Esopus

Esopus is the homeland of a Munsee-speaking people on the western bank of the Hudson, around the lower course of the creek that bears their name. The stream descends from the Catskill Mountains to the great river, linking the wooded interior with its valley. Dutch settlement brought increasing conflict in the seventeenth century: the Esopus fought two wars with New Netherland as settlers expanded around their lands and the settlement of Wiltwijck.