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1149:Letter from Stephen Goodyear to Peter Stuyvesant
842:"the weckquaesgeek - Ardsley Historical Society"
529:"Wappinger Indian Divisions | Access Genealogy"
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153:The Wecquaesgeek faced numerous conflicts with
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1169:, David B. Martucci, 2011, p. 786
1038:"The Streets Where History Lives"
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640:Bee Local—The Neighborhood Buzz
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859:"Hastings' Hidden Waterway"
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97:Related ethnic groups
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258:Spuyten Duyvil Creek
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464:"Wappinger History"
92:Indigenous religion
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1042:The New York Times
1001:The New York Times
972:"The $ 24 Swindle"
616:www.dickshovel.com
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294:Hastings-on-Hudson
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