may have been in his earlier years, he was but little more than an intemperate imbecile at the time of his death. his Weisser writes " ALLUMMAPEES would have ever he

resigned

:

crown before now, but treasure (that

is

as

he had the keeping of the public

to say of the council-bag), consisting of belts

of wampum, for which he buys liquor, and has been drunk for these two or three years almost constantly, it is thought he won't die so long as there is one single

wampum left in the bag." 2 He held the

TADAME was crown until 1756, when he was " treacherously murdered, but " we find no record." 3 by whom or for what cause," says Minor, that as he was active in the The probabilities are, however, hostilities which had then been inaugurated with the English, his death was caused by some wretch of his own tribe for the purpose of obtaining the price which the governor of Pennsyl the successor of Allummapees.

vania had offered for his scalp.

TEEDYUSCUNG, the most distinguished of the modern Lenape Major Parsons writes kings, was the successor of Tadame. "a that he was lusty, raw-boned man, but haughty and very desirable of respect and command."

of the Moravian Church^ adds

Shiktllimy was

Oneida

chiefs,

He died in 1748.

" :

one of the viceregent

residing

at

Shamokin.

i,

Reichel, in his Memorials

According

to

his

Memorials of the Moravian

67.

own state-

History of Wyoming.

Church,