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Delaware Indians,
An important family of the Algonquian nation, also called Lenni-Lenapes, or men.
When the Europeans found them, they were dwelling in detached bands, under separate sachems on the Delaware River.
The Dutch traded with them as early as 1613, and held friendly relations with them; but in 1632 the Dutch settlement of Swanendael was destroyed by them.
The Swedes found them peaceful when they settled on the Delaware.
This family claim to have come from the west with the Minquas, to whom they became vassals.
They also claimed to be the source of all the Algonquians, and were styled grandfathers.
The Delawares comprised three powerful families (Turtle, Turkey, and Wolf), and were known as Minseys, or Munsees, and Delawares proper.
The former occupied the northern part of New Jersey and a portion of Pennsylvania, and the latter inhabited lower New Jersey, the banks of the Delaware below Trenton, and the whole valley of the Schuylkill.
After the conquest of New N