The Indian burying ground is situated on the estate of the Hon. Isaac Purdy, in this town, a little northwest of the mansion house. In 177S upwards of forty mounds were visible. The Titiciis River still retains a portion of its ancient Indian naiiie; Midi ghti coos. ^ This beautiful stream rises from the West Mountain, in the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut, upon the estate of Thomas Smith, commonly designated as the " Indian FarmP Tradition asserts that the Mutighticoos was sometimes called Buffalo Creek. What similarity exists between the Indian name and its English substitute, or if any, we are unable at this distant period to determine. The latter certainly bears ample testimony to the fact, that the vast gorges of the Highlands and these vales once abounded with the buffalo. c Van der Donck, the patroon of Yonkers, writing in 1656, says of this animal -- " Buffaloes are also tolerably plenty: these animals mostly keep towards the southwest, where few people go." "Again, it is remarked (says the same writer) that the half of these animals have

» Trumbull's Hist, of Connecticut. Philip Money, a lineal descendant of the aboriginaJ proprietors was living in this town, A. D. 1784. Absalom, the son of Philip, left i8su«, Philip and Philander, besides a daughter Sarah.

b So called in the Cortlandt Manor map.

« Vast quantities of arrow and spear heads arc found on the higher grounds of thli t/>wn, showing that it was once a great hunting country.