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History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River — Passage 233

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[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Manners and customs, continued — war address, 31; war song of Le-napes, 32; weapons of war, 25 Van der Donck's description o: appearance, 20; Verazzano's de scription of appearance, 19 Maquas, Mohawks so called, 35; castle of the Praying, 97 Maringoman, sachem of Waoranecks, 94; castle of, 94 Marsapequas, location of the, 73; take part in war of 1643, 73; aid the Dutch in Esopus wars, 73, 149, 153 Maramaking, sachem of Si wanoys, 82 Massachusetts, sends war belt to Mahi-cans, 269 5 reply of, to Mahican ad dress, 271 Matinecocks, location of the, 74 Mattano, sachem of Raritans, 90 Mauwehu, sachem of Schaticooks of Kent, Connecticut, 195 Mayane, a Wappinger chief, 82, 113 Medicines, 27 Mechkentowoons, a Mahican chieftaincy, 71, 85, 96 Megriesken, sachem of Wappingers, 84 Merncks, location of the, 73 Mespath, village of, destroyed by Dutch, 114 Metzewakes, sachem of Kikhawongs, 79 Miantonomo, sachem of Narragansetts, 103 Miami Rapids, council of tribes at, 291 Mingoes, origin of, 257 Minichque, a Mahican sachem, mortally injured by negroes, 185; biographi cal notice of, 319 Minnisinks, a chieftaincy of Minsis, lo cation and villages of, 965 one of, charged with murder at Esopus, 127; take part in war of 1689, 178 j visited by Arent Schuyler, l8ij invite Shawanoes to settle among, 181 5 Minsis defrauded of lands at, 217; settlers at, killed, 222 j devastations in war of 1756,