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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 112

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[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The last purchase mentioned above, namely that of May 7, ](W4 (elsewhere given as June 6, 1084), ex-tended the territorial boundary of Frederick Phil-ip-'estate from the Nepperhan.River eastward to the Bronx. The grantors, or party of the first part, consisted of nine male Indians and one Squaw, among the former being Ghoharius, whose name is here given as Ghoharim, and the famous. " Ann Hook," the murderer of Mrs. Ann Hutchinson, whose assumed name is here spelled il Enhoak." This pur-chase included " All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being to the eastward of the land of Frederick Philipse, between the creek called Nep-pierha, or the Yonker's Kill and Bronck's River, be-ginning on the south side at the northerly bounds of the Yonker's land; and from thence along the aforesaid creek Nippier/ha, however it runs, till you come to the most northerly bounds of the said Frederick Phil-ipse's land, and from thence northeast into the woods unto Bronck's river, so as it runs southerly to the eastward of the Y'oncker's land aforesaid, and from thence, with a westerly line, to the aforesaid Yonck-er's Kill or Nippierha." The payment was made, as usual, in various articles that seemed to be in great demand among the Indians, of which the following is a list: "130 fathoms of white Wampum, 12 Guns, 14 Fathoms of Duffels, 12 Blankets, S (.'oats, <> Kettles, ti Fathoms of Stroudwater, 10 Shirts, 25 lbs.