this totem with the Mohicans. [ 13 ] Name [ edit ] The origin of the name Wappinger is unknown. While the present-day spelling was used as early as 1643, [ 14 ] countless alternate phonetic spellings were also used by early European settlers well

(Juet 1959:28). [ 29 ] Dutch navigator and colonist David Pieterz De Vries recorded another description of the Wappinger who resided around Fort Amsterdam: "The Indians about here are tolerably stout, have black hair with a long, lock which they let

48. ^ Vasiliev, Ren (2004). From Abbotts to Zurich: New York State Placenames . Syracuse University Press. p. 233. ISBN 0-8156-0798-9 . ^ They are referred to as Munsee , one of the Lenape dialect groups, by author Hauptman (2017) ^ "The Wappinger

draw a black ring around their eyes." [ 31 ] As the Dutch began to settle in the area, they pressured the Connecticut Wappinger to sell their lands and seek refuge with other Algonquian-speaking tribes. The western bands, however, stood their…

awarded two small parcels suitable for casinos in New York State in return for dropping larger land claims there. [ 12 ] The totem (or emblem) of the Wappinger was the "enchanted wolf", with the right paw raised defiantly. By one account…

…There they were joined by the remnants of the Munsee , forming the Stockbridge-Munsee tribe. [ 2 ] From that time the Wappinger ceased to have an independent name in history, and their

County, but subsequently all of Putnam County, New York ^ This may well be the same place described as the settlement where David Nimham stayed during his annual pilgrimage up Mount Nimham to survey all he claimed to still be Wappinger…

slaughter of between 500 and 700 members of Wappinger bands in the Pound Ridge Massacre , most burned alive in a surprise attack upon their sacred wintering ground. It was a severe blow to the tribe. The Dutch and the Mohawk…

settlement of Wiccopee, New York , [ 10 ] in today's East Fishkill near the Hudson. [ 39 ] He argued before the royal Lords of Trade , who were generally sympathetic to his claims, but did not arrange for the Wappinger to regain any…

…Many Wappinger

…In 2010 the tribe was awarded two tiny parcels suitable for casinos in New York State in return for dropping larger land claims there. [ 12 ] Bands [ edit ] Wappinger bands appear east of the Hudson on

…Spalding if the Council had not given the Wappinger a fair trial. Receiving no official ruling, Spalding, Nimham and the Wappinger returned home. Not long after, Nimham saw the Council's verdict published in the local press and in at…

"Upon the whole Matter, his Excellency the Governor and the Council, are unanimously of the Opinion, and do declare, that the Indians now living of the Wappinger Tribe, have no Right, Title, or Claim to the Lands granted as aforesaid…

[Historical Map] Page from Ruttenber 1872 describing Kitchawank and Wappinger tribes

Some of the tenants had leases with the Wappinger going back 30 years or more. 16 When the Wappinger returned from fighting for the Crown in the French and Indian War they were dismayed to discover that not only had…

Opines, [ 15 ] Massaco, [ 16 ] Menunkatuck, [ 17 ] Naugatuck, [ 18 ] Nochpeem, [ 19 ] Wangunk [ 1 ] Wappans, Wappings, Wappinghs, [ 20 ] Wapanoos, Wappanoos, Wappinoo, Wappenos, Wappinoes, Wappinex, Wappinx, Wapingeis, Wabinga, Wabingies, Wapingoes,

with image parameters All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July 2025 All articles with vague or ambiguous time Vague or ambiguous time from July 2025

Interpretations of Some of Them . Hartford: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company. p. 81 . The name of the Indian band has variously been spelled Wiechquaeskeck, Wechquaesqueck, Weckquaesqueek, Wecquaesgeek, Weekquaesguk, Wickquasgeck,

of North America . Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Books. ISBN 978-0-8063-1730-4 . {{ cite book }} : ISBN / Date incompatibility ( help ) Authority control databases National United States Israel Other Yale LUX Retrieved from "

Fairfield County, Connecticut Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands Middlesex County, Connecticut Native American history of Connecticut Native American history of New York (state) Native American tribes in Connecticut Native American

Maryland . St. Clair Shores, MI: Somerset. p. 295. ISBN 9780403098774 . ^ "Definition of WAPPINGER" . ^ a b Sultzman, Lee (1997). "Wappinger History" . Retrieved 14 January 2012 . ^ "The $24 Swindle", Nathaniel Benchley, American Heritage , 1959,

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wappinger&oldid=1341779787#Kitchawank " Categories : Wappinger Algonquian ethnonyms Algonquian peoples History of Columbia County, New York History of Dutchess County, New York Hartford County, Connecticut

into the late 19th century. Each linguistic group tended to transliterate Native American names according to their own languages. Among these spellings and terms are: Wappink, Wappings, Wappingers, Wappingoes, Wawpings, Pomptons, Wapings, Opings,

oxbow bend in the Connecticut River . [ 52 ] Wecquaesgeek (Wiechquaeskeck, Wickquasgeck, Weckquaesgeek), [ 53 ] southwestern Westchester County, New York, [ 54 ] originally centered on the mouth of the Saeck Kill in today's Yonkers , and ranging

errors: ISBN date CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Short description is different from Wikidata "Related ethnic groups" needing confirmation Articles using infobox ethnic group

Fairfield County, Connecticut, north to Danbury, north and west into northern Westchester County, New York, [ 49 ] eastern Putnam County, New York [ 50 ] and southeastern Dutchess County, New York [ 51 ] Tunxis , Farmington, in southwestern Hartford

County, Connecticut Wangunk , also sometimes called the "Mattabesset", they lived in the Mattabesset area in central Connecticut. Originally located around Hartford and Wethersfield, but were displaced by settlers and relocated to land around the

. Ethnic group Wappinger Wappinger territory (in center, "Wappinges"), from a copy of a 1685 reinterpretation of a 1656 map Total population Extinct as a tribe, [ 1 ] descendants joined the Stockbridge-Munsee [ 2 ] Regions with significant

coastal Bronx as far as Hell Gate , and interior southernmost Westchester County, New York, into southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut at the Five Mile River. Tankiteke, also "Pachami" and "Pachani", [ 48 ] central coastal and extreme western

File:Stockbridge_1778.jpg This is contemporary rendering of a Stockbridge warrior in 1778; Nimham died as one at the Battle of Kingsbridge ^ Vaughan, Alden (2006). Transatlantic Encounters: American Indians in Britain, 1500-1776 . Cambridge