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Saucunk

Historic Native American village in Pennsylvania

Saucunk or Sawcunk (also known as Soh-kon, Sacung, Sankonk, Sackum, or Shingas' Town) was a town established by the Lenape and Shawnees. It was the site

Saucunk

Hugh Gibson (American pioneer)

religious ceremonies." In the spring of 1757 Gibson and Pisquetomen moved to Saucunk where they lived for a year. Gibson says that at this time, Pisquetomen

Hugh Gibson (American pioneer)

Hugh_Gibson_(American_pioneer)

Tamaqua (Lenape chief)

Lenape chief

(near the present-day city of Beaver, Pennsylvania), then at Kittanning, Saucunk and Kuskusky, and later at Tuscarawas. One source reports that Tamaqua

Tamaqua (Lenape chief)

Tamaqua_(Lenape_chief)

Kuskusky

Historic Native American village in Pennsylvania

English wanted peace. Post then left Kuskusky for a few days to visit Saucunk and Logstown, and to address a group of Indians in front of Fort Duquesne

Kuskusky

Kittanning (village)

Historic Native American village in Pennsylvania

had attempted to escape with Armstrong's men. Gibson was then taken to Saucunk, and later to Muskingum. In March 1759, he escaped, together with Marie

Kittanning (village)

Kittanning_(village)

Pisquetomen

Lenape chief and war leader

understood English well. In the spring of 1757 Gibson and Pisquetomen moved to Saucunk where they lived for a year. Although Gibson was theoretically Pisquetomen's

Pisquetomen

Penn's Creek massacre

Massacre of Pennsylvania settlers during the French and Indian War

western Pennsylvania by their captors over the next two years, including Saucunk and Kuskusky. Three years after the Penn's Creek massacre, in October 1758

Penn's Creek massacre

Penn's_Creek_massacre

Custaloga

Lenape chief

1757, Jesuit Father Claude Francis Virot founded a Catholic mission at Saucunk, and was joined for a brief period by Father Pierre Joseph Antonie Rouboud

Custaloga

Muskingum (village)

Historic Native American village in Ohio

After Kittanning was attacked on 8 September 1756, Pisquetomen took him to Saucunk and then to Muskingum, where in March, 1759, he escaped, together with

Muskingum (village)

Muskingum_(village)

Kittanning Expedition

1756 battle of the French and Indian War

Le Roy and Barbara Leininger, many of Kittanning's inhabitants moved to Saucunk, Kuskusky or Muskingum. Historian Fred Anderson notes that equivalent raids

Kittanning Expedition

Kittanning_Expedition

Logstown

Historic Native American village in Pennsylvania

and a lower town. In late 1758, he moved to "Kseek-he-ooing" (possibly Saucunk) and was released in December, 1764, along with over 200 other captives

Logstown

Shamokin (village)

Historic Native American village in Pennsylvania

well-drained ridges. Logstown Kuskusky Kittanning (village) Sassoonan Saucunk Maps of the western and eastern portions of the Great Shamokin Path, from

Shamokin (village)