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990:, May 3, 1998. "Hackensack is named for the Achkinhenhcky branch of the Leni Lenape Indians, who traded with Dutch settlers along the Hackensack River as far back as the 1660s. The portrait of their chief, Oratam, who negotiated a treaty with English and Dutch settlers in 1690, appears on the municipal seal."
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541:. Kill van Kull literally translates as
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1044:Geography of Hudson County, New Jersey
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695:Dutch West India Company
602:David Pietersz. de Vries
586:Dutch West India Company
576:Achter Kol was near the
462:Dutch West India Company
361:People of New Netherland
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671:Kieft's War
669:that began
616: 1655
609: 1593
578:patroonship
551:achter kill
523:Bergen Neck
515:Bergen Hill
499:Arthur Kill
495:Raritan Bay
261:Swaanendael
211:Colen Donck
140:Settlements
110:Fort Altena
85:Fort Orange
57:Exploration
1033:Categories
939:2010-09-02
903:2010-09-02
842:References
786:John Berry
737:, and the
703:Algonquian
685:improved.
647:Newark Bay
590:Communipaw
521:begins on
472:groups of
466:Hackensack
446:Newark Bay
442:Achter Kol
375:Twelve Men
271:Nieuw Dorp
236:Breuckelen
231:Gravesende
206:Oude Dorpe
201:Vlissingen
196:Achter Col
171:Beverwijck
130:De Rondout
18:Achter Col
881:April 15,
770:Middlesex
731:Palisades
653:near the
476:natives.
380:Eight Men
352:(1647â64)
344:(1638â47)
336:(1633â38)
328:(1632â33)
320:(1626â32)
312:(1625â26)
304:(1620â25)
221:Heemstede
216:Greenwich
800:See also
794:Barbados
774:Monmouth
725:(modern
719:Minkakwa
594:Harsimus
553:meaning
539:Cull bay
480:Toponymy
385:Nine Men
226:Rustdorp
176:Wiltwijk
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826:Patroon
821:Pavonia
715:Pamrapo
674:as the
663:Pavonia
596:on the
582:Pavonia
497:by the
493:and to
489:by the
470:Raritan
256:Boswijk
246:Midwout
186:Pavonia
806:Bergen
772:, and
762:Bergen
743:Bergen
733:, the
729:, the
691:sachem
689:, the
687:Oratam
683:Lenape
651:Bogota
580:named
474:Lenape
181:Bergen
100:De Wal
50:series
875:(PDF)
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535:Dutch
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