Nemacolin

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Nemacolin was a prominent Delaware (Lenape) chief and guide in the 18th century, known for helping to blaze a key route through the Allegheny Mountains that later became part of the National Road.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lenape chief
Native American leader
activeInCentury 18th century
approximateActivityEnd mid-18th century
approximateActivityStart early 18th century
associatedWithEthnicGroup Delaware people NERFINISHED
Lenape people NERFINISHED
associatedWithPeople Thomas Cresap NERFINISHED
colonial surveyors
associatedWithRegion Allegheny Mountains NERFINISHED
Appalachian region NERFINISHED
Maryland NERFINISHED
Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
ethnicity Delaware NERFINISHED
Lenape NERFINISHED
historicalRole guide for westward expansion routes
mediator between Native Americans and European colonists
influenced development of transportation routes in the mid-Atlantic colonies
knownForRoute Nemacolin’s Path NERFINISHED
trail over the Allegheny Mountains later used by the National Road
language Lenape language NERFINISHED
legacy name used for places in Pennsylvania
remembered in regional history of the National Road
notableFor contributing to the route that became part of the National Road
guiding colonial surveyors and settlers
helping to blaze a route through the Allegheny Mountains
occupation chief
guide
partOf Lenape leadership
timePeriod colonial America

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Nemacolin Castle namedAfter Nemacolin