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In response to the tenant farmers. Prior to the French Indian War the Wappinger had colonial tenants leasing land on Native lands in Dutchess county which also included Putnam County at the time. The problem was the Philipse heirs exaggerated the actual land that was actually sold extending that property east to the CT border ( basically much of Putnam County). I believe Daniel had to leave the French Indian War to address the land issue. Tenants leasing lands to the Wappinger were being forced to pay the Philipse Family at a higher price. Many rejected this and a Tenant riot started from colonials who refused to pay the Philpse family for land they didn’t own. Peter Cutul does a great job in his paper the LAND HEIST IN THE HIGHLANDS in more detail. Actually one tenant Bartlet Brundige who was loyal to the Wappingers was arrested for the riot and escaped. He was sent with Nimham and his fellow Mohican Sachems as an interpreter (which they really didn’t need since both Sachem and Daniel and Solomon spoke English. I really love reading these little comments about the Battle. 

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