The Rumachenank were a Lenape people who inhabited the region radiating from the Palisades in New York and New Jersey at the time of European colonialization in the 17th century. Settlers to the provincial colony of New Netherland called them the Haverstroo meaning oat straw , which became Haverstraw in English, and still used to describe part of their territory.
14-619: Like the Tappan , whose territory overlapped, the Rumachenank were a seasonally migrational people, who farmed ( companion planting ), hunted, fished, and trapped. As all Lenape tribes, they were divided into clans, in this case Wolf, Turkey, and Turtle. They spoke the Munsee dialect of Lenape. They, as well as the Hackensack , Raritan , Wappinger , Canarsee , were collectively known as
28-655: A whaling voyage to Jan Mayen . In 1620, he sailed to Newfoundland , and sold the dried fish in Italy . In Toulon he joined Charles, Duke of Guise . In 1624 he went to Canada again, still in French service. After returning to the Netherlands, the Dutch West India Company put an embargo on his ship. De Vries sold his ship and left for Bayonne . In 1627, he sailed from Hoorn to Batavia . On board
42-597: A peace treaty with the settlers at New Amsterdam , capital of the province. Various land conveyances in 1666, 1671, 1683, and 1685 involved the Haverstraw, and indicate their territory as having been on disputed lands involved in the New York-New Jersey Line War , which was not finally settled until the 18th century. In 1664 after the supremacy of the English, the Rumachenank were absorbed by
56-526: Is likely a derivation of a word or phrase from the Algonquian language Lenape as used by settlers to New Netherland , who spelled it as Tappaen. It is not certain what the Tappan called themselves, but there are a variety of interpretations for the word. One suggestion is that it possibly comes from tuphanne meaning cold water . Vriessendael , one of the first " bouweries ", or homesteads, built in
70-837: The Hackensack Indians sachem Oratam and also the Canarsee sachem Penhawitz to negotiate a truce, which did not hold in the face of Kieft's aggressive policies. De Vries became a leading figure in the popular uprising against Kieft in the Dutch colony which ultimately led to the Director-General's dismissal and recall for trial. Disenchanted by the New Netherlanders' treatment of the indigenous population, he left his farm at Vriessendael in October 1643 in
84-673: The Raritan , Wappinger , Manhattan (also known as " Manhattoe "), were collectively known as the River Indians. Those groups living in the adjoining highlands to the west and north have become known as the Munsee . Contact with the European settlers was at first as trading partners. It is from them that David de Vries purchased the land (1640) to build the homestead at Vriessendael ( Edgewater ) and, living among them, became an advocate of learning more about indigenous culture. It
98-529: The River Indians. Those groups living in the adjoining highlands to the west and valley to north have become known as the Munsee , and sometimes the Esopus . The Haverstraws were the tribesmen who had the trouble with Verrazzano and the crew of the Half Moon while that vessel was anchored near Stony Point in 1609. On 6 March 1660, a representative of the Rumachenank took part, with other local leaders, in
112-512: The Tappans. This article relating to the Indigenous peoples of North America is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tappan (Native Americans) The Tappan were a Lenape people who inhabited the region radiating from Hudson Palisades and New York – New Jersey Highlands at the time of European colonialization in the 17th century. The exonym Tappan
126-500: The colony in 1632, however, De Vries found that the settlers had been massacred, and their fort burned to the ground . He returned to North America twice, eventually establishing a settlement on Staten Island (1639), and another, north of Pavonia , known as Vriessendael (1640). In 1636, De Vries built a blockhouse at Signal Hill on Staten Island, the first signal house erected by European settlers in North America and
140-524: The future site of Fort Tompkins . De Vries often acted as a mediatory go-between trying to keep the peace between the Lenape and New Netherlands Director-General William Kieft . De Vries famously tried to prevent Kieft from launching the Pavonia Massacre and Massacre at Corlears Hook , which set off the two-year-long Kieft's War . After the massacres, De Vries was influential in bringing
154-638: The other natives who circulated in the region and whose territory overlapped, the Hackensack , Acquackanonk and Rumachenanck (later called the Haverstraw). The Tappan were of the Turtle Clan and spoke the Unami dialect of Lenape. The Tappan and the Hackensack actually were but one tribe and members of it were called either by one name or another according to their dwelling place. They, as well as
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#1732772404367168-716: The territory was sometimes called Tappan. The Tappan are recalled throughout their former territory: Lake Tappan is a reservoir on the Hackensack River ; the Tappan Zee , widening of the Hudson River and the bridge crossing it; Old Tappan in Bergen County ; Tappan in Rockland County . The Tappan migrated seasonally and engaged in companion planting , hunting, fishing, and trapping. Like
182-731: Was Jan Pietersz Coen , only recognized during the trip. From the Dutch Indies he sailed to Masulipatnam . In 1629, twenty-eight colonists sailed to North America and planted the Swanendael Colony in Lewes, Delaware , organized for the Dutch West India Company by five merchants from New Amsterdam, who hoped to become patroons of the colony: Kiliaen de Rensselaer , Samuel Godijn , Samuel Blommaert , Albert Burgh , Joannes de Laet and De Vries. Upon visiting
196-433: Was an early Director of New Netherland , William Kieft , who attempted to exact tribute from them (but was ignored), and later allowed a number of them to be slaughtered after they had sought safety at Pavonia (1643), beginning a Kieft's War . David Pietersz. de Vries David Pieterszoon de Vries ( c. 1593 – 13 September 1655) was a Dutch navigator from the city of Hoorn . In 1617, De Vries went on
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