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• Quatre Lettres sur le Mexique: Exposition Absolue du Système Hiéroglyphique Mexicain; La Fin de Pȧge de Pierre; Époque Glaciaire Temporaire; Commencement De Pȧge de Bronze; Origines de la Civilisation Et des Religions de L'antiquité; (Collection de Documents Dans les Langues Indigenes v4, in French, with an English appendix by Rafinesque on the Lenape; Paris: F. Brachet; Mexico: Juan Buxo y Cia., 1868), by abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg, contrib. by C. S. Rafinesque
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• We Are Still Here! The Tribal Saga of New Jersey's Nanticoke and Lenape Indians (Moorestown, NJ: Native New Jersey Publications, c2007), by John R. Norwood (PDF at nanticoke-lenape.info)
• The Culture and Acculturation of the Delaware Indians (University of Michigan Anthropological Papers #10; 1956), by William W. Newcomb (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Lenâpe and Their Legends: With the Complete Text and Symbols of the Walum Olum, a New Translation, and an Inquiry Into Its Authenticity (Philadelphia: D. G. Brinton, 1885), by Daniel G. Brinton (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Causes of the Alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians From the British Interest (reprint; Philadelphia: J. Campbell, 1867), by Charles Thomson and Christian Frederick Post (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Lenape Stone: or, The Indian and the Mammoth (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1885), by Henry C. Mercer (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Lenape Stone: or, The Indian and the Mammoth (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1885), by Henry C. Mercer (multiple formats at archive.org)
• ... Memorial of the Delaware Indians residing in the Cherokee nation, ([Washington, Gov't print. off., 1904]), by Delaware nation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorial of the Delaware Indians ... residing in the Cherokee nation, ([Washington, Gov't print. off., 1903]), by Delaware nation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Allotment of the lands to Delaware Indians. ([Washington, Gov't print. off., 1904]), by U. S. Commission to the five civilized tribes (page images at HathiTrust)
• The adoption of Mew-seu-qua, Tecumseh's father, ([Washington, D.C., The Crane printing company], 1917), by Richard Calmit Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quatre lettres sur le Mexique : exposition absolue du système hiéroglyphique mexicain : la fin de l'âge de pierre, époque glaciaire temporaire, commencement de l'âge de bronze, origines de la civilisation et des religions de l'antiquité : d'apres̀ le Teo-Amoxtli et autres documents mexicains, etc. / (Paris : Maisonneuve et cie ; London : Trübner and Co., 1868), by abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg and C. S. Rafinesque (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diary of David Zeisberger, a Moravian missionary among the Indians of Ohio [electronic resource] / (Cincinnati : R. Clarke for the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, 1885), by David Zeisberger and Eugene F. Bliss (page images at HathiTrust)
• Causes of the alienation of the [Delaware and Shawanese Indians], from the Brish interest [electronic resource]. (Philadelphia : J. Campbell, 1867), by Charles Thomson and Christian Frederick Post (page images at HathiTrust)
• A narrative of the mission of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians, from its commencement, in the year 1740, to the close of the year 1808, comprising all the remarkable incidents which took place at their missionary stations during that period, interspersed with anecdotes, historical facts, speeches of Indians, and other interesting matter, (Philadelphia, M'Carty & Davis, 1820), by John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Red Men on the Brandywine. (Wilmington, Del., Hambleton Co., 1953), by C. A. Weslager (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the Delaware and Iroquois Indians formerly inhabiting the middle states. With various anecdotes, illustrating their manners and customs ... / (Philadelphia : American Sunday school union, 1832) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A study of Delaware Indian medicine practice and folk beliefs (Harrisburg, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1942), by Gladys Tantaquidgeon and Pennsylvania Historical Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• A century of dishonor : a sketch of the United States government's dealings with some of the Indian tribes / (Boston : Roberts, 1895), by Helen Hunt Jackson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Indian in Ohio : with a map of the Ohio country / (Columbus, Ohio : Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society, 1918), by H. C. Shetrone (page images at HathiTrust)
• Military journal of Major Ebenezer Denny, an officer in the revolutionary and Indian wars. With an introductory memoir / (Philadelphia, 1859), by Ebenezer Denny, Josiah Harmar, and William H. Denny (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Tammany legend (Tamanend). (Boston : Meador publishing company, 1938), by Joseph White Norwood (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Delaware culture chronology / (Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society, 1946), by W. Vernon Kinietz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• William Penn; his own account of the Lenni Lenape or Delaware Indians, 1683, (Moylan, Pa., A.C. Myers, 1937), by William Penn, ed. by Albert Cook Myers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• History, manners, and customs of the Indian nations : who once inhabited Pennsylvania and the neighboring states / (Philadelphia : The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1876), by John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder, ed. by William Cornelius Reichel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Lenâpé and their legends : with the complete text and symbols of the Walam olum, a new translation, and an inquiry into its authenticity / (Philadelphia : D.G. Brinton, 1885), by Daniel G. Brinton and C. S. Rafinesque (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief history of the Delaware Indians / (Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1906), by Richard C. Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of the Moravian mission among the Indians of the White River in Indiana /, by Harry Emilius Stocker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Delaware Tribe of Indians judgment funds, distribution : [an act to provide for the distribution of certain funds appropriated to pay judgments in favor of the Delaware Tribe of Indians ...]. ([Washington : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1980]), by statutes United States. Laws (page images at HathiTrust)
