Evening journal., 1921-08-30

During the early settlement Of this
continent. a vast multitude OF Indian
tribes were found having different
customs and languages. Frequently
bands of a single tribe were given
different names, and clans OF the
same tribe were often designated as
separate and distinct groups. Thus II
was with the natives occupying the
valley Of the Delaware river and the
adjacent territory at the time of its
earliest settlement by the whites.
The English called these aborigines
Delawares, from the name of their
principal river; they were a confed-
eracy. formerly the most important
of the Algonquin stock and occupied
the entire basin of the Delaware
river in southeastern New YORK,
eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and
most of New Jersey. They called
themselves Lenape, or Leni-Lenape,
meaning real men. original men or
the native genuine men.
They were a powerful and numer~
Gus tribe at this time and were COM
posed Of three principal clans, the
Munsee, Unami and Unalachugo.
The Munee originally occupied the
head waters of the Delaware river In
New York, and both shores Of the
Delaware river in New Jersey and
Pennsylvania, extending south TO the
Lehigh river. and also held the west
bank of the Hudson river from the
Catskill mountains TO the New Jersey
line.
Their council village was Minisink,
located in what is now Sussex county
New Jersey, and near the point
where the state line touches the Del
aware river.
The totem OF the Munsee was
tookseat, meaning round foot or wolf
and they frequently have been called
the Wolf tribe Of the Delawares.
In geographic distribution the
Unami was the central clan Of the
NLenape and occupied the Pennsyl-
vania side Of the Delaware river from
the junction Of the Lehigh south
ward TO about what is now the Della
ware State line. Their totem wa
pakoango, meaning crawling or tur-
tie, hence they were known as tbs
Turtle tribe.
The southernmost division OF th'
Lenapes, occupying what is now the
State Of Delaware. was the Unilach'
tigo. meaning people who live neal
the ocean. They occupied the ives
shore Of the Delaware river and ba,
and also the east bank Of the river II
New Jersey, since many Of the Della
wares were forced TO cross the rive
to escape the inroads Of the Cones
toga. an Iroquin tribe. Their totem
was puiiaook, meaning non-chewinl
or turkey. hence the clan or sub-divi
sion Of the Delawares occupying thi
territory at the time Of the first ad
vent of the whites was known as tn
Turkey tribe.
BY a bogus treaty known as tn
walking treaty. the main part of tn
Lenapes were forced TO remove from
the Delaware valley about the yea
174O and settled on the Susquehanni
river on lands under the control o
the Iriquois. Tedyuskung Zone VIII
cures wounds) was the chief of tn
tribe at this time.
During this period the clans los
their identity and ceased to exist a
separate organized bodies and wer
thereafter known simply as the Del
awares.
Their stay along the Susquehann
was short and the tribe soon re
moved to the Allegheny river, wher
a few had preceded them in 1924.
From here they moved furthe
westward and about 1850 began Z
form settlements in eastern Ohio
and in a few years their villages dot
ted the valleys Of the Muskingur
eek Eye) river and other nearb
streams.
In 1870 a part of the tribe re
moved to Indiana. where they ha
six villages between the White an
Ohio rivers; others moved TO Kan
sas and Green Bay, Wisconsin, Will
many removed TO Canada and set
tied with the Chippewa on tn
Thames river in Middlesex count,
Ontario. This once large and pow
erful tribe has dwindled so rapid
that the entire numbers of the Della