Author: Robert Bolton Jr.

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-25

Total Pages: 634

ISBN-13: 9781333741365

Excerpt from History of the County of Westchester, Vol. 2: From Its First Settlement to the Present Time South of the present village of that name. On account of its na tural boundaries this section of country was peculiarly adapted for the favorite Indian practice of entrapping wild game. Upon the north the Stony mountains formed an impassable rampart, whilst the long chain of ponds and streams on the east line of the town closed up all avenues of escape in that direction. The Indians therefore availing themselves of these natural barriers, constructed a palisaded pound at the southern extremity of the ponds, into which they drove the wild game from the west. Van der Donck the historian informs us, that the Indians fie quently united in companies of from one to two hundred, when they have rare Sport. On these occasions they drive over a large district of land and kill much game. They also make ex tenswefi/{es wit/t palisadoes, which are narrow at the termina ting angles, wherein they drive multitudes of animals and take great numbers. At a word they are expert hunters for every kind of game, and know how to practice the best methods to insure success? The shouts and yells of these savage hunts men must have reverberated in frightful echoes from the neigh boring woods and hills, serving no doubt much to bewilder their prey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.