A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II — Passage 28
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] » Tlie Sacliems Pennekek and Oratang were very troublesome to the West-cliester settlements in 1655. — Editor, h Alb. Rpc. vol. ii. p. 283. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER 159 places have been lured and decoyed by Mr. Pell or any other person to settle vvithui onr limits, of which district this city had a grant, to keep them in a civil arrest, either in the court house or any proper and convenient place, till a furtlier examination shall be instituted and our orders issued in conformity with these. Done in Council, in our fort at New Amsterdam, in New Ncther-land, 14 March, 1G56. Peter Stuyvesant. ■ ' ■ Nicassius de Sille. " ■" La Montague.!^ On the 15tli of March, 1656, ihe attorney general presented his demand to the Director General and Council as plaintitf in the case. Respectful Lords: