Tackapousha

Tackapousha

Tackapousha was a Native American chief who was the first person to sell land in the Rockaway Peninsula to a person of European background when he sold the present-day Far Rockaway to an Englishman named John Palmer in 1685.

Source:http://www.rent-direct.com/Queens_Apartments/apartments-queens-rkwy.html


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Merrick, New York —   CDP   …   Wikipedia

  • Hempstead (village), New York — Infobox Settlement name = Hempstead settlement type = Village official name = Village of Hempstead nickname = The Hub, The Stead, Blackville image pushpin pushpin label position = none pushpin map caption =Location within the state of New York… …   Wikipedia

  • John Palmer (Rockaway, Queens landowner) — John Palmer was an Englishman who purchased the land comprising much of the neighborhood now known as Far Rockaway in the borough of Queens in New York City in 1685 from the Native American chief Tackapousha for 31 English pounds. Palmer sold… …   Wikipedia

  • Massapequa — Wohngebiet der Massapequa und benachbarter Stämme um 1600 Die Massapequa waren einer von 14 Algonkin sprechenden Indianerstämmen auf Long Island im US Bundesstaat New York und lebten zu Beginn des 17. Jahrhunderts im südwestlichen Teil Long… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Merrick (Volk) — Wohngebiet der Merrick und benachbarter Stämme um 1600 Die Merrick waren einer von 14 Algonkin sprechenden Indianerstämmen auf Long Island im US Bundesstaat New York und lebten zu Beginn des 17. Jahrhunderts im südwestlichen Teil von Long Island… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”