[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] 34 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY within the original historic borders of our County of Westchester. The attention of the Dutch pioneers on Manhattan Island had early been directed to this picturesque and pleasant region, and it is a pretty well accepted fact that some land purchases were made from the Westchester Indians antedating 1039, although the records of these assumed transactions have been lost. The most ancient deed to Westchester lands which has been preserved to the present day bears date of August 3, 1639, and by its terms the Indians dispose of a tract called Keskeskeck; the West India Company being the pur-chasers, through their representative, Cornelius Van Tienhoven, pro-vincial secretary to Director Kieft. In the next year Van Tienhoven was dispatched by Ivieft on similar important business to this same section; and, April 19, bought from the Siwanoy Indians all the lands located in the southeastern portion of Westchester County, running as far eastward in Connecticut as the Norwalk River.