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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I — Passage 151 (part 3)

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[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] : that all the injustices committed by the said nations again.st the Netherlanders, or by the Netherlanders against said nations, shall be forgiven and for-gotten for ever; reciprocally promising one another to cause no trouble the one to the other; but whenever the savages under-stand that any nation not mentioned in this treaty might be plotting mischief against the Christians, then they will give to them timely warning, and not admit such a nation within their own limits. To secure and confirm this peace, presents « This town was separately organized. May 2, 1845. Laws of N. Y. 1845. Also 69 Session, 1H46, chap, xxx., 265 section. b N. Y. Hist. Soc. Pro. 1844, 101. Ossin in the Chippeway denotes *' a stone," and Osaineen " Etoncs." Trans. Amer. Autiq. Soc. vol. ii., 70. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 489 were given on both sides, while God is prayed that this peace may be duly observed by the savages.^-30 August, 1645. Aepjen, chief sachem of the Mohegans, personally appeared at Fort Amsterdam, as a delegate to the gen-eral council held there, in behalf of the Wappinecks, the Weck-quaesqueecks, the Sint Sings and the Kicktawancks.^ In the year A. D.