85:
148:, who purportedly did not arrive in North America until late October 1682, made a treaty with the Lenni Lenape under an ancient elm tree. Francis Jennings argues that William Penn very likely signed a treaty, but that his less scrupulous sons, William Jr., John, and Thomas, destroyed the original document. Through such means, according to Jennings, the younger Penns sought to renege on the treaty to which their father had agreed. Curators of the Philadelphia History Museum at Atwater Kent claim that a wampum belt in their possession serves as authentication that such a meeting did indeed take place; however, the wampum belt cannot prove or disprove whether the Lenni Lenape and the colony came to a formal agreement, and if so, what the provisions of such an agreement entailed.
72:
20:
205:
142:(big or clan chief) of the Lenape Nation. Others have interpreted the name to mean "the place of eels", which refers to it as being an important summer fishing spot for the Native Americans. The area is the modern neighborhoods of Fishtown, Kensington, and Port Richmond in Philadelphia.
163:. The legendary elm tree marking the spot blew down in a storm on March 5, 1810. Its location was memorialized by the placing of an obelisk in 1827 by the Penn Society. The event was further memorialized by the founding of a park in 1893, known as
174:
families were recorded as living in this area before Penn's arrival. The Swedes sold out to the new
English settlers. During the eighteenth century, the territory of Shackamaxon was developed as part of the
426:
237:
336:
130:(pronounced Sak-i-mauch-heen Ing) which means "to make a chief or king place"; called "Shackamaxon" by the English, Dutch, and Swedes. It was where the
377:
436:
63:
and Lenape, with
Tamanend saying the two would "live in peace as long as the waters in the rivers and creeks and as long as the stars and moon ."
431:
84:
191:
364:
104:
187:
sections of
Philadelphia. Today, there is a Shackamaxon Street in Philadelphia, which runs several blocks through Fishtown.
320:
24:
416:
76:
289:
263:
229:
340:
71:
176:
184:
180:
19:
8:
209:
316:
151:
The legend of such a treaty was immortalized in several works of art (in particular,
164:
365:
Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission: Shackamaxon Treaty history website.
421:
112:
410:
392:
379:
369:
152:
115:, this site was located within what now comprises the borders of present-day
108:
29:
145:
120:
116:
96:
by the
Indians at the "Great Treaty" under the Shackamaxon elm tree in 1682
93:
48:
313:
The
Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism and the Cant of Conquest
285:
259:
160:
52:
60:
100:
The site of the treaty was a meeting place that was used by the
171:
156:
101:
89:
56:
16:
Treaty signed by
William Penn with the Lenni Lenape in 1682
427:
Former Native
American populated places in Pennsylvania
59:
signed in 1682. The treaty created peace between the
194:refers to the Shackamaxon treaty on its website.
408:
286:"gilwell.com: the Lenape / English Dictionary"
260:"gilwell.com: the Lenape / English Dictionary"
192:Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
337:"www.phmc.state.pa.us. Shackamaxon Treaty"
230:"Respectfully Remembering the Affable One"
227:
126:Its name was derived from the Lenape term
310:
83:
70:
18:
437:Native American history of Pennsylvania
155:'s paintings) and was mentioned by the
432:Native American tribes in Pennsylvania
409:
292:from the original on 11 December 2008
266:from the original on 11 December 2008
240:from the original on 22 November 2020
13:
14:
448:
358:
228:Kyriakodis, Harry (7 May 2014).
203:
329:
304:
278:
252:
221:
66:
25:Penn's Treaty with the Indians
1:
214:
77:Birch's Views of Philadelphia
315:. W.W. Norton. p. 201.
138:(chief) or their three clan
134:"crowned" their many family
7:
197:
10:
453:
311:Jennings, Francis (1975).
417:History of Philadelphia
210:Philadelphia portal
47:, was a treaty between
97:
81:
32:
105:Native American tribe
87:
74:
37:Treaty of Shackamaxon
28:, a 1772 portrait by
22:
111:. Situated near the
389: /
128:"Sakimauchheen Ing"
370:Penn Treaty Museum
98:
82:
80:, an 1800 portrait
39:, also called the
33:
393:39.966°N 75.129°W
444:
404:
403:
401:
400:
399:
394:
390:
387:
386:
385:
382:
352:
351:
349:
348:
339:. Archived from
333:
327:
326:
308:
302:
301:
299:
297:
282:
276:
275:
273:
271:
256:
250:
249:
247:
245:
236:. Philadelphia.
225:
208:
207:
206:
165:Penn Treaty Park
452:
451:
447:
446:
445:
443:
442:
441:
407:
406:
398:39.966; -75.129
397:
395:
391:
388:
383:
380:
378:
376:
375:
361:
356:
355:
346:
344:
335:
334:
330:
323:
309:
305:
295:
293:
284:
283:
279:
269:
267:
258:
257:
253:
243:
241:
226:
222:
217:
204:
202:
200:
69:
17:
12:
11:
5:
450:
440:
439:
434:
429:
424:
419:
373:
372:
367:
360:
359:External links
357:
354:
353:
328:
321:
303:
277:
251:
219:
218:
216:
213:
199:
196:
113:Delaware River
92:belt given to
68:
65:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
449:
438:
435:
433:
430:
428:
425:
423:
420:
418:
415:
414:
412:
405:
402:
371:
368:
366:
363:
362:
343:on 2015-08-13
342:
338:
332:
324:
322:0-393-00830-4
318:
314:
307:
291:
287:
281:
265:
261:
255:
239:
235:
231:
224:
220:
212:
211:
195:
193:
188:
186:
182:
178:
177:Port Richmond
173:
168:
166:
162:
158:
154:
153:Benjamin West
149:
147:
143:
141:
137:
133:
129:
124:
122:
118:
114:
110:
109:North America
106:
103:
95:
91:
86:
79:
78:
73:
64:
62:
58:
54:
50:
46:
45:Penn's Treaty
42:
38:
31:
30:Benjamin West
27:
26:
21:
374:
345:. Retrieved
341:the original
331:
312:
306:
294:. Retrieved
280:
268:. Retrieved
254:
242:. Retrieved
233:
223:
201:
189:
169:
150:
146:William Penn
144:
139:
135:
131:
127:
125:
121:Pennsylvania
117:Philadelphia
99:
94:William Penn
75:
49:William Penn
44:
41:Great Treaty
40:
36:
34:
23:
396: /
234:Hidden City
67:Description
411:Categories
384:75°07′44″W
381:39°57′58″N
347:2014-11-23
296:30 January
270:30 January
244:August 29,
215:References
185:Kensington
140:"kitakima"
290:Archived
264:Archived
238:Archived
198:See also
181:Fishtown
161:Voltaire
136:"sakima"
53:Tamanend
172:Swedish
159:author
61:Quakers
55:of the
422:Lenape
319:
183:, and
157:French
132:Lenapi
102:Lenape
90:wampum
57:Lenape
317:ISBN
298:2017
272:2017
246:2024
190:The
170:Six
88:The
51:and
43:and
35:The
107:in
413::
288:.
262:.
232:.
179:,
167:.
123:.
119:,
350:.
325:.
300:.
274:.
248:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
.jpg)