From the summit of this mount, (which is between two and three hundred feet above the valley,) on a clear day, may be seen the distant mountains be^^ond the Hudson, the hills of North Castle and Greenburgh, the village of White Plains, the country bordering the Sound as far as the eye can stretch, and the Bronx meandering through a rich and fertile valley -- the tout ensemble forming a scene truly beautiful and romantic. On the brow of the hill are the remains of a small fortification.
We have already shown that the Tndian grant of 1640 embraced a large proportion (perhaps the w^hole) of the present town. Some of these lands must have subsequently reverted to the aboa In the possession of Samuel Lyon, Esq., is an Indian anchor manufactured of stone, found near Byram Lake. - b Testimony of Mr. Sands. , ^
t Testimony of Mr. Merrill in 1826.
448 HISTORY OF THE
rigines, for in 1660 we find the Indians again releasing them to John Richbell, of Mamaroneck. Upon the 19th of October, 1696, Caleb Heathcote obtained a further release from ihe Indian sachems Wampus, Patlhunck, and others, " of all that tract of land situate, lyino^ and being in the county of Westchester, &c. : bounded north by Croton River, easterly with Byram River and Bedford line, northerly by the land of John Harrison and his associates, and the line stretching to Byram River aforesaid, and westerly by the land of Frederick Phihpse."a The above sale included the west patent of North Castle. Caleb Heathcote had previously obtained a patent right from Mrs. Anne Richbell to purchase lands " which were already included in her husband's deed of 1660."