Kelelemend. He was a Private in the American Captain Montour's Company during the American Revolution from 15 June 1780 to 31 October 1781. *

Orecton - One of the Delaware chiefs who "owned" land in Eastern Pennsylvania and who met with William Penn's emissary in 1682. (Lenape Nations on the Web)

Owechela - He was one of the chiefs who on 26 July 1709 met with Pennsylvania Governor Gookin at Philadelphia. At that time he lived at Paxtang (present Harrisburg). (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Owl, Sally - Lenape name, Lakepeshequa - See the Biographies for details.

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Paaheehelond - A Munsee or Delaware Signer of the 4 July 1805 Treaty with the United States at  Fort Industry on the Miami of the Lake, Ohio. See Treaties. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 78)

Pahekelat - A  Munsee Signer of the 4 July 1805 Treaty with the United States at Fort Industry on the Miami River  of the Lake in Ohio as a Sachem, Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p.  )

Pakanke - Also known as Custaloga,  a Wolf Band Chief whose village was at Venango (Franklin, Pennsylvania) and later at Kuskuskies (New Castle, Pennsylvania). He was succeeded by his nephew Captain Pipe in 1773. (Smithsonian *, p. )

Pamexot - English name Armstrong, a Munsee or Delaware signer of the 4 July 1805 Treaty with the United States at Fort Industry on the Miami of the Lake in Ohio as a Sachem, Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation.  (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 78)

Pappeleland/Pappellelond 
- English name Beaver Hat. A Munsee or Delaware Signer of the 4 July 1805 Treaty with the United States at Fort Industry on the Miami River of the Lake  in Ohio as a Sachem, Chief, or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 78)

Parritt - A Lenape Chief of Sidneysinck Delaware, who in 1681 sold land. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Passakassy - A Lenape Chief who lived in Pennsylvania and who met with Governor Gookin of that state. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Pat(t)erson, Captain - A Signer of the 3 October 1818 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as the Second  Chief of the Delaware Nation. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 305 and a Delaware Signer of the 1829 Supplementary Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as the Second Chief of the Delaware Nation. (Delaware Treaties). He succeeded Captain William Anderson as the Chief of the Delaware Nation in 1835 and remained the chief until 1848, when he was replaced by Nakomin. (Undocumented)

Patterson, William -

To Capt William Wells

White River March 30. 1805   We send to you our Nephew William Patterson to Counsell with you, we wish that you will listen to what he says concerning of Governor Harrisons purchasing a large Tract of Land, we know nothing of it, we have not in our power to sell land and more than that it is contrary to the articles of the Treaty of Greenville therefore we send to you the writing the Governor gave us, when he gave it to us, he told us that it wan an instrument of writing to keep peace and friendship among us- therefore we wish that you will see into it and let the President our Father know that the purchase is unlegal, and that he may take such measures as will prevent it from being settled, this is all, but you will listen to what Patterson says, as we cannot have all wrote what we wish to say, this is all at present but remain your uncles. signed) Tethteposeske his mark +      
(   "  ) Buckingehelas his mark +       
(  "   ) Hockingpomskon his mark + 
I certify that the forigoing is a true translation of what the above signed chiefs said to William Wells. (signed. John Connor  (H-360(2), Enc. 1, p. 1)

Pat(t)erson, Chief William -  He was located at Cape Girardeau.

Patterson - A Delegate to the  8 November 1833 treaty between several tribes at Fort Leavenworth [Kansas]. (Barry, The Beginning of the West, p. 251) He is probably the same as Captain Paterson, above.

Peery, E. T. - The first regularly-appointed Methodist missionary to the Delaware in Kansas. He served from 1833 to 1837. (Farley*, 3)

Pegamawksey - A Sandusky Delaware Signer of the 3 August 1795 Treaty with the United States at Greenville, Northwest Territory as a Sachem or War Chief of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties, p. 44)

Pekeeund -A Signer of the 3 August 1795 Treaty at Greenville, Northwest Territory. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 44)

Peekeetelemund - English name Thomas Adams, a Signer of the 3 August 1795 Treaty at Greenville, Northwest Territory.

