Tamanend

Tamanend
The Treaty of Penn with the Indians by Benjamin West, depicting William Penn negotiating with Tamanend
Lenni-Lenape leader
Personal details
Bornc.1625
North America
Diedc. 1701 (aged 7576)
North America

Tamanend ("the Affable"; c.1625  c.1701), historically also known as Taminent, Tammany, Saint Tammany or King Tammany, was the Chief of Chiefs and Chief of the Turtle Clan of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley signing the founding peace treaty with William Penn.

Also called a "Patron Saint of America", Tamanend represented peace and amity, and became a popular figure in 18th-century America, especially in Philadelphia. A Tammany society founded in Philadelphia holds an annual Tammany festival. Tammany societies (Tammany Hall being the most well-known and influential) were established across the United States after the American Revolutionary War, and Tammany assumed mythic status as an icon for the peaceful politics of negotiation.