valley of the

the

was subsequently removed to

it

where,

Housatonic,

under the

name of

W-nahk-ta-kook, it was known to the authorities of Massa chusetts and to the English missionaries ; under that of Westenhuck, to the

Moravians, and

under that of Stockbridge,

preserved the line of kings and linked the past with the present To. the English of New York, however, history of the nation. this

council-fire

was

little

Cut off by the boundary

known.

line of Massachusetts it was officially recognized by that province,

while the authorities of

New York maintained their official

relations with an organization

which is represented

as existing

"above and below Albany," and known as the Mahicander or River Indians. This organization was strengthened by the results of King Philip's war. In that war the Pennacooks 3 had taken part, and at the close of the campaign of 1675, found After winter quarters among their kindred " near 'Albany." the disastrous conflict of August 12th, of the succeeding year,

which Philip was killed, they again retreated " towards Albany," some two hundred and fifty in number, but were pur sued and attacked by the English, near the Housatonic river, and a number of them killed. The main body of them, how

in

ever, made good their retreat to the Hudson, where a portion of

The Housatonic was originally known

to

the Westenhook river, south of Wesand their Indians."

as

tenhuck.

It

was

(SautAier's Map). the boundary line of the neutrality which

the merciless cruelty of the French