Ponus reserved portions of Toquams for the use of himself and his associates, but with this exception the entire possessions of the Tankitekes appear to have passed under a deed to the whites without metes or bounds. The chieftaincy occupies a prominent place in Dutch history through the action MORTAR PESTLE. of Pacham, " a crafty man," who not only perEormed discreditable services for Director Kieft, but also was very lavgely instrumental in bringing on the war of 1045. O'Callaghan locates the Tankitekes on the eastern side of Tappan Bav, and Bolton in the eastern portion of Westchester County, from deeds to thenlands. They had villages beside Wampus Lake in the town of North Castle, near Pleasant ville, in tlic town of Mount Pleasant, and near the present villages of Bedford and Katonah. 6. The Siwanoys, also known as "one of the tribes of the seacoast." This was one of the largest of the Wappinger subdivisions. They occupied the northern shore of the Sound from Norwalk twenty-four miles to the neighborhood of Hellgate. How far inland their territory extended is uncertain, but their deeds of sale covered the manor lands of Morrisania, Scarsdale, and Pelham, from which New Rochelle, Eastchester, Westchester, New Castle, Mamaro-

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neck, and Searsdale, and portions of White Plains and West Farms have been carved. They possessed, besides, portions of the towns of Rye and Harrison, and of Stamford (Conn.), and there are grounds for supposing that the tract known as Toquams, assigned to the Tankitekes, was part of their dominions. They had a very large village on the banks of Rye Pond hi the town of Rye, and in the southern angle of that town, on the beautiful hill now known as Mount Misery, stood one of their castles. Another of their villages was on Davenport's Neck.