hail them as brothers. When the war came on, their ranks a company to an effort to from made raise Johnson

proud to

aid in the expedition against Crown point,

failing only to

Governor Shirley to draw ofF with his expedition fighting

man among them." 3

After the

"

permit

nearly every

war they demanded

restitution from the Abenaquis for the loss of one of their number, and delayed the consummation of peace with them until

in

762.4

After the peace, they revived their claims to lands

Albany county,

as

Dutchess

well as in

in

the former,

pressing even west of the Hudson, and in the latter, asserting and clearly proving fraud in the sale of the tract now embraced Johnson.

Colonial History, vii, 953.

Colonial History, vin, 45*.

Johnson Manuscripts, n, 86.

A warrior was finally sent to them by

"They ^Stockbridge, Past and Present. served as a corps in the late war, and are

the Abenaquis to compensate them for their loss. Johnson Manuscripts, xxiv,

in number about fhree hundred."

125.

Tryon,

OF HUDSON'S RIPER. the

county of Putnam.

Failing to secure redress, they the forcible attempted ejectment of the settlers, and compelled the interference of the military. Subsequently, Nimham, the

in

Wappinger king, in company with chiefs from the Mahicans of Connecticut, visited England and received favorable hearing. Returning to America their claims were thrown into the courts and were there overtaken by the Revolution. Still clinging to their ancient homes, at the close of the war, were considerable numbers of the Esopus and Mahican clans, then generally known as "domestic tribes." Of the former <c