"The consideration was twelve coats, twelve hoes, twelve hatchets, •twelve glasses, twelve knives, two kettles, and five fathoms of white wampum." The liberty of hunting and fishing on the land was reserved by the Indians.^ The above sale was confirmed to the inhabitants of Stamford on the nth of August, 1655, by Ponus, and Onox his eldest son: "extending sixteen miles north of the town plot of Stamford and two miles still further north for the pasture of their cattle ; also eight miles east and west, (the same as paid for before); and as a further recompense, four coats of English cloth was given them.j This grant, which embraced nearly the whole township of Bedford, "was offered by the New Haven Colony (the same year) to a company of dissatisfied men at Weathersfield, Conn., who, looking about for a new home; but

'Huntington, nist. of Stamford, p. 102-3.

tOn the 30th of October, HMO, Mr. Andrew Ward and Mr. Robert Coe, on behalf of themselves and twenty other planters, purchased Kippowains of New Haven, for .£33 sterling. Lambert's nistory of New Haven, 176.

tLambert's nistory of New naven.

{Huntington's nist. of Stamford.

THE TOWN OF HEDFORD.

no settlement was effected under this deed, and it is only of interest as fixing the earliest date at which any part of the present town of Bedford passed out of Indian possession."* Ponus Street, New Canaan, denotes, there can be no doubt, that Sachem's residence, as well as Onox's Ridge, that of his son and successor. There was also a path called Ponassesf in the town of Norwalk, Conn., as early as 1687. The following table will show the descent of Ponus for three generations.