This would be about five miles (statute) north of the present city of Hudson. " But," wrote Brodhead, ' Latitudes were not as easily determined in those days as they are now ; and a careful computation of the distances run by the Half-Moon, as recorded in Juet's day-book, shows that on the i8th of September, 1609, when the landing occurred, she must have been ' up six leagues higher ' than Hudson, in the neighborhood of Schodac and Castleton."

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was further inland. The "arched roof" indicates that it was one of the "long" houses so frequently described, not a cone-like cabin. The '"tribe" was the sachem's family. Sickenekas, given as the name of a tract of land on the east side of the river, "opposite Fort Orange (Albany), above and below," dates from a deed to Van Rensselaer, 1637, the name of one of the grantors of w'hich is written Paepsickenekomtas. The name is now written Papskanee and applied to an island. Sicajoock, (Wickagjock, Wassenaer), is given as the name of a tract on the east side of the river extending from Smack's Island to Castle Island where it joined lands "called Semesseeck," Gesmessecks, etc., which extended north to Negagonse, " being about twelve miles (Dutch), large measure." The northern limit seems to have been Unuwat's Castle on the north side of a stream flowing to the Hudson north of "opposite to Rensselaer's Kil and waterfall." Sicajoock (Dutch notation), "Black, or dark colored earth," from Sucki "Dark colored, inclining to black," and -ock, "land." The same name is written Suckiage (ohke) in application to the Hartford meadows. Conn. Gesmesseeck, a tract of land so called, otherwise entered of record "Nawanemit's particular land called Semesseerse, lying on the east bank, opposite Castle Island, off unto Fort Orange." "Item -- from Petanoc, the mill stream, away north to Negagonse." In addition Van Rensselaer then purchased lands held in common by several owners, "extending up the river, south and north^* from Fort Orange, "unto a little south of Moeneminnes castle," "being about twelve miles, large measure." Moeneminne's castle was on Haver Island at Kahoes.