Lappawinsoe
Lappawinsoe | |
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 Lappawinsoe, painted by Gustavus Hesselius | |
| Lenape leader | |
| Personal details | |
| Known for | Signing the Walking Purchase agreement |
Lappawinsoe was a Lenape-Delaware chief. He sold the land of his tribe to Thomas Penn, the son of William Penn, through the Walking Purchase agreement.[1][2][3] "Chief Lappawinsoe, believing the treaty genuine and assuming a man could only walk 40 miles, agreed to the WALK!"[4]
Quote
[The white runners] should have walkt along by the River Delaware or the next Indian path to it… should have walkt for a few Miles and then have sat down and smoakt a Pipe, and now and then have shot a Squirrel, and not have kept up the Run, Run all day.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Lappawinsoe, Delaware Chief". Access Genealogy. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- ^ "Full text of "History of the Indian tribes of North America : with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs. Embellished with one hundred portraits from the Indian Gallery in the War Department at Washington"". Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- ^ "The State Museum of Pennsylvania Presents An Image of Peace: The William Penn Treaty". Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- ^ "Walking Purchase - Pennsylvania Historical Markers on Waymarking.com". Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- ^ "The Walking Purchase". Delaware (Lenape) Tribe of Indians: Home Page. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
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