{"slug": "lenape", "label": "Lenape", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenape", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82048", "qid": "Q82048", "description": "indigenous people of North America", "entries": 11, "years": 10, "span": [1626, 1803], "span_label": ["1626 CE", "1803 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "pennsylvania", "label": "Pennsylvania", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "french-and-indian-war", "label": "French and Indian War", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "native-americans-in-the-united-states", "label": "Native Americans in the United States", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "seven-years-war", "label": "Seven Years' War", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "manhattan", "label": "Manhattan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pittsburgh", "label": "Pittsburgh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-netherland", "label": "New Netherland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-amsterdam", "label": "New Amsterdam", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "province-of-pennsylvania", "label": "Province of Pennsylvania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "william-henry-harrison", "label": "William Henry Harrison", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1626, "year_label": "1626 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan from a Native American tribe (Lenape or Shinnecock) for trade goods, valued at 60 guilders ($1,143 U.S. dollars as of 2020).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367580131#April–June", "title": "1626", "revid": 1367580131, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1663, "year_label": "1663 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – Oratam, leader of the Hackensack tribe of the Lenape nation, meets in New Amsterdam (now New York City) with Weswatewchy, Memshe and Wemessamy, three chiefs of the Monsiyok tribe, to ask for the Hackensacks to supply a cannon to defend their fort, and to confirm that the Monsiyok are not allied with the other major division of the Lenape, the Esopus tribe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988068#July–September", "title": "1663", "revid": 1365988068, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1663, "year_label": "1663 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 7", "text": "June 7 – Under the pretext of working out a treaty with Dutch settlers in the colony of New Netherland, the Esopus tribe of the Delaware people enter the fortress at Wiltwijck (now the U.S. city of Kingston, New York) and stage a surprise attack. Unbeknownst to the Wiltwijck residents, another group of Esopus warriors had destroyed the village of Nieu Dorp (now Hurley, New York) earlier in the day. The episode begins the Second Esopus War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988068#April–June", "title": "1663", "revid": 1365988068, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1737, "year_label": "1737 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – Runner Edward Marshall completes his journey in the Walking Purchase, forcing the cession of 1200000 acre km2 of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Province of Pennsylvania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367176390#July–September", "title": "1737", "revid": 1367176390, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1752, "year_label": "1752 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 13", "text": "June 13 – The Treaty of Logstown is signed by representatives of the Iroquois Confederation, Lenape and Shawnee leaders, and commissioners from Virginia, headed by Joshua Fry. Christopher Gist and William Trent represent the Ohio Company. The treaty grants control over lands south and east of the Ohio River to the English, along with permission to build a fort on the site of what is now Pittsburgh.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362993688#April–June", "title": "1752", "revid": 1362993688, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1758, "year_label": "1758 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 21", "text": "May 21 – Seven Years' War – French and Indian War: Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by members of the Lenape Nation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366206062#April–June", "title": "1758", "revid": 1366206062, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1762, "year_label": "1762 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Neolin, a Lenape prophet, begins to preach in America.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806393#Date_unknown", "title": "1762", "revid": 1340806393, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1763, "year_label": "1763 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 19", "text": "April 19 – Teedyuscung, known as the \"King of the Delaware Indians\" (the Lenape tribe) is assassinated by arsonists who burn down his home in Pennsylvania while he is sleeping, in an apparent retaliation for signing the Treaty of Easton to relinquish Lenape claims to the Province of New Jersey.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360202149#April–June", "title": "1763", "revid": 1360202149, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1764, "year_label": "1764 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 9", "text": "November 9 – Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363539304#October–December", "title": "1764", "revid": 1363539304, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1778, "year_label": "1778 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17 – The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed, the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe (the Lenape or Delaware).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371073991#July–September", "title": "1778", "revid": 1371073991, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1803, "year_label": "1803 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 7", "text": "June 7 – Indiana Territory governor (and future U.S. president) William Henry Harrison signs treaties at Fort Wayne, with representatives of the Delaware, Shawnee, Potawatomi, Miami, Kickapoo, Eel River, Wea, Piankeshaw and Kaskaskia Indian tribes. The U.S. Senate ratifies the treaties on November 25.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373209562#April–June", "title": "1803", "revid": 1373209562, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}