Pekelan - A Signer of the 9 January 1789 Treaty with the United States at Fort Harmar on the Muskingum in Northwest Territory. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 22)

Pemenetta - In 1638 he sold a parcel of land to the Dutch. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Petchekekaoan - A Signer of the 1809 Treaty. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. )

Petchenanalas - A Signer of the 1818 Treaty with the United States at St Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Delaware Treaties)

Petchekekapon - A Signer of the  30 September 1809 Treaty with the United States at Fort Wayne, Indiana Territory as a Sachem or War Chief of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 102)

Peyeaschickon - A chief assistant of Chief Checochinican (whom see), leader of the Brandywine Lenape in the early 730s. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Pimeelaoughan/Pimilaoxen -  
English name Crooked Mind, a Private in the American Captain Montour's Company in the American Revolution from 15 June 1780 until 31 October 1781. *

Pinna - As Chief of the Passyunk Lenape, he made a treaty of peace with Phillip Calvert, Governor of Maryland. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Pipe, Captain - Lenape name thought to be Tahungeeccoppi.* In 1773 he succeeded his uncle, Wolf Chief Custaloga (or Pakanke) probably at Kuskuskies (New Castle, Pennsylvania).  His village was probably later at Tuscarawas (near Bolivar, Ohio). Because his uncle, Custaloga was of the Turkey band, Captain Pipe was probably also a member of that group. He was probably succeeded by Shingas. According to Lenape Nation on the Web, in 1764 Captain Pipe was a hereditary sachem and head chief of the Munsee. That source says that during the American Revolution, he was pro-British. Later in his life he was a friend of American settlers. Captain Pipe was a leading participant in the execution of Colonel Crawford, the commander of the militia who murdered ninety Delaware at the Moravian mission. Captain Pipe built a cabin at Mohican Johnstown where he lived for several years. He was described as "humane, fine looking, dignified, [and] courteous." (Tregillis*) He was a Signer of the Treaty of 17 September 1778 with the United States in Pennsylvania as a Chief man,* a Signer of the 9 January 1789 Treaty with the United States at Fort Harmar on the Muskingum in Northwest Territory. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 22, a Signer of the Treaty of Greenville, Ohio [but need proof of this]. About 1802-1803 he and Jerome and other Delaware went to the site of Mohican Johnstown near present Jeromeville [State?]  He was a Signer of the 22 July 1814 Treaty with the United States at Greenville, Ohio as a Head Man, Chief, or Warrior of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 106).  He   received along with sixteen others, an equal share of a three-mile square on the Sandusky under Article 19 of the Treaty of 29 September 1817 at the

e Rapids Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie River in Ohio. (Ibid., p. 154.)  He was also a Signer of that treaty as a Sachem, Chief, or Warrior. (Ibid., p. 152),  a  Signer of the 3 October 1818 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Ibid., p. 171.), a Signer of the 1829 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief of the Delaware Band on the Sandusky River, and, a Signer of the 1829 Supplementary Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Ibid., p.*) In the fall of 1829, Captain Pipe, William Monture, Isaac Hill, and Solomon Journeycake left the Pipestone Reserve for Kansas with a party of about thirty Delaware. (Pratt)

Pipe, Eli - A Signer of the Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief of the Delaware Band on the Sandusky River. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II)

Ponakahkowha - English name Fall Leaf, one of "some prominent men among the Delaware Indians in what is now Leavenworth County [KS] [in 1844]." (Remsberg*)  

Pondoxy - English name, George Bullet, a Signer as a delegate of the Delaware to the 6 May 1854 Treaty between the United States and the Delaware at Washington. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 618)

Pool, James -  The Delaware blacksmith employed by the federal government in the 1820s at the James Fork Trading Post in Missouri, near Springfield (William Gillis Probate Papers)

Pooshies/Pusheesh -  Probably the same as Hengue Pushees. His English name was The Cat. He was  a Signer of the 3 October 1818 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a chief or warrior of the Delaware Nation (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 305) and a Signer of the 1829 Supplementary Treaty with the United States as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation (Ibid., p.  ).

Poquas - The Delaware wife of trader William Gillis. (Gillis Probate Papers)

Pratt, Reverend John Gill -  In 1837 John Gill Pratt located on Section 10, in Township 11, Range 23, about twelve miles west of Wyandotte City. He was a missionary teacher who in 1844 was ordained a Baptist minister. Rev. Pratt established a Baptist mission among the Delaware Indians. He published several hymn books in the Delaware language, one of which was printed at the Wyandotte Herald office. President Abraham Lincoln appointed Reverend Pratt as the Delaware Indian Agent. One of his sons married a daughter of Charles Journeycake, a well-known Delaware chief. His eldest daughter married Colonel Samuel Black, of Leavenworth.  When the Baptist Mission was abandoned after the 1844 Kansas River Flood, Pratt hauled its logs to a new mission site on higher ground 3 1/2 miles to the northwest. He was a Delaware Agent in Kansas and the signer of the 1866 Treaty for the Delaware Agency, Kansas. As the Delaware agent, Rev. Pratt helped move the tribe to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) in 1867 and 1868. In 1890, he was the oldest citizen in Wyandotte County. (History of Wyandotte County, pp. 147-148; Farley* pp. 4, 15) See the Pratt Collection for a good description  of his work and the disposition of his papers.

