Chinklacamoose
Lawrence Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Marker Inscription
Name of the Indian village located here, and visited by C.F. Post while traveling to an Indian council at Kuskuski in 1758. The later Clearfield is said to get its name from clearings made by grazing bison along nearby creeks.
Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The Story
Before European settlement reshaped this country, an Indian village called Chinklacamoose stood along these creeks. In 1758 the Moravian emissary Christian Frederick Post passed through while carrying peace overtures to a Native council at Kuskuski, part of the delicate diplomacy of the era. The later town of Clearfield is said to take its name from open ground cleared by grazing bison along the nearby waters.
Why it matters
The site preserves the Native presence and the tense wartime diplomacy between Indigenous nations and colonists that shaped the Pennsylvania interior.
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Related people
- · Christian Frederick Post
Related events
- · Post's 1758 mission
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