Katonah | |
|---|---|
| Ramapo leader | |
| Preceded by | Powahay |
| Personal details | |
| Resting place | Katonah's Wood, off Rt. 22 |
| Spouse(s) | Cantitoe, also called Mustato |
| Relations | Father, Onox (the older); grandfather, Ponus. Uncles, Tapgow (Taphance) and Owenoke. Brother, Onox (the younger). Eldest son, Wackemawa (Wawkamawe), Son, Papiag (Pohag); daughter married Sam Mohawk (Chickens Warrups) |
| Children | Wackemawa, Papiag |
| Parent | Onox |
| Signature | &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Catonah.jpg) |
Katonah was a Lenape sachem who led parts of two bands of Wappinger in what is today the far southeastern part of mainland New York State and southwestern Connecticut: the Wiechquaeskeck in the Greenwich, Stamford areas of Connecticut, and the Ramapo inhabiting that of today's Bedford, New York.
Some believe the Ramapo Sachemdom - which later relocated across the Hudson River in both New York and New Jersey (for whom today's town of Ramapo, New York, and the Ramapo Mountains of New Jersey are named) - was part of the Tankiteke chieftaincy of the Wappinger (itself effectively a league or confederation of a dozen or so bands, sovereign to itself but linguistically at least a Lenape people).
The land of today's town of Bedford was purchased from Chief Katonah.[1]
- ^ John Alexander Buckland, "The First Traders on Wall Street", Heritage Books, 2002, p 201