[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Its extreme length from the top of Croton PoiAt north to the Putnam County line is' twelve and a quarter miles, and its greatest breadth nine miles. Its area is approximately fifty square miles. The Croton River passes through the southeastern cor-ner, and in the northeastern corner the Sprout Brook. Canopus Creek and the Peekskill Hollow Brook empty their waters into Annsville Creek. Between these two extremities are a number of smaller streams. Lying, as it does, on the edge of the High-lands, the surface of the town is very hilly, The greatest elevation is attained at Anthony's Nose, in the northwestern corner, which rises to an altitude of twelve hundred and twenty-eight feet above the Hud-son River. The scenery is full of the varied and striking beauty which has gained the Hudson River and its sur-roundings a fame throughout the world. The name of the town is derived from Van Cortlandt, of whose manor it once formed a part. The Indians along the east bank of the Hudson were sub-divisions of the great Mohegan tribe. Those north of the Kitchewan or Croton River were the Kitchewonks, and they occupied the whole of the towns of Cortlandt and Yorktown. South of the Croton River were the Sint Sinks and the Tankitekes. North of Anthony's Nose and among the mountains were the Nochpeens and north of them the Wap-pingers. Across the Hudson were the Haverstraws, a branch of the Minsi, belonging to the Delaware nation.