Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York, Vol. I — Passage 356 (part 8)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] He 'declared further, that neither the Swedes nor any ether nation had bought lands of them as right owners, except the patch on which Fort Christina stood, and that all the other houses of the Swedes, built at -"Tinnecjpngh, Hingeesingh' in the Schuylkil and at other places W^re set up there against the will and consent of the Indians, and that neither they, nor any other natives had receivecj^ anything therefor. But that the present Swedish Governor had 3 @ 4 years ago, bought from the Mantas Indian named Siscohoka, still living and from Mechekyralames, now dead, some land on the west shore and set his fence thereupon, to wit, from Wychquahoyngh,^^ named by our people Creveceur, unto about Mechechasau,^ of which lands they were not Chiefs nor Proprietors, but one Kyckesycken, in our tongue Live Turkey.* It is confirmed by the aforesaid Sachem's declaration, that the land which the Swede at present occupies, was bought neither by him nor by any other nation, except where Fort Christina stands and the Schuylkil, heretofore conveyed to Arent Corssen. The General further asked through the Interpreter whether they, the Sachems were, then, right owners of that land at present occupied by the Swede on the west shore, and further westward to the Bay or mouth of the river, and whether they will sell the aforesaid land that still remains unsold.