By right of conquest, the Iroquois, Lenape and Shawnee kept the area as a hunting ground and resisted European-American settlement during the colonial years.
The Iroquois, Lenape and Shawnee kept the area as a hunting ground. This was by right of conquest. The Iroquois, Lenape and Shawnee resisted European-American settlement during the colonial years. This was by right of conquest.