History

1500 to 1700: the Mohican and the Skiwia Native Americans

Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Mohican Indians had a number of settlements along the Hudson River near its confluence with the Mohawk River. The land comprising the Poesten Kill and Wynants Kill areas--"kill" being the Dutch word for "creek" or small stream--were owned by two Mohican groups. The land around

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