The last Indian deed for lands in Bedford bears date 23d of January, 1722, wherein Lackawawa and Peparinuk and Moses, Indian natives and owners of ye land on ye north side of Cross River, in ye bounds of Bedford, for ye sum of twenty pounds, conveyed to Joseph Seely and his heirs, &c, "being on ye north side of ye Cross River, so called, and bounded as follows : Easterly by a brook that runeth into sd river, westerly by a brook yt runs to ye Cross River, northerly by two black ash trees, southerly by ye above Cross River, &c

Sealed and delivered in presence of

1767.

ford to the 2oth of March last.

T. BYERLY, Coll."

JOHN' WESTCOTTE, ANDREW MILLS, ZACH. MILLS.

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a Copied from original, In possession of Hon. John Jay.

b Bedford Kec. vol. ii. p. 111.

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

This last deed marks the end of Indian rule in Bedford. It is the only one of the "nine" deeds which is not signed by Katonah Sagamore. Hence it is to be inferred that he died between 1704 and 1722, and was spared the pain of seeing the last of his happy hunting grounds pass out of the possession of his race. Tradition tells us, that he lies buried beside his favorite wife on the heights of Cantitoe ( Katonah' s own land), and two immense boulders on the farm of Henry E. Pellew, Esqr., are shown as marking the spot, where, with his face towards the rising sun, lies all that was mortal of the great chieftain."0 Katonah may have been the son of Powahag or Powahay the eldest son of Onox, and left issue at least two sons, who figure in the Bedford conveyances, viz., Papiag and Wackemane.