It was unquestionable that everything east of Greenwich belonged to Connecticut, by virtue of long settlement and also of the articles of 1 (;:»(}. West of Greenwich there were only three settlements on the Sound-- those at Rye and Westchester, and an infant colony at Eastdies) er -- and all of these had been established exclusively by Connecticut people. Westchester village, and with it all the territory on the Sound as far as the Maniaroneck River, was surrendered by Connecticut to New York, only the Rye purchase being retained. As for the interior, that was wholly unsettled as yet, and there was no occasion to make any issue concerning it. Meantime the New York government was able to contend that it was the original intent of both parties to have the Connecticut line drawn at a distance of twenty miles from the Hudson; and anything inconsistent with this in the precise terms of the arrangement actually effected was naturally subject to revision in due time. Although the village of Westchester had attained to the importance of a separate organized community, the settlers there had held 1 •■ The place whore the fresh water falls into the salt " is, says de Laneey, in his History of the Manors, the literal translation of the Indian name Maniaroneck. He adds: "A short distance above the present bridge between the Towns of Maniaroneck and Rye, where the river bends suddenly to the east and then takes

a northerly course, a rocky reef originally crossed it nearly at right angles, causing the formation of rapids. It was high enough to prevent the tide rising over it at high water, so that the fresh water of the river always fell into the salt water of the harbor, and at low water with a strong rush and sound."