Puckconsittond - A Munsee or Delaware Signer of the 4 July 1805 Treaty with the United States at Fort Industry on the Miami of the Lake in Ohio as a Sachem, Chief, or Warrior. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 78)

Punchuck - English name Captain Beaver. A Signer of the Treaty with the United States of 29 September 1817 at the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie River in Ohio as a Sachem, Chief, or Warrior. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 152)

Pytechay - One of the chiefs who signed on 1 August 1682 a treaty with William Penn's emissary for lands sold. (Lenape Nations on the Web)

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Quacornoha/
Quacornowha - English name, James Segondyne, a Signer as a Delegate of the Delaware to the 6 May 1854 Treaty between the United States and the Delaware at Washington. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 618)
 One of "some prominent men among the Delaware Indians in what is now  Leavenworth County [KS] [in 1844-]." (Remsburg* )

Quake, John - A Signer of the 1818 Treaty with the United States as a  Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Delaware Treaties, Vol. II, p. *  )

Queake, John - Lenape name [?] Joon Queake, a Signer of the 22 July 1814 Treaty with the United States at Greenville, Ohio as a Head Man, Chief, or Warrior of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 106)

Quenaghoothmait - A Signer of the 1818 Treaty with the United States  at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Kappler, Treaties)

Quenameckquid - English name Charles, was a son of Tamanend. (Lenape Nations on the Web)

Queshatowha - English name, John Ketchem. A Signer as a Delegate of the Delaware to the 6 May 1854 Treaty between the United States and the Delaware at Washington. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 618)  One of "some prominent men among the Delaware Indians in what is now Leavenworth County [KS] [in 1844]." (Remsberg*)

Queshawksey - English name George Washington, a Signer of the 3 August 1795 Treaty with the United States at Greenville, Northwest Territory as a Sachem or War Chief of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 44)

Quesqakons - A Chief of the Manhattan Island Indians in 1629. [But was he a Lenape?] (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Quesquackous - A Chief of the Manhattan Island Indians in 1629. [Perhaps the same as Queshawksey. But was he a Lenape?] (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Quick, Jonny - A Signer of the 3 October 1818 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 305)

Quillpukamen/ Kwelpikamen  - English name  Crooked Wind or He Turns Things Around Where He Steps* was a Private in the American Captain  Montour's Company in the American Revolution from 15 June 1780 until 31 October 1781.*
 

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Red Feather - Indian name Magpiway, a Signer of the 3 August 1795 Treaty at Greenville, Northwest Territory as a Sachem or Warrior of the Delaware Tribe (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II., p. 44)

Renowewan - In 1675 he was one of several chiefs who made a treaty with Andros at New Castle, Pennsylvania. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Rockatowah/Rockatowha - English name Sunrise.  One of "some prominent men among the Delaware Indians in what is now Leavenworth County [KS] [in 1844]." (Remsburg) and a Signer of the 1860 Treaty between the United  States at Sarcoxieville on the Kansas Delaware Reservation as an Assistant Chief and as Chief of the Turkey Band of the Kansas Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 807)

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Sagundal - One of "some prominent men among the Delaware Indians in what is now Leavenworth County [KS] [in 1844]." (Remsburg*)

Sahopre - One of the Delaware chiefs who "owned" land in Eastern Pennsylvania and who met with William Penn's emissary in 1682. (Lenape Nations on the Web)

Sankocksa -  A Signer as a Chief of the Delaware at the 14 December Agreement Between the Delaware and the Wyandot in Present Kansas. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 1048)

Sanandoyourayquaw/Sanowdoyeasquaw -  English name Silas Armstrong. Under the Treaty with the United States of 29 September 1817 at the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, he received along with Chief Jeeshauwau (James Armstrong), on behalf of the Delaware, a grant by fee simple of a tract of land twelve miles square on the Sandusky that included Captain Pipe's Village.) (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, Article 19, p. 150) He also received along with sixteen others, an equal share of a three-mile square on the Sandusky under Article 19 of the Treaty of 29 September 1817 at the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie River in Ohio.  (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 154.)

