Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York, Vol. I — Passage 356 (part 3)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Which aforesaid lands he, the Sachem now was not inclined to sell nor to convey tp the Swedish^ Governor because said Governor, without acknowledging him as proprietor, had taken the land and had, against his, the Sachem's will, and without asking permission, settled it in part without offering him any satisfaction; but being more favorable to the much respected General, the great Sachem of the Manhattans, he is willing to present him the land and the property thereof, as his friends Mattahoorn, Aquahoorn, Pemenatta and Sinquees had done with their lands, called Taniicongh; which, also, the aforesaid Sachem Wagj^angzewan effectually and indeed hath performed, in the presence of all of us, giving and conveying, by solemn shaking of the hand {hanttastinge) and signature, to the respected Mr.