[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] OF HUDSON'S RIVER. 89 with the new chief." In 1751, he writes at Gnadenhutten, in Pennsylvania : " Two deputies were likewise sent to the great council of the Mahikan nation at Westenhuck, with which they appeared much pleased, and as a proof of their satisfac tion made Abraham, an assistant at Gnadenhutten, a captain."1 Again : u The unbelieving Indians at Westenhuck, made several attempts to draw the Christian Indians in Shekomeko into their party." "Brother David Bruce," it. is added, "paid visits to Westenhuck, by invitation of the head chief of the Mahican nation," of whom it is said : " the above mentioned chief of Westenhuck, who had long been acquainted with the brethren, departed this life." This chief was Konapot, whose name has been preserved in the records of the Stockbridge mission, and who is described by Hopkins as " the principal man among the Muhhekaneok of Massachusetts." By the records of Massachusetts, it appears that, in 1736, the Wes tenhuck sachem visited Boston, accompanied by the chiefs from Hudson's river, as one people, while the former, when known as the Stockbridges, came to Albany in 1756, and were received as the actual representatives of the Mahicam, instead of those known as such to the authorities of New York.