OLAC Record oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9890

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Title:		Delaware materials, John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder papers
Contributor:		Heckewelder, Johanna Maria
Date:		April 15, 1847
Description:		Photocopy of letter to Lyman Copeland Draper. Original in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Concerning certain Indian leaders and other topics as noted and discussed in her father's papers. Individuals mentioned include Simon, chief of the Girlys [possibly a reference to Simon Girty]; Delaware chief Shingash; Delaware chief Captain Pipe or Hopocan [or Hopokan, aka Konieschquanoheel], who led the Wolf clan; Machingwe Pushas, Hopocan's successor [possibly means Hockingpomska]; and Gelelemend, aka John Killbuck, Jr., leader of the Turtle clan and successor to White Eyes, aka Koquethagechton. Other topics include Indian-white relations in Pennsylvania (particularly relating to Delawares) and the murders of Christian Delawares at the Moravian mission town of Gnadenhutten by David Williamson and his men.
Extent:		4 pages
Identifier:		https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9890
Language:		English
Language (ISO639):		eng
Subject:		Delaware
		Politics and government
		Government relations
		Ohio--History
		Moravians
		Missions
		Pennsylvania--History
Type:		Correspondence
Type (DCMI):		Text
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Archive:		Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9890
DateStamp:		2020-03-02
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Citation:		Heckewelder, Johanna Maria. April 15, 1847. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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