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When the first Dutch settlers arrived on Long Island in 1636, there was approximately 13 Indian tribes, or chieftaincies, comprised of several thousand native Americans. They lived in well defined areas and were known for their location. Thus the Merricck derived their name from their word for "bare land" and the Copiague for "place of shelter".
These Indian tribes, judging from their language and customs, were related to the northern Algonquin rather than to the Iroquois of the Hudson Valley. The Marsapeague -which means "great water land" -took its name from the area of south central Nassau with its abundant fresh water springs. The Indians had friendly dealings with the settlers through the efforts of their chief, Sachem Tackapausha. In 1658, Tackapausha gave the settlers of Oyster Bay a deed to the Marsapeague meadowlands thereby establishing a European presence in what was to become Massapequa Park. the park and museum on Merrick Road in Seaford are named for the Indian chief.
The earliest known house built by a European was occupied by Thomas Freelove Jones at the head of Massapequa Creek near the profitable Indian trail that beca... |
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