Ponus, sachem of Toquams, 80, 82 Ponupahowhelbshelen, sachem of Weckquaesgeeks, 79 Pos, Captain, taken prisoner, 123; ne gotiates treaty of peace, 124 Potick, a Mahican village, 63, 395 5 fugi

King Philip's war at, 63 Poughkeepsie, aboriginal name of, 371 Poygratasuck, sachem of Manhassets, 74 tives from

Praying Indians, Jesuit converts so called,

Red Hook, traditionary battle at, 57 Red Jacket, a Seneca chief pleads with his people for peace, ' .

3I7

282$ reference

.

Religious belief and worship, 27

Rochambeau, proclamation of, to French Indian allies, 258 Rockaways, location of the, 73 Rodolf, Sergeant, commands in massacre at Pavonia, 106 Ronduit, a small fort, erected at the mouth of the Walkill, 130, 146 Sachus, sachem of Kitchawongs, 79 Sackagkemeck, sachem of Haverstraws, 92 Sager's kil, Indian village on, destroyed,

Sanders, Robert, ectady,

commandant at Schen-

Saraghtoga, settlement at, destroyed, 205 ; aboriginal name, 398 a chief of Shekomeko,

Schabash,

biographical notice of, 328

Schaticooks, elements composing the, 1 66, 186} date of organization, 166; take part in war of 1689, 178; in expedition against Canada, 189 ; of

Connecticut, 166 ; elements compos ing* 195

Presents, use of, in negotiations, 29, 31,

Schaticook, orthography and signification

Preummaker,

Schenectady,

of,

a chief of

Warranawon-

95 ; killed by the 1385 land of, 138 Prisoners, ransom of, 124 kongs,

Proprietaries, (see Pennsylvania).

Dutch,

destroyed

by the French,

174; Albany, so called by Iroquois, Schodac, capital of the Mahicans, 88,

INDEX. Schuyler, Col. Peter, secretary to com missioners of Indian affairs, 1865