The Algonquian Lenape population around the New…
1623 CE
The Algonquian Lenape population around the New York Bay and along the Lower Hudson are seasonally migrational people who become known collectively as the River Indians.
Among them are the Wappinger, Hackensack, Raritan, Canarsee, Tappan; these groups have the most frequent contact with the New Netherlanders.
Those in the the Highlands and Hudson Valley are called Munsee while those along the Delaware are called the Minquas.
Company policy requires that land be purchased from the existing peoples.
The WIC will offer a land patent, the recipient of which will be responsible for negotiating a deal with representatives, usual the sachem, or high chief, of the local population.
The concept of ownership as understand by the Swannekins, or salt water people, is foreign to the Wilden, or natives.
The exchange of gifts in the form of sewant or manufactured goods is perceived as trade agreement and defense alliance which includes farming, hunting, and fishing rights.
Often, the natives do not vacate the property or reappear as their migrational patterns dictate.
The Europeans are welcomed on the land, but the natives have no intention of leaving.
This misconception, and other differences, will later lead to violent conflict, though at the same time are the beginnings of the multicultural society it will eventually become.
As the colony develops, it will become a major hub for in the triangular trade between North America, the Caribbean and Europe, and the loading point for raw materials such as furs, lumber, and tobacco.
Legal and sanctioned privateering both will contribute to its growth.
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