Martin Chartier

<center> - Died 1718 - <br> Noted indian trader and interpreter<br> in early Pennsylvania and Maryland<br> Frenchman from Canada<br> who resided<br> at Fort St. Louis<br> of the Sieur de la Salle<br> in present Illinois, 1684-1690<br> A leader thence of the Shawnee Indians<br> to Maryland, 1662, and to Susquehanna River<br> at Pequea Creek, now Lancaster County<br> Pennsylvania, 1697<br> Agent in William Penn's treaties<br> with the indians of the Susquehanna<br> settler here in later years<br> at the site of Washington Borough<br> on a 300 acre tract<br> granted to him by Penn<br> Father by his Shawnee wife<br> of<br> <b>Peter Chartier</b><br> The indian trader and interpreter.</center>