Nenatcheehunt (died 30 April 1762), also spelled Nenacheehunt, or Nenatchehan,[2]: 82–83 and sometimes referred to as Menatochyand, was a Lenape chief known for participating in peace negotiations at the end of the French and Indian War.
[4]: 32, 408, 420 If the latter is true, then Nenatcheehunt was born and raised in the Tulpehocken Creek Valley, in Berks and Lebanon counties, on the upper Schuylkill River, with his uncle Sassoonan (Allumapees) and his brothers.
[8]: 734–35 On 31 January 1754, a signed speech addressed to the Governor of Virginia was delivered by the chiefs, Tanacharison, Scarouady, Newcomer, Coswentannea, Tonelaguesona, Shingas, and Delaware George.
In his description of the meeting, William Albert Hunter refers to him as "Delaware George," while also naming Keekyuscung, who was present: On 21 June 1754 Washington persuaded Keekyuscung (whom he refers to as Kaquehuston) to carry letters written by French deserters into Fort Duquesne, in order to encourage other French soldiers to desert.
[7]: 178 According to historian Richard Grimes, he "fully supported the British [and]...had “not approved” the raids of Shingas and his followers from Kittanning, and was quite agitated at the group.
"[16]: 130 In May, 1759, Nenatchehan expressed exasperation at his inability “to bring over all the Delawares to the British Interest” and resolved to move back to the Susquehanna if he found “any further difficulty in keeping them from the French.”[1] In August, 1761, he informed James Kenny, a Quaker frontiersman who was hired by Israel Pemberton Jr. to bring supplies to the Lenape and Shawnee Indians in western Pennsylvania,[17] that he was one of the three leaders of the Lenape: "Had some conversation with Delaware George in which he informs me that ye Indians cannot settle matters among themselves...that their Nation [the Lenape] are subject to three Heads, Viz ye Beaver [Tamaqua], himself [Delaware George], and White Eyes.
"[13]: 419 On 12 August 1758, Delaware George, Tamaqua and many other Wyandot, Shawnee and Twightwee chiefs met with Brigadier-General Robert Monckton at Pittsburgh to discuss the handover of white prisoners.