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he was obliged finally to yield to vigilance and perseverance, and fall 

 back. He retired collected, and, as usual, giving up the ground only 

 inch by inch ; and, though retiring, still presenting a front whenever an 

 attack threatened; he kept close to the Sound to secure his flank on 

 that side; and, having reached Frog's point, and the water becoming 

 narrow, to be crossed by the Indians in bark canoes, easily to be made 

 in the night, and the tide being out, and the rocks showing their heads, 

 he availed himself of them, and stepping from one to another, effected 

 his retreat to Long Island. He at first betook himself sullen and silent 

 to Coram, in the middle of the island ; but it being in his nature not to 

 remain idle long, and " rage superadded, soon roused him and ministered 

 to him the means of revenge. He collected all the rocks in the island 

 in heaps at Cold Spring, and throwing them in different directions, to 

 different distances across the Sound in Connecticut, covered the surface 

 of it with them as we now see it ; and it has been repeated from the 

 whites, the first settlers of land at Cold Spring, that the Indians, to 

 the last who remained, not only undertook to show the spot where he 

 stood, but insisted they could still discern the print of his feet." " The 

 fact of tradition (adds Benson) among the Indians of Long Island, of a 

 war between those of Connecticut and the evil spirit, about the territory, 

 and of his being worsted and retreating to the island, &c, I had from 

 the late Mr. L'Hommedieu, a native of the island." a A projecting 

 point of land on the neck, still bears the name of " Satan's Toe. ' 



Upon the north-east side of Throckmorton's point, lies Locust Island, 

 the property of the late Capt. Wright. On the south, the shores of the 

 East River are ornamented with numerous handsome residences, as the 

 country seats of Frederick C. Havemeyer, Francis Morris and Peter C. 

 Vansckeck, formerly belonged to Philip I. Livingston, Esq., who ex- 

 pended large sums in procuring every novelty in the vegetable world to 

 adorn this beautiful spot. The gardens at one time were very exten- 

 sive. 



The finest Cedar of Lebanon, in the United States, is growing here, 

 being over forty feet high and spreading fifty feet. There is also a 

 superb specimen of the copper colored beech, twelve feet in circumfer- 

 ence. These trees were planted by Mr. Livingston one hundred years 

 ago. The road from the point to Westchester village, passes many 

 beautiful villas, among which may be noticed the late Mr. Jno. D. Wolf, 

 the Overing estate, and that of Mr. S. M. Stillwell. On the Fort Schuy- 

 ler and Hutchinson's Bay, is situated Pennyfield, the residence of Geo. 



a Memoirs of the S;ate of New York, by Egbert Benson, 1817. 



