- the "Lenape". He
invited them to the
tribal village he had founded,
Gekelemukpechunk (present-day Newcomerstown, Ohio). He
granted the
missionaries permission...
- date of Tamaqua's death. One
source states that he died in 1769 in
Gekelemukpechunk, near present-day Newcomerstown, Ohio.: 263
Christopher Gist states...
- : 17 The
Lenape name of the town was "Gekelukpe****," (also
spelled Gekelemukpechunk or Kecalamukpe****)
meaning "still water." The town was used as a...
