Thompson, Major Swartwout, Adam

Wisner, interpreter, and two Indians as pilots, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of the removal ; that the delegation found the

residents composed of two totemic families, Wolves and Turkeys;

that, having lost their sachem, they were debating "Out of which

tribe a successor should be chosen" ; that they had removed from

Goshen through fear of the hostile intention on the part of the

settlers there, who "Were always carrying guns." Later, a delegation from the Indian town visited Goshen, and was there "Linked

together" with Colonel DeKay, as the representative of the Governor of the province, in their peculiar form of locking arms, for

three hours, as a test of enduring friendship.^ It was the only

treaty with the Indians in Orange County of which there is record. Aside from its Indian occupants the town is historic as the point

forming the old northwest boundmark of New Jersey (Lat. 41° 40'),

as recognized in the Treaty of Easton. (See Pompton.) From

its association with the history of three provinces, the story of the

town is of more than local interest. The lands were ultimately included in the Hardenberg Patent, and most of the Indian descendants of its founders of 1744 followed the lead of Brant in the Revolution. They probably deserved a better fate than that which came

to tliem. They are gone. The long night with its starless robe

has enveloped them in its folds -- the ceaseless wash of the waters of

the Delaware upon the beautiful valley of Cochecton, hynms their

requiem.