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many recruits to the Confederate army during 

 the War of Secession, but as a government it 

 remained faithful to the Union and was quick 

 in its response to the call for troops. In recent 

 years political factions of the Republican party 

 have fought for control of the state, and as 

 a result Delaware was without representation 

 in the United States Senate from 1901 to 1903. 

 A troublesome question is liquor regulation, 

 and as a result of the elections of 1910 licenses 

 are required for the sale of liquor in New 

 Castle County, including Wilmington, while 

 Kent and Sussex counties continue to be anti- 

 saloon territory. E.D.F. 



Other Items of Interest. Hudson discovered 

 Delaware Bay and explored its mouth six days 

 before he entered the Hudson River, but he 

 did not proceed far inland because the bay 

 was too shallow. 



The Indians who lived in this region at the 

 coming of the white man were the Lenni 

 Lenape, or "real men." 



In Sussex County and the surrounding region 

 there is a colony of so-called "white Indians" 

 or "Moors." Tradition declares that these 

 are the descendants of Moors from Spain, but 

 their exact origin is unknown. 



It was during a battle on Delaware soil 

 that the new American flag was first unfurled 

 on land, September 3, 1777. The spot where 

 this occurred is indicated by a monument. 



Only one city in the state Wilmington has 

 more than 5,000 inhabitants. 



When the white men first entered this terri- 

 tory it was far better watered than at present. 

 Forests have been cut and swamps have been 

 drained, and in the process many streams have 

 disappeared, while others, once navigable for 

 large vessels, are now of use only for the 

 smallest craft. 



No other state has so large a proportion of 

 its land under cultivation. 



Because of its diminutive size, Delaware is 

 frequently known as "The Diamond State." 



More than one-sixth of Delaware's area, or 

 405 square miles, is water surface. 



Consult Pyle's Once Upon a Time in Delaware; 

 Conrad's History of the State of Delaware. 



Related Subjects. The following articles in 

 these volumes, even when they do not make spe- 

 cific mention of Delaware, contain information 

 which will help to make clearer the life and 

 activities of that state. 

 Apple Leather 



Delaware, Thomas West Peach 

 Delaware Bay Powder 



Dover Wilmington 



DELAWARE, a tribe of American Indians 

 belonging to the Algonquian family, living, 

 when first known, on the Delaware River. 

 They called themselves Lenni Lenape, which 

 meant real men. They occupied Eastern 

 Pennsylvania and most of New Jersey. It was 

 with these Indians that William Penn made 

 his celebrated treaty, and from their great chief 

 Tamanend the Tammany Society (which see) 

 of New York takes its name. Because they 

 occupied the central home of the Algonquians 

 they were given the title of grandfather by all 

 the tribes of that great family. Driven from 

 their original home by the progress of the 

 whites, they removed westward. Fewer than 

 2,000 now remain, and they are scattered 

 among other tribes. For habits and customs, 

 see INDIANS, AMERICAN. See, also, PENN, WIL- 

 LIAM. 



DELAWARE, a river of the Eastern United 

 States, formed by the junction of two small 

 streams in the Catskill Mountains, New York. 

 This river is the greatest shipbuilding center, 

 after the Clyde, in the world. It forms the 

 northeastern boundary between New York and 

 Pennsylvania and the entire boundary line 

 between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Its 

 general course is southward, passing through 

 the Kittatinny Mountains near Stroudsburg, 

 Pa., and flowing through the gorge known as 

 the Delaware Water Gap (which see). Its 

 length is about 350 miles from its source to 

 Delaware Bay, into which it flows about five 

 miles below New Castle. The Schuylkill and 

 Lehigh rivers are its most important tributaries. 

 Tidewater is met at Trenton, after which it 

 becomes an inlet of the sea; Philadelphia, 

 fifty-five miles above the head of the bay, is 

 at the head of navigation for ocean steamers. 

 The river is an important means of commer- 

 cial transportation for the busy cities of Tren- 

 ton, Easton and Camden. The Morris & Es- 

 sex Canal from Trenton to New Brunswick 

 also facilitates commerce, and the Delaware 

 & Chesapeake Canal connects Delaware River 

 with Chesapeake Bay. The state of Pennsyl- 

 vania made a large appropriation for river and 

 harbor improvements south of Philadelphia in 

 1905. 



DELAWARE, OHIO, the county seat of Del- 

 aware County, twenty-four miles north of 

 Columbus, the state capital, 116 miles south- 

 west of Cleveland and 100 miles south and east 

 of Toledo. It is on the Whetstone (Olentangy) 

 River, and on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi- 

 cago & Saint Louis, the Pennsylvania and the 



