15000
If you mean when did European settlers first discover New Jersey, Europeans first came into contact with Lenape Indians living in New Jersey in 1600. It's hard to tell how long the Lenape Indians had been settled there before the Europeans arrived.
The Lenni-Lenape
The Brotherton reservation for New Jersey's Lenni Lenape (Algonquin) Indians input by Seneca0utlaw - That reservation is located in Medford, NJ
The Lenni-Lenape
it is much colder than it is now when they first arrived
Actually the first known inhabitants were the Native Americans. The first Europeans were the Swedish and Dutch settlers.
Europeans first settled in New Jersey in 1620. The Lenni-Lenape had lived here for many years before this.
The Lenni Lenape Indians are the first people who visited America. They came to America by a strip of land that connected Asia to Alaska. Now that piece of land is gone. This happened over 12000 years ago. Need more help? go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenape
the zuni Indians first appeard in 1993
When Dutch colonists first reach the area that would eventually become New Jersey, the Lenni-Lenape was the dominant Native American tribe. Eventually, the English took over the territory in the area was named the province of New Jersey.
The Dutch purchased Manahatta from the Lenape Indians of Canarsie (now Brooklyn) in 1626. The colony was renamed New Netherland.