[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] GRE KNBURGH. 233 " was not merely a great warrior, but a medicine-man, a prophet or a conjurer," and ruled the adjacent country "from Yonkers quite to Sleepy Hollow." The name of Sleepy Hollow, indeed, according to Mr. Irving, is owing to the wonderful effects of a medicine or charm by which this great wizard put the hostile sachem and warriors of f^ing Sing to sleep among the rocks and recesses of the valley. He thus won an easy triumph, and he left his foes in a heavy slumber, which has not been broken until this day. Hence the name of Sleepy Hollow. Later on this " scat of empire of the wizard sachem came into the possession of Wolfert Acker, one of the privy counsellors of Peter Stuyvesant." Afterwards it became " the keep or stronghold of Jacob Van Tassel, a valiant Dutchman of the old stock of Van Tassels, who abound in Westchester County." It was in his time, during the Revolutionary War, a rallying-place for the patriots "of Tarrytown, Petticoat Lane and Sleepy Hollow," who formed a brotherhood for mutual defense and safety. Jacob was a leader in all daring enterprises, and, as Mr. Irving says, was " ready to take a-part in any scout or scrimmage by land or water." The portentous " bang " of his great goose gun carried terror to the heart of the marauding foe.