A little south, upon the east shore, lies the Vischcr's rock,, or Fisher's Point The Groshon place was frequently visited during the war, by prowling bands of " Cow-boys;" who not only levied exactions of stock and money, but compelled its inmates to find other shelter out of doors, while they filled the rooms with straw and quartered themselves thereon for the night. A cow and horse belongmg to the family, were concealed for some time in one of the bed-rooms ; while the family silver was stowed away between the wainscoat.

Contiguous to the old village of Yonkers, and immediately south of it, is situated on a commanding eminence, the hotel of the late De Witt C. Kellinger, called the Mansion House. --

This place was called by its aboriginal possessors, N'appe-ckaviak, a name derived as before stated from its situation at the mouth of the Neperah ; or in other words, it was tlie Rapid water st'ttlemcntJ'

The Dutch aftenvards conferred upon it the name of the Little /on l:- ers Plantation. This word was sometimes pronounced Yonkers, which

a Hoarh'-i Mcui. .>t.

6 The word at th;-; date has become Nepperhan (lOiO).

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m-es US the present name of the \'iHage. During the occupancy of the I'hill'ps's, it was called FhilUpsboroiigh, after tlie Manor.

The Dutch termed the Saw Mill, the Saeg kil (stream.) After the Patroon's settlement, it -was named in compliment to him, the Jonkers or Yonkers kill and Colendoncks kill. " Several fme creeks enter into the North river, says Van der Donck, such as the Colendonck's kill or Saw kill""