lakes, ponds, rivers, rivulets, mines, minerals, (royal mines only excepted,) fishing, fowling, hunting and hawking, rights, privileges, hereditaments, and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any way appertaining, and all the estate, right, interest, claim, possession, property and demand of the said Wampus, Cornelius and Coharnith, sachems, and the other Indians whose names are hereunto subscribed, and each and every of them, in and to the premises, in and to ever}' part and parcel thereof, to 7iavc and to hold the before mentioned tract of land and all other the above granted premises to him the said Caleb Heathcote, his heirs and assigns, to the only proper benefit and behoof of him the said Caleb IIe:ithcole, his heirfl and assigns forever. In testimony whereof, the parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals, the day and year first above written.*

Sealed and delivered in Pathunck. presence of Coharnus.

Wacapo M her mark. Wampus, Indian, O his mark. Cornelius, 3D his mark. Roe Roe, ^ his mark.

The above sale included the township of New Castle, and all that portion of North Castle lying West of the Byram river.

Upon the fourteenth day of February, 1 701-2, the following letters patent were issued under the great seal of the province of New York, to Robert Walters and his associates ; they rendering and paying therefore to the King or his heirs and surveyors, the yearly rent of six pounds five shillings, current money of New York, in lieu and stead of all other demands, &c.