e " Shaita, In the cognate dialect of the Objlbwa, means a pelican." " re is the ordinary Inflection for locality. ,--- Mr. Schoolcraft's Paper, Proceedings of N. Y. riist. Soc 1S44. "The great white pelican |P. trachyrhyncus) was formerly nunierou* ou the fludson and other rivers and lakes of this State. At the present day It has entirely disappeared, and I do not know of Its existence even as an accidental visitor. '--Nat. Hist, of N. Y. by James De Kav.

Nappeckamak,

Weecquaesguack,

Alipconck,

Sinck Sinck,

Nanichiestawck,

Momoronuck,

Kestaubaiuck,

Kitchawan, Sackhoes,

Kekisconck,

Betuck-quapock,

Pasquashic.

Noapaim.

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INTRODUCTION.

courts in the same, be it enacted by the Governor, Council and the Representatives, and by the authority of the same, that the said Province be divided into twelve Countys as followeth : The County of Westchester, to conteyne West and Eastchester, Bronx-land Fordham, Anne Hook's Neck, Richbells, Miniford's Islands, and all the land on the maine to the eastward of Manhattan's Island as farre as the government extends, and the Yonkers' land, and northward along Hudson's River as farre as the Highland."

"This bill having been three times read before the governor and Council, is assented to the first of November, 1683."0

Westchester County was represented in the first Legislative Assembly of the Colony, which met at New York on the 9th of April, 1691 ; 6 and it has constituted one County to this time, having been organized as such by the General Acts of 1788 and 1801. It is situated on the east side of the Hudson, immediately north of New York County ; bounded north by Putnam and Dutchess Counties ; east by the State of Connecticut; southerly by Long Island Sound and East River; west by Haarlem River and the Hudson River, or by New York County, the State of New Jersey, and the County of Rockland in this State.