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Ulster county. S. L. Frey says of this county, “It is a 
country of abundant streams and that it was occupied for a long 
time by aboriginal tribes is clearly shown by the abundant relics. 
The indications however are that there was no long residence at 
any one point. There are no beds of debris, ashes, coal, bones, 
etc., such as are found on the sites of Iroquois villages.” The 
people were Algonquins and of different habits from the interior 
nations. They raised corn but often changed their homes. There 
were several bands of these called by various names but generally 
known as the Esopus Indians, who lived in the valleys or near 
the Hudson river. They are famous for their wars with the Dutch. 
1 On a map of the Catskill region issued by the West Shore 
railroad in 1893 Indian graves are indicated between West Sauger- 
ties and Quarryville.. 
2 Rev. Dennis Wortman reports two village sites near Sauger- 
ties. 
3 There were cornfields near Wagondale and Sagerskill— 
Sylvester, p. 57 
4 Several clearings and orchards were known in Olive at an 
early day. On the farm of Benjamin Turner was a cemetery. 
Early relics are frequently found—Sylvester, p. 301 
5 site at Glasco. 
6 The Esopus Indians around Kingston were sometimes called 
Warynawaucks.—Schoonmaker, p. 3. There was an inscribed stone 
at Esopus Landing and a village site near Kingston Point. 
7 There was a village and cemetery at Ponckhockie. 
8 An Indian fort called Wiltmeet is supposed to have been in 
Marbletown.—Schoonmaker, p. 15. In that town Mr Louis Bevier 
has fine relics found on his farm.—Frey © 
g There was a town at the junction of Rondout and Vernoey 
kills at Wawarsing. Arrowheads, etc. were found there-—Schoon- 
maker, p. 35. The grand council house of the Esopus Indians was 
there and thus several trails met.— Sylvester, p. 22 
10 In the Esopus war of 1659 the Indians had corn at Le Fevre’s 
falls in Rosendale. This was on the flat owned by Timothy F. 
Tilson.— Sylvester, p. 42 