Sarcoxey/Sarcoxie
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                                                   Chief Sarcoxie (Bartlesville, Oklahoma Library)
 

English name The Highest. A Signer as a Delegate of the Delaware to the 6 May 1854 Treaty between the United States and the Delaware at Washington. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 618), a Signer of the 30 May 1860 Treaty with the United States at Sarcoxieville on the Delaware Reservation [Kansas] as the Assistant Chief of the Kansas Delaware Tribe and as the Chief of the Turtle Band. (Ibid., p. 807), a  Signer of the 2 July 1861 Treaty with the United States at  Leavenworth City [Kansas] as Chief of the Turtle Band of the Delaware Tribe. (Ibid., p. 823), and a Signer of the 1866 Treaty with the United States. at the Delaware Agency as an Assistant Chief of the Delaware Tribe. He is listed as Capt. Sarcoxie, but John Sarcoxie is also listed as a councilor. (Ibid., p. )  John Sarcoxie was named as one of "some prominent men of the Delaware Indians in what is now Leavenworth County [KS] [in 1844]." (Remsburg*) A Councillor in the 1860s. (Undocumented)

Sasarsitona -  A Signer as a Chief of the Delaware at the 14 December Agreement Between the Delaware and the Wyandot in present Kansas. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 1048)

Sasoonan - Also known as Alumapees/Olumapies. His English name was Keeper of the Wampum Records. He was a Unami Chief. Sassonan lived on the Schuylkill River and then later lived at Paxtang (Harrisburg) In 1712, he and a delegation took wampum north to their Uncles the Iroquois. He signed the Treaty of 1718 with William Penn. In 1743 he was assistant to Shickellamy. He  was at Shamokin. (Lenape Nation on the Web) Sassonan was the  uncle of Shingas and Beaver. He was Chief of the Schuylkill Delaware until his death in 1747 and  (Smithsonian, p. 223)

Secondine/
Segondyne, James -


Chief Sagundai (Secondine) (Bartlesville, Oklahoma Library)

 Lenape name, Quacornowha or Quacornoha.   A Signer as a Delegate of the Delaware to the 6 May 1854 Treaty between the United States and the Delaware at Washington. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 618) He was the Chief of the Wolf Clan. When he died sometime after August 1851, he was replaced as Chief of the Wolf Band by Neconhecond in October 1853. (Undocumented) Are Sagundai and Quacornowha or Quacornoha the same person? If not not, what is Sagundai's English name?

Shaughamek/Shaxamek - English name Eel. He served as a  Private in the American Captain Montour's Company during the American Revolution from 15 June 1780 to 31 October 1891. [*]Source to be added. Editor.]

Shaurwaughon - One of the Delaware chiefs who "owned" land in Eastern Pennsylvania and who met with William Penn's emissary in 1682. (Lenape Nations on the Web)

Shawahnock - A Delegate to the 8 November 1833 treaty between several tribes at Fort Leavenworth [Kansas]. (Barry, The Beginning of the West, p. 251)

Shingas/Chingas/Shingask/Shingoswheyondohila/King Shingess - Sometimes known as King Shingas. His name translates roughly into English as "boggy or marshy ground overgrown with grass." He was a member of the Turkey Band and became their  Chief in 1752. We know nothing of him before that year. Shingas was the chief of the Western Delaware. The chief of the Eastern Delaware in 1752 was Teedyuscung. Shingas was chosen to lead the negotiations at Logstown in 1752. In 1755 he led a war party. In 1756 the Governor of Pennsylvania set a price  of 200 pounds for the scalp of Chingas/Shingask. It appears that Shingas was replaced as Delaware Head Chief by 1757 by Turtle Chief Netawatwees (Newcomer). Shingas attended a council at Kuskuskis. Shingass conferred with McKee on 14 October 1762 at Tuskarawas. Shingoswheyondohila delivered a belt to Thomas Calhoun on 1 June 1763., declaring the lack of involvement He was succeeded by his brother Tamaqua (King) Beaver in 1761. Another brother was Pisquetonin. They were nephews of Sasoonan (Alumapees), who had been Chief of the Schuylkill Delaware until his death in 1774. He probably died from smallpox contracted from infected British blankets in 1763, given to the Delaware as an early form of germ welfare. On 19 August 1766, David Franks listed King Shingess in the war losses. (Smithsonian*, 223) (Goddard 1978a, p. 223; Jennings pp. 260, 266, 395, 44;  Kjellberg p. 22; MPHSC vo. XIX, pp. 186, 682, 684; PSWJ vol. V, p. 355, vol. X, p. 576)

