HISTORY OF ORANGE
the tribe there. The tribe at Kent flourished for many years, and was well thought of by the people of that region. Barber says of them, ''During the Revolutionary War this tribe furnished one hundred warriors. It is said they were able to communicate intelligence from the seacoast to Stockbridge, Mass. a distance of a hundred miles, in two hours. This was accomplished by means of Indian yells or whoops, from their men who were stationed at proper places along the borders of the Housatonic River."
About 1776, it is believed that members of the Scatacook tribe moved from Kent down to the Orange district, and lived there the rest of their lives. Their burial place on Indian Hill, north of the Derby Turnpike, and about three and one-half miles west of the center of New Haven, in a direct line, is now hidden by a growth of forestry. These grounds may be found about thirty rods northeast from the first turn in the Indian Hill road, going north from Long Hill, or Chestnut Ridge. Most of the graves may be found in the westerly end of a rectangular enclosure. It is now the property of the New Haven Water Co. These Indians were basket makers, and the handiwork of "Aunt Icy'' was well known. She was the wife of Brien Oviatt, and lived to be one hundred and two years old. She and her children were highly esteemed by her neighbors, who gathered to celebrate her one hundredth birthday in 1900. She remembered the last two Indians who were buried in the family plot on the hillside. Her own family, however, are buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven. Aunt Icy's daughter Polly first married a man named Brown. They had two sons, Frank and Augustus. Gus Brown was the headwaiter at the old New Haven House for some years. Later Polly married a colored man named Jackson. Polly Jackson had the reputation of being a fine cook. It was said that no one attempted a wedding or a large party without having Polly make the cake, which was her specialty.
The ordinary sugar used by housekeepers at this time was called C sugar, a light brown and coarser variety than our regular granulated sugar. The story is told that some-
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