Thus within the Manor are three distinct water-sheds, two carrying their waters into the Hudson, and one into the sound.

The origin of the name of the river, the great natural feature of the Manor, the waters of which supply the great city of New York by means of a magnificent aqueduct without a rival in Ancient or Modern times, is not certainly known. Different theories have been and are held upon this subject. What is

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THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE MANORS.

certain is that the Indian name of "Kichtawanic," or " Kightawong " is tliat given to the River in all the earliest Deeds and Patents. In Philii) Verplancks survey and map made in 1732 the name he gives to it is the " Kightcwank Creek or Groatun's River." ' As Mr. Vcrplanck lived many years prior to 1732 in the Manor, and knew every one interested in it, from shortly after the death of Stephanus Van Courtland to his own death a period of about seventy years, his opportunities of knowing the English name of the stream were certainly better than those of any one of whom we now have knowledge. He was also a surveyor, and hence obliged to be particular in giving correct names to natural features.