Complex sentence: During the early 1800s ancestral Haliwa-Saponi remained relatively isolated in the Meadows, having little contact with other Indians, and attempted to live peaceably alongside their non-Indian neighbors.
Split into simpler sentences: During the early 1800s ancestral Haliwa-Saponi remained relatively isolated in the Meadows, having little contact with other Indians. They attempted to live peaceably alongside their non-Indian neighbors.