Tradition states that in old times a band of Indians several days. Another a year, resorting to the beach, where they had a frolic which lasted last century, was a spot on place which they frequented as late, certainly, as the middle of the Here a troop of Grace Church Street, at the corner of the road now called Kirby Avenue in a « pow-wow, during which their [ndians would come every year and spend the night cries and veils would keep the whole neighborhood awake.

d, the remnants of the WestRemoving, for the most part, northwar chester Indians became merged in the kindred tribes of the Mohican nation, whirl, stretched to the limits of the Mohawk country above Albany, and followed their destinies. The Mohicans, though vastly reduced in numbers and territorial possessions, still retained an organized existence and some degree of substantial power until after Having constantly sustained friendly relations with the Revolution.

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the settlers, it was naturally with the colonists that their sympathies were enlisted when the struggle with Great Britain began. As early as Vpril 1774, a message was dispatched by the provincial congress of Massachusetts to the Mohicans and Wappingers at their principal on the western side of the Hudson just below Covillage, Westeiihuach, hoes Falls, with letter requesting their cooperation in the impending conflict. The letter was addressed " To ( :aptain Solomon Ahkannu-auwaumut, chief sachem of the Moheackonuck Indians." Captain Solomon thereupon journeyed to Boston, where, in reply to the communication from the congress, he delivered the following impressive addres : now make Brothers : We have heard you speak by your letter ; we thank you for it : we answer. , you Brothers : You remember when you first came over the great waters, I was great and my arms, were very little, very small.