In Breeden Raedt their name is given as the Reckewackes, and it is said that in the treaty of 1643 Oritany, sachem of the Hackinsaeks, declared he was delegated by and for those of Tappaen, Reckgawawanc, Kicktawanc, and Sintsinc. The tract occupied by the Reckgawawancs on the mainland was called Keckesick, and is described as " lying over against the flats of the Island of Manhates." In its northern extent it included the site of the were present City of Yonkers, and on the east it reached to the Bronx River. Their chiefs Rechgawac, for whom they appear to have been called, Feequesmeck and Peckauniens. of Cohans. Their first sachem known to" the Dutch was Tackerew (1639). In 1682 the names Philipse. Teattanqueer and Wearaquaeghier appear as the grantors of lands to Frederick 2. The Weckquaesgecks. This chieftaincy is known to have had, as early as 1644, three intrenched castles, one of which remained as late as 1663, and was then garrisoned by eighty the warriors Their principal village was where Dobbs Ferry now stands. It is said that outlines of it can still be traced by numerous shell beds. It was called Weckquaesgeck, and its location was at the mouth of Wicker's Creek (called by the Indians the V\ ysquaqua elms, ' now or Weghqueghe). Another of their villages was Alipconck, the - place of the to the Tarrytown. Their territory appears to have extended from Norwalk on the Sound Creenburgh, Pleasant, Mount of towns Hudson, and embraced considerable portions of the ~