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Indians of Long Island

Paumanok if what the Indians called Long Island, it means “land of tribute”. Before 1609, the only habitants on Long Island were the Indians. Henry Hudson, who docked his ship the Half Moon off the shores of what is now Coney Island, was the first white visitor. Hudson along with his crew took small boats to shore to catch fish and see what the land and the people were like.
The Canarsie Indians, who heard of white people but never saw them, were very curious to meet their counterparts at the shore. Along with them, they brought green tobacco. It was their gesture of friendship. Robert Juet, a crewmember of the Half Moon, who kept a written journal, documented this.
Hudson did not stay on Long island. Within a few days, he set sail again. If he had remained on land, he would have found out that there was more than one tribe that lived on Long island. He would have found out there were thirteen or more tribes extending from one end of the Island to the other.
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