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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I — Passage 2

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[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] YoL. I. B X INTRODUCTION. country '' lying between two rivulets called the Smt Sinck and ArtJionck, lying between the East and North rivers." The Si NT Sincks occupied the present town of Ossin ing, and its immediate vicinity. ^ The KiTCHAWoNKs claimed the lands bordering the Kitcha-wan or Crotoii River, and as far north as St. Anthony's Nose in the Highlands. The Pachami and Wappingers possessed the Highlands. The Tankitekes "resided in the rear of Sing Sing."* The principal Indian villages appear to have been as follows : Nappeckamak, Kestaubaiuck, Weecquaesguck, Kitchawan, Alipconck, Sackhoes, Sinck Sinck. Kekisconck, Nanichiestawack, Betuck-quapock, Momoronuck, Pasquashic. Noapaim. " The three prominent Indian names for the Hudson River, (says Mr. Schoolcraft) are 'The MohegaUj^ Chatemuc," and the