delegation that traveled to London to petition the British Crown for a restoration of land rights and better treatment by the American colonists . Britain had controlled former "Dutch" lands in New York since 1664. Nimham was then living in

and Wappinger community in Stockbridge, Massachusetts , left to join the Oneida people in Oneida County in western New York. There they were joined by the remnants of the Munsee , forming the Stockbridge-Munsee tribe. [ 2 ] From that time the

on the North Atlantic Coast. There they built a large, fortified village, called Navish, at the neck of Croton Point. [ 45 ] Massaco , along the Farmington River in Connecticut Nochpeem, in southern portions of present-day Dutchess and western [ 46 ]

Guilford in New Haven County, Connecticut. [ 47 ] Sicaog, in present-day Hartford County, Connecticut Sintsink, also Sinsink, Sinck Sinck, and Sint Sinck, origin of the name of the penitentiary Sing Sing in Ossining , east of the Hudson River in

edit ] Hudson Valley portal The Wappinger are the namesake of several areas in New York, including: Town of Wappinger Village of Wappingers Falls Wappinger Creek Wappinger Trail, Briarcliff Manor, New York Broadway in New York City also follows their

978-1-4286-4558-5 . Retrieved November 1, 2010 . {{ cite book }} : ISBN / Date incompatibility ( help ) ^ a b Goddard 1978 , p. 238. ^ Sebeok 1977 , p. 307. ^ Sebeok 1977 , p. 310. ^ Sebeok 1977 , p. 309. ^ Sebeok 1977 , p. 325. ^ Brodhead, John

Co. ISBN 0-665-53988-6 . OL7024110M . Retrieved October 31, 2010 . {{ cite book }} : CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link ) ^ Pritchard, Evan T. (April 12, 2002). Native New Yorkers, the legacy of the Algonquin people of New York . Council

Human Tradition in the American Revolution . Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 85– 91. ISBN 0-8420-2748-3 . ^ Note that this is a romanticized modern depiction of an idealized "American Indian" of the Northeastern woods, and not an accurate representation of

Wickquasgek, Wiequaeskeek, Wiequashook, and Wiquaeskec. The spelling given here is one widely used for the original name of Broadway in lower Manhattan: "The Wickquasgeck Trail". The meaning of the name, however spelled, has been given as "the end of

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sanctuary of Stockbridge, Massachusetts . A stalwart spokesman for Native American concerns and valiant soldier, Daniel Nimham had traveled to Great Britain in the 1760s to argue for a return of tribal lands, and served in both the French and Indian

Dutch aboard Hudson's Half Moon would have enquired what the people called themselves. The 1643 date reflects a period of great conflict with the Native people, including the preemptive Pavonia massacre by the Dutch, which precipitated Kieft's War .

devastating toll for the Wappinger. [ 8 ] The Wappinger faced the Dutch again in the 1655 Peach War , a three-day engagement that left an estimated 100 settlers and 60 Wappinger dead, and strained relations further between the two groups. [ 34 ]

the colony, where Natives had settled who had converted to Christianity. 18th century [ edit ] In 1765, the remaining Wappinger in Dutchess County sued the Philipse family for control of the Philipse Patent land [ a ] but lost. In the aftermath the

colony in particular." And that, "the conduct of the lieutenant-governor and the council...does carry with it the colour of great prejudice and partiality, and of an intention to intimidate these Indians from prosecuting their claims." Upon a second

government in its aftermath. It was not to be. Many Wappinger served in the Stockbridge Militia during the American Revolution . Nimham, his son and heir Abraham, and some forty warriors were killed or mortally wounded in the Battle of Kingsbridge [

federally recognized Stockbridge-Munsee Nation reside mostly there on a reservation, where they operate a casino. In 2010 the tribe was awarded two tiny parcels suitable for casinos in New York State in return for dropping larger land claims there. [

1656 map by Nicolaes Visscher I ) The suggested bands of the Wappinger, headed by sachems , have been described as including: Wappinger (proper), lived on the east side of the Hudson River in present-day Dutchess County , New York Hammonasset , an

the Mohawk, and on the Delaware: Their location and the probable meaning of some of them" . Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association - the Annual Meeting, with Constitution, By-Laws and List of Members . 7th Annual. New York State

Albany, NY: J. Munsell. p. 50. ^ a b Hodge, Frederick Webb, ed. (October 1912). Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico . Vol. Part 2 (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. pp. 913, 1167, 1169. ISBN

Oaks Distribution. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-57178-107-9 . Retrieved November 1, 2010 . ^ Bright, William (November 30, 2007). Native American placenames of the United States . University of Oklahoma Press. p. 548. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4 . Retrieved November

Pachami therefore were part of the Tankiteke they were probably that portion of the group which occupied the wild interior country around Ridgefield, Danbury, North Salem, and Carmel, and thus were in close contact with the Nochpeem of Putnam county

territory included the east bank of the Hudson in what became both Putnam and Westchester counties south to the western Bronx [ 4 ] and northern Manhattan Island . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] To the east they reached to the Connecticut River Valley , [ 1 ] and…

the north the Roeliff Jansen Kill in southernmost Columbia County, New York , marked the end of their territory. [ 7 ] Their nearest allies were the Mohican to the north, the Montaukett to the southeast on Long Island , and the other Algonquin…

River near today's New York City, were among the first to be recorded encountering European adventurers and traders when Henry Hudson's Half Moon appeared in 1609. [ 9 ] Long after their original settlements had been decimated by wars with…

one account, they shared 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…

they sometimes paint their faces, and 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…

and the Mohawk , their trading partner and powerful member of the Iroquois Nation in central and western New York, defeated the Wappinger by 1645. [ 33 ] Together, the allies killed more than 1500 Wappinger during the two years of the war…

Stockbridge, but he was originally from the Wappinger 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…

arrange for the Wappinger to regain any land after he returned to North America. The Lords of Trade reported that there was sufficient cause to investigate "frauds and abuses of Indian lands...complained of in the American colonies, and in…