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The Pompton Indians located to Northern Jersey by invitation from the Minsi at the end of the Esopus War of 1664. They were originally part of the Wappingers or Highland Indians. Wappinger was originally the name of a small sachemship on the east side of the Hudson near Poughkeepsie. Other names for the Wappinger were: Highland Indians, Long Reach Indians, Oping (Opine), and Pompton. Some of the names of the villages were Alipkonck, Sinsing, Kestoubniuk, Keskisckonck, Pesquaskeck and Noch Peem. One possible group of Wappinger remain in the region today, the Ramapough Mountain Indians (Ramapo Mountain People) in northern New Jersey.