Also the said Richbell or his Assignes may freely feed cattle, or cutt Tind)er Twenty miles Northward from the marked Trees of the Necks, fibr and in consideracion the said Richbell is to Give and Deliver unto the aforenamed Wajjpa- ([uewam the goods hereunder mentioned, the one hallo about a month after the date here of, and the other halfe the next Spring following, as the Interpreters can Testifye, & for the true performance hereof I Wappaquewam doe acknowledge to have Rcseived two Shirts & Ten Shillings in Wampum the Day and Date above Written.

The mark of +

Wappaquewam,

Twenty Two Coats,

One hundred fathom of Wampum,

Twelve Shirts,

Ten paire of Stockings, J Twenty hands of powder, J Twelve barrs of Lead, J Two firelockes, | ffifteen Hoes,

-Iiianinglc paiitT of the tinif, this uuiuc is spelli'd " Matlietusori," Init in all tlic utliurs " Maliatithau."

Si'o chapter ou " Blaiiiaioiieck " fur some iletails of Hichljell auJ Ills residence in Oyster Bay.

THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE MANORS.

ffifteen Hatchets, Three Kettles.^

In the December following the execution and delivery of the foregoing deed one Thomas Revell also of Oyster Bay a merchant, and rival of Richbell attempted to claim the same lands under a deed from an Indian, for " two Necks " dated the 27th of October 1661. This led to an examination into the facts by the Dutch authorities when Richbell presented to them his memorial for a " grondbref," or permit to extinguish the Indian title, in December 1661. This examination shewed Revell's claim to be a fraud, and the Dutch Government accordingly issued their ground brief to Richbell, and later, their " Trans- "port," or Patent. When the change of rule came and the English were in power and the Dutch Transports, or patents, had been confirmed by English ones under the Duke of York, Richbell had recorded with his English Patent, in the Secretary's office of the Province, the numerous affidavits made in 1661 and 1662 and laid before the Dutch authorities, on which they condemned Revell's Indian deed and claim, and decided in his own favor, together with another by an eye witness made in 1665,- and an Indian certificate of Confirmation of the foregoing Indian deed to him of September 23*, 1661.^