| Show declaration OF independence his name has been per J petua ted in a famous political or ionization Taman cund or tammany is the best known indian of the dela ivare trible 1 but there was another ailef of the aenid ledale who ranks as s high and am a part of 0 the honor due him has been paid in a monument t erected in fairmount Full mount park philadelphia to the healer about 1720 the iroquois conquered die delawarek Dela wares forced force them to accept the title of women ornen and began selling their ands on tile lie delaware and rivers to the colony ot of finally the lenni dennl le LC liole settled on tile the ohio when the struggle between the french and english centered la in the ohio valley in 1751 1754 tle tji e Dela varea felt that they were about to be driven from their dinst refuge they rose in rebellion against both the pennsylvanians lans ians and tile he iroquois and d al attacked tacked ta A council ei uncil was colled called tit lit enston easton pa lit alir july 1750 issued a I 1 declaration of independence the are no longer dongir slaves of the tb he be said 1 I nave have been appointed king ovet over the lh llie fie nations Na tlona what I 1 do here will be 1 by all this Is a good day 3 elih thestine earne spirit that po poa jessed that good old afian ann william Willi aja ienn the friend of the indians way nin in inspire alre you abit white nien men today lor for W 50 years the delaware chief had borne the commonplace name ot of honest john but now be was balled as king and was sent to give the big Illig peace halloo to bit tribe and invite them to a larger con ler ferene eto be held later ue started on this important errand arrived at fort allen alien and then lie he went on 8 drunken spree lasting tor for days the iroquois derided his bis declaration and sought to discredit him they fai caned leil arid and from froin that eliat time the po pow er of the iroquois over the dela ava wres res waned vai fed lie he demonstrated his big ability in later couri councils ells although it Is charged that ahat the white councillors counci llora tried to get him drunk every night lit he always appeared at council the nent neat morti morning ing able to cope with them ile he succeeded in getting tile dela wares wrongs adjusted anti anil ills his influx 1 ence brought abo about ut it a treaty of 0 pence peace pre anted tin the french and delaware are alliance lie he had saved the ohio niley alley to the english ills death was wu heroic in I 1 lie le spring of if ills house was set on ire fire during one of ills his ti debauches probably by some forne of f ills his iroquois enemies and the he old off chief perished in the flamm |
