I want to apologize for getting off topic here. If you want to read
there's a more modern historical view of "Long Island History: John
Scott, Scoundrel" at:
http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs318a,0,6633410.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation
The history was written by W.E. Woodward "A New american History"
published in 1936. I had field school partly in a scallop shell
midden, now the official shell of New York State.