In 1707, a local schoolteacher on Staten Island observed that the population represented "All the Nations Under Heaven."
17 Sa tsumbo, nga 1918 tshigwada tshine tsha imelela vhafunzi tsha ngei Amerika tsho amba uri Ndangano ya Dzitshaka i ḓo imela "muvhuso wa Mudzimu fhano kha ḽifhasi."