Giles Churchill, about 1751 settled on the Delaware River, in what is now near Cochecton, New York. Here, he built a small log cabin and in a short time brought his wife to the unbroken wilderness. He cleared land and began to get a good harvest. Children were born here. Because of the encroachment of white men, the Indians became hostil and desparate to drive out the invaders. Raids started and in 1765, when it was learned the Indians were gathering, the settlers fled. The Indians burned the Churchill home while they were yet within sight of the smoke of its burning. The family had a horse, which the mother and younger children rode and a cow that carried the sack of meal.