The Palatine people of Saugerties,NY married many of the Local Indians. What tri

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The Palatine people of Saugerties,NY married many of the Local Indians. What tribe would that be?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The local tribe of Saugerties, NY that intermarried with Palatine settlers was known as the Esopus tribe of the Lenape Indians. The Lenape were an Algonquian affiliated tribe, ie spoke a language of the Algonquian sub-family. Prior to German-Palatine settlement, the Esopus tribe actually fought two wars against the Dutch settlers in the same region towards the latter half of the 17th century.

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