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

English, 21 1 $ action of, concerning

Wyoming

2165 encourage Lenapes to war, 2165 remove petti coat from Lenapes, 219 ; make

against

the

with, 147 ;

English,.

;

Johnson makes treaty accept the war belts of the English, 273 ; country of, invaded by Sulli van, 279

Senecas of the Glaize in western alliance,

Smit, Claes, killed by a Weckquaesgeek,

Soquatucks, location of, 59, 85 5 removal of, from west side of country, 595 treaty of peace with Mohawks, 156 Soquans, a Mahican sachem, 184, 186 Souwenaro, sachem of Weckquaesgeeks,

Staats,

and cantons

of,

West

India Company, 82; sell lands to the English, 83; chief of, imprisoned of Eelkins, 63,

115; massacre of Indians near, 116 Staten

Island, DeVries's plantation on, 101 $ aboriginal name of, 362

Stockbridge, mission established at, 196 Stockbridges, Mahicans so called, 89 regards Manhattan wars as having been caused by Dutch, 124; holds conference with Esopus In

Stuyvesant,

83 $ compelled to pay tribute to Pequots, 83

126; demands Esopus lands indemnity, 1 27 ; declares war against Esopus Indians, 137 5 makes treaty with Esopus Indians, 141,155; holds conference with Senecas, 145; controversy with the English, 154 St. Clair, Gen., concludes treaties at Fort dians,