• A narrative of the mission of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians from its commencement in the year 1740 to the close of the year 1808 / (Cleveland : Burrows Bros. Co., 1907), by John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder, John W. Jordan, and William Elsey Connelley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape / (New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1921), by M. R. Harrington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legends of the Delaware Indians and picture writing / (Washington, D.C., 1905), by Richard Calmit Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ancient religion of the Delaware Indians and observations and reflections / (Washington, D. C. : Law Reporter Printing Co., 1904), by Richard Calmit Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The adoption of Mew-seu-qua, Tecumseh's father : and the philosophy of the Delaware Indians, with unpolished gems / ([Washington, D. C. : The Crane Printing Co.], 1917), by Richard Calmit Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorial of the Delaware Indians. (Wash., D.C., Gov't Prtg. Off., 1903), by United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• History, manners, and customs of the Indian nations who once inhabited Pennsylvania and the neighboring states / (Philadelphia : Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1881, c1876), by John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder (page images at HathiTrust)
• History, manners, and customs of the Indian nations who once inhabited Pennsylvania and the neighboring states / (Philadelphia : Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1881), by John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of Sullivan county: embracing an account of its geology, climate, aborigines, early settlement, organization ... with biographical sketches ... by James Eldridge Quinlan. (Liberty, N. Y., G. M. Beebe & W. T. Morgans, 1873), by James Eldridge Quinlan and Thomas Antisell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Causes of the alienation of the Delaware and Shawnee Indians from the British interest. (Philadelphia : J. Campbell, 1867), by Charles Thomson (page images at HathiTrust)
• An oration on the three hundred and eighteenth anniversary of the discovery of America : delivered before the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order, in the county of Rensselaer, and state of New York : with a traditional account of the life of Tammany, an Indian chief / (Troy, N.Y. : Printed by Oliver Lyon, 1809), by William L. Marcy (page images at HathiTrust)
• A narrative of the mission of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians : from its commencement, in the year 1740, to the close of the year 1808 ; comprising all the remarkable incidents which took place at their missionary stations during that period ; interspersed with anecdotes, historical facts, speeches of Indians, and other interesting matter / (Philadelphia : McCarty & Davis, 1820), by John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire, mœurs et coutumes des nations indiennes qui habitaient autrefois la Pensylvanie et les États voisins. (Paris, L. de Bure, 1822), by John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder and Peter Stephen Du Ponceau (page images at HathiTrust)
• The trapper's bride, or, Spirit of adventure / (Cincinnati : Published by U.P. James, 1860), by Emerson Bennett and Charles Augustus Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quatre lettres sur le Mexique, exposition absolue du système hiéroglyphique mexicain. La fin de l'âge de pierre. Époque glaciaire temporaire. Commencement de l'âge de bronze. Origines de la civilisation et des religions de l'antiquité; d'apres̀ le Teo-Amoxtli et autres documents mexicains, etc. (Paris, Maisonneuve [etc., etc.], 1868), by abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg and C. S. Rafinesque (page images at HathiTrust)
• Per Lindeströms resa till Nya Sverige, 1653-1656, (Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, [1923]), by Peter Mårtensson Lindeström and Nils Mauritz Valdemar Jacobsson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Indian chief, Journeycake; (Philadelphia, American Baptist publication society, 1895), by S. H. Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The trapper's bride; or, Spirit of adventure. (Louisville, C. Hagan & Co., [1855?]), by Charles Augustus Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tadeuskund, the last king of the Lenape. An historical tale. (Boston, Cummings, Hilliard, 1825), by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Delaware Indian legend and the story of their troubles. (Washington, D.C. : The Author, 1899), by Richard C. Adams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Underrättelse om den fordna svenska kolonien i Norra Amerika kallad Nya Sverige / (Stockholm : Ecksteinska boktryckeriet, 1884), by Henri Ternaux-Compans (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ancient religion of the Delaware Indians and observations and reflections ([Washington, D.C., The Law Reporter Printing Co.], 1904), by Richard C. Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of Sullivan county : embracing an account of its geology, climate, aborigines, early settlement, organization ... with biographical sketches ... / (Liberty, N.Y. : G. M. Beebe & W. T. Morgans, 1873), by James Eldridge Quinlan and Thomas Antisell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ten years' diggings in Lenápè land, 1901-1911, (Trenton, N.J., MacCrelish & Quigley, printers, 1912), by Charles C. Abbott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Johann Heckewelder's...Nachricht von der geschichte, den sitten und gebraüchen der indianischen völkerschaften, welche ehemals Pennsylvanien und die benachbarten staaten bewohnten. (Göttingen : Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1821), by John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder, trans. by Fr. Hesse (page images at HathiTrust)
