[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the northeast corner of lot No. 4, west range, being part of Andrew Johnson's Great Lot No. 7. Thus it is evident that the great lots were subdivided and re-subdivided by the successive heirs of the original families. Among the families to whom these lands were conveyed we find the names of the Browns, Baileys, Teeds, Greens, Travises, Carpenters, Owens and Mortons. It has been stated that the purchase of land from the Indians by Stephanus Van Cortland t in 1699 was within the limits of Somers, but the deed distinctly says, " beginning on the south side of Kightawonck river, and so along said river." The location of this tract has not been clearly ascertained, but it is certain it is not within the present limits of Somers. Evidence is plentiful that this territory was used largely as a hunting-ground by the various branches of Indian tribes that visited and crossed its ridges and vales. More especially is this the case on the westerly ridges and high lands in the vicinity of Amawalk Mountain. In this section arrow heads of different sizes are yearly turned up by the plow, while smooth, round stones of flinty composition are to be met with frequently. On the top of this elevation of land is a smooth plateau where a number of Indian graves were found, this evidently having been selected by them for a burial place. Near this plateau is a large never-failing spring of the purest cold water. From this point one of the grandest views in this region maybe ob-tained.