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Leaders of both the Nanticokes and Lenapes said they had tried for years to buy the parcels, but they either couldn’t make the deal come together or they didn’t have enough money.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2021

The indigenous, matriarchal Lenapes got short shrift; Quakers and Jews were not accepted originally, until the West India Company overruled Gov. Peter Stuyvesant.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2018

The Lenapes, who received William Penn a hundred and fifty years ago upon the banks of the Delaware, have disappeared; and I myself met with the last of the Iroquois, who were begging alms.

From American Institutions and Their Influence by Tocqueville, Alexis de

Fired at the treachery of these people, and maddened with the loss of their brothers in arms, the Lenapes retired to the thick covert to consult on what was best to be done.

From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by Jones, James Athearn

Soon he returned, and told our people that there was a band of Indians encamped in the path of the Lenapes, at a little distance from us.

From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by Jones, James Athearn