Last Updated on April 30, 2013 by Dennis The Nanticoke, who lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, were connected, linguistically, with the Delaware, and before the latter removed westward beyond the Alleghenies they were neighboring tribes. The Nanticoke were encountered by Capt. John Smith and his party of colonists from Jamestown in 1608, living […]
Last Updated on December 20, 2012 by Dennis Many ossuaries have been encountered in the western counties of the State of New York, which, however, may be attributed to the influence of the Huron. These great pits often contain vast quantities of skeletal remains, together with numbers of objects of native origin which had been
Ossuaries are trenches of human bones that were left by Native Americans after repeated funeral ceremonies over many years.
