Corn and squash were a few of the crops that were cultivated all along the eastern . Once the settlers came, most Wappingers either moved away from the settlers, died from diseases brought by the settlers, dropped their traditions to join frontier culture, died . and the country extending east beyond Connecticut River, Conn. Natural things such as the river waters, the land, mountains, the sky and all living things had sacred spirits which were acknowledged and respected. Transportation innovation and real estate development cumulated in the creation of a streetcar suburb in the city by the end of the 19th century. . Paleo-Indian (15,000 to 7000 B.C.) Copyright 2023 The History Junkie | Bamboo on Trellis Framework by Mediavine. Arts & Culture. The tribe is based in Wisconsin and is descendants of the Wappinger tribe that has roots in New York state. 4. Wappingers wore warm clothing made of deerskin and slept on bearskin blankets in the snowy winters. Just as a name of one of their trails, the Wickquasgeck, was given to the people so another conflation by white settlers further confounded their identity, when they were mistakenly referred to as the Manhattoes after a place of that name on the southern tip of Manhattan Island.