D. lyoi." 1692, we find an Indi.* chief at Bedford, called Wappowham.''
a, Harper's laJian Traits, Introd. 1. 13.
7) In po'sessiou of H. S. Gate?, M.D., of Yonkers village
f See V.iri C':)rtl.iti'lt'-; conflrmition.
c! Sje CtUrorJ.
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The last remnant of his tribe in this place was a noble Indian by the naiae of Shucktaman, who occasionally visited the village, but was nftcncr to be seen in his canoe cruising along the various fishing grounds of the Hudson.
We have sho\vn that the next grantee in Yonkers, under the Indians, wa? tlic renowned Dutch De Heer Adriaen van der Donck." "This illustrious personage was the son of a free citizen of Breda in Dutch Urabant, and a hneal descendant of Adriaen van Bergen, part owner of t!ic famous turf boat, in which a party of Dutch troops were clandestinely introduced, in the year 1599, into the castle commanding that city, then in the hands of the Spanish, by which stratagem that stronghold fell into the- hands of their high mightinesses the States General."^ "Van der Donck enjoys the distinction of having been the first lav.yer in the colony of New Netherlands. He received his education at the University of Leyden, in Holland, where he attained the degree oi Juris iitriusque Doctor; he subsequently obtained permission to practice as an advocate in the Supreme Court of Holland. In the autumn of 1641, he embarked on board a vessel belonging to the Patroon Killian van Rensselaer, for the New Netherlands. On his arrival he was created sheriff of Rensselaerwj'ck."'^