Irouqois, Delaware, and Shawnee materials, Documents relating to the province of Pennsylvania and to the American Revolution

Culture:
Seneca includes: Onöndowága
Shawnee
Oneida includes: Onyota'a:ka
Onondaga includes: Onöñda'gega'
Mohawk includes: Kanienʼkehá꞉ka
Lenape includes: Lenni-Lenape, Delaware
Cayuga includes: Gayogohó:no
Language: English
Date: 1728-1816
Contributor: Denny, William, 1718- | Morris, Robert Hunter, approximately 1700-1764 | Gordon, Patrick, approximately 1664-1736
Subject: Pennsylvania--History | Military history | Warfare
Type: Text
Genre: Government documents | Petitions | Proclamations
Extent: 6 documents
Description: One set of documents is related to Pennsylvania's land dispute with Connecticut. A second to tensions between Delaware Indians and white settlers in Wyoming prior to the Revolutionary War. Of particular interest is the debate within the Pennsylvania's Governor's office both planning an attack on Native villages and seeking to end abuse of Delaware, Shawnee, Mohawk, and the Iroquois Confederacy. Wolf clan of Deleware is noted.
Collection: Documents relating to the province of Pennsylvania and to the American Revolution Mss.974.8.D65