[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] the one from the other. This district Indians" named in the text were, but it was abandoned by the natives for two is not an improbable supposition that they reasons; the first and principal is, that were Shawanoes. finding themselves unable to resist the O.P HUDSON'S RWER. 91 events of 1643-44, but subsequently appear only as mediators in the person of their sachem Oritany,1 who enjoyed to a rare old age the confidence of his people and of the surrounding chieftaincies, as well as that of the Europeans. He is spoken of in 1687, as very aged, and as delegating his authority in a measure to Perro. The lands of the chieftaincy embraced Jersey City, Hoboken, a part of Staten island,2 Wehawken, Newark, Passaic, etc. 4th. The Aquackanonks. Their sachem, in 1676, was Cap-tahem or Captamin. Their territory, or at least a portion of it, was called Haquequenunck or Acquackanonk, and included the site of the present city of Paterson.3 They are also described as occupying a considerable portion of the centre of New Jersey. 5th. The Tappans. The relations existing between this chieftaincy and the Hackinsacks were very intimate, so much so as to lead some to suppose that they were a part of Oritany's sachemdom. Their separate authority and jurisdiction, how ever, is clearly established.