Delaware Indians
DELAWARE INDIANS were people who lived along the Delaware River.The Delaware River was named after Lord de la Warr, the governor of the Jamestown colony.The Algonquian language family (Family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains) , were called LENAPE which means "The People."
The name Delaware is applied to almost all Lenape people. Delaware Indians were among the first Indians to come in contact with the Europeans (Dutch, English, & Swedish) in the early 1600s. When settlers arrived from Europe in the early 1600s, some Lenape were living in large villages of two or three hundred people, but most of them lived in small bands of 25 to 30 people
Research at our Delaware Indian History Web page to discover additional facts!
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Note from Writer Linda Mauser
A majority of Delaware Indians are Native Americans that love the land and are proud of their ancestry. Many of them no-longer reside on the grounds their ancestors once cherished. At this web site I would like to share historical facts passed down through the generations pertaining to these great people.
To walk the grounds that many Delaware indians called home...Kreidersville, Pennsylvania along the Hokendauqua"Creek. Hokendauqua(Hachiundochure)"means "searching for food".The walkers of the Walking Purchase were said to have spent their first night at the Hockendauqua Creek. The village was called "Hockyondocquay". As I walk along the banks of the Creek and swim in its mystifying waters I feel a connection to the spirits of our ancestors, the Delaware.
Why am I here enjoying their lands when so many Delaware aren't?
I suppose to be their voice sharing our history.
Stories passed down through the generations state that my great great grandmother was a Delaware. I believe she was since I feel a strong connection to Native Americans and their beliefs, customs,and traditions. I have chosen my sacred rock and taken it to the waters as my ancestors did generations ago.
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I occasionally use the word "Indians in my report...Indians was the historical name for Native Americans, (not to confuse youth researching on this web site). Most present day Delaware appreciate being addressed as Native Americans.
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Author's Acknowledgments
Thank You to my Delaware ancestors...especially my grandmother who passed along facts of our Delaware ancestors.also to my great grandfather for falling in love & marrying a Delaware Indian. Your lives on via" Delaware Indians.com "My research has taken me on many journeys.
RESOURCES Information Resources: Index and Database of Rolls, Indian Census Records,Indian Chiefs,Indian Tribe Listings,Indian Tribes and Nations, 1880 Indian Tribes by Location Native American Books, Native American Land Patents, Native American Queries, South East Research Treaties with the Indians, Tribal Mailing Lists, Access Geneology, Genealogy Records, United States Genealogy, Vital Records, World Genealogy, Native American Records, Ancestry.com, Ancestors of Linda Mauser.
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