769. beginning of this year (1628) war broke out between the Maikans, near Fort Orange, and the Mohawks,

" In the

towards the north by the Fresh called, where they begin to the soil ; and thus the war terminated." Wassenaar, Documentary

have

so

History, in, 48. 8 It is not certain that Schodac was the

The prooriginal capital of the nation. babilities are that it was, and that it was subsequently removed to Westenhuck, in the valley of the Housatonic.

OF HUDSON'S RI7ER.

of the nati^i retired from the west bank of the river at or about the time spBben of by Michaelius and Wassenaar, is not only but its can apparently be traced and the movements probable,

explanation

is

" left

"

The very nearly defined. found in the title deeds which were subsequently

territory which it

unoccupied

Their given by the tribes who were parties to the conflict. examination shows that the Mohawks only claimed the right of conquest over lands north of the Mohawk river and in part par South of the ticularly embraced in the Kayaderossera patent.

Mohawk river they never either claimed or sold lands on the Hudson, and even north of that point their claim, although tra Whatever conceded, was subsequently disputed. may have been the extent of the territory which they claimed,

ditionally

however, it is apparent that it was limited and that it did not include or extend to the east side of the river, nor involve the

The retiring canton was an advanced subjugation of the nation. post on the frontiers, pushed forward, it may be reasonably supposed, by superior prowess, and maintained until peculiarly The point to which it removed is not positively exposed. stated ; 2 but the evidence