Lappawinsoe

Lappawinsoe

Lappawinsoe, painted by Gustavus Hesselius
Lenape leader
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Known for Signing the Walking Purchase agreement

Lappawinsoe was a Lenape-Delaware chief. He sold the land of his tribe to Thomas Penn, the son of William Penn, through the Walking Purchase agreement.[1][2][3] "Chief Lappawinsoe, believing the treaty genuine and assuming a man could only walk 40 miles, agreed to the WALK!"[4]

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[The white runners] should have walkt along by the River Delaware or the next Indian path to it… should have walkt for a few Miles and then have sat down and smoakt a Pipe, and now and then have shot a Squirrel, and not have kept up the Run, Run all day.[5]

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