Sub-Tribes

By 1700 four tribal bands of Ranapi were sometimes known collectively as the "people of the stoney country" ( Minsi, Monthey, Mundock) . Tribes or villages near RamaValley: Catskill (Katskill), Macharienkonick, Mamekoting, Marechkawieck, Meochkonck, Minisink, Mohickon, Outauninkin, Pakadasank, Papagonk, Peckwes, Schepinakonck, Shawangunk, Waoranec, Waranawonkong, Wawarsink, Waywayanda, Wildwyck, and Wysox. Wename, a subgroup of Renapi, before 1682 were known as the "people down river," who occupied the northern two-thirds of New Jersey (including Staten Island) and the adjoining portions of eastern Pennsylvania to just south of Philadelphia. Missions (1740-1837): Beginning about the mid-1700s near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, missionaries from Germany began to work among related Renapi tribes. As they moved west, the missionaries went with them. Converts are sometimes referred to in treaties with the United States as the "Christian Indians." Also in the mid-1700s, other Renapi went to Brotherton, New Jersey, a reserve created by a Reverend Brainerd, a missionary. That reserve was disbanded and the bands scattered, many returning to RamaValley.