[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] The bounds of their tract were from Connectquut river on the east to the line of Oyster bay on the west, and from the South bay to the middle of the island. They were so much reduced by wars and disease that when settlements were made among thdfci their lands were compara tively deserted. Winnequaheagh was sachem in 1683. nth. The Patchogues^ or Onchechaugs. Their jurisdiction ex tended from Patchogue east to West Hampton, and their villages at Patchogue, Fire Place, Mastic, Moriches and West Hampton. Tobaccus sachem in 1666. 1 2th. The SkinecockS) who claimed the territory from West Hampton to East Hampton, including Sag harbor, and the whole south shore of Peconic bay. Nowedonah was sachem in 1648, and Quaquasho, or The Hunter, in 1691. 1 3th. The Montauks* This chieftaincy was acknowledged both by the Indians and the Europeans, as the ruling family of the island. They were indeed, the head of the tribe of Mon-tauks, the other divisions named being simply clans or groups, as in the case of other tribes. DeRasieres and Van der Donck class them as " old Manhattans." They were consi derable in numbers; distinguished for the hosp^plity which they extended to the Dutch traders and early settlers, and no less so for their subsequent hostility. Holding in their posses sion the treasure chest of all the Indian nations, they were especially exposed to invasion by the more powerful tribes bor dering on the sound.