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was living on this tract in 1742. At that 

 date he and several other Delaware In- 

 dians presented a petition to the Council 

 of Pennsj'lvania, in which it was stated 

 that they had embraced the Christian 

 faith, and asked that they be given per- 

 mission to live under the laws and be 

 granted the rights of the province. Gov. 

 Thomas called them l)efore the Council, 

 and after examining them, decided that 

 they knew "little, if anything," about 

 the Christian religion. He also thought 

 that their reason for making this request 

 was in order that they might evade the 

 Iroquois injunction to remove to Sha- 

 mokin or to Wyoming. Tatemy then 

 asked that he be permitted to live on the 

 land that had been granted to him by 

 the Proprietors of the province. After 

 much discussion the governor decided to 

 allow him to remain, if the Iroquois would 

 give their consent (Col. Rec. Pa., iv, 

 624-625, 1851). This action was impor- 

 tant, in that it shows the beginning of the 

 Iroquois ascendency in the affairs of the 

 province. This permission was given by 

 the Iroquois, as Tatemy continued to live 

 on his tract for years afterward — if not 

 until his death. His house became one 

 of the landmarks in the region, being 

 situated on the trails leading into the 

 Minisink and near to the Moravian set- 

 tlements at Nazareth and Bethlehem. 

 Zinzendorf and his party stopped at his 

 house in 1742. He was baptized by David 

 Brainerd, whom he had served as inter- 

 preter, on July 21. 1745, at the Indian 

 village of Sakhauwotung (q. v.), when 

 he received the name of Moses Fonda 

 Tatemy (Mem. Moravian Church, 27, 

 1870) . At the conference at Crosswicks, 

 at which Tedyuskung (q. v. ) was present, 

 he presented various papers giving him 

 the power of attorney to dispose of vari- 

 ous lands in New Jersey (Arch. Pa., iii, 

 344, 1853). From thistimehewas promi- 

 nent in all the councils and treaties at 

 Philadelphia and Easton, being associated 

 with Tedyuskung in the attempt to win 

 back the Delawares, chiefly the Mini- 

 sink, to friendly relations with the prov- 

 ince. He served at all these treaties as 

 an interpreter, and was sent on various 

 important missions with Isaac Still and 

 others. (The journal of his mission to 

 Minisink is given in Arch. Pa., ii, 504-508, 

 1852. ) In 1757, when Tedyuskung and a 

 party of more than 200 Indians were on 

 their way to the council at Easton (which 

 had been brought about by much trouble ) , 

 Tatemy's son William, who had strayed 

 from the party, was shot by an Irish lad 

 (Arch. Pa., iii, 209, 1853; also Mem. Mo- 

 ravian Church, 3.34, 1870). This affair 

 threatened to break the peace negotia- 

 tions. The Delawares were much an- 

 gered by the outrage and threatened to 



avenge the death of the young man. 

 Young Tatemy was taken to the house of 

 a farmer, John Jones, near Bethlehem, 

 where he was attended by Dr Otto, who 

 reported the case to Justice Horsfield and 

 Gov. Denny (Arch. Pa., iii, 207, 251, 1853; 

 Mem. Moravian Church, 336-337, 1870). 

 At the treaty at Easton, Tedyuskung 

 spoke of the affair and demanded that, if 

 the young man die, the boy who shot him 

 be tried and punished, according to law, 

 before a deputation of Indians. The gov- 

 ernor replied, expressing his sorrow to the 

 father, who was present, and promising 

 that the crime should be punished (Col. 

 Rec. Pa., VII, 674, 1851). After lingering 

 a month young Tatemy died on Aug. 1, 

 being attended in his illness by the Mo- 

 ravian bretliren. He was buried at Beth- 

 lehem, near "the Crown," in the presence 

 of more than 200 Indians, Rev. Jacob 

 Rogers conducting the services. (The ex- 

 penses of the funeral and the entertain- 

 ment of 215 Indians are given in Mem. 

 Moravian Church, 349.) Heckewelder 

 is in error in stating that Tatemy, the 

 Delaware chief, was killed (Ind. Nat., 

 Mem. Hist. Soc. Pa., xii, 302, 337, 1876). 

 The old chief was present at the council 

 at Philadelphia the next fall, where he 

 acted as interpreter. The difficulties were 

 adjusted with the chief and with Tedyus- 

 kung. He died some time in 1761, as 

 his name does not appear in any of the 

 records after that year. Heckewelder 

 (op. cit., 337) says that he was loved by 

 all who knew him. A town in Forks 

 township, Northampton co.. Pa., perpetu- 

 atesthenameof theold chief, (g. p. t>.) 



Taterat. An Eskimo village in Anere- 

 tok fjord, s. E. coast of Greenland; pop. 

 20 in 1829.— Graah, Exped. E. Coast 

 Greenland, map, 1837. 



Tatesta. A Calusa village on the s. w. 

 coast of Florida, about 1570. 

 Talesta.— Fontrtiieda as quoted by Shipp. De Soto 

 and Fla., 686, 1S81. Tatesta. — Poiitaneda Memoir 

 {ca. 1575), Smith trans., 19, 1854. 



Tatitlek. A Chugachigmiut Eskimo 

 village on the n. e. shore of Prince 

 William sd., Alaska; pop. 73 in 1880, 90 

 in 1890. Formerly it stood at the head 

 of Gladhaugh bay. 



Tatikhlek.— Petroff in 10th Census, Alaska, 29, 

 1884. Tatitlack.— Baker, Geog. Diet. Alaska, 617, 

 1906 (quoted form)., Tatitlak.— 11th Census, 

 Alaska, 66, 1893. Tay-tet-lek.— Gerdine quoted by 

 Baker, op. cit. (pronunciation). 



Tatlatan. A subtribe of the Ahtena, 

 living above the Tazlina r. on Copper r., 

 Slana r., and Suslota cr., Alaska. 

 Tatla.— Whvmper, Alaska, 55, 1869. Tatlatan.— 

 Allen, Rep., 128, 1887. 



Tatlatunne. A village of the Tolowa 

 living on the coast of N. California where 

 Crescent City now stands, or s. of the site. 



Kal-wa'-natc-kuc'-te-ne.—Dorsey, Smith R.MS, vc- 

 cab., B. A. E., 1884 (Khaamotene name). Ta-ah- 

 tens.— Powers in Overland Mo., vni,327,1872. Ta-a 

 te-ne.—Dorsey, Smith R. MS. vocab., B. A. E.. 1884. 



