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Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…It is a tradition that conferences were held
with them on a plain subsequently owned by Johannes Knickerbocker, some six miles east of the Hudson, and that a veritable
treaty tree was planted there by Governor Andros in 1676-7…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…I.) wrote: "The
Indian name of the pond is tmknown." The pond is two miles long. It is situate where the Montauk Peninsula attains its greatest width,
and is the largest body of fresh water on the island. It would…
Lossing, Benson John. The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea. New York: Virtue & Yorston, 1866. Internet Archive identifier: hudsonfromwilder00lossi. Illustrated travel-history of the Hudson River valley by the writer and artist Benson J. Lossing, whose chapter on Teller's / Croton Point is a primary source for Senasqua place-name etymology, Sarah Teller's 1682 purchase, and the Underhill vineyard.
…Finally, in 1660, a treaty was concluded that
seemed to promise security to the settlers. But the wrath of the Indians
became fiercely kindled against the white people by Governor Stuyvesant,
who sent eleven Indian captives to Curagoa, and sold…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…of Manhattans."
* * " The old Indian (a captive) promised to lead us to Wetquescheck." He did so, but the castles, three in number, strongly
palisaded, were found empty. Two of them were burned. The inmates, itwas learned, had gathered at a…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…73 the French encamp at, 75
the troops at, 76
treaty between the French and
Hocquart, Seigniory of, 349, 351, 376. Indians at, 77 Indian name of, 89, 159, 163. Houses, description of the, in the Province of New
Hunter…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…The business of the late Treaty was attended with many difficulties & obstructions. The Indians were thro' the former delays,
SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON. 925
very suspicious of our Views, respecting the boundary, & the
difficulties to the Northward, where our Settlements are…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…48
754 MAKUSCRIPTS OF
The Proprietors say, that as the Six Nations are not well
Sattisfied, with the Sale of those Lands, on the Ohio, they are
willing to wave that part of the Treaty Provided &ca,.
As Sir William…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851.
…Johnson, Edward, gives an account of the
Indian school at Tuscarora, 310.
Rey. Jacob W., missionary to the
Oneidas, assists at the treaty of Fort
Stanwix, 391; defines his ideas of allegiance, 392; objects to the Indians coming
armed to…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…Whereupon the gentlemen resolved to send Lawrence alias
Jannetje the Indian to Onnondage to learn the truth hereof, and
to forbid them in our name to send Ambassadors to Canida or to
receive any according to our Treaty -- not to…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…Mohegans signed a
treaty of peace in behalf of the Kitchawanghs.a
On the 15th of September, 1663, occurs the name of Meghtesewakes, chief of Kitchawan, and in 1699, that of Sackama
^^'icker.
The next Indian village north of the…
Ruttenber, E.M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River; their origin, manners and customs; tribal and sub-tribal organizations; wars, treaties, etc., etc. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872.
…11,
308, etc.;
THE INDIAN TRIBES
resolved to leave our bones in this small space, to which we are
now consigned."
Thirteen tribes, the Lenapes^ Shawanoes, Minsis^ Mahicans,
of the Delaware, Nanticokes and Conoys, the seven nations of
Canada, the…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
Heckewelder wrote, in his "Indian Nations," "Gaaschtinick, since
called by the name of Norman's Kill," and recited a Delaware tradition, with the coloring of truth, that that nation consented there,
under advisement of the Dutch, to take the rank…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…xiii.) Supposed to have
been at LeFever's Falls in Rosendale. (Schoonmaker.)
l62 INDIAN GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES.
A creek now bears the name of the sachem, who was a hero if he
was a savage. I'rudyachkamik, so written in treaty…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
Had any thing of moment been transacted at the great Congress
at Sioto, the Deaths of the Principal Indian Chiefs, upon whom
you relied for a faithful Report of the Proceedings at that Congress,
would have been unfortunate ; but, if…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…Father Pierron,
in 1669, located the batde "In a place that was precipitous, * *
about eight leagues [French] east of Gandauague" (Caughnawaga),
2o6 INDIAN GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES.
