28 o b lige d to satisfy the Indians for the land they u o n shall settle p , and they may extend or enlarge the limits of their C olonies if they settle a pro p o rtio nate number of C olonists thereon . XXVII . The Patroons and Colonists shall in r particula , and in the speediest manner , endea vor to find out ways and means whereby they M may support a inister and Schoolmaster , that thus the service of God and zeal for religion may not grow cool , and b e neglected among them and that they shall , for the first, procure th e . a Comforter of sick , there XXVIII . The C olonies that shall happen to lie on the respective rivers or islands ( that is to say, each river or island for itself ) shall be at i n liberty to appoint a Deputy , who shall give formation to the Commander and C ouncil of that W estern quarter , of all things relating to u his Colonie , and f rther matters relating thereto , of which Deputies there shall be one altered , or changed , in every two years and all l Colonies shal be obliged , at least once in every twelve months , to make exact report of their con dition and of the lands thereabout , to the Com n mander and Council there , in order to be tra s mitte d hither . XXIX . The Colonists shall not be permitted c to make any woolen , linen , or cotton loth , nor ff weave any other stu s there , on pain of being banished , and as perjurers , to be arbitrarily punished . XXX . The Company will use their endeavors & to supply the Colonists with as many Blacks as they conveniently can , on the conditions here after to be made in such manner , however , that they shall n o t be bound to do it for a longer time than they shall think proper . XXXI . The C ompany promise to finish the Manha tes fort on the Island of the t , and to put it in a posture of defence without delay . VII I . T H E F T HE C NY SE T TLEM EN T O OLO . In our last article on this subject, we intro d uced to our readers what may be considere d the great charter of the p olitical rights of the Colonists of Ne w Netherland an instrument e which , more than any oth r, shows the system of government under which the earliest settlers of this town and village , lived and labored . As the distingu ished historian of Ne w Nethe r & land has very truly remarked , this very impor tant document which “ transplanted to the free “ soil of America the feudal tenure and feudal E u burdens of continental rope , is remarkable principally as a characteristic of the era in which it was produced . It bears all the marks of the social system which prevailed at the time , not only among the Dutch , but among the other “ h nations which had adopted the civil law . T e C olonies ’ were but transcripts of the ‘ lord ’ ‘ ’ ships and seigneuries so common at this p e rio d , and which the French were establishing f contemporaneously , in their possessions north o t New Ne the rl andg where most of the feudal ’ ’ ll a h an s H s o r New N h d 120. O Ca g i tory et erlan , i , t Th e following are t he d ates o r some o f t h e earliest i d . t . J h 1626 Patents for S eig neuries n Cana a S osep , d d es An 1626 R d u L 1633 Notre ame ges, ; iviere oup , ; T HE GAZE T T E SE R IE S . E DITE D B Y W O N . H E N R Y B . D A S V L . I l O . O N N T K E R S . T - WE NTY SIX Cor ms a no , ' no s P arvu s Cm ouu rro n ONLY. T O A M E S C . B E L L E S J , & ” P res de n o f the V a e o f Yo nke rs N i t ill g , . Y . , O O R E ND LY R E GAR D AS A M E M ENT F F I , T his slight c ontrib ution to t he history o f th at a ncie nt IS RE S PE C T F UL L Y IN S C RI BE D B Y T HE D O E IT R . ’ 66 M o rri s a m a , N . Y. , 18 . ADVE RT ISE M E NT . T HE following pages h ave b e e n m ade u p f rom a se e o f ar c e o n t he u b ec c a e a e a e d ri s ti l s s j t, whi h h v pp r fr e e i A ZE E om tim to tim , n t he col u mns of T HE G TT , a e e k e a e u b d a Y k e r W e w ly n wsp p r p lish e t on s, st c e e u N Y u der m e d r a m an a e h st r Co nty, . , n y ito i l g m e n t . T he ar c e e re no t u b e d r n a ti l s w p lish , o igi lly, with a ny prete nsions of u nusu al m e rit o r im portan ce ; n o r - are th ey n o w re issu e d with a hope or e x pe c tation e r k r e r that th y will invite c iticism or prov o e cont ov sy . e e e wr e an d u b e d r a f o r t he T h y w r itt n p lish , o igin lly , a m use m e nt an d instru ction o f th e reade rs of T HE GA ZE TT E & fo r t he gratifi cation of a fe w i n du lge nt r d a a u be c e a e be e n re -ro f ien s, sm ll n m r of opi s h v p duced re e rm a e f r in this mo p n nt o m . H R Y B W SO N . EN . DA M o rri s a n i a , N . Y. 1866 . P A P E R S CONCE RNING THE T O W N A N D V I L L A G E Y O N K E R S H O U N Y W E S T C E S T E R C T . N A F R A G M E T . W B Y H E N R Y B . D A S O N . Y O N K E R S , N . i 8 6 6 . Y O N K E R S . R DUC RY INT O TO . We propose to devote a portion of our space , f from time to time , to the publication o some materials for a history of this ancient village and of the town of which it forms a part , with a hope that some one of our townsmen , who possesses leisure and inclination to pursue the investiga o tion , may be induced to make additi ns thereto , and embody them i n a volume befitting the sub j cet . It is not our purpose , however , to write even — a skeleton H is tory of Yonk ers we aspire only to the p rivilege of throwing before our reade rs , hr i from time to time , without regard to c o no l o g o r a cal order historical arr ngement , such items concerning the civil history of this town and v village , the li es and characters of those who a nd k have lived here . other indred subjects , as we shall consider interesting and useful to him who shall hereafter honor himself, by p reparing a full and reliable History o f this ancient seat of manorial authority in America . 3 which the aboriginal inhab itants of this town and vicinity belonged . Heckewelder and Mr Moulton , following other o ne earlier writers , in part of his work ap pears to have supposed that the residents of this por tion of Westchester county were Mohegans H i st o t e Sta te o New Y rk 226 — ( ory f h f o , i , ) the Ma nh hik n E it L ikani Ma a s d . e and of De Laet , ( y den 1625 Mahi canders J , , the c of oost Hart u ted b M ult n Mahicanni o f ger, ( q o y o o , the t New Views k Bar on , ( , xxxi , xxxii) the Mahi an 1 2 t M m ir E it. 8 5 ders o Benson , ( e o , d , Hecke wel der appears to have formed his opin ion from the narrative of an aged and intelligent Mohegan , whose grandfather had been a noted chief of that nation When I was a b oy , my grandfather used to speak much of old times how it had b een before the white people came “ r into this count y , and what changes to 3k place “ r .