[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] John, and other inhabitants of Norwalk, pur-chased a large tract of land lying between that town and Dan-bury, bounded west on the partition line between Connecticut and New York. This purchase was made of Catonah, the chief sachem, and the other Indians, who were the proprietors of that part of the country."^ Van der Donck, the historian, in his map of 1656, locates the Indian village of Pechquenakonck somewhere in this vicinity. The Indian burying ground is situated on the estate of the Hon. Isaac Purdy, in this town, a little northwest of the mansion house. In 177S upwards of forty mounds were visible. The Titiciis River still retains a portion of its ancient Indian naiiie; Midi ghti coos. ^ This beautiful stream rises from the West Moun-tain, in the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut, upon the estate of Thomas Smith, commonly designated as the " Indian FarmP Tradition asserts that the Mutighticoos was sometimes called