While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Many tribes have sub-tribes, bands, gens,
clans and phratry. Often very little
information is known or they no longer
exist. We have included them here to
provide more information about the tribes.
Assinapi (Chippewa: ŭsi′nāpä,
'stone person'. W. J.). A people, mentioned in the Walam Olum
(Brinton, Lenape, 190, 1885), with whom the Delawares fought during their
migration toward the E.
Assunpink (at the stone stream) . A division of the
Delawares formerly on Stony cr., on the Delaware, near Trenton. Probably from
the Indian name of Stony cr. (J. M.)
Calcefar. A division of the New Jersey
Delawares formerly living in the interior between Rancocas cr. and the
present Trenton. In 1648 they were estimated at 150 men.
Hackensack (Ackkinkas-hacky, the stream that unites
with another in low level ground. Heckewelder) .A former division of the Unami
Delawares, occupying the territory designated by the Indians Ackkinkashacky,
embracing the valleys of Hackensack and Passaic rs. in N. New Jersey. Their
principal village was Gamoenapa, usually known as Communipaw. They took a
prominent part in the events of 1643-44, but subsequently appear as mediators
through their chief Oritany (Oratamy, Oratam, etc.), who enjoyed, to a ripe old
age, the confidence of his people and the surrounding chieftaincies, as well as
that of the whites. The lands of the tribe embraced Jersey City, Hoboken, a part
of Staten island, Weehawken, Newark, Passaic, etc. Their number was estimated at
1,000 in 1643, of which 300 were warriors, probably an exaggeration (Ruttenber).
(J. M. C. T. )
Haverstraw (Dutch: haverstroo, oat-straw ). The
name applied by the Dutch to a small tribe or band (according to Ruttenber, a
division) of the Unami Delawares, formerly living on the w. bank of the lower
Hudson, in Rockland co, N. Y. The name they applied to them selves is lost, but
it may have been Reweghnome or Rumachenanck.
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
