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The address surveys the Lenni Lenape people of the Delaware Valley, tracing the etymology of regional names and describing three subtribes with their totem animals. It presents origin legends and migration accounts preserved in sources like the Walam Olum, summarizes beliefs about creation and a flood preserved in oral tradition, and discusses physical appearance, dwelling types, subsistence by hunting and fishing, and cultural practices such as wampum record-keeping. The narrative draws on nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century sources to combine ethnographic observation, folklore, and historical anecdote into a concise portrait of Lenape society and their ties to the New Jersey landscape.

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Title: The Lenni Lenape, or Delaware Indians

Author: Edwin Robert Walker

Release date: May 14, 2022 [eBook #68075]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: The Unionist Gazette Association, Printers, 1917

Credits: The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LENNI LENAPE, OR DELAWARE INDIANS ***

THE LENNI LENAPE
OR DELAWARE INDIANS

BY
EDWIN ROBERT WALKER
Chancellor of New Jersey


SOMERVILLE, NEW JERSEY
The Unionist-Gazette Association, Printers
1917