What was new jerseys relationship with the indians

Regrettably, the colonists will now forever be indebted to the Lenni Lenape for tainting its once dignified name. New Jersey Colony Website. Home Life. Recreation and Interesting things. Relationship With Native Americans.

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Sign in Create Account. Family Tree. From FamilySearch Wiki. Indigenous Peoples of the United States Research. New Jersey. Indigenous Peoples of New Jersey. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D. Available online. The Indian Tribes of North America. Katherine M. In , England took over from the Dutch and brought their own twist to the relationship. Their was considerably less hostility, but the English brought their ideas of land ownership.

It must have been impossible for the Lenni-Lenape to understand that they were signing away their land for trinkets. All over New Jersey there are tales of the bargains that were made for the purchase of the lands from the "Indians". Some of the tribe members moved north, some west to get away from the "whites.

The ones who stayed were overwhelmed by new restrictions on their movement, the fog of alcohol consumption and the decimation of their ranks from diseases like smallpox, measles and tuberculosis. By , the population of the "original people" was probably only one fourth of what it was when the Dutch arrived from about down to about It did not work out the way they had hoped and they were a defeated nation.

It was the first "Indian reservation". The tribe had relinquished all rights to New Jersey, except for hunting and fishing privileges. About of the "original people" gathered to make their home under the benevolent supervision of John Brainerd. Reverend Brainerd optimistically called the reservation Brotherton in the hopes that all men would be brothers.

He was an enthusiastic organizer and devout missionary. He helped them to set up grist and sawmills and encouraged them to adapt to the new way of life. For a while it seemed to be working and the area became known as Indian Mills.

Unfortunately, due to his own illness Rev. Brainerd left Brotherton in and affairs grew steadily worse. Tales of the misery reached as far as upper New York State, where the Oneida, another tribe of the Algonquin Nation still lived.

I n , the Oneida tribe in New Stockbridge, NY, invited the Brotherton tribe to come spread their mats before "our fireplace, where you will eat with your grandchildren out of one dish and use one spoon.