he taught to write, " which he quickly learnt." " He was the first," says Eliot, " that 1 made use of to teach me words and to be my interpreter." And at the end of his " Indian Grammar," printed at Cambridge in 1 <'><;*>, Eliot testifies more particularly to the services rendered him by this youth. " By his help," he says, " I translated the Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and many texts of Scripture; prayers by his help.'' Cockobothforexhortations I compiledEliot also attended noe some time inand his evangelistic expeditions, and later made his home among the English settlers on Long Island, whom he stood ready at all times to assist in their private dealings with the Indians. When Thomas Revell sought to get the upper hand of Richbell in the purchase of lands in the present Township of Mamaroneck, he accordingly brought Cockonoe with him from Long Island, and confided Jjg The way nf Training up of our ^ fndi.n Tenth in die g->o«l gf wf To him full authority in knowledge of G.otl, in the ^5* im the premises. Cockonoe <55f knowledge of die Scdjrune* g^ jVtf and in an ability to Rea.te. j£^, made large promises to the native owners in Re$M _„ ^ ;z^7^ji7^ -ii_j-i-. -- :-- ,^ 4g|-- go, vell's behalf, and readily ^fj t tm- 3 14,15* gut lt,ir..ig. J& i nd need t hem t o grant J[§ mu<an(b n'$ rttthtwtJuuMl'b «J* him power of attorney to sell the lands to Revell. ^£p ncbji*kitbt'Mt}2dds $& fj^ i?, K-ib watch h.ummikfii:fi!)n- |k&. The understanding was 4&U. jjwt .'ivwn&lioxvitfncetvp.'itd. xjgC, shrewdly planned, but Mitmmt(J\\rrborp{b:&?. (§f Richbell's claim was too well established to be overcome. ~¥ -^ ■ W »-f» *f- ^ ■ t^S *j* tf, *r yp j^ Richbell, unlike Pell in his Westchester purchase, and Disbrow and his comFAC-SIM ILE OF THE TITLE-PAQF OF THE PR1MF" OF 1669.) panions in their Rye venture, did not hold himself independent of the Dutch provincial administration.