(Swataney)
Shicellamy  - English name (Our Enlightener) was a man of strong character and statesman-like vision. The Iroquois Confederacy appointed him as "King" of the Lenape to replace Shingas. He was part Lenape and a go-between for the Lenape and the Pennsylvania Government.  died at Shamokin in 1748. He had four sons, John Shickellamy and Tahgahjute later became John and James Logan. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Shroneseh - Or Eroneniarah, a Signer of the 22 July 1814 Treaty with the United States at Greenville, Ohio as a Head Man, Chief, or Warrior of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol.  II, p. 106)

Signos - A Lenape Chief who sold land to the Dutch in 1638. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Simon, Ben - Was considered for a Chief of the Wolf Band in the 1860s. (Undocumented)

Siscomb, Billy - Lenape name Weywinquis, a Signer of the 3 August 1795 Treaty with the United States at Greenville, Northwest Territory as a Sachem or War Chief of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 44)

Sixkiller - In the Civil War, he was a member of the Second Regiment, Indian Home Guard. These troops began as Drew's Regiment for the Confederacy. Many deserted and joined the Union Forces between November 5, 1861 and when the Regiment was disbanded because of desertions, July 6, 1862

(Golitchy)
Skalitchy - A Lenape Chief in the early 1700s. In 1709 he met with Governor Gookin of Pennsylvania. He was the spokesman showed the Governor 32 wampum belts that they were taking to the Six Nations. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Snap, Captain  - A Signer of the 22 July 1814 Treaty with the United States at Greenville, Ohio as a Head Man, Chief, or Warrior of the Delaware Tribe (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 106) and a Signer as a Chief of the Delaware at the 14 December Agreement between the Delaware and the Wyandot in Present Kansas. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 1048)

Sunrise - Lenape name Rockatowha, a Signer of the 30 May 1860 Treaty with the United States at Sarcoxieville on the Delaware Reservation [Kansas] as the Assistant Chief of the Kansas Delaware Tribe and as the Chief of the Turkey Band. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 807)

Shawannock/Suwannock, Captain/Suwaunnock, Captain/Swannuck - English name, Whiteman. A Signer of the 3 October 1818 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 1305) and a Signer of the 1829 Supplementary Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Ibid., p.  ).  He led a war party to destroy and burn a Pawnee village in retaliation for the killing of two Delaware men and a Delaware woman by Pawnee. (Farley*, p. 5) Swannuck
accompanied Fremont in 1853 across the Rocky Mountains and assisted him in redeeming the State of California from the Mexicans

Soccorosett - A New Jersey Chief who sold a parcel of land in 1674. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Suavec, Captain -  A Signer as a Chief of the Delaware at the 14 December Agreement Between the Delaware and the Wyandot in Present Kansas. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 1048)

Suwanock, James - The tombstone of James Suwanock is in the custody of the Wyandotte County Historical Museum, Bonner Springs, KS.

Swanpisse - One of the Delaware chiefs who "owned" land in Eastern Pennsylvania and who met with William Penn's emissary in 1682. He was chief of the Turtle Band. He attended the Quaker Sunday Meeting and died with William Penn. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Swataney - See Shicellamy.

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Tagahute -
English name James Logan. A son of Chief Shicellamy/Swataney, whom see. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Tahkochi/Tawquatchee - English name, He Who is Cold. He served in the American Captain Montour's Company during the American Revolution from 15 June 1780 to 31 October 1781. [Source to be added.]

Taiunshrah - English name Charles, a Signer of the 22 July Treaty with the United States at Greenville, Ohio as a Head Man, Chief, or Warrior of the Delaware Tribe, (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 106)

Tahungeecoppi - English name Captain Pipe, received  along with sixteen Delaware, an equal share of a three-mile square on the Sandusky under Article 19 of the Treaty of 29 September 1817 at the Foot of the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie River in Ohio. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 154.) He was also a Signer of that treaty as a Sachem, Chief, or Warrior (Ibid., p. 152)

Taleeockwe - English name Captain Jack or James Ketchum, was born 1780 in Ohio, died 11 July 1857 in Kansas, and was buried in White Church, KS. He served in the War of 1812, was the Head Chief in 1849, and was a Methodist minister for 22 years. (I Walked in the Footsteps....p.  )

Tamaguee - English name The Beaver, a Signer of the 18 August 1804 Treaty with the United States at Vincennes, Indiana Territory as a Chief or Head Man of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler. Treaties, Vol. II, p. 71 )

