Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Prologue “Sachems from nine different places” 1
4. Chapter 1. Communities and Kin 7
5. Chapter 2. Reorganizations and Relationships in the Hudson and Delaware Valleys, 1609-82 31
6. ’He knew the best how to order them’ 60
7. Chapter 3. Sharing Lands and Asserting Rights in the Face of Pennsylvania’s Expansion, 1682-1742 62
8. Chapter 4. Networks, Alliances, and Power, 1742-65 94
9. “All the people which inhabit this Continent” 124
10. Chapter 5. Defining Delawares, 1765-74 126
11. Chapter 6. Striving for Unity with Diversity, 1768-83 150
12. Epilogue. “Sit down by us as a nation” 175
13. Abbreviations 189
14. Notes 195
15. Index 239
16. Acknowledgments 249