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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 440

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[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Second, the deed " to the proprietors of Bedford" for the Koamong purchase, " which land and Mid-dow lyes at the southwest of the bounds of the said proprietors of Bedford, bought of y" Indians, as ap-pears by a former bill of sale," May 2, 1083.1 Third, the deed to Daniel Simians for a " Sertaine pees of land lying west of the bounds of Bedford," known afterward as "Simpkins half mile square,"2 May 25, 1692. in money and IS pounds in indian truck e<|iiifalent to money, in case Mint Mio town lint ti the indian purchase westward of the town." On March '2d, following, the same vote was repeated, the phrase " Indian pay " heing used. One week later it was resolved " that if ('apt. Mathews can and will help the town with some indian truck, they w ill give him full satisfaction next pave time or fall of the year." 1 Ucdford Records, hook I. p. 115. This purchase was nut very ini|Hirt-ant. It does not appear in Copp's memorandum, heing prolmhly in-cluded in the old purchase. It may be that the deed was intended to confirm the old one in res|iect to that |uirt of the boundary, or to rectify ome misunderstanding. 'Records, liook i. p. 139.