This was the valedictory of the Lenape in New Jersey; and the haunts that knew them formerly knew them no more. As “along the banks of the sacred Nile, Isis no longer wandering weeps, searching for the dead Osiris,” so along the banks of the historic Delaware, the Indian maiden no longer watches, waiting the return of her dusky lover from the war-path or the chase. As “the divine fires of Persia and of the Aztecs, have died out in the ashes of the past, and there is none to rekindle, and none to feed the holy flames,” so the camp fires of the Indians in New Jersey have flickered and expired, never to be relighted, never again to send a gleam athwart the nocturnal skies. Lord Campbell concludes the introduction to his monumental work, the “Lives of the Lord Chancellors of England,” by quoting from Lord Chief Justice Crewe, and says: “Time hath its revolutions; there must be a period and an end to all temporal things--_finis rerum_--an end of names and dignities, and whatever is _terrene_--for where is Bohun? Where is Mowbray? Where is Mortimer? Nay, which is more and most of all, where is PLANTAGENET? They are entombed in the urns and sepulchres of mortality!” And I ask: Where are the Lenni Lenape? Teedyescung, Oraton, Mosilian and the other sachems and sagamores of old Schéjachbi (New Jersey) have long since gone to the happy hunting ground, and the remnant of their tribes is on a reservation in the far West, perishing as a type and destined to become extinct as a people. The Indians have gone from New Jersey, never, never to return. But we shall not forget them! While pictures are painted; while books are printed; while children perennially play Indians all around us, we shall ever be vividly reminded of those bands of roving savages whose deeds have been rendered so popular in American story. Transcriber’s Notes A few minor errors in punctuation were fixed. Page 3: “desidious trees” changed to “deciduous trees” Page 5: “Rafineseque gives” changed to “Rafinesque gives” Page 12: “him to vengenance” changed to “him to vengeance” Page 15: “did not belive” changed to “did not believe”, “committd by an” changed to “committed by an” Page 16: “ws the “profession”” changed to “was the “profession”” Page 20: “Teedyuscung so great” changed to “Teedyescung so great” Page 21: “woud procure a meting” changed to “would procure a meeting”