The entire Indian history of Scarsdale, so far as it is known, is summed up in the account of the transactions of Richbeli and Colonel Heathcote with the Indian proprietors. There is no account of any disturbance from them since the town was settled, nor are there any Indian remains of any account, nothing more than a few arrow-heads and similar relics having been found to mark the former proprietorship of this territory.

Town Statistics. -- The first recorded census of the town was taken in 1712, the inhabitants numbering 12, of whom but 5 were white. The next figures are for 1740, when the population had increased so rapidly that there was a total of 255 persons. During the next fifty years the population remained almost stationary, the census of 1790 giving a total of 281 persons ; this was lowered within the next ten years, and in 1800 the inhabitants numbered 258. Of these, 224 were whites -- 107 being males, 117 females -- and

1 A sketch of Oolouel Heathcote is inserted in Mr. De Lancey's chapter on the " Manors in Westchester County," in this volnme.

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the remainder were colored, of whom 24 were slaves. In 1810 the population was 259 and in 1814, 292. The next ensuing United States census, in 1820, gives the population as 329, including 42 colored. The State census of 1825 shows a decrease of 8 persons, the total in 1830 being again slightly reduced, the returns showing 317 inhabitants. In 1835 the number of the inhabitants was the same as in 1820, being 329. Of these, 162 were males and 167 females, among these being included 89 colored persons. The number of births this year was 10. and of deaths there were 4. It is interesting to note that up to this time, a constant rivalry had been going on between Pelham and Scarsdale in point of population.