good point
i thought of that too
& cant settle it
the plaque was written from the viewpoint of the indians
& even gave the indian name for the brandywine etc
but it could have been an extravagant miscomprehension by the
historian
lowells baton rouge & many other indications of indian
territoriality & indian frontiers do exist
but this was the first indian boundary stone
the first actual border rock monument per se
i had ever heard of
admittedly my noticing & mentioning this stone on the first bounce
off the stargazers stone was more of a play on words than on
realities tho
since there is no indication of the breadth of the territory
unless it is the entire upper brandywine valley understood
clear to the ridge lines
but if that is indeed the case
then what we have here is a much more elegant & efficient system of
demarcation than europeans ever developed
its a big if tho
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Flynn, Kevin" <flynnk@r...>
wrote:
> Might be that it was not the Lenape setting themselves off, but
the settlers
> drawing the line for them....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jparsell [mailto:jparsell@n...]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 8:24 PM
> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] miscellaneous star gazings
>
>
>
> M ike,
>
> Your statement implies that the Lenape Indians had established
this boundary
> before the
> arrival of the settlers. Who was on the other side of the line at
that
> time?
>
> Jack
>
>
> later as i was drifting toward the depa arc down the brandywine
> a creek which btw looks just as delicious as it sounds
> i saw another commemorative plaque which astonished me
>
> it said there was a big rock just below there on the bank
> tho out of view
> so i had to take it on faith
> which marked the lower boundary of the lenape indians
> their upper boundary being the source of the brandywine itself
>
> this was the first indian boundary marker stone i had ever heard of
>
>
>
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