The Myanos River (probably so named after the bold and warlike Mayano Sachem of Petuquapaen, killed by the celebrated Captain Daniel Patrick, Patroon of the Manor of Greenwich in 1643)* for three or four miles below the village is bordered by what is called the "River Hills," which are extremely picturesque and romantic; in some places its rocky and wooded banks are almost precipitous, one spot in particular called "Crow Rock," soon after which the landscape expands and the Myanos, released from its narrow bed, widens and continues its course until lost in the " Manunketesuck," or Sound near Cos Cob.

What had become of the descendants of the warlike Ponus does not appear; but in the year 1680 the "Hop Grounds," which were situated at the north end of the Stamford bounds, belonged to the Sachem Katoonah and other Indians, all which is shown by the following grant, under which it may be truly said the settlement of Bedford was actually begun :

Stamford, ths twenty-third day of December, one thousand, six hundred and eighty.

Witness these presents that we whose names are under written namely Katoonah Rockahway Sepotah Iovis Tomacoppah Kakenand, we doe for orselves our heirs executors administrators and asigns and for and in behalfc of al other proprietors of the land commonly caled the hopp-ground ; we say we doe hereby sel Alinatc asigne and set oner from us or heirs executors Administrators and asignes for ever a certaine parsel of meddow and upland commonly called and known by the hoppground which land lyes at the north end of Stanford hounds : as it is already bounded with markt trees only the west line to be extended: southward til it shall meet with a southwest line drawn from three markt white oaks standing very ncere together at the southeast corner of the s'd land we the above named doe hereby sel Alinate and assigne and set ouer frrm us the land above specifyd with all the rights and privilidges thereunto belonging for euer, unto Richard Ambler Abraham Ambler Joseph Thcal Daniel Weed Eleazer Slawson John Wescot Ionathan Petit iohn Cross iohn Miller Nicholas Webster Richard Ayres William Clark ionas Seeley ioseph Stevens Daniel iones, Thomas Pannoycr, iohn Holms iunr, beniamin Steuens iohn green senr, david waterbury S im weed ionathan kilborn, them their hcires executors administrators asignes for euer quiatly to posese and injoy without molestation by us or ours or any by our means or procurement, moreouer we ye above uien-