…Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Kitchewonks had two important vil-lages,— one where Peekskill now stands, called Sack-hoes, and the other upon Van Cortlandt's Neck, con-necting Senasqua or Croton Point with the main land. Here they had a…

…Seaburv, Samuel (Rev.), 301, 302, 313. 315. Sears. Isaac (Captain), Westchestci Raid of. See, Isaac, 470. Segur, < ottnt, 520. Senasqua, 26, 166. Settlements (see also Patents and Pur chases):— of Manhattan Island. 71; of Bronx-land by Jonas Bronck, 87…

…by the name of Slauper's Haven, and by the Indians Navish, the meadow being by the Indians called Senasqua, being bounded by the said river and a certain creek called or known to the Indians by the name of…

…at West Farms. Saproughah. — A creek at "West Farms. Sepparak. — A locality in Cortlandt. The foregoing names are seemingly variations of the same word, denoting " extended <>r spread-out land." A search for early forms might change this opinion. Senasqua.

…Its precise location was at the entrance or neck of Teller's Point (called Senasqua), and west of the cemetery of the Van Cortlandt family. The traditional sachem was Croton.

…Van Bursum was the first white owner of the peninsula of Croton Point, which in the Indian language was called by the pleasing name of Senasqua, and, before receiving its present name, had long been known as Teller's Point…