302), they are called Nochpeems, a title which corresponds with the name of one of their villages on Van der Donck's It is not impossible that the Tankitekes extended into the highlands on the east, and that their chief Pacham held sway there, and hence the name j but the treaty record of 1 644 appears to

map.

It be a sufficient answer to this theory. certainly safe to designate them by a

is

title by

which they were officially known.

OF HUDSON'S RIVER.

the town of Putnam Valley, and was included in the deeds for

The remainder of their lands passed

the manor of Cortlandt.

into the hands of Adolph Phillipse, under a title which was the a subject of controversy for years, and in reference to which Nimof chiefs visited England accompanied by king delegation

Those who have regarded these chieftaincies as " inde pendent tribes, united, since they were known to the Europeans, ham.

common government," may examine this controversy The grantors of the deed were Angnehanage, Rauntaye, Wassawawigh, Meanakahorint, Meahem, Wrawermby no

with

profit.

neuw, and Awangrawryk, and was for a tract from Anthony's to the Matteawan creek, and from the Hudson three

Nose

miles into the country.

twenty miles.

The Siwanoys

yth.

The latter line Phillipse stretched to

;

also known as

" one of the seven tribes

This chieftaincy was one of the largest of of the sea-coast." the W^applnger subdivisions. They occupied the northern shore of the sound, " from Norwalk twenty-four miles to the neighbor