DELAWARE INDIANS

DELAWARE INDIANS MADE GRASS AND BARK COVERED LONGHOUSES. EACH VILLAGE CONTAINED A SWEAT HOUSE FOR STEAM BATHS. SWEATING WAS THE REMEDY FOR DISEASE AND MELANCHOLY. THE MEN AND WOMEN PAINTED THEIR FACES AFTERWARDS. THEY LIVED ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER IN PENNSYLVANIA. EACH OF THERE THREE GROUPS WERE SPOKE A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE THAT WAS ALGONQUIAN. THEY LIVED ALSO IN NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, AND DELAWARE. BY 1700'S WHITE SETTLERS FORCED MOST OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS OUT OF THE REGIONS. A MAJORITY OF THE DELAWARE NOW LIVE IN OKLAHOMA. THEY MADE CRAFTS AND TOOLS FROM SHELL, BONE, WOOD, AND STONE. THEY MADE DUGOUT CANOES.

IN 1682 WILLIAM PENN, AN ENGLISH LEADER, SIGNED A TREATY WITH DELAWARE. THE DUTCH LEARNED TO PLANT AND FARM AS THE DELAWARE TAUGHT THEM SKILLS. AFTER 1818 THE DELAWARE SURRENDERED THEIR LANDS EAST OF THE MISSOURI. THEY MOVED TO OKLAHOMA.

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