(erielack) Re: Name Lackawanna

["Hollritt, Todd" <todd.hollritt_@_attws.com>]

From: Erielack1_@_aol.com
Subject: (erielack) Re: Name Lackawanna

-From my copy of the book,  The Lackawanna Story by Robert Casey and W.A.S. 
Douglas, copy right 1951:
"Lackawanna," in Delaware Indian, meant "the forks of a stream.". The word 
began to appear in surveys, sales, grants, transfers, etc., following the 
first trek of the Connecticut men, and is shown in various spellings such as

"Lackawanick," "Lackawanneck", "Lackawannuck", "Lackawanny," Leghawanny.". 
After the Wyoming Massacre the army expedition through the region, led by 
General John Sullivan, broke all Indian power in northeastern Pennsylvania, 
and soldier-settlers, heirs to slaughtered settlers, new adventures, and 
former absentee owners moved in. The spelling then was offficially recorded 
as "Lackawanna."

 Hey Bob! You forgot the Delaware Indian word for no one to share your
Tee-Pee with "Lack-of-nookie"  :)

Todd (ELHS#1318)  .... Sorry,,, couldn't help it.

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