In the Fall of the same year, Sept. 15, 1663, appeared in the fort, Schoumenarack, chief of Weeckquaesqueeck, soliciting for himself and his men to go fishing unmolested near the village of Harlaem, which was granted on condition that they shall not come with arms near the Dutch dwellings, and that it may be known, with full certainty, that they were his savages, and not some of Esopus ; so was delivered to him a seal (signet) of the Dutch Company, printed on wax, in small billets, which might be shown in meeting Dutchmen, on the day as above.

o Bancroft's Hist. V. S. ii, p. 2tf9. b Alb, Rec xxi. p. <U1. c Alb. Rec. X.\i, 247.

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

Note. -- There were delivered to him eight seals, viz. : --

For those of Weeckquaesqueeck, whose chief is Sawwesach, four.

To Kitchtawangh, whose chief is Currupin, four.

Kiskingthing and Sint Sinck have no chiefs, but are considered to belong to those savages."

On the 2 ist of October, 1663, we find the chiefs of Weeckquaesqueeck united with those of Sint Sinck and Kitchtawang, in a war with the Dutch.6 The armistice of November appears to have restored tranquility. During the summer of 1662, "Connecticut purchased of the Indians, all the lands on the seaboard as far west as the North River."c Thus a second time was this territory ceded by the sachems of Weecquaesqueck. Upon the confiscation of the property of the Dutch West India Company, 15th of June, 1665, the New Netherlands passed to his Royal Highness, James, Duke of York; and these lands being within the province of New York, formed a part of the North Riding of Yorkshire. In consequence Connecticut ceased to hold any jurisdiction.