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What was the Lenni Lanape name for the Pennypack Creek in Northeast Philadelphia?

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What was the Lenni Lanape name for the Pennypack Creek in Northeast Philadelphia?

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They called it Pennickpacka, which meant Bear Fat Creek. It was sold by Chief Meltamicon of that tribe to William Penn in 1697. Source: Fairmount Park, a History and Guidebook, 1974, p.136, Esther M. Klein, 917.