, ▁on ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁many ▁Indian ▁children ▁who ▁had ▁assemble d ▁on ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁bl uff s ▁along ▁the ▁river ▁to ▁see ▁his ▁strange ▁vessel ▁( the ▁Half ▁Moon ) ▁sail ing ▁up stream . ▁Hudson ▁had ▁mixed ▁dealing ▁with ▁the ▁local ▁Moh ican ▁n atives , ▁r anging ▁from ▁peace ful ▁trade ▁to ▁minor ▁sk irm ishes . ▁As ▁the ▁Dutch ▁attempted ▁to ▁colon ize ▁the ▁area , ▁further ▁war fare ▁broke ▁out ▁with ▁the ▁n atives . ▁Another ▁version ▁says ▁that ▁a ▁Sw ede ▁named ▁Sch erb , ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁for ks ▁of ▁an ▁Indian ▁trail ▁in ▁the ▁present ▁town ▁of ▁St uy ves ant , ▁had ▁such ▁a ▁numerous ▁family ▁of ▁children ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Kinder hook ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁Dutch ▁trad ers ▁to ▁design ate ▁that ▁local ity . ▁A ▁third ▁theory ▁about ▁the ▁town ' s ▁name ▁der ives ▁from ▁a ▁sett ler , ▁named ▁Franz ▁Piet ers z ▁Cla uw , ▁who ▁operated ▁a ▁mill ▁on ▁the ▁river ▁and ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" child ▁of ▁lux ury " ▁(" Kind ▁van ▁We elde "). ▁ ▁Kinder hook ▁was ▁settled ▁before ▁ 1 6 5 1 ▁and ▁established ▁as ▁a ▁town ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 8 ▁from ▁a ▁previously ▁created ▁district ▁( 1 7 7 2 ), ▁but ▁lost ▁substantial ▁territory ▁to ▁form ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Ch ath am ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 5 . ▁Kinder hook ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁towns ▁of ▁Columbia ▁County . ▁More