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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…
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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.
…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…
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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…
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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.
…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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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…
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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.
…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
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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…
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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.
…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…
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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…
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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.
…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…
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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.
…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…
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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.
…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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,
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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…
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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…
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