The true origin of canonization and beatification must be sought in the Catholic doctrine of the worship (cultus), invocation, and intercession of the saints. As was taught by St. Augustine (Quaest. in Heptateuch., lib.
Some of the Lenape lived in large villages of two to three hundred people, but most of them lived in small bands of 25 to 50 people. 1  Families were important to the Lenape Indians. 2  The Lenape had three clans (or phratries) â Wolf, Turtle and Turkey â which traced their descent through the female line.
The combined population of the Village and Township in 2000 was 7,898. In 1960, the combined population was 1,762. Over this 40-year period, the Cottage Grove area has grown by 6,136 people. This is an increase of 348.2 percent over 40 years or an annual average increase of 8.7 percent in population.