Saucunk | |
|---|---|
Historic Native American village | |
| Etymology: Unami: pasakunk "at the mouth or fork of a stream."[1] | |
 Former location of Saucunk, present-day site of Rochester, Pennsylvania | |
  Saucunk Former location of Saucunk in Pennsylvania  Saucunk Saucunk (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°42′11″N 80°17′0″W / 40.70306°N 80.28333°W | |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Present-day Community | Rochester, Pennsylvania |
| Founded | about 1725 |
| Abandoned | August, 1763 |
| Population | |
• Estimate (1758) | 300−400 |
Saucunk or Sawcunk (also known as Soh-kon,[2] Sacung, Sankonk,[3]: 141 Sackum,[4] or Shingas' Town[5]) was a town established by the Lenape and Shawnees. It was the site of a Catholic mission and was visited by Conrad Weiser, Christian Frederick Post and George Croghan. The Lenape chiefs Tamaqua, Pisquetomen, Captain Jacobs and Shingas all lived there temporarily. Saucunk was abandoned after the Battle of Bushy Run in 1763.[6]
- ^ The Lenape Talking Dictionary
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Donehoowas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Chester Hale Sipe, "The Principal Indian Towns of Western Pennsylvania," Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, v. 13, no. 2; April 1, 1930; pp. 104-122