Nochpeem

The Nochpeem were a people of the Hudson Highlands, their villages lying east of the river among wooded hills and valleys. They belonged to the wider Wappinger group of communities whose lands extended along the Hudson. The Canopus group lived in the country around Putnam Valley, while other Nochpeem homes stood near the river north of Anthony's Nose.

In the 1640s, war between the Dutch colony of New Netherland and neighboring Indigenous communities brought violence to the lower Hudson. In April 1644 representatives of the Nochpeem and other groups sought help from the English at Stamford during the conflict. The Dutch eventually made peace with Wappinger representatives in 1645, but colonial land claims continued to press upon the peoples of the valley.