This purchase covered what were sub" the Christian Patented sequently called lands of Haverstraw," and by that title formed the boundary in part of several The original grant from Caterpatents. et was predicated on the supposition that the tract was within the limits of New Jer-

sey.

OF HUDSON'S RIVER.

gan's purchase in 1685 covered this tract, and had as one of its grantors Werekepes, who was also a grantor to Van Cortlandt.

From Verdrietig hook to

Stony point may be assumed

as the territory of the Haverstraws.

The chieftaincies of the MINSIS were The Waoranecks. This chieftaincy has been variously Van der Donck places them in the Highlands on the located. V.

:

ist.

east

side

of the river and south of Matteawan creek, and

De Laet on the west side as occupants of the Esopus country. Wassenaar agrees with De Laet in locating them in the Fisher's hook. 2 The territory which was inhabited by them on the Hudson

may be regarded as described with sufficient accuracy in what known as Governor Dongan's two purchases (i684~'85), the

is

first

of which extended from the

Paltz tract

to

the Danskammer, and the second from Dans-kammer to Stony point. In the first, the limits of the Esopus Indians, or Warranawon,

kongs^ are defined as terminating at the Dans-kammer, and in the second the jurisdiction of what are therein called " the Murderer's kill Indians," is admitted as from the Dans-kammer

to Stony point. factorily defined.

Their western boundary cannot be so