Tamanend - "In 1682 and 1683 [and probably longer] , Tamanend (the Affable was the Head Chief of the Lenape. He signed a treaty with William Penn. Legend tells of the Great Treaty under the Shackamaxon Tree at Philadelphia. He was held in the highest veneration among the Lenape. The fame of this great man extended even among the whites and his memory is still preserved in the name of a town Tamanend. In 1772, a secret society, the Sons of King Tammany, was named for him. Also then Society of St. Tammany and Tammany Hall. His brother was Yaqueekhon/Nicholas and Quenameckquid/Charles. He died in 1750 at age 97." (Lenape Nations on the Web)

Takochee/Tawquatchee -  English name, He Who is Cold. He served in the American Captain Montour's Company during the American Revolution from 15 June 1780 to 31 October 1781. [*]

Tawhelalen/Tawhelalend - English name Ketchum (according to Barry, The Beginning of the West, p. 228), a Signer of the 26 October 1832 treaty between the United States and the Delaware and Shawnee at Castor Hill, St. Louis County, Missouri as a Chief. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 372)

Teataway - A Signer of the 9 January 1789 Treaty at Fort Harmar on the Muskingum, Northwest Territory. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II. p. 22)

Teedyuscung - English name Honest John, Because of his unusual abilities and influence among the Indians in the Susquehanna Valley, he became known among the Whites as "King of the Delaware." He was born about 1700 in New Jersey, the son of Captain Harris. He was a broom maker. About 1730 he moved to the Forks of the Delaware. He had a son Captain Bull. (Lenape Nation on the Web) Teedyuscung died about 1763.
     (William M. Fowler, Jr.,  The French and Indian War and the Struggle for North America, 1754-1763) "Aging, overweight and reputed to drink too much, Teedyuscung remained one of the most remarkable men of eighteenth-century America. (p. 158) No eastern tribe suffered more from European oppression than the Delaware; nor did they escape persecution from their northern neighbors, the Iroquois, who called the Delaware "women" and lusted after their lands. Caught between their own kin and the invading Europeans. the Delaware were pushed constantly about. Teedyuscung experienced all this turmoil. Born near present-day Trenton, New Jersey, he and his family were pushed west by the expanding settlements. They finally settled at the forks of the Delaware River, where his father led the village of Pocopoco. Neat that village Teedyuscung witnessed one of the most outrageous Indian land swindles in American history: the Delaware Walking Purchase." (p. 159) Although he styled himself "king of the Delaware," Teedyuscung had no ancestral right to leadership. His skill was in his ability to balance among Delaware, Iroquois, French, and English. Amid a people who admired oratory, Teedyuscung was a star. Like Pitt in Parliament, he could spellbind an audience with his eloquence, passion, wit, and sarcasm. In 1750 Teedyuscung delivered himself and his family to be baptized at the Moravian Christian mission at Gnadenhutten. A few years later he made another political shift to broaden his base of friends. He allied himself with the Iroquois. As the French made their move into the Ohio valley, Teedyuscung sidled up to them as well. In the violent days following Braddock's defeat, he led his people to war against the British, and for several months Teedyuscung and his warriors ravaged the Pennsylvania frontier. [Which after all was their Homeland!] (p. 160)  On April 19, 1763. he and his wife burned to death when their cabin [perhaps in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania] was engulfed in a fire of suspicious origin." (p. 244)

 

Teorow - English name Black Raccoon,  received along with sixteen others, an equal share of a three-mile square on the Sandusky under the Treaty of 29 September 1817 at the Foot of the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie River in Ohio. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 154.)

Tatabokshe/Tetabokshken  - English name Grand Glaize King. A Signer of the  3 August 1795 Treaty with the United States at Greenville, Northwest Territory as a Sachem or War Chief of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II,  p. 44)

Teta Buxika/Jeta Buxika - A Signer of the 7 June 1803 Treaty with the United States at Fort Wayne on the Miami of the Lake,  Indiana Territory, as a Chief or Warrior  of the Delaware Nation (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 65)

Tetapachksit/Tetepachksit - English name Grand Glaize King. He may have been the Principal Chief ca. 1806.  Of the Turtle clan,  he was put to death during the purge against witchcraft. (Cranor, Kik-Tha-Whe-Nund, p. 4)

The Beaver - Lenape name  Tomaguee, a Signer of the 18 August 1804 Treaty with the United States at Vincennes, Indiana Territory as a Chief or Head Man of the Delaware Tribe . (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 71) A signer of the  September 1809 Treaty with the United States as a Sachem or War Chief of the Delaware Tribe (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 102) and a Signer of the 3 October 1818 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 171) He may have been the Principal Chief ca. 1807-1831. (Undocumented)

The Buck - A signer of the 3 October 1818 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a chief or warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 171.)

