[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] The facts stated in the case, as reported by the lords of trade, on the hearing of NIMHAM, who visited England, for that purpose, are " that the tract of land, the property and possession whereof is claimed by these Indians, and their title disputed, is situated between Hudson's river and the line which divides the province of New York from that of Connecticut, extending in length from east to west about twenty miles, and in breadth from north to south about sixteen miles, and con taining about two hundred and four thousand and eight hundred acres of land; that they continued in the uninterrupted posses sion of these lands, and in the actual improvement and settle ment of the same, by themselves and their tenants, until the commencement of the late war (1755), when the head sachem, accompanied by all the males of that tribe able to bear arms, went into your majesty's service under Sir William Johnson, and the residue removed to Stockbridge, for their greater con venience and accommodation; that whilst the said sachem and his people were righting under your majesty's banner; all this tract of land was taken up by persons claiming under a grant thereof made by the governor of New York.to one Adolph Phillipse in 1697, and afterwards purchased by him of the ancestors of the said Indians, which purchase they allege, was not a purchase of the whole tract comprehended in the grant 330 HUDSON RIVER INDIANS.