This covered all the present town of New castle and most of North castle as it now exists, and other lands south and east of the latter. It is hence sometimes called " North castle Indian Deed," or from one of the Indians " Wampus's Land Deed." Colonel Heathcote made most of the purchases of the Indians of Northern and Central Westchester then inhabiting it, in accordance with the customary rule in such matters which has been before explained. That for the lands between the Mehanas' and Byram Rivers, he delegated his powers to others to obtain, by this license dated at Mamaroneck the 4th of July 1701, " I underwritten do give free liberty, so far as it lyes in my power (by virtue of a grant to me from Colonel Ben jamin Fletcher, late Governor of New York) unto Robert Lockhard, Richard Scofield, Nathaniel Selleck, and Gershom Lockwood, to purchase of the Indian proprietors the lands heteafter mentioned from Mehanas river to Byram River, and so run northward three miles into ye woods upon Byram River, and one mile into ye Woods on the Mehanas River, provided it does not injure the right of Bedford or Greenwich, nor is within my patent right from Mrs. Ann Richbell. Witness my hand.

Caleb Heathcote.

Mamaroneck, July 4th, 1701.

The same day the following Indians " in consideration of a certaine sume of good & lawful money " executed a deed for the land to the above named four persons and Coll. Heathcote, Capt. James Mott, Jonathan Lockhard, Gershom Lockhard's son, and Henry Disbrow, the same persons mentioned in Heathcote's license, thus describing it, " to begin at Byram river at y'' Collony Line & so to run to Mehanas river as said line goes running northerly on Mehanas river as y" river goes a mile into y* woods, & from the Collony Line on Byram river three miles northerly as the river