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Part of the Dutch figurative chart annexed to the memorial of Aug. i8, 

 1616, which was made from the map of 1614, and accurately copied for the 

 Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of Neiv York, 

 volume I. They are the earliest maps we have of the interior of New York 

 and are remarkable for giving the two divisions of the Five Nations always 

 made by the Dutch ; those of the Maquas or Mohawks and the Senecas. 

 The maps are based on the reports of some Dutchmen, carried as captives 

 into the interior and afterward ransomed 



