[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Wampus was apparently the ruling sachem, as his is the leading name in the body of the deed, though others sign it with him.2 It has been supposed that he lived near the little lake still called Wampus Pond, which lies on the boundary between this town and North Castle, but it is prob-able that his wigwam was farther north, perhaps in the neighborhood of Kirby ville.3 -The deed is as follows : "This indenture, made on the 19th of October, in the eighth year 1 of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, William the Third, by the Grace / of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Ac, and in the year of our Lord Christ, 1696, between Wampus, Indian Sachem, and others, whose names are hereunto Ret and seals affixed, native proprietors of all that tract of land situate, lying and being in the county of Westchester, in the province of New York, in America, bounded north by Croton River, easterly by Byrani River and Bedford line, southerly by the land of John Harrison and his associates, and the line stretching to By ram River, aforesaid, and westerdly by the land of Frederick Philipse.