Hawk's Nest; or, The Last of the Cahoonshees.: A Tale of the Delaware Valley and Historical Romance of 1690.Allerton, James M. (James Martin)
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Hawk's Nest; or, The Last of the Cahoonshees.: A Tale of the Delaware Valley and Historical Romance of 1690.
Allerton, James M. (James Martin)
Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- Fiction; Historical fiction
=Page 6.—High Point.= Is situated in Sussex Co., 5½ miles southeast of
Port Jervis, and is the most elevated land in the State of New Jersey,
being 1804 feet above the level of the sea and 1395 feet above the
Delaware Valley at Tri-States Rock. From its peak twenty-seven cities
and villages can be seen. The scenery is grand and sublime. Extending
north to the Catskills, south to the Water Gap, east to the Highlands
and west across the Delaware, Neversink and Mamakating Valleys; while
the pure air from the pine forests of Sullivan County drives the malaria
and mosquitoes toward the Atlantic. It is crowned by a beautiful lake,
supplied by pure crystal spring water, and a first-class hotel, where the
wants of the inner man can be supplied.
=Page 9.—Peenpack Ford.= Was the usual place of crossing the Neversink
River in early times, and was located south-east of the present residence
of Peter D. Swartwout. It is now crossed by an iron bridge.
=Page 15.—Steneykill.= A small stream of water that rises near the “Old
Jersey claim line,” in lot 36 of the first division of the Minisink
Patent, at the outlet of Long Swamp, which was originally a Beaver Dam,
and runs through lot 40 of the 7th division of the Minisink Patent, and
empties into the Shinglekill on lot 41; on the farm formerly owned by
John Van Etten and now owned by F. H. Maguire.
=Page 19.—Shinglekill.= A stream of water flowing out of Big Pond about
two miles west of Peenpack (Huguenot,) and flows through lots 41 and 42
of the 7th division of the Minisink Patent, and empties into the Delaware
River at Bolton Basin. Shinglekill Island where Drake landed the raft is
just west of the mouth of the Shinglekill Brook, and the Beneykill is the
water that flows between the Island and the west shore.
=Page 23.—Charles Webb.= In 1704, Her Late Majesty Queen Ann granted
to Matthew Ling and others, the land now included within the Minisink
Patent. John Thomas and Stephen Crane were appointed Commissioners, and
Charles Webb, surveyor. Between 1704 and 1763, Charles Webb surveyed the
several divisions and filed the map in the office of the Secretary of
State on the 14th day of February 1763. The only remaining copy of that
map is in the possession of the author, and it was while Charles Webb was
making this survey that he found Walter Wallace, one of the heroes of our
tale.
=Page 34.—Bottle Rock.= A large rock in the Neversink River in the shape
of a bottle, on land formerly owned by Abraham J. Cuddeback.
=Page 35.—Sand Hill.= This was the Indian Cemetery and is situated on
the west side of the Neversink River, about three miles northeast of the
“Tri-States Rock,” on the farm now (1892) owned by Levi Van Etten. The
river has washed the most of it away, and frequently skeletons of Indians
that were buried hundreds of years ago are exposed to view.
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