Delaware

The Indians that were in deleware were the lenni-lenape and the Naticoke. The word Nanticoke is translated from the original Nantaquak meaning the tidewater people or people of the tidewaters. First had contact with the Nanticoke Tribe was recorded by Captain John Smith in 1608. While exploring the Chesapeake Bay, Smith and his crew sailed onto the Kuskarawaok River. The Kuskarawaoks, later known as the Nanticoke Indians, cautiously watched Smith's ship from the shore, Climbing into the trees for a better look. When Smith approached the shore in a boat, the Nanticoke answered with arrows. Smith prudently put down anchor for the night in the middle of the river. The next morning, the Nanticoke appeared on the shore with baskets of food. Still cautious, Captain Smith had his men fire muskets over the heads of the Nanticoke. The Indians escaped. Not until then did the English see warriors lying in the reeds for ambush. Later that afternoon, Smith noticed the Indians were gone, and he and his men came to shore. He found fires still burning, but no Indians were seen. Smith discovered glass beads, shells, and copper pieces left as gifts of friendship.The Englishmen recorded about 200 warriors with their families on the Nanticoke River, making their tribe more significant in population than many other tribes on the Eastern Shore at that time. However, the Nanticoke were allied with the Powhatan Confederacy in what is now Virginia. Such alliances allowed smaller bands of Indians to have protection from enemy tribes. The Naticoke people lived in the south of Delaware The Lenni- lenape people were another tribe in Deleware. Lenni-lenape means people who are standard. The word lenape its self means true men or original people. The lenilenape people lived in one of the three large family groups called clans. The three clans were the turtles, wolves, and turkeys. Turtle was the most common in the Delaware colony. The Lenni-Lenape didn't life in one big community, They lived in many different villages all with their own chiefs. Every colony governed themselves. The Native Americans first encountered the europens when they met Italian Sailor Giovanni da Verrizano in 1524. The lenni-lenapr people were named the Delaware Indians by the Europeans. Delaware meant river flow to the Italian Explores that discovered them. After 500 years of being around the Europeans the lenni-lenape died of diseases such small pox. The population of the Lenni-Lanape dropped from 20,000 to 4,000.Soon, the Lenni-Lenape were forsed out of Delaware and pushed to Pencilvania. Later, then pushed to Ohio. There, different bands of United Groups came together as one bigger group. They ended up in Canada. The Lenni Lenape families lived in Wag wams. Wig wams were round dome shaped huts covered in bark. People dresses in clothing made of deerskin. Often there clothing were decorated with beads, copper strips, and dead porqupine quills. The women painted themselfes a reddish color with clay called ocher. Men had tactoos. The women farmed, grew tobacco, corn, squash, beans, and sweet potato . The men hunted and fished. They often traveled by dougout canoe. During the winter families spread out to hunt. After the Europeans arrived in the region, hunting became more important to the Lenni-Lanape. It was important to the Lenni-Lanape because they could trade with the Europeans for tools, weapons, and animals that were new to the natives.

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The first attempt by the Dutch to establish a colony was initially well received by the Native Americans however a misunderstanding over a piece of tin took place which resulted in the entire colony being wiped out. When William Penn was established as the proprietor he made an effort to respect the needs of the Indians as a proper Quaker would have been expected to. As time went on Europeans became more and more demanding and the natives left for the west.

they were treated unfairly they were treated unfairly

Yes, Delaware was the first U.S. state. Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution doing so on December 7, 1787 thereby becoming the first state in the union.

Delaware originally had a representative form of government. However, the state shared a governor and General Assembly with Pennsylvania under William Penn.

The great scholar Lou Monte records that Washington was cold, hungry, and had no change of undergarments at the time when he crossed the Delaware river. Washington apparently had also been planning on courting the support of Italy at the time, and this is what he supposed said as he crossed: "Mme faccia 'nu fridd', e tengo 'na famm',

Mme faccia 'nu fridd', no tengo mo dann'.

Delaware Indians used two styles of homes. They lived in longhouses or wigwams. Both were constructed of poles with tree bark coverings. Wigwams are rounded hut like structures. One family would live in a wigwam. A longhouse is a long building where extended families could live together. There were dividers to separate rooms, and platforms allowed for a second story where sleeping was done.

The Delaware Colony was founded in the year 1638. It was a part of the state of Pennsylvania up until 1703.

The main religion of the Delaware colony was Protestantism. However, there was religious tolerance in this colony and other religious groups lived here, including Quakers and Catholics. This colony was founded by Peter Minuit in 1638.

it was hard..men worked all day in the fields. It was known for it's goot soil and cattle. Some of the crops were rice,indigo, flax, grains, and lots of fruits and vegetables. Lumber and food were a major import.

You can find tons of info on the Delaware colony at the below two links. Delaware Colony: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Colony Delaware Colony Link 2: http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/colonialamerica/p/delawarecolony.htm Hope this helps, Chris. http://backup.visuallink.com

No. Washington's Crossing is the location of Washington's crossing of the Delaware on the Delaware River in Titusville, New Jersey, and Yardley, Pennsylvania. The site was named a US National Historic Landmark in 1961. It comprises two state parks: on the New Jersey side, the 3,100-acre (13 km2) Washington Crossing State Park, and on the Pennsylvania side, the 500-acre (2.0 km2) Washington Crossing Historic Park.

Delaware was originally a proprietary colony , but became a royal colony in the 1700s

There were mostly catholics during the 1600-1700s.

1638 by Peter Muit and the New Sweden Company

Colonial Delaware based it's econmy on trade, farming, and natural resources. Some of its major crops were grain, flax, vegetables, and fruit. The people of Delaware used the powere from streams to power their mills, which ground the wheat and rye into flour. Many people's jobs included ship building, iron works, trading, fishing, and lumber and timber industries

Delaware is not a Native American name. Exploring the Atlantic coast north of Jamestown in 1610, Captain Samuel Argall discovered a large bay which he named in honor of Sir Thomas West, Third Lord de la Warr and the first governor of the Virginia.

Also called the Lenape, they lived along the Delaware and lower Hudson Rivers in what is now New Jersey and New York, but anthropologists call the area the Northeastern Woodlands.

Horse racing, drinking games, playing music on the violin, nine-pins, gambling, dominoes.

Yes there were Indians in Delaware. Most Delaware Native Americans were forced to migrate westward when European colonists took over the Delaware area. These tribes are not extinct, but except for the descendants of Delaware Indians who assimilated into white society, they do not live in Delaware anymore. Today there are two federally recognized Delaware tribes in Oklahoma and one Delaware Indian tribe in Canada.

The first colony was established in order to have control over more land, to raise crops since the soil wasn't as rich in the Netherlands as it was in Delaware, and last of all since Delaware was right on the coast of the Atlantic ocean so it was very simple and easy to catch fish.

George Washington crossed the Delaware River during the Revolutionary War. He knew the German Mercenaries would be drunk on Christmas Day. Washington arrived with the sober American Army and captured the drunk German Army.

Delaware's colonial government was the first to ratify the Constitution on December 7, 1787, after the Connecticut Compromise, creating our bicameral legislature (the U.S. House and Senate), was approved by the Constitutional convention.