King Newawatwees Newcomer (Turtle Clan Unami of the Delaware Indians in the Ohio)

• General Notes
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    http://www.thelittlelist.net/namtoown.htm#newcomer
    
    
    DEEDS / NATIONS
    Directory of First Nations Individuals in South-Western Ontario 1750 - 1850
    by Greg Curnoe
    
    
    Netawatwees / King Newcomer [fl. 1764 onwards; died in early 1777], principal Unami/Delaware chief, father of Chief John Kilbuck Senior, grandfather of Chief Gelelmend [John / Bill Henry Killbuck Junior]; lived at Saukunk; Newcomer's Brother attended a private conference of the Delawares, November 11, 1764; Niattawatways attended a meeting at Fort Pitt, May 9, 1765; he moved to Newcomerstown, Ohio, capital town of the Delaware Nation in 1771; invited the Moravians to the Muskingum River Valley in 1772; head Delaware statesman White Eyes offered to resign unless the Delaware Nation adopted the Moravians and Christian Delaware - Netawatwees and Munsee Chief Pakanke allowed the Christian Delaware to settle with the Delaware Nation as a result; Gnadenhütten was built at his request in 1774; Captain Grey Eyes / Whiteyes replaced him in 1773 or 1774, since his nation thought he was "unfit for the charge"; lived near what is now Coshocton, Ohio in 1776 (Goddard 1978a: 223; Gray: 46-47, 51, 61; DCB vol. V: 883; PSWJ vol. XI: 459, 723, vol. XII: 1048). 'From this time forward we solemnly declare [read the act] that we will receive the word of God, and that the believing Indians and their teachers shall enjoy perfect liberty throughout the Indian country, with the same rights and privileges enjoyed by the Indians. The country shall be free to all, and the believers shall have their right and share in it, as well as the unbelievers' —Gnadenhütten 1774 (Gray: 53).