[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Perhaps some of our settlers may have " squatted " in that region, mak-ing temporary terms with the Indians they found in possession. It is a curious circumstance that, as late as 17U7, the Friends' Meeting at Golden's Bridge was referred to in the records of that body as tho 11 Bed-ford Heating" (James Wood, address before New York Historical Society, 1884), and in 1791 the town voted ten pounds to be paid "to the Commit-tee to build a bridgo over Croton River, at a placo called Golden's Bridge." 596 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. but a matter of tradition, handed down from lather to son or from one landholder to the next, with more or less of exactness. So long as the land is used only for farming purposes, these limits have been found sufficiently definite. But a few years ago, in the vil-lage of Mount Kisco, which lies in both Bedford and New Castle, it became desirable to-know the exact situation of the boundary. An attempt was made in 18#79, under the direction of the supervisors of the two towns, to have the line surveyed. In the absence of any official map or survey, recourse was had to a map found on file in the office of the State engineer and surveyor, described as follows : "A map of the township of Bedford, in the County of Westchester and State of New York, in the Latt. 41° 10' North, Beginning at the S. E. corner and thence N. 15° W. ">.r>0 chains to a heap of stones at the N. E. corner; thence S. 7:)° W.