Books written by Robert S. Grumet

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  Manhattan to Minisink: American Indian Place Names of Greater New York and Vicinity

  Stam— ford colonists began calling the stream running through their town the Mill River as early as 1655 (Robert Bolton 1881[2]:105). The oldest records docu— menting local use of the name Rippowam as another name for Mill River date to ...

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  Manhattan to Minisink: American Indian Place Names of Greater New York and Vicinity

  Complete with a concise history of Greater New York, a discussion of the region’s naming practices, a useful timeline, and four maps, this is an invaluable resource both for scholars and for readers who want a more intimate knowledge of ...

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  First Manhattans: A History of the Indians of Greater New York

  land protected from development within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Minisink seems little changed from what it was when Indians called the place home. The same cannot be said for Manhattan.

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  First Manhattans: A History of the Indians of Greater New York

  With the four hundredth anniversary of Hudson's voyage to the river that bears his name, this book shows how Indians and settlers struggled, through land deals and other transactions, to reconcile cultural ideals with political realities.

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  The Munsee Indians: A History

  Goddard (1971, 1974, and 1978) suggests that Manhattan, Munsee, and Minisink all come from the Delaware word for island, tracing Munsee to the Northern Unami word men si w,“person from Minisink,” and Minisink from what he suggests is ...