This creek is first called Murderer's on Van der Donck's map, 1656, and was so called doubtless from events occurring

during the first Esopus war. Esopus is supposed to be derived from " Sopus Seepus, a river. Reichel says Indian, or a lonvlander" :

" castle" and

house where John McLean now (1756), He subse dwells, near the said kill."

removed to what is called a " wigwam," which stood on the north bank of Murderer's creek, where Col. Matthews lives." The location is in Hamptonburgh, on the point of land quently

"

Maringoman's Maringo man's " wigwam" are spoken of in dif ferent deeds. The first was on the north end of the Schunamunck mountain on

formed by the junction of the Otter kill and the Grey Court creek, by which Murderer's creek is formed, and which

the south side of Murderer's creek, in the present town of Bloominggrove, and is par

some dark memory was

ticularly described as being

"

opposite the

takes

its

name at that point,

as

though

associated with

the name of its owner.

" A little

beyond, on the west

side,

OF HUDSON'S RWER.

Dans-kammer to the Katskill mountains, or more properly perhaps to the Saugerties, and embraced the waters of the Shawaugunk, the Wallkill and the Esopus rivers. Their principal castle was in the

Shawangunk country, although a very consi The derable one was on the Esopus river, known as Wiltmeet.

" oldest and best of their

chiefs," Preummaker,

the war of 1663, as was also Papequanaehen.