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The Lenape are an Algonquian group of Native Americans of the Northeastern Woodlands. They are also called Delaware Indians. As a result of the American Revolutionary War and later Indian removals from the eastern United States, today the main groups live in Canada, where they are enrolled in the Munsee-Delaware Nation 1, Moravian of the Thames First Nation, and the...

Timeline of Events

1737

9.20.1737

The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.

1758

5.21.1758

Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War.

1764

11.9.1764

Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet.

1778

9.17.1778

The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe (the Lenape or Delaware Indians).

1812

12.17.1812

War of 1812: U.S. forces attack a friendly Lenape village in the Battle of the Mississinewa.