• William Penn and the Delaware Indians. ([Philadelphia, Christopher Sower Co., c1932]), by Schools Committee on Penn Memorials (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape / (New York : AMS Press, [1984?]), by M. R. Harrington (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Delaware Indian judgment funds : hearing before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, on S. 1466 and S. 2155 ... January 14, 1980, Washington, D.C. (Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1980), by United States Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kurzgefasste Indianer-Geschichte von Nord-Amerika. Oder: authentische Nachricht sowohl von der Verfassung der daselbst wohnenden Braunen-Nation überhaupt, als denen beyden aus merehrn Abtheilungen bestehenden Delawaren- und Irokesen-Nationen insonderheit .... ([Zittau], 1805-06) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Physical anthropology of the Lenape or Delawares, and of the eastern Indians in general, (New York, The Museum of the American Indian, Heye foundation, 1916), by Aleš Hrdlička (page images at HathiTrust)
• A study of the Delaware Indian big house ceremony, in native text dictated by Witapanóxwe, (Harrisburg [Pennsylvania historical commission.], 1931), by Frank G. Speck, Witapanóxwe, and Pennsylvania Historical Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Lenape stone; or, The Indian and the mammoth, (New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885), by Henry C. Mercer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diary of David Zeisberger. (Hamburg, MI : North American Books, 2006), by David Zeisberger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An enquiry into the causes of the alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians from the British interest : and into the measures taken for recovering their friendship ... Together with the remarkable Journal of Christian French ... / (London : Printed for J. Wilkie, 1759), by Charles Thomson and Christian Frederick Post (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letter from the Secretary of the Interior : transmitting report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the amount appropriated March 3, 1883, for Cherokee Nation, and legislation to protect the rights of adopted citizens of said nation ([Washington D.C. : G.P.O., 1884]), by United States Department of the Interior (page images at HathiTrust)
• ... Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape, (New York, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1921), by M. R. Harrington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geographia Americae with an account of the Delaware Indians. (Philadelphia : The Swedish colonial society, 1925), by Peter Mårtensson Lindeström, Amandus Johnson, and Swedish Colonial Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diary of David Zeisberger, a Moravian missionary among the Indians of Ohio ; (Cincinnati, R. Clarke & co., 1885), by David Zeisberger, Earl W. PRO De La Vergne, Eugene F. Bliss, and Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the Delawarf [sic] and Iroquois Indians formerly inhabiting the Middle States : with various anecdotes, illustrating their manners and customs : embellished with a variety of original cuts / (Philadelphia : American Sunday-School Union, 1122 Chestnut Street, 1893), by American Sunday-School Union Committee of Publication (page images at HathiTrust)
• A study of Delaware Indian medicine practice and folk beliefs. (New York : AMS Press, [1980]), by Gladys Tantaquidgeon and Pennsylvania Historical Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Oklahoma Delaware ceremonies. (New York : AMS Press, [1980]), by Frank Gouldsmith Speck (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Lenâpé and their legends; (New York, AMS Press, [1969]), by Daniel Garrison Brinton and C. S. Rafinesque (page images at HathiTrust)
• Physical anthropology of the Lenape or Delawares, and of the eastern Indians in general, (Washington, Govt. print. off., 1916), by Aleš Hrdlička (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Delaware Indian legend and the story of their troubles, (Washington, D.C., 1899), by Richard C. Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of Sullivan County : embracing an account of its geology, climate, aborigines, early settlement, organization ; the formation of its towns with biographical sketches of prominent residents / (Liberty, N.Y. : G.M. Beebe & W.T. Morgans, 1873), by James Eldridge Quinlan and Thomas Antisell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Contemporary tribes in Pennsylvania / (Pittsburgh, Pa. : Allegheny Intermediate Unit, 1978-79), by Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center and Native American Peoples' Culture Curriculum Project (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Lenni Lenape, or Delaware Indians, by Edwin Robert Walker (Gutenberg ebook)
• History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations Who Once Inhabited Pennsylvania and the Neighbouring States., by John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder, contrib. by William Cornelius Reichel (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Lenâpé and Their Legends: With the complete text and symbols of the Walam olum, a new translation, and an inquiry into its authenticity, by Daniel G. Brinton, contrib. by C. S. Rafinesque (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Lenape Stone; or, The Indian and the Mammoth, by Henry C. Mercer (Gutenberg ebook)
• A brief narration of the captivity of Isaac Hollister, who was taken by the Indians, anno Domini, 1763. / Written by himself. ([New London, Conn.] : Printed and sold at the printing-office in New-London., [1767?]), by Isaac Hollister (HTML at Evans TCP)

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