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From: "Vincent E. Summers" <>
Subject: [ORIGINAL-13] Germantown and the Leni-Lenape Indians
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 11:33:35 -0500


Here is an interesting blurb:

The First Inhabitants: 17th-18th centuries

You don't have to go far to find evidence of the Wissahickon's rich
history. just consider the name itself; it is rooted in two Lenape
Indian words: Wisaucksickan, or "yellow colored stream" and Wisamickan,
or "catfish creek." The Lenape left the region in 1756 (after German
settlers had established themselves in the area and founded Germantown),
but their memory lives on. John Massey Rhind's immense statue of a
crouching Indian was erected in 1902, and can still be seen today high
on Council Rock surveying the land. Known as Tedyuscung to many, the
limestone figure has witnessed incredible changes over the decades.


This was taken from: http://wissahickon.nier.org/history.html

I wonder if there were *any* Indian intermarriages before they left?

Vince

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