[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Kitchewonks had two important vil-lages,— one where Peekskill now stands, called Sack-hoes, and the other upon Van Cortlandt's Neck, con-necting Senasqua or Croton Point with the main land. Here they had a strongly-built stockade which overlooked the waters of Haverstraw Bay, and guard-ed important oyster-beds there.1 Different portions of the town bore different names. West of John Peake's Creek (Annsville Creek) was Wishqua. The present Peekskill was called Sachus or Sackhoes. To the south of it came Wenehees and farther south (the boundaries given in the deed to Van Cortlandt, 1683, are not easily determined) lay •James Wood, lit Kisco. 366 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. Appamaghpogh.1 Verplanck's Point was then Mea-hagh, Croton Point Senasqua, and the lower portions of the towns of Cortlandt, Yorktown and Soniers ex-tending as far northward as the Mohansie Lakes, Kitchewonk or Kitchtawan.' The first white men ever to hehold the shores of the town of Cortlandt were Hendriek Hudson and his erew, on their exploring expedition in 1609. Off Verplanck's Point, on October 1st of that year, his vessel, the " Half Moon," was anchored.3 Here he was visited by some of the Highland Indians, who were struck with wonder at the superiority of his craft to their own canoes, and marveled at the pecu-liar weapons of the strangers.