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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I — Passage 65 (part 2)

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[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Nothing can be more romantic and beautiful than its locality, *'a clear proof of the good taste of those who selected and consecra-ed it for that object." There was formerly a current belief in the COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 115 neighborhood that the forms of the ancient warriors still haunted the surrounding glens and woods. The apparitions have been named, in consequence, "The Walking Sachems of Teller's Point." The road from the Manor House to Croton Landing passes along the edge of Haunted Hollow. In connection wUh the above, another tradition deserves to be recorded, which asserts that several of the river tribes had a se-vere and sanguinary conflict with the Indians inhabiting the Point, which resulted in the defeat of the former; and, fur-ther, that the large mound or barrow near the entrance of the Point was erected over the dead who fell upon that memorable occasion. Be this as it may, indubitable evidence exists that a struggle must have taken place here at some time, from the fact, that vast quantities of warlike weapons have been found in the immediate vicinity of the fort. A rural lane, bordered with luxuriant forest trees, leads from the main, called Enoch's Neck, to the Point proper, originally called by the Indians Senasqua, and by the English Sarah's or Sarak's Point, a name derived from Sarah Teller, wife of Wil-liam Teller, former proprietor. This lane passes immediately below the site of the Indian castle. The Italian villa of R. T.