The plains of Delaware, except for marshlands, were covered by thick woodland that was almost impenetrable with tangles of undergrowth, brambles and shrubs. This abundance of vegetation was topped by oaks, tulips, beeches, chestnuts, walnuts, hickories, maples, and pines. Here, the Indians lived on quantities of wild grapes, cherries, plums, raspberries, and strawberries, as well as what they grew in the few places that they had cleared the land to make fields.
A Land of Bounty
It was virtually a paradise for the Indians, this land they shared with the elk, deer, bears, wolves, panthers, wildcats, and foxes. Delaware's roaming predators, both man and animal, were also joined by squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, and minks. This abundant paradise extended to the Delaware lakes and rivers, and even the nearby ocean, where beavers, otters, and muskrats raised their young. Here, too, shad, halibut, mackerel, rock, pike, bass, perch, and herring swam.
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