sentences:  After negotiating with the Esopus Indians, this small group of Huguenots settled on a flat rise on the banks of the Wallkill River in 1678.The settlers named the site in honor of "Die Pfalz", the region of present-day Germany that had provided them temporary refuge before they came to America.Recent archaeological finds indicate that the immediate area settled by the Huguenots was occupied by Native Americans prior to European contact.