[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The remains of an Indian burial-place are to be seen near the former residence of Hon. Isaac Purdy. There is no doubt that, at an early pe-riod, these hills and valleys abounded in game more plentifully than did the lands of the Sound terri-tory, and visiting tribes came here to find their sup-plies of food. The Mughtiticoos and Kitchewan also furnished a supply of fish, these streams being well 500 HISTORY OF WESTOHBSTEB COUNTY. stocked with various species of the finny tribes to this day. In the early days of the town shad were taken from the Croton River, near the junction of the Titi-cus, and to this day a bend in the river, where there is a depth of some feet, is known as the " Shad Hole." Some of the lineal descendants of the original owners of the soil have resided in the town within a few years past, noiably the descendants of Absalom Money, who was the son of Philip Money, an Indian and resi-dent here in 1784. During the Revolutionary War the inhabitants of North Salem were, at the earliest moment, arrayed on the patriot side of the conflict, and in that struggle no North Salem man proved false to his country.