Treaty signed by William Penn with the Lenni Lenape in 1682
Penn's Treaty with the Indians by Benjamin West, painted 1771/2.
The Treaty of Shackamaxon, also called the Great Treaty and Penn's Treaty, was a treaty between William Penn and Tamanend of the Lenape signed in 1682.[1] Tamanend and Penn gifted each other and the people they represented with welcoming peace and friendship, vowing to "live together in peace as long as the creeks and rivers run and while the sun, moon, and stars endure."[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
The TreatyofShackamaxon, also called the Great Treaty and Penn's Treaty, was a treaty between William Penn and Tamanend of the Lenape signed in 1682...
had even representation of Indians and whites on juries. According to Voltaire, the ShackamaxonTreaty was "the only treaty between Indians and Christians...
The Covenant Chain was a series of alliances and treaties developed during the seventeenth century, primarily between the Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee)...
from the original on March 20, 2015. "Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia | TreatyofShackamaxon". philadelphiaencyclopedia.org. "Respectfully Remembering...
peace for the colony. Penn made a treatyof friendship with Lenape chief Tammany under an elm tree at Shackamaxon, in what is now the city's Fishtown...
from their ancestral lands, and subjected them to one-sided government treaties and discriminatory government policies. Into the 20th century, these later...
Delaware Indians". Penn Treaty Museum. Retrieved 24 September 2015. Newman, Andrew (2013). "TreatyofShackamaxon". The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia...
Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States. From the meeting of its branches in...
Lenape known as the TreatyofShackamaxon. In 1722, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood, signed the Treatyof Albany with the Haudenosaunee...
of Pennsylvania has held the Rising Nation River Journey by canoe trip along the Delaware every four years, to commemorate the TreatyofShackamaxon and...
Watteau 1683 in art 1682 in art – The TreatyofShackamaxon is depicted on a wampum belt. 1681 in art 1680 in art – Death of Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Italian...
park was part of the Lenape village ofShackamaxon, where William Penn famously entered into a treatyof peace with Tamanend, a chief of the Lenape Turtle...
"Shackamaxon Island" after the local Shackamaxon village of Lenni Lenape, "Aquikanasara" by Swedish explorer Peter Lindestrom in 1654, and "Treaty Island...
Greek Mob History of Philadelphia History of the area before the founding of Philadelphia Lenape (Native American tribe) Shackamaxon New Sweden Dutch colonization...
Memoir of the History of the Celebrated Treaty Made by William Penn with the Indians under the Elm Tree at Shackamaxon, in the Year 1682". Memoirs of the...
settlements including the village of Nitapèkunk, "place that is easy to get to," located in today's Fairmount Park area, and Shackamaxon, "place where the chief...
of a stream' (This Lenape placename does not occur within the bounds of Lenapehoking, as defined by the map accompanying this article.) Shackamaxon –...
absence of the Susquehannocks now left Maryland settlements open to direct attack by the Iroquois. In a council held at the Lenape village ofShackamaxon (site...
resolution of both houses of congress, including the lying in state of honored dead. The doctor and architect William Thornton was the winner of the contest...
This is a list of the sources of some of the place names in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia portal "Philadelphia Fishtown Street Names"...
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