A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I — Passage 59
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] cabin window, and stole a pillow and a few articles of wearing apparel. The mate, little anticipating that justice, though slow, is sure, and would follow him even to the arctic circle, shot at the poor pilferer, and killed him. The rest fled, panic struck, and in their precipitance some leaped into the water. The ship's boat was manned and sent to recover the articles : one of those who had leaped into the water got hold of the boat for the pur-pose of overturning it, as was thought, but the cook stood ready with his sword, and with one blow cut off one of his hands, and he was drowned. This was the first Indian blood shed during the voyage. With this mighty revenge for a trifling injury, they returned to the ship, and weighed anchor near Teller's Point, off the mouth of Croton River, near the entrance into Tap-pan Sea." Parsonage or Montrose's Point, is separated from Yerplanck's Point on the north by the creek Meanagh. This Point was originally granted by the Van Cortlandts to the Dutch Reformed Church of Cortlandt manor. Some time subsequent to the revo-a Monlton & Yates Hist. N. Y., page 271. b The Wickapy Indians, whose principal settlements were in the vicinity of An-tony Nose. 104 HISTORY OF THE lutioiiary war, the title of the church becoming involved, the pro-perty was sold to satisfy quit-rent.