Lena
a river of Eastern Siberia, rising amid the mountains on the N. W. LENA, a river of Eastern Siberia, risshore of Lake Baikal, in the government of Irkutsk, flows first N. E. to the town shore of Lake Baikal, in the government of Yakutsk, where it is 61½ miles wide, then N. to the Arctic Ocean, into which it falls by several mouths, forming a delta 250 miles wide. Its course is 3,000 it falls by several mouths, forming a miles in length, the area of its basin 772,000 square miles. Its chief affluents are the Vilui (1,300 miles) on the left, and the Aldan (1,300) Navigation on the Lena is open from Yakutsk upward from May till October. on the right.
During spring the waters of the river Lena is a principal artery of the trade of regularly overflow their banks. The Eastern Siberia. The riverine sand of gold; salt, coal, iron, copper, and argentigold; salt, coal, iron, copper, and argentimammoth ivory have been found in the mammoth ivory have been found in the delta. which about the early part of the 16th aps), or DELAWARES, one of the Alaps), or DELAWARES, one of the Alcentury occupied the valleys of the Delagonquin tribes of American Indians, over the neighboring tribes from the and valor, exerting a powerful influence ware and Schuylkill. They were, according to tradition, pre-eminent for wisdom over the neighboring tribes from the Hudson to the Chesapeake. This influence they upheld till, by the rise of the Iroquois power, they lost their ascendence. They soon afterward removed to ence. They soon afterward removed to the banks of the Susquehanna. In 1751 they are found at Shamokin and Wyalusing on the Susquehanna, where they became exposed to the violence both of the ing on the Susquehanna, where they be- Iroquois and the whites. The English dis- Iroquois and the whites. The English dishaving been taught the principles of regarded their peaceful attitude (they peace and non-resistance by Penn and Zinzendorf), considering them under French influence; and the Iroquois, of- French influence; and the Iroquois, oftheir crops and devastated their villages. fended at their neutrality, plundered In 1778 they made a treaty of amity with the United States at Fort Pitt, in which the latter agreed to build a fort for their protection, which is the origin of Fort the latter agreed to build a fort for their of Fort Grenville. These were further with the Wyandots, Shawnees, and other strengthened by the treaties of Fort western tribes, in the general pacification Wayne, in 1803, and Vincennes, in 1804; and the frontiers were unmolested till They gradually continued W., stopping and the frontiers were unmolested till for a time at White river, Indiana, and afterward crossing the Mississippi, fin- for a time at White river, Indiana, and afterward crossing the Mississippi, finally settled on fertile tracts in Kansas, ally settled on fertile tracts in Kansas, civilized costume, the United States holding in trust for them a considerable fund. They were reservation in the Indian Territory.
Cherokees. removed in 1870 to They were later incorporated with the a the Caspian Sea, 130 miles S. of Baku.
In the vicinity are celebrated sulphur springs. It was surrendered to Russia by Persia in 1813. reservation in the Indian Territory. by Persia in 1813. springs. It was surrendered to Russia In the vicinity are celebrated sulphur the Caspian Sea, 130 miles S. of Baku. he was born of noble parentage at Simbirsk on the Volga in 1870. Taking te name is Vladimir Ilyitch Uulyanoff and economics very early in life he became a 1 NINE copper, and argenti- Large quantities of ave been found in the NNI-LENAPES (len'- ARES, one of the Al- American Indians, arly part of the 16th valleys of the Dela- They were, accordeminent for wisdom powerful influence tribes from the peake. This influtill, by the rise of the hey lost their ascendinner their independafterward removed to uehanna. In 1751 amokin and Wyaluswhere they beviolence both of the hites. The English diseaceful attitude (they the principles of ce by Penn and ring them under and the Iroquois, ofneutrality, plundered tated their villages. aty of amity with ort Pitt, in which fort for their ne origin of Fort were parties, wnees, and other eneral pacificaciou These were further the treaties of Fort and Vincennes, in 1804; were unmolested till Tecumseh in 1811. tinued W., stopping river, Indiana, and he Mississippi, fincts in Kansas, horses, cattle, any respects in nited States holdconsiderable fund. in 1870 to a Indian Territory. incorporated with the Russian seaport on 130 miles S. of Baku. re celebrated sulphur surrendered to Russia