In IG63, seawan had got into much disrepute, and was finally discontinued in 1682.

Sometime subsequent to the sale of 1640, the whole township of Bedford was emphaiically styled by the early planters Catonah's land, after the Indian chief and proprietor of that name ; hence we deduce the origin of the present local term Cantiloe, which yet survives in the northern part of the town, the termination oe denoting the place of that sachem's residence.

Catonah must have assumed the supremacy over these lands about 1680, for his first conveyance to the proprietors of the Hop grounds bears date 23d December of that year. He appears to have been living in 1703. What connection (or if any) existed between Catonah and his predecessor Penaghag, (the grandson of Ponus,) it is impossible to determine at this distant period.

In the vicinity of Bedford both Visschers and Vander Donck in their maps of the New Netherlands, locate the Indian village of Nanichiestawack, while further south was situated that of Betuck-quapock.

A bold eminence lying to the north of Bedford village, still retains the aboriginal name of Aspetong. Two roads in the western part of the town traverse the Indian paths of Potiticus and Suckebonk, while Muscoota path runs near the northern line. The summit of the high mountain ridge east of Bedford continues to be called the ^'' Indian farm" There is a tradition current in the neighborhood, that the south side of this mountain, sometimes denominated Stony hill, was the scene of a bloody fight between the early settlers and the aborisfines. Mrs. Martha Holmes an aged inhabitant of Bedford, (still living,) remembers