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The Kitchawank, Wappinger, and Lenape peoples who lived here for 7,000+ years
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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872) | 401 | 76,522 | Original → |
| Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906) | 223 | 40,085 | Original → |
| Various (1971) | 98 | 18,630 | Original → |
| Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994) | 73 | 12,771 | Original → |
| Various (1967) | 42 | 8,829 | Original → |
| Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962) | 39 | 7,958 | Original → |
| Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922) | 50 | 5,568 | Original → |
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Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] • "'Stop!' cried Naoman. All eyes were turned upon him. c Stop ' repeated he, in a tone of authority. ' White woman thou hast kept thy word with me to the last moment. I am the traitor. I have eaten of the salt, warm…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] The name is also spelled Skonanoky^ and is apparently derived from Shunna, sour, and na excellent, nuk^ local — probably referring to the abundance of wild grapes found there. On the east side of the mountain, in the…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Miskotucky, a compound word implying red hills or red plains. Pochuck, a name applied to one of the streams of that town as well as to the district known as Florida, seems to retain the root term for bog or muddy lan…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] south trail it led to and took its name apparently from one par ticular locality. This locality would seem to be indicated in the word itself. The first part or noun of the word, shawan or chawan, would seem to be fr…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] tion given of the western bounds of Evans's first purchase, which expressly says it extended all along said hills, etc., and the river Pakadasank southerly to a pond called Mallolaudy (Mare-tange), lying on the top o…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] In the Ulster records is this certificate : u These are to certify that the inhabitants of the towns of New Paltz, being desirous that the first station of their patent named Moggonck might be kept in remembrance, di…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Atkarkarton, the Indian name for Kingston, was not the name of an Indian village, but for a tract called by the Dutch the Great Plot, or meadow on which the Indians raised corn and beans. At is equivalent to at or by…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] nakalonitade was their name for the Mo-the Neva York Historical Society, I, 43. hawk river j Skcnectadea, the city of Al-APPENDIX. 399 with about twenty houses; thirty persons were killed and scalped, and about sixty…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] The place is well calculated to exalt the fancy of the poets. The ancient fabulous writers would, if they had been here, have exalted those works of nature, by the force of imagination, into the most artful and elega…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] 44 197, 26th line, for Totakik, read Potatik. 44 453, 4th line, for Mahicans, read Mohegans. 44 261, 1st line for predecessors, read predecessor. Errors in uniformity of orthography not noted. INDEX.
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Abenaquis, a Mahican nation, 41 j murder Mohawk chiefs, 156; English agree not to assist, 1595 made peace with the Iroquois, 1835 make peace with the Mahicans, 2525 Iroquois refuse to renew war with, 193 Abraham, or …
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Burnet, 191 Appamanskoch, sachem of Raritans, 90 Aquackanonks, location of, 91 Armies, how composed, 30 Ashhurst, Sir John, buys lands of Wao-ranecks, 93 Assiapam, sachem of Matinecocks, 74 Assinapink creek, 92, 377 …
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Samson, a Mahican, 325 Passaconnaway, chief sachem of Pennacooks, 317 Paxinos, chief sachem of Shawanoes, 3°5 Red Jacket, a Seneca chief, 317 Saunders, Robert, 357 Shabasch, or Abraham, a Mahican chief, 328 Shingas, …
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Dutch village at, destroyed by John Johnson, 283 Nation, or Praying Indians, 179, 211 Calmet, theory of, 1 6 Canada, settlement of, commenced, 53 Canestogaes, massacre of, 245 Canassatiego, an Iroquois viceroy, speec…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Gov., 57 Coleman, John, killed by the Indians, 9 Colonists, efforts, of, to secure neutrality of Indian tribes in Revolution, 261 Communipau, aboriginal name of, 90, 376 Conarhanded, sachem of Weckquaes-geeks, 79 Con…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Cornbury, Gov., attends conference at Albany, 184. Cornstalk, commands Lenapes and Sha-wanoes, 2565 biographical sketch of, 307 Corn-planter, a Seneca chief, le«ds an attack on Oneidas, 282 5 driven from power by Red…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Eelkins, Jacob, imprisons chief of the Se quins, 100 Emerick, Col., account of battle of Cort-land's Ridge, 286, 287 English capture Fort Amsterdam, 1585 treaty with the Iroquois, 55, 158; treaty with Mahicans, 158, …
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Franklin, Benjamin, commands expedi tion to build Fort at Gnadenhiitten, 228 French, employ Catholic missionaries, 1 68; secure treaty of neutrality, with Duke of York, 169; make prisoners of Iroquois chiefs by treac…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Garangula, a chief of Onondagas, 316 Gardiner, Lion and David, 76 German Flats, commissioners of congress held conference with Iroquois at, 263 INDEX. 405 Gil, sachem of Seatalcats, 74 Gist, Christopher, commissioned…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] land, 365 Hobokenhacking, Hoboken, 376 Haquequenunck, Patterson, 376 Hannakrois creek, 397 Hoosack, Rensselaer county, 376 Ishpatinck, Brooklyn Heights, 376 Jogee Hill, Orange county, 382 Kapsee, Copsie Point, New Yo…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] county, 393 Machawanick, Katskill, 394 Naghtognk, Corlear's Hook, New York, 361 Nepeage, Long Island, 365 Namke Creek, Long Island, 365 Namke creek, Long Island, 365 Neperah, saw mill creek, 365 Nappeckamak, Yonkers,…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Querapoquett, Dutchess county, 371 Quaspeck, Verdrietig Hook, 377 Quassaick creek, Newburgh, 382 Quequicke, Hoosic Falls, 376 Rechtauck, New York, 362 Ronconcoa lake, Long Island, 364 Ranachque, Morisania, 367 Rippow…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Wawayanda, Orange county, 385 Wawanaquassick, Columbia county, 372 Wallomschock river, Bennington, Vt., 375 Willehoosa, Port Jervis, Orange county, 96 Gnadenb.iir.ten, Moravians settle at, 198 5 Mahican converts remo…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Hackinsacks, location of, 905 Van der Horst settles among, 104; a warrior of, robbed, 1045 complaint of, re garding presents, in j young men clamor for war, 1 1 1; take part in war of 1643, no; propose an ex change o…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] to invite Iroquois to conference, 2125 appointed superintendent of Indian affairs, 222; commissioned to or ganize expedition for capture of Crown Point, 222; removes council fire to Mount Johnson, 222; holds conferen…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Castleton, 9 Jumonville, death of, 210 Kalebackers, Indians having guns, 136 Katskills, location of, 95; loving men of, 9»95 Katsban, a village of the Katskills, 177 Katonah, sachem of Siwanoys, 82 Kayingehaga, Mohaw…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Samuel, missionary labors of, 261 Konapot, sachem of Mahicans, 89,• com missioned captain, 196 Kregier, Martin, journal of second Esopus war, 60; commands expedition against Esopus Indians, 149 Krieckbeck, commandant…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Long Island, Block builds ship on, 77; Dutch settlers on, 101; settlements ravaged, 1365 territory of, divided between Dutch and English, 124; treaty with Indians of, 124; abo riginal name of, 365 Long Reach, Indians…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] 203; condition of, in 1768, 2525 unite with Americans in Revolution, 262; take part in the battle of Lex ington, 271; sent on mission to west ern tribes, 269, 272; take part in the battleof White Plains, 272; under L…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Manners and customs, continued — war address, 31; war song of Le-napes, 32; weapons of war, 25 Van der Donck's description o: appearance, 20; Verazzano's de scription of appearance, 19 Maquas, Mohawks so called, 35; …