This was the badge or arms of the tribe, rather than the name of the tribe itself. And this, also, it may be inferred, constituted originally, the point of distinction between them and the Minci, or wol ftribe proper. The affinities of the Mohegans with the Minci, or Moncess, on the west banks of the Hudson, and through them with the Delaiuares, are apparent in the language, and were well recognized at the era of the settlement."*1

The universal name the Mousey s have for New York, (says Mr. Heckewelder) is Laaphawachking, or the place of stringing beads.

a Proceedings of N. Y. IIis,. Soc. 1S14, S7.

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The Mohegans were again sub-divided into numerous bands, each known by a distinctive name. Among these, inhabiting the County, maybe enumerated the Siwanoys, who occupied the northern shores of the Sound ''from Norwalk to 24 miles to the neighborhood of Hellgate." How far they claimed jurisdiction inland is uncertain.

The Manhattans had their principal settlement on New York island, and from thence north to the bounds of Yonkers, nearly opposite Tappan. The Weckquaskecks possessed the country " lying between two rivulets called Sift/ Sincks and Armanci, lying between the East and North rivers."

The Sint Sincks occupied the present town of Ossin ing, and its im- t mediate vicinity.

The Kitchawonks claimed the lands bordering the Kitchawan or Croton River, and as far north as St. Anthony's Nose in the Highlands. The Pachami and Wappingers possessed the Highlands. The Tankitekes, "resided in the rear of Sing Sing."° The principal Indian villages appear to have been as follows :