They had another village upon Verplanck's Point and a larger one called Sackhoes, where Peekskill now stands.

The Siwanoys were a numerous tribe. They had a village upon Pelham Neck, ill the present town of Pelham ; another on Davenport's Neck, in New Rochelle ; and their largest settlement upon the shores of Rye Pond, in the present town of Harrison. Here was a very extensive burial-ground. There was also a settlement near Rye Beach. They had another village in the southern part of the town of Westchester, near Bear Swamp. They had an imjiortant castle upon what is still known as Castle Hill, west of Westchester Creek.

HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

The Taukitekes had a village by Wampus Lake, in the town of North Castle, where the Sachem Wampus resided. They also had a village near Pleasantville, in the town of Mount Pleasant. There was a settlement by the Mehanas River, near the present village of Bedford. There was also a village where the Cross River (Peppensghek) unites with the Croton or Kitchawan, near the present site of Katonali. Here are still visible the remains of extensive stone fishweirs, in the bed of the Croton River, that were built by the Indians. Besides the villages named, there were doubtless many more of whose existence no account has come down to us.

That the Indians occupied this section in great numbers is rendered jirobable by the character of the country and its surroundings. The whole county is remarkably well watered and its soil produced an abundance of rich natural grasses. These conditions caused an abundance of game. The lands bordering the Beaver Dam River in Bedford were called "the deer's delight." The numerous lakes and streams throughout the county were well stocked with fish. These were taken with lines and nets, the cordage of which was made of twisted fibres of the dogbane and the sinews of the deer.