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Lenape in Manhatta

In Manhatta, the area that would become the Manhattan Borough of New York City, the Lenape lived in multi-family dwellings, in contrast to the smaller-sized wigwams of the Philadelphia region. This engraving from the late 19th century purports to describe a scene from 16th century Manhatta. 

1892
Attribution/Credit

“Manhattan Island in the Sixteenth Century,” Memorial History of New York, 1892, New York Public Library