A bold eminence lying to the north of Bedford village retains the aboriginal name of Aspetong or Aspicung (Indian terms for a:i indigenous variety of an odoriferous grape); while another on the west, covered with luxurious woods and visible from all parts of the surrounding country, still bears the title of its aboriginal proprietor, Nanama, one of the six great sagamores who (we shall see presently) sold land half a mile square lying west of the old Hop Grounds in 1692. Two roads in the western part of the town traverse the Indian paths of Potiticus and Suckebouk, the former leading to Cohansey, a wild and romantic spot west of Broad Brook, and almost under the shadow of Nanama. Here was a famous spring of water, and here the Indians continued to reside down to a late period of our Colonial History.

Amawalk lot is a fine knoll situated near the banks of Stony Hill River, in the immediate vicinity of which are the "pits," a sandy plain surrounded by woods and marshy ground, almost bordering on the Beaver Dam River, both these places were favorite sites for Indian lodges. Patomus Ridge lies a little farther eastward, upon which stood a Cluster of wigwams, in 1692. Armonck, Comonck, or Kahomesug, sold by Catoona and other Indians to the proprietors of the Hop Grounds in 1683, is situated in the south-west part of the town. Cornelius Van Tienhoven (an early Dutch authority) in describing the bounds of the Indian territory of Wechquaesqueck, says, "This land is situate between two rivulets called Sintsinck and Armonck lying between the East and North River.* The term Armonck| (here alluded to) is supposed to have been the original Indian appellation for the Byram River, whose springs rise from the Comonck hills in this town, sometimes called Cohamong ridge the last syllable otick or ong, when taken in connection with the rest of the word, denotes "the place or locality where shells are manufactured into wampum." From this we infer that the seawan (the specie currency of the natives) was once manufactured in large quantities upon the banks of the Byram or Armonck, while the whole county of Westchester was denominated "Laaphawachking," or "place of stringing beads."