| Lcnaf uri | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036546 |
| Organization name | Delaware indians |
| Other names | Lenape;Lenni Lenape;Linapi;Esopus |
| Org type | Indian group |
| Bio notes | Also known as Lenape, Esopus, Munsee. Algonquian-speaking. The Delaware were a collection of bands inhabiting the regions of New Jersey, Lower Hudson Valley, and the Delaware Valley Watershed. Their three main populations had earlier broken into three different clans, each friendly with the others and even expected to intermarry. The Delaware had an early 17th century exposure to Dutch traders, but the resulting fur trade aggravated power balances, sparked tribal wars, and induced settler violence. There Iroquois were a particular enemy at this time. By the time of the Penn Treaty in 1682, the Lenape were much reduced in terms of power and population. The displacement and consolidation of their tribes continued throughout the fraudulent Walking Purchase (1737) by the Pennsylvania government, as well as the 1758 Treaty of Easton, which put an end to the Lenape's involvement in French and Indian War by relocating them to Ohio. Around this time, the Moravians began to missionize among the Lenape. Some tribe members moved to live with the Brotherton Indians in Oneida County, New York, who eventually settled in Wisconsin. |
| See also | Brothertown indians |
| Citations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenape ; http://www.penntreatymuseum.org/americans.php |
The Committee appointed in the 5 mo 1795
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Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes, 1795-1815
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Halliday Jackson 1800 Journal (continued)
Halliday Jackson's Journal, 1806
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Jacob Lindley's Account, 1793
Joseph Moore's Journal
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Letter to the Shawanese, Delawares & others from Quakers of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 1795
New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook
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Life of Thomas Eddy
Wm. Hartshorne's Journal of Journey to Detroit 1793
William Allinson Diary, Volume 2
William Allinson Diary, Volume 3