A History of the Minisink Region: Which Includes the Present Towns of Minisink, Deerpark, Mount Hope, Greenville, and Wawayanda in Orange County, New York ; from Their Organization and First Settlement to Their Present Time ; Also Including, a General History of the First Settlement of the County |
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... Indian guides , and had a fatiguing journey , there being then no white inhabitants in the upper part of Bucks or Northampton Counties . That they had very great difficulty to lead their horses through 2 FIRST SETTLEMENT . 25.
... Indian guides , and had a fatiguing journey , there being then no white inhabitants in the upper part of Bucks or Northampton Counties . That they had very great difficulty to lead their horses through 2 FIRST SETTLEMENT . 25.
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... horses through the water gap to Minisink flats , which were all settled with Hollanders ; with several they could only be understood in Indian . At the venerable Depuis ' they found great hospitality and plenty of the necessaries of ...
... horses through the water gap to Minisink flats , which were all settled with Hollanders ; with several they could only be understood in Indian . At the venerable Depuis ' they found great hospitality and plenty of the necessaries of ...
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... horse , at the head of his men , his doughty limbs and portly frame encased in military toggery resplendent in brass but- tons , a sword of monstrous length dangling from his waist and flapping against his horse's side with every jolt ...
... horse , at the head of his men , his doughty limbs and portly frame encased in military toggery resplendent in brass but- tons , a sword of monstrous length dangling from his waist and flapping against his horse's side with every jolt ...
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... horse , which fell at the first fire , giving its owner a lift in the world he had not calculated on , and landing him in a bunch of brambles . Out of this he crawled , minus hat and gun , and struck the very fastest gait he could on a ...
... horse , which fell at the first fire , giving its owner a lift in the world he had not calculated on , and landing him in a bunch of brambles . Out of this he crawled , minus hat and gun , and struck the very fastest gait he could on a ...
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... horse . The suddenness of the terrific act , for a moment paralyzed Ketlin's thoughts , but it was for a moment only . He knew that his own life depended on the quickness of his move- ments , and sprang at once to grapple with his foe ...
... horse . The suddenness of the terrific act , for a moment paralyzed Ketlin's thoughts , but it was for a moment only . He knew that his own life depended on the quickness of his move- ments , and sprang at once to grapple with his foe ...
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afterwards arms battle of Minisink became Benjamin Benjamin Woodward born Brandt called Capt church Clark Claudius Smith Colonel commenced Cuddeback Daniel Davis Decker Deerpark Delaware Denton descendants died door Dunning Durland Eager says Eager's History escaped Etten father fire Goshen Greenville Gumaer Hamptonburgh horse Indians Inwegen Jacob James Finch James Steward Jersey Jerseymen John Hallock Ketlin killed known land lower neighborhood Major married a daughter Martelair's Merit H miles Minisink Region morning Mount Hope murder Naoman Neversink Orange county party patent Peenpack Peter Port Jervis present town prisoners resided Ridgebury river road Roblin Samuel savage settled settlement settlers Seybolt Shawangunk Mountain soon Stephen Farnum Stickney Supervisor Swartout Tom Quick tomahawk took Tory Town Clerk town of Deerpark town of Minisink Tuthill Ulster county vicinity village Wallkill Wawayanda wife William woods Woodward York young
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Page 21 - Indians for the value of 60 guilders; 'tis 1 1,000 morgens in size. They had all their grain sowed by the middle of May, and reaped by the middle of August. They send thence samples of summer grain; such as wheat, rye, barley, oats, buckwheat, canary seed, beans and flax. The cargo of the aforesaid ship is: — 7246 Beaver skins.
Page 25 - That when government was informed of the settlement, they passed a law, in 1729, that any such purchases of the Indians should be void, and the purchasers indicted for forcible entry and detainer, according to the laws of England. That in 1730 they appointed an agent to go and investigate the facts ; that the agent so appointed was the famous surveyor, Nicolas Scull ; that he, J.
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Page 26 - Depuis had treated them so well, they concluded to make a survey of his claim, in order to befriend him, if necessary. When they began to survey, the Indians gathered round : an old Indian laid his hand on N. Scull's shoulder, and said, " Put up iron string — go home !" That they quit, and returned.
Page 28 - There appeared to have been a great abundance of labor done there, at some former time ; but the mouths of these holes were caved full, and overgrown...