The Buck - Indian name Tishoohan, whom see. A signer of the 1828 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Delaware Treaties)

The Cat - English name for Pooshies (Pushees), and probably Hengue Pushees, whom see. (1829 Supplementary Treaty) (Delaware Treaties) (Source for 1785 Treaty?-Editor)

The Cat - A signer of the 3 October 1818 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a chief or warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 305)

The Highest - English name for Sarcoxie/Sarcoxey, whom see, a signer of the 30 May 1860 Treaty with the United States at Sarcoxieville on the Delaware Reservation [Kansas] as the Assistant Chief of the Kansas Delaware Tribe and as the Chief of the Turkey Band. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 807)  (1861 Treaties) (Delaware Treaties)

The Pipe - The second signer of the 1778 Treaty with the United States at Fort Pitt. (Kappler, Treaties, p. Vol. II,5)

The War Mallet - A signer of the 3 October 1818 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a chief or warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 171))

The Way He Saw It - Lenape name Aleemen, also Elimend. A Private in the American Captain Montour's Company during the American Revolution from 15 June 1780 to 31 October 1781.

Tiblow, Henry - A Delaware who started a trading post on at the ferry across the Kansas River.

The Parrish Ferry Co. was incorporated Dec. 29, 1863 by Henry D. Smith, Henry Tiblow, Isaac Parrish, Charles B. Garrett, and Sam Parsons to operate at a point 6 chains above the center ofS.32 T.11 R23 opposite present Bonner Springs near the railroad crossing. Tiblow was plated in Nov. 1870 with John McDaniels, proprietor of the town site, after 1880 the name was changed to Bonner Springs. Henry Tiblow, ferry operator for whom the town was named, was of mixed blood Shawnee and Delaware. (From "Kansas River Ferries, Monticello Township" by Bertha Anne Garrett Cameron)

He was the official United States interpreter on many occasions. (Farley, p. 2). The Delaware Indian Interpreter of  the 14 December Agreement Between the Delaware and the Wyandot in Present Kansas. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 1048). He was The U. S. interpreter at the signing of the Treaty of 1860 at Sarcoxieville on the Kansas Treaties.

Ticohan -  Also, Ishcohan. Possibly present at the 1778 Treaty with William Penn.                                                                                  

Tishatahoones - English name Widow Armstrong. She received along with sixteen others, an equal share of a three-mile square on the Sandusky under the Treaty of 29 September 1817 at the Foot of the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie River in Ohio.  (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 155.) 

Tishoohan (Buck) - English name Buck?

Tishkohan                                                                

Tiundraka - English name John Bolesle, a signer of the 22 July 1814 Treaty with the United States at Greenville, Ohio as a Head Man, Chief, or Warrior of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties Vol.  I I, p. 106)

Toctowayning -  English name Anderson, a Signer of the 8 September 1815 Treaty with the United States at Spring Wells, Michigan [?] as a Sachem, Head Man, or Warrior of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 118)

Tomackhickon - One of the Delaware chiefs who "owned" land in Eastern Pennsylvania and who met with William Penn's emissary in 1682. (Lenape Nations on the Web)

Tomague/Tomaguee. English name Beaver or The Beaver English name Beaver or The Beaver. A signer of the 18 August 1804 Treaty with the United States at Vincennes, Indiana Territory as a Chief or Head Man of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 71) and a Signer of the 21 August 1805 Treaty with the United States at Grouseland near Vincennes in Indiana Territory as a Sachem, Chief, or Warrior of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p.  )

Tonganoxie -


Chief Tonganoxie (Bartlesville, Oklahoma Library)

When Kockatowha died as Chief of the Turkey Band in 1861, apparently the Commissioner of Indian Affairs refused to recognize him [Tonganoxie] as the chosen successor.

Tonganoxwha - English name Little Man. One of "some prominent men among the Delaware Indians in what is now Leavenworth County [KS] [in 1844]." (Remsberg*

Towasiz - One of the Delaware chiefs who "owned" land in Eastern Pennsylvania and who met with William Penn's emissary in 1682. (Lenape Nations on the Web)

Tunis, Captain - A Signer of the 3 October 1818 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 171)

Tuthinipee -

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Vogler, Jesse - A white missionary to the Delaware and Munsee for the United Brethren (Moravian) Church in 1837. (Farley*, p. 4)

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Wabatthoe - A Signer of the 3 August 1795 Treaty with the United States at Greenville, Northwest Territory as a Sachem or War Chief of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 44)

Wahoney (Lenape name) - His English name was John Everett. His spouse was Ahpahmemaho, whom see. They had a son Nahpoowha who was killed by the Osage Indians while the family traveled from Kansas to Indian Territory ca. 1866. See the entry for his mother, Ahpahmemaho.

