Oratam
Oratam (or Oritani) was sagamore, or sachem, of the Hackensack Indians living in northeastern New Jersey during the period of early European colonization in the 17th century. Documentation shows that he lived an unusually long life (almost 90 years) and was quite influential among indigenous and immigrant populations.
The Hackensacks were a sub-group of the Unami, or Turtle Clan, of the Lenni-Lenape, numbering close to a thousand. They occupied the territory called Ack-kinkas-hacky (various spellings include Achkinhenhcky, Achinigeu-hach, Ackingsah-sack). Essentially a sedentary, agricultural society, the Hackensacks set up seasonal campsites and practiced companion planting, hunting, trapping, fishing, and shell-fishing. They maintained a village near the Tantaqua (Overpeck Creek), while their council fire was located at Gamoenpa (Communipaw). Their territory roughly corresponds to the Upper New York Bay, Newark Bay, Bergen Neck, the Meadowlands, and the Palisades, in Hudson and Bergen Counties.
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Make You Pay
by: IridiumI don't wanna know where you wanna go
I don't wanna see who you wanna be
You told me that you'd listen to the words that I would say
Part of me had told me that I'd never see that day
Think of all the times you could have thrown it all away
When everyone, everyone said I had to make you pay
Let's not mend what we cannot repair
Mainly 'cause I'm only just a spare
Our time is wasting away
What do you want me to say?
I'm losing nerve day by day
And then you turn and run
I don't wanna know how your body grows
You took it all from me, and you hit it on the nose
Think of all the times you couldn't think of things to say
Now everyone, everyone said I had to make you pay
I can't find the means to understand
You'd never guess by how it all began
I'll be sure to take my time
You are not an enemy of mine
Our time is wasting away
What do you want me to say?
I'm losing nerve day by day