jan 1, 1831 - Delaware

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Delaware Indians are established at the fork of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers. They become and outlet to the Rocky Mountains. From their settlements in Wyandotte County they went out to war with most of the plains Indian tribes. Kansas historian William Connelley notes that "I have had related to me their affairs of love, as romantic as those of the best fiction today." They were given land at the fork of the Missouri and Kaw Rivers. The Kansa Nation was forced to move up the Kaw River toward Lawrence.

After several relocations by the United States government, the Delaware were settled at the junction of the Kansas and Missouri rivers in present-day northeastern Kansas.The Delaware, also known as Lenape, established villages along the Kansas River where the woodlands provided plentiful deer, elk, and antelope. After first living in temporary structures, they built small log cabins with fireplaces. They brought with them their indigenous cultures and traditions including land ownership by women, the Big House (harvest) Ceremony, and the Spring Doll Dance. Their Indian agent and blacksmith was Isaac Mundy. (Kansapedia)