A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I — Passage 139
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] of "\^'esIchester, between Cioton's river and the south bounds of j\]r. Harrison's purchase, (fcc."' Twelve days after the date of the above license, occurs the fol-lowing deed from the Indians. "This inueiifure made on the 19th of October, in the eighth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord William the Third, by the grace of God, &c., &c., and in ilie year of our Lord Christ, 1696, between Wampus, Indian sa-chem, and others, whose names are hereunto set and seals affixed, native pro-prietors of all that tract of land, situate, lying, and being in the county of Westchester in the Province of New York in America, bounded north by Scroton (Croton) river, easterdly with Byram river and Bedford line, souther-ly by the land of John Harrison and his associates, and the line stretching to Byram river aforesaid, and westerdly ly the land of Frederick Philipse." " Xow ^?ioiv all men that said Wampus, Cornelius and Coharnith, Indian sachems, and others, whose names are hereunto subscribed and seals affixed, the native proprietors of all the aforesaid tract of land, have, for and in con-sideration of the sum of lOOZ.