[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] At the time of the discovery they were a part of or under tribute to the Mahlcans. Wyandance, their sachem, was also the grand sachem of Paumanacke, or Sewan-hackey, as the island was called. Nearly all the deeds for lands were confirmed by him. His younger brothers, Nowedonah and Poygratasuck, were respectively sachems of the Sbinecocks and the Mankassets. His residence was upon Montauk, and 1Metowacks, Brodhead; Matuwacks, fates & M.oulton; Montauks, Thompson. 10 76 THE INDIAN TRIBES the body of his followers lay in the immediate vicinity. Dur ing the wars of the Mahicans, the Montauks were subjugated by or compelled to pay tribute to the Pequots. After the destruc tion of the latter nation in 1637, the Mahicans again asserted their authority, but about that time the Montauks accepted the pro tection of the English and paid tribute to the governor of New Haven. In 1653, they were engaged in war with the Narra-gansetts, or rather the latter attacked them "as the friends and tributaries of the English."1 A considerable number of the Montauks perished in this wlr. On the division of the island in 1650, between the English and the Dutch, the English taking the eastern, and the Dutch the western part, the jurisdiction of Wyandance was nominally divided, Tackapousha being elected sachem of the chieftaincies in possession of the Dutch, viz : Marsapequas, Merikokes, Carnarsees, Secatogues, Rockaways, and Matinecocks.