Editing Newcomerstown, Ohio (section)

==History==
The name comes from a [[Lenape]] (Delaware) village established in the 1760s by [[Netawatwees]] (c. 1686-1776), also known as Newcomer.<ref>[https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Netawatwees?rec=286 "Netawatwees," ''Ohio History Central'']</ref> Newcomer migrated to the area from [[Cuyahoga Falls]] with his band of Lenape Indians.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=obkP_1V-fyYC&q=Netawatwees Hurt, R. Douglas. ''The Ohio Frontier: Crucible of the Old Northwest, 1720-1830.'' Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1996.]</ref>{{rp|17}} The Lenape name of the town was ''Gekelukpechink'', meaning "still water." The town was used as a meeting place for the Iroquois Great Council, and English and American traders called it Newcomer's town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=770&nm=Newcomerstown-Ohio|title=Newcomerstown, Ohio - Ohio History Central|work=ohiohistorycentral.org|access-date=December 9, 2014}}</ref> By 1771, more than one hundred dwellings had been built. In 1776, more than seven hundred Lenape and several traders lived in the town.<ref>[https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Newcomerstown,_Ohio "Newcomerstown, Ohio," ''Ohio History Central'']</ref> Soon after the start of the [[American Revolutionary War]], the Lenape moved west to [[Coshocton, Ohio|Coshocton]].<ref>[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=770 History of Newcomerstown, Ohio], Ohio History, accessed March 19, 2010</ref>