 Some time before 1627, the Kiskiack left their village to migrate west; the English colonists occupied the site in 1629 and retained the name for some time.By 1649 the Kiskiack had settled along the Piankatank River, where the English granted their "weroance" "Ossakican" (or Wassatickon) a reservation of .In 1651, the Kiskiack exchanged this land for another tract farther upriver.