[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] 1 Wood, in his account (if the Discovery ami Settlement of Westchester County, in Scharf's History, accepts Brodhead's date; but Dr. Cole. [istory of Yonkers in the same work ■viewing the statements in Juet's Jour-des upon the 14th of September. 58 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY off Stony Point, in the k> strait " described by Juet, and the natives, animated solely by curiosity, came out in their canoes, some of them being received on board. The occupant of one of the canoes, which kept " hanging under the stern," was detected in pilfering from the cabin windows, having secreted " a pillow and two shirts and two bandaliers." Whereupon the " mate shot at him, and struck him on the breast, and killed him.*' The visitors now lied precipitately, those on board the " Half-Moon " jumping into the water. A boat was low-ered from the ship to recover the stolen property, and one of the In-dians in the water had the temerity to take hold of it, at which " the cook seized a sword and cut off one of his hands, and he was drowned." It is difficult to characterize the shooting of the Indian thief otherwise than as wanton murder, and this whole episode stands to the serious