William Penn Purchasing Land from the Delaware Indians

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He befriended the local Indians, and ensured that they were paid fairly for their lands. They revered Penn and called him “Onas” or “Miquon", meaning quill or pen.

Source

Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 3) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)

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