[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] This is the introduction to Yonkers of Frederick Philipse, afterwards first lord of the his-toric Manor of Pliilipsburgh. He bought his first land here in November, 1(572. Before proceeding to the history of the Philipses, we may stop to think of the condition of Colendonck in 1672, as to settlers. Great difficulties must have attended the early adoption of it for homes. Proba-bly not many white residents were here when Mrs. O'Neal finally sold her estate.1 We have spoken, however, of Van Der Donck's mill. The operatives employed in it must have lived in its vicinity. There is a tradition, though we do not know of any historic basis for it, that he had built a house of Holland brick on the rising ground on or near the site of our Manor (or City) Hall. Probably there were a few farmers here and there located over the manor. The settlement on Manhattan Island, a small community on the New Jersey shore, a few families at Nyack and Haverstraw, and the family of Jonas Bronck on the east side of the present county, were the nearest white neighbors. Of the Indians, there were probably a large number. In addition to the village around the bend and at the mouth of the Nepperhan, there was another at Riverdale, and still another at Spuyten Duyvil. Of course it was for the interest of the few whites to maintain friendly rela-tions with the Indians, and in their attempts to do so they succeeded with but few exceptions.