…Like other Wappinger bands, they spoke a dialect of the Munsee language, part of the larger Lenape language family. The broader Wappinger population suffered devastating losses during the 17th century through warfare with Dutch colonists, conflicts with other tribes, disease…

…An alternative etymology proposes Dutch "wapendragers" (weapon-bearers). Geographic namesakes include the Town of Wappinger, Village of Wappingers Falls, Wappinger Creek, and Wappinger Trail in Briarcliff Manor. Broadway in New York City follows an ancient Wappinger trail route.

…2865 signification of name, 370 Wappinger's creek, aboriginal name of, 84, 3?o Warrawakin, sachem of Seatalcats, 74 Warranawonkongs, location of, 71, 94; wars with the Dutch (see Esopus Indians), Warren Bush, settlement at, destroyed, 285 War song of…

[National Park Service (2021)] Dutch colonial settlement in the upper Hudson River Valley. Goods from Beverwijck were transported down the Hudson River to other Dutch settlements, including the village of Esopus in the mid-Hudson Valley and New Amsterdam at…

…Massapequa has been on maps since Mechoswodt, the sachem of Marossepinck, signed the January 15, 1639, treaty deed that granted the Dutch West India Company the sole right to purchase Indian land in western Long Island (Gehring 1980:9). Massapequa…

…northern suburbs and was incorporated in 1898. ## History Human settlement in this area dates back millennia. The Kitchawanc tribe, part of the Wappinger Confederacy, signed a peace treaty with Dutch settlers at Croton Point in 1645. Stephanus van Cortlandt began…