Hockendauqua - PLAQUE

Hockendauqua - PLAQUE is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Northampton County, dedicated 1925.

Northampton County · dedicated 1925 · Nor Both Blvd. (PA 329)

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HOCKENDAUQUA INDIAN TOWN of the noted Chiefs LAPPAWINZO and TISHCOHAN who treated with the Penn proprietors of Pennsylvania, in the famous Walking Purchase, was located in the present Northampton upon the east bank of the Lehigh River three fourths of a mile to the northwest of this marker. The fleet-footed youth EDWARRD MARSHALL and his associates of the walk of a day and a half September 19-20, 1737 crossed Hokendauqua creek a half mile below this point on the stream and slept the first night in the woods a half mile from the Indian Town. The survey line of the purchase was run later in 1737 1 3/10 miles to the east.

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Hockendauqua - PLAQUE

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