[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Of their possessions on the Hudson there is but one perfect transfer title on record, that being for the lands which were included in the Rombout patent, in which u Sackeraghkigh, for himself and in the name of Megriesken, sachem of the Wappinger Indians," and other Indians therein named as grantors, conveyed the tract beginning on the south side of the Matteawan creek and running along the Hudson north to a point five hundred rods beyond " the Great Wapping's kill, called by the Indians Mawenawasigh," thence east, keeping five hundred rods north of said creek, " four hours' going into the woods," thence south to the south side of Matteawan creek, and thence west " four hours' going " to the place of beginning — a district now embraced in the towns of Fishkill, East Fishkill, etc., in Dutchess county. Although it is so stated on Van der Donck's map of New Netherland, and assumed by Gallatin as a fact, there is no evi dence that the Wappingers extended west of the Hudson, but, on the contrary, the conclusion is certain that they did not. The record of the Esopus wars and the sales of lands show what and who the latter were. The error of Van der Donck's informants was in confusing totemic emblems, and similarity of dialect, with tribal jurisdiction.