Lappawinsoe

Lappawinsoe
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

  1. ↑ "Lappawinsoe, Delaware Chief". Access Genealogy. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "The State Museum of Pennsylvania Presents An Image of Peace: The William Penn Treaty". Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  4. ↑ "Walking Purchase - Pennsylvania Historical Markers on Waymarking.com". Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  5. ↑ "The Walking Purchase". Delaware (Lenape) Tribe of Indians: Home Page. Retrieved 2012-10-05.