. The borough of the Bronx, 1639-1913; its marvelous development and historical surroundings. CLASON'S POINT 123 known as "Annes Hoeck," or Ann's Neck. The Hutchinson River perpetuates her name. Here they erected a cabin upon the rising ground of the famous "Split ; A few months later, Throgg's Neck (named by the Indians Quinnahung), sometimes styled in old records "Frog's Point," was settled by John Throckmorton (or Throgmorton) and thirty- five Baptist families, who, like the Hutchinsons, had been driven from Rhode Island because of religious persecution. I
. The borough of the Bronx, 1639-1913; its marvelous development and historical surroundings. CLASON'S POINT 123 known as "Annes Hoeck," or Ann's Neck. The Hutchinson River perpetuates her name. Here they erected a cabin upon the rising ground of the famous "Split ; A few months later, Throgg's Neck (named by the Indians Quinnahung), sometimes styled in old records "Frog's Point," was settled by John Throckmorton (or Throgmorton) and thirty- five Baptist families, who, like the Hutchinsons, had been driven from Rhode Island because of religious persecution. In granting. Split Rock, Pelham Bay Park them a patent in October, 1643, the Dutch authorities in New Amsterdam referred to it as Vriedelandt, or "Land of ; In 1643 the Weckquaesgeek Indians, fleeing before a raid of their dreaded enemies, the Mohawks of the north, abandoned their village in Westchester County and came in a miserable condition to Pavonia on Manhattan Island. Director Kieft, perhaps seeing an opportunity of obtaining easy possession of the lands inhabited by the Indians, ordered that they be surprised at night and merci- lessly massacred. This cruel act aroused the neighboring tribes to such implacable fury that they wildly set about to exterminate all who intruded upon their hunting grounds. Westchester was laid Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Harry Tecumseh, 1873-; Kaplan, Nathan Julius, 1887-. New York, The author
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