This chief must have held his authority under the high sachem of the Mohegans, for on the 30th of August, 1645, we find Aepjen, chief sachem of the Mohegans, appearing in behalf of Wappinx, and Weckquaskeck, Sint Sincks and Kicktawom, before the Director General and Council at Fort Amsterdam/

It was Cushawashet or Wequashcook, whose original name was probably Wequashcuk, a Nehantee sagamore who assisted Uncas in guiding

a S sc eopy of Vlsscher's map engraved by Thomas Starling, Wilmington Square, London, 1833 ; from the original, in t lie possession of S. Converse, New York. 6 Schoolcraft's Ethnology. Oneota. c Proceedings of N. Y. His. Soc. 1844.

d These canoes of bark were sewed together with thongs made from the dry sinews of the deer. One of them was capable of holding from twelve to fourteen men, or one hundred and flftv bushels of corn.

e O'Callaghan'a Hist. N. N: 299. An old Indian who had been cstptured by the Dutch at or near Greenwich. Conn., in 1643 " promised to lead them to Wetquescheck which consisted of three castles; sixtv-live men were dispatched under Lieut. Baxter and Pieter Cock, who found them empty-- though thirty Indians could have stood against two hundred soldiers, inasmuch as they were constructed of plank five inches thick, nine feet high and braced around with thick bark full of fort holes. Our pepole burnt two, reserving the third for a retreat.'' Journal Of New Netherlami, Doc. Mist, of N Y., vol. iv. p. 15.