with a long, lock which they let hang on one side of the head. Their hair is shorn on the top of the head like a cock's comb. Their clothing is a coat of beaver skins over the body…

present-day Middlesex County , Connecticut Kitchawank, lived in northern Westchester County , New York in the area of Croton-on-Hudson, New York , site of the oldest oyster-shell middens found on the North Atlantic Coast. There they built a large,

Croton-on-Hudson Adam Stone (Source: https://nynjctbotany.org/lgtofc/crotononhdsn.html) pre-colonial times -- the Kitchawank Indians, part of the Mohican tribe, lived in the area. 1609 -- Henry Hudson sails up the Hudson River. earliest settlers --

…part of the Tankiteke they were probably that portion of the group which occupied the wild interior country around Ridgefield, Danbury, North Salem, and Carmel, and thus were in close contact with the Nochpeem of Putnam county and the Kitchawank

acquired by direct purchase from the Kitchawank (also spelled Kitchtawanc or Kitchawonke) people, [ 3 ] [ 6 ] a Lenape tribe of the Wappinger confederacy. The purchase was made in part by Stephanus van Cortlandt , the first native-born mayor of New

Novi Belgii Map Excerpt (1685) Detail from a 1685 edition of the Novi Belgii map showing the Hudson River valley including the area near present-day Croton Point where the Kitchawank had their fortress Navish. Date: 1685 Type: map Subjects…

…Ruttenber's 1872 study, the definitive 19th-century work on the Kitchawank, Wappinger, and other Hudson River indigenous peoples. Date: 1872 Type: engraving Subjects: book cover Source: Internet Archive (ruttenberindians00ruttrich), p.1 License: Public domain