which case the Indyans are to give is

brought to punishment, the said shall receive no other punish

Hostage to be kindly treated and

ment but imprisonment.

Com pare with

synopsis of treaty of

The statement that Nicolls made 1664. the treaty the occasion for the purchase of additional lands, apparently indicated by the fifth section, appears to have been the expression in definite terms of the general language of the treaty of 1664, " the lands now conquered by the sword."

The original manuscript of the treaty, and the wampum belt which the Indians in accepting it, are preserved in the office of the clerk of Ulster county,

gave It

was renewed at

different periods until

the Indians ceased to exist or had entirely

removed to the west.

THE INDIAN TRIBES

"

5. That the said Sachems and their subjects now present do, and in the names of themselves, and their heirs forever, give, grant, alienate and confirm all their right and interest,

claim or demand to a certain Parcell of Land, lying and being to the west and south west of a certain creek or River, called by the

name of Kahanksen, and so up to the head thereof, where the old Fort was ;

the

And so with a direct line from thence through

woods and crosse the Meadows

to the

Great Hill, lying

and being to the west or south west thereof, which Great Hill is to be the true west or south west Bounds of the said Lands.