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History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River — Passage 41

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[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] we discharged six muskets, and killed with their muskets, killed three or four two or three of them. Then above an more of them. So they went their hundred of them came to a point of land way." — Hudson's Journal. to shoot at us. There I shot a falcon at 1 This name appears to be local, al-them, and killed two of them; where-though there is some reason for regarding upon the rest fled into the woods. Yet it as generic. they manned off another canoe with nine a " Journal of New Netherland," Docu-or ten men, which came to meet us. So mentary History, iv, 15. I shot a falcon, and shot it through, and OF HUDSON'S RIVER. 79 site is now occupied by the village of Tarrytown. Their terri tory appears to have extended from Norwalk on the Sound, to the Hudson, and to have embraced considerable portions of the towns of Mount Pleasant, Greenburgh, White Plains, and Rye; it was very largely included in the Manor of Phillipsborough. Their sachem, in 1649, was Ponupahowhelbshelen; in 1660, Ackhough; in 1663, Souwenaro; in 1680, Weskora, or Wes-komen, and Goharius his brother; in 1681, Wessickenaiuw and Conarhanded his brother. Their chiefs are largely represented in the list of grantors of lands. 3d. The Sint-Smks. This chieftaincy does not appear to have been very numerous. Their name is perpetuated in the present village of Sing-Sing, which was called Ossing-Sing, where they had a village.