DELAWARES
\dˈɛlɐwˌe͡əz], \dˈɛlɐwˌeəz], \d_ˈɛ_l_ɐ_w_ˌeə_z]\
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A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.
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A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.
By Noah Webster.
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An Indian tribe, a branch of the Algonquin family, who, when the whites first came to the Delaware River, were found dwelling near it. Penn bought much land of them. At first a peaceable tribe, they were largely under the control of the Five Nations. Later, they became warlike, and had a part in the war with Pontiac. In 1774 they received a signal defeat. After 1768 there were none east of the Alleghanies. The Christian Delawares, converts of the Moravians, were largely massacred by the Americans at Gnadenhütten, near the close of the Revolutionary War. From Ohio the tribe emigrated to Missouri in 1818, in 1829 into Kansas, and in 1868 into the Indian Territory, having now become almost completely civilized.
By John Franklin Jameson
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