Names Which the Lenni Lennape or Delaware Indians Gave to Rivers, Streams and Localities, Within the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia, with Their Significations
Names Which the Lenni Lennape or Delaware Indians Gave to Rivers, Streams and Localities, Within the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia, with Their Significations
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: ...signifies, a diminutive lick, and mahon-hdnne, a stream flowing from or near a lick. was already then in part well settled by German immigrants. In March of that year, "sundry of the inhabitants of Bucks living near and at Macauwie, in a petition to Gov. Gordon, set forth the great necessity of a public road ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: ...signifies, a diminutive lick, and mahon-hdnne, a stream flowing from or near a lick. was already then in part well settled by German immigrants. In March of that year, "sundry of the inhabitants of Bucks living near and at Macauwie, in a petition to Gov. Gordon, set forth the great necessity of a public road from their settlements to Goshen-hoppen," a return of which road was made in January of 1736. The Moravians labored in the Gospel among the. Germans of Macnngy as early as 1742, in July of which year Gottlieb Pezold, of Bethlehem, occupied that field. It was one of the few outside of their own settlements in which they effected K permanent footing. In 1747 they organized a congregation among the settlers near the South Mountain, five miles South-west from Allentown, and also established a school, which was in operation until 1754. About this time Sulsburg township was erected. In 17G1 the Moravian village within its bounds was named Emmaus, now a station on the East Penn R. K. Me check and Mach-irc-u, great, large. Afeeek-gi-luk, the large one. Meeeh-han-ne, a large stream.--Zr. Me-na-tcy, and lde-na-tcu, an island.--Zr. This island lies in the West Branch of the Susquehanna, in that long stretch of the river, called Quenischa-nchnchki, not far from Dunnstown, Lycoming County. It was a favorite resort of the Indians and lay on one of the great thoroughfares of the Delaware Country. f Zinzendorf, on his way to Shamokin in Sept. of 1742, named the Muhanoy Lcimbach's L'reck, for Heury Leimbach, of Oloy, one of his fellow-travelers. i The Count on the samo journey named the Mahatitango, Benigna's Creek, in honor of his daughter. Compounded of Mahoni, a lick, and ink or ing, the local sutlix. This name was a very common one for rivers and places...
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