The first europeans to settle the area that is now new york were who?

The first Europeans to settle the area that is now New York were the "Dutch," since in fact the original name for New York City was "New Amsterdam". 

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.