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The Munsee nation lived along the lower river Mahicannitick, which today is called the Hudson. This was the tribe that sold Manhattan to Dutchman Peter Minuit for $24. They were a peaceful, trusting tribe, cousins of the Lenni-Lanape who dwelled along the Delaware River. The Munsee set their wigwams on the Mahicannitick’s eastern shores. The breath-taking…