The Wecquaesgeek (also Manhattoe and Manhattan) were a Munsee-speaking band of Wappinger people who once lived along the east bank of the Hudson River...
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Broadway, which follows the Native American Wecquaesgeek Trail through Manhattan, 1840...
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lower reaches, with the balance the seasonal hunting grounds of the Wecquaesgeek of the Wappinger people to the north. The Canarsee were among the peoples...
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: 27–28 They were also allied and shared a common lifestyle with the Wecquaesgeek.: 3 Like other tribes of the area, the Siwanoy were loosely organized...
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early documented example is Broadway in New York City, which follows the Wecquaesgeek trail which predates American colonization. Desire paths typically emerge...
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Harlem (originally Haarlem) was inhabited by a Native American band, the Wecquaesgeek, dubbed Manhattans or Manhattoe by Dutch settlers, who along with other...
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shorakapkok meaning 'the sitting place' in the Munsee language used by the Wecquaesgeek tribe who inhabited the area for nearly 700 years. Unlike other Manhattan...
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Broadway (Manhattan) (redirect from Wecquaesgeek trail)
variously been spelled Wiechquaeskeck, Wechquaesqueck, Weckquaesqueek, Wecquaesgeek, Weekquaesguk, Wickquasgeck, Wickquasgek, Wiequaeskeek, Wiequashook,...
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East River to land that was within the territory of the Siwanoy and Wecquaesgeek groups of Wappinger who inhabited it at the time of colonialization....
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River Indians, known the exonyms associated with place names as the Wecquaesgeek, Hackensacks, Raritans, Canarsee, and Tappans. These groups had the most...
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