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Alexa Henry knocked down five 3-pointers on her way to 16 points and Kaitlyn King also scored 16 to help Lenape defeat Timber Creek 54-35 in Medford.

Lenape built a 33-20 lead by halftime and went on to improve to 11-4.

Amaya Burch scored 16 points for Timber Creek, which had its five-game winning streak halted and fell to 10-3.

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Newcomerstown display to honor Native Americans

ZANESVILLE — Six figures, bathed in golden afternoon light rest on a table in sculptor Alan Cottrill’s Zanesville studio. They represent one of the most personal projects of the artist to date.

The figures, about 18 inches tall, are models for a larger project planned for downtown Newcomerstown called the Lenape Diaspora Memorial. Cottrill is related to each of the figures represented, having traced his family tree back more than 300 years.

The figures tell the story of the Lenape, or Delaware tribe of Native Americans. Pushed out of their original home in the Mid-Atlantic region, they continued to relocate as white settlers pushed them further west. Eventually, around 1759, they settled in Newcomerstown, known as Gekelmukpechunk to the Lenape.

The six statues will stand seven feet tall and represent some of the most important figures in Lenape history. First is Chief Tamanend (1625-1701), who signed treaties with William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania. Both believed the natives and the white settlers could coexist in peace.

Tamanend’s son, Chief Nutimus (1650-1756), signed the notorious Walking Purchase treaty, which pushed the tribe away from the Delaware River valley between modern day Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 

Nutimus’ son, Chief Netawatwees (1686-1776), moved the tribe to modern day Ohio, settling at both Newcomerstown and Coshocton.

Bemino “John Killbuck Sr.” (1704-1779), Netawatwees’ son, aligned the tribe with the French during the French and Indian War, fighting mostly in eastern West Virginia.

Miatoka Nyeswanon (1740-1779) was Bemino’s daughter. She married John Schoolcraft and had several children, including Jacob Schoolcraft (1761-1850). Schoolcraft was captured by another tribe during a raid. He escaped four years later. 

As part of his family’s oral history, Cottrill always heard Jacob Schoolcraft married an Indian princess. Miatoka was the daughter of Bemino, who was known as the King of the Delaware by white settlers despite the fact the Delaware had no royalty. Thus, Miatoka would have…

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