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

accompanies chiefs to England, 1 88

Sheyickbi country, 46 Shinecocks, location of the, 75 Shingas commands war party of Lenapes,

219; reply of, to Johnson's com missioners, 225

Col. Philip, 263

Hon. Yost, the story of, 274 Seatalcats, location of the, 74 Secatogues, location of the, 75

Shirley, Governor, expedition of, 252 Sickenames, Pequots so called, 83

Senecas, a tribal division of Iroquois, 3 3 ; villages of, 98 ; at war with the

Silver Heels, murder of, 256 Sing Sing, aboriginal name of, 79, 366 Sint-sinks, location of, 795 treaty with,

Minsis, 68, 145 j delegation Fort Orange, 1445 included

visits

with

Mohawks in peace of Esopus, 145 Stuyvesant urges them to make

Sirham, sachem of Kitchawongs, 79 Siwanoys, location of the, 81

peace with Minsis, 146 ; subjugate Minsis, 69; attack French trading

Sloughter, Col., appointed governor, 175 Small-pox, ravages of, 181

;

canoes, against,

69 ; French expedition 172 ; estranged from the