- Siwanoy
The Native American Siwanoy or Sinanoy were a band of Algonquian-speaking people, the
Wappani , in what is now theNew York City area. By the mid-17th century, when their territory became hotly contested between Dutch and English colonial interests, the Siwanoy were settled along theEast River andLong Island Sound betweenHell Gate and Norwalk,Connecticut , a territory that included eastern parts of what becamethe Bronx and Westchester County inNew York and southwestern Fairfield County inConnecticut . They are best known for their massacre ofAnne Hutchinson 's settlement onPelham Bay duringKieft's War in 1643.History
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August 20 ,1643 , a group of Siwanoy led by thesachem Wampage massacred Anne Hutchinson's dissident settlement at Split Rock in revenge forNew Netherland governorWillem Kieft 's February massacres of Wappani refugees fromWecquaesgeek at Corlaer's Hook and Pavonia. Hutchinson was not at fault, yet, like thousands of Indians and a number of other colonists, she was caught up in the bloody reprisals which characterized the two year conflict. The Siwanoy attack killed Hutchinson, six of her children, and nine others.p. 160 of: cite book
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June 27 ,1654 ,Thomas Pell , aConnecticut physician, obtained title, in Connecticut, to a large amount of Siwanoy territory through a treaty with a number of sachems, including Wampage. This includedthe Pelham Islands and parts of the mainland Bronx and coastal Westchester. New Netherland authorities did not recognize this title, of course, accusing the New Englanders of continued encroachment upon Dutch territory. Pell's coup turned out to be decisive in New York history, as the 1664 English naval invasion force that conqueredNew Amsterdam was supported by a militia of Pell's colonists from Minneford Island.See also
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