Thornbury's Earliest Inhabitant's

Thornbury's Earliest Inhabitant's. First Nations. , Lenni-Lenape Indians lived among this area's rich woods and creeks for centuries. In the summer they came to catch fish in the creeks. In the winter they moved further west to hunt deer. They gathered food from the forest and grew crops of corn., As Europeans began to explore and colonize America, the Lenni-Lenape became familiar with them and the goods they brought to trade., Few understood that these settlers would change the Lenni-Lenape's lifestyle forever. As more Europeans came to live here, they forced the Lenni-Lenape further and further west. By 1740, almost all were gone from this area., These images were sketched from life by European explorers in the 1580s in what is now North Carolina. They are among our earliest looks at America's native cultures., [Illustration captions, clockwise from left, read] , . Tishcohan, Lenape Chief, by Gustavus Hesselius., . Watercolor of broiling fish drawn by John White in Florida between 1585 and 1587 and engraved by Theodor de Bry in 1590., . Engraving of Native Americans cooking from Theodor de Bry's "America", Vol.1 1590, after a drawing [by] John White., [Timeline] , 1215 Magna Carta guarantees Englishmen basic rights. , 1426 Guttenberg invents printing press. , 1492 Columbus makes first voyage to the New World. , 1517 Martin Luther launches Protestant Reformation. , 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh tries to establish colony in Virginia.