Waleoaksee (Lenape Name) - White man) (Morgan, The Indian Journals 1859-62, Part IV, p. 57.

Welebawkeelund -  A Signer of the 3 August 1795 Treaty with the United States at Greenville, Northwest Territory as a Sachem or War Chief of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 44)

Wendocalla - A Sachem under Chief Beaver. He was present at a meeting with Governor James Hamilton at Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1759. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Westkekitt - One of the Delaware chiefs who "owned" land in Eastern Pennsylvania and who met with William Penn's emissary in 1682. (Lenape Nations on the Web)

Weywinquis - English name Billy Siscomb, a Signer of the 3 August 1795 Treaty with the United States at Greenville, Northwest Territory as a Sachem or War Chief of the Delaware Tribe. (Kappler, Treaties` Vol. II, p. 44)

Whirlwind - Lenape name Aweallesa,  a signer of the 29 September 1817 Treaty with the United States at  the Foot of the Rapids of the Miami at Lake Erie in Ohio. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 152)

White Eyes - [Note: There are several entries for White Eyes. The citations are listed separately for the time being until they can be sorted out. -Editor.]

White Eyes - In 1773 he succeeded Shingas as Delaware Head Chief. Previously he had been the Head War Chief. (Smithsonian*, 223)

White Eyes - The first Signer of the 1778 Treaty with the United States at Fort Pitt. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 5) His life span was from 1700 until 1778. He was the famous sachem of the Turtle Clan, who served as a Lenape Captain during the Revolution. White Eyes was a personal friend of George Washington. He became a Colonel in 1778 in the American Army. He died in Pittsburg. (Lenape Nation on the Web)

White Eyes, George - English name for Alimee, may be the same as Captain White Eyes. A Signer of the 18 August 1804 Treaty with the United States at Vincennes, Indiana Territory as a Chief or Head Man of the Delaware tribe. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 71)

White Man [sic] - Lenape name, Suwaunock, a Signer of the 3 October 1818 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 305)

Whiteman - English name for Captain Suwannock/Shawannock -  A Signer of the 3 October 1818 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 1305) and a Signer of the 1829 Supplementary Treaty with the U.S. at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Ibid., p.  ).  He led a war party to destroy and burn a Pawnee village in retaliation for the killing of two Delaware men and a Delaware woman by Pawnee. (Farley*, p. 5) whom see. (1829 Supplementary Treaty). (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p.  )

White Turkey - A Delaware Chief who led many western prairies, with many close escapes from the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Pawnee. After Quantrill's raid on Lawrence, Kansas on 23 August 1863, with a party of Delaware, he crossed the Kansas River by the ferry and led the pursuit of Quantrill's band. (Farley*, 14.)

Wicocalind - See biographies. English name Captain White Eyes, fought in the Revolutionary War and was cited in the Treaty of 21 January 1785 at Fort McIntosh as one "who took up the hatchet for the United States." He was a signer of that treaty as a Sachem or Warrior of the Delaware Nation. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 8)

Williams, George - A Signer of the 1929 Treaty with the United States at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief of the Delaware Band on the Sandusky River. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p.  )

Wililikyona - A chief assistant to Checochinican (whom see), leader of the Brandywine Lenape in Pennsylvania in the early 1700s) (Lenape Nation on the Web)

Wingenond - A Signer of the 9 January 1789 Treaty with the United States at Fort Harmar on the Muskingum, Northwest Territory. (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 22)

Wolf, Captain - He received along with sixteen others, an equal share of a three-mile square on the Sandusky under the Treaty of 29 September 1817 at the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie River in Ohio  (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 155) and a a Signer of the 1829 Treaty with the U. S. at St. Mary's, Ohio as a Chief of a Delaware Band on the Sandusky River. (Kappler,  Treaties)

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Xandetet/Handuti)
-  English name Little Elder Brother was a Private in the American Captain Montour's Company during  the American Revolution from 15 June 1780 to 31 October 1781. *

Xingwelepay/Hingwalupa  - English name  Big Buck,  was a Private in the American Captain Montour's Company during the American Revolution from 15 June 1780 unto 30 October 1781. *

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Yaqueekhon - English name Nicholas, was a son of Tamanend.

Youdorast - Received along with sixteen others, an equal share of a three-mile square on the Sandusky under the Treaty of 29 September 1817 at the Foot of the Rapids of the Miami of the Erie in Ohio.  (Kappler, Treaties, Vol. II, p. 155.)

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