The cies, the TVawarsinks, inhabited the district of country which bears their name. have no history.

Separate from the Esopus Indians they

The Katskills.

The fifth and last of the Esopus chief

still

5th.

taincies J inhabited the territory

north of Saugerties, forming

the eastern water-shed of the Katskill mountains, 2 including the Sager's creek, the Kader's creek, and the Kats kill, from which " " they took their name. They were the loving people

latter

described by Hudson ; a neutral and not very courageous peowhere there is a creek, and the river becomes more shallow, the Warrana<won-

De Laet. "These following Esopus Indians."

kongs reside."

Deed to Wm. Lo-veridge.

In giving the boundaries of the Coeyman's purchase, O'Callaghan states that the line followed Coxackie creek to its head ; then ran west until it struck the head of the waters falling into the Hudson, all the land on which belonged to

the Katskill Indians ; the waters flowing west to the Schoharie creek being the property of the Mohawks. History of

New Nether/and,

Brodhead

i,

435.

locates here

some

families

of Nanticokes, and it is possible that when that nation " disappeared without glory," some of its members were induced thither either as recruits of the Minsis or the Mohaiuks, but their more considerable emigration was to Pennsylvania.

*

THE INDUN'TRIBES

pie, as may be inferred from Kregier's account of them.

1663, was known as Long Jacob.

chief, in

sachem in i682. 2

Above the

Katskills

Their

Mahak Niminaw