or about sixteen miles English, and modern authorities have added,
"A steep rocky hill on…
Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. II. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
In the evening tide, as the autumnal sun
sank slowly behind distant western hills, the
mist was lighted in a blaze of glory and the
guards beheld three beautiful Indian maidens
floating in the distance, and finally the maidens,
bearing…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…Humanity, however, dictated the firing of cannon every morning, giving the Indians an opportunity to retreat, which was in
AN INDIAN CIVILIZATION AND ITS DESTRUCTION. 79
Strong contrast with t'he savage, cruel manner of Brant and Butler
in their…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…In "History of
Greene County," he is confused with Aepjen, a peace chief of the
Mahicans, and in some records is classed as a Mahican, which he
no doubt was tribally, but not the less "a Katskil Indian." Beyond
his…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…In 1734 it was known as "The old-mill
stream." Jamazvissa, quoted as its Indian name, seems to be an
aspirated form of Tamaqiiese, " Small beaver." (See Jamaica.)
Sing=Sing -- Sinsing, Van der Donck ; Sintsing, treaty of 1645 --
usually translated…
Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
…No armed
Indian was to come within the line of settlement, and no colonist was
to visit the Indian villages without a native to escort him. Handsome presents were made by Kieft to the chiefs, for the purchase of
which…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
…the Mohegans signed a treaty of
peace in behalf of the Kitchawanghs/
On the 15th of September, 1663, occurs the name of Meghtesewakes,
chief of Kitchawan; and in 1699, that of Sackama Wicker. ^
The next Indian village north of the…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…Croghan's public services,
83S; further intelligence from the
Indian country communicated by,
813; draws up some regulations at
the request of the ministry, for the
Indian trade, 845; an account of divers murders in the western country, transmitted by…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…starts on his expedition against the Senecas, 74
motives of, for making peace, 75; quits Hungry
Bay, 76 arrives at Montreal, 77 treaty between
the Iroquois and, ib. strength of his army, 79
M. de Meulles' report against, ib. general…
Ruttenber, E.M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River; their origin, manners and customs; tribal and sub-tribal organizations; wars, treaties, etc., etc. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872.
…derers had been demanded under the treaty of 1645, but the
Indians had refused to give them up, and the government,
Ruttenber, E.M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River; their origin, manners and customs; tribal and sub-tribal organizations; wars, treaties, etc., etc. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872.
where, agreeably to his request and the conditions of treaty, a
town had been built for him and his followers by the govern
ment of Pennsylvania.
Here he
lived
not unmindful of his
long cherished object, and here he was…
Ruttenber, E.M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River; their origin, manners and customs; tribal and sub-tribal organizations; wars, treaties, etc., etc. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872.
…White Plains, 2725 encouraged by
the English to renew war, 290 ; re
new hostilities in che west, 291
make treaty with Gen. Wayne, 292;
;
on the banks of the Mississippi, 292
Lenapewihituk, name of Delaware
river,
Lewis, Colonel, death of…
Ruttenber, E.M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River; their origin, manners and customs; tribal and sub-tribal organizations; wars, treaties, etc., etc. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872.
…heard the first orators in Virginia, Patrick Henry and Richard
Henry Lee
but never have I heard one whose powers of deli
;
very surpassed those of
CORNSTALK.'
'
After his treaty with
Dunmore he became a friend to the English, and…
Ruttenber, E.M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River; their origin, manners and customs; tribal and sub-tribal organizations; wars, treaties, etc., etc. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872.
…claim for lands, 293
Rauch, Christian Henry, missionary, 197
Rechtauck, Manhattan fugitives at, 1065
location of, 362
location of the, 775
attack Hudson's ship, n, 77; in
cluded in treaty of 1643, 78
Reckgawawancs,
away to Canada, 216
Pennsylvania,
Ruttenber, E.M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River; their origin, manners and customs; tribal and sub-tribal organizations; wars, treaties, etc., etc. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872.
…All the
appointment of embassadors to conclude a treaty.
the
gravest demeanor, and
proceedings were accompanied by
"
the most impressive dignity.
stranger could
councils without a sensation of respec t."
No
visit their
x
Law and justice, as civilized nations…
Ruttenber, E.M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River; their origin, manners and customs; tribal and sub-tribal organizations; wars, treaties, etc., etc. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872.
…neither the Ffeckquaesgeeks or Manhattans
are mentioned in the treaty, a fact which
indicates the local character of both titles,
lections
Doc. Hist., iv, i z.
The Dutch were
surprised at the attack by the
affingers,
and protested that they…