Hockendauqua Indian Town - Pennsylvania Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

MARKER TEXT:

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 Youths
Edward Marshall
and his Associates
of the walk of a day and a half
September 19-20 1737
Crossed Hokendauqua (spelled this way here on the marker) Creek
A Half Mile Below this Point of 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 8/10 miles to the East

Marker Name: Hockendauqua Indian Town County: Northampton Date Dedicated: 01/01/1925 Marker Type: Plaque Location: PA 329 at eastern approach to Hokendauqua Creek bridge, .5 mile E of Northampton Category: Cities & Towns, Native American, William Penn Website: [Web Link]

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