Upi)n the 1st of July, 1640, Nathan Turner, in behalfof the people of Qninipiacke, (New Haven,) " bought of Ponus, sagamore of Toquams, and of Wascnssue, sagamore of Shippam, (the other Indians consenting thereto,) all the ground belonging to the said sagamores, except a piece of ground which Ponus reserved for himself and the other Indians to plant upon." This purchase embraced all the land sixteen miles north of the Sound. The Indian name of the tract was Rippo warns. ^

'•'The consideration was twelve coats, twelve hoes, twelve hatchets, twelve glasses, twelve knives, two kettles, and five fathoms of white wampum." The liberty of liunting and fishing on the land, was reserved by the Indians. ^^ The above sale was confirmed to the inhabitants of Stamford, on the 10th of August, 1655, by Ponus, and Onox his eldest son : "extending sixteen

* Journal Van N. N.

b O'Callaghan's Hist. N. N. p. 300, 1, 2, 3.

c On thf^ 30th of Oct. 1640, Mr. Andrew Ward and Mr. Robert Coe, on behalfof tliemselves and twenty other planters, purchased Puppowanns of New Haven, for X33 sterling. Lambert's History of New Haven, 176,

d Lambert's Hii^tory of New Haven.

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miles north of the town plot of Stamford, and two miles still further north for the pasture of their cattle ; also eight miles east and west, (the same as paid for before ;) and as a further recompense, four coats of English cloth was given them.''^ This grant comprised nearly tLie whole township of Bedford.