Tackapousha
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Tackapousha was a Native American
chief who was the first person to sell land in the Rockaway Peninsula to a person of European
background when he sold the present-day Far Rockaway to an Englishman
named John Palmer
in 1685.
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
chief who was the first person to sell land in the Rockaway Peninsula to a person of European
European ethnic groups
The ethnic groups in Europe are the various ethnic groups that reside in the nations of Europe. European ethnology is the field of anthropology focusing on Europe....
background when he sold the present-day Far Rockaway to an Englishman
Englishman
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named John Palmer
John Palmer (Rockaway, Queens landowner)
John Palmer was an Englishman who purchased the land comprising much of the neighborhood now known as Far Rockaway in the borough of Queens in New York City in 1685 from the Native American chief Tackapousha for 31 English pounds...
in 1685.