Meeting the same guide who had led the Dutch forces astray in the Greenwich expedition, he learned that nearly a thousand Indians were assembled not far off, to celebrate one of their festivals. The guide, anxious to redeem his reputation, offered to lead the Dutch to the Indian rendezvous, in order to prove that the former mischance was not his fault. ' Captain Underhill, in reporting these facts to Kieft, advised an immediate attack. A force of one hundred and thirty men was dispatched in three yachts, under the Captain's command.

It was now mid-winter. The earth was covered with snow, and the little army, after landing at Greenwich, passed a dreary night in the midst of a howling storm. Early next morning the troops took up their line of march in a north-westerly direction, and steadily but slowly advanced all day long, trudging through the deep snow, creeping over stony hills laid bare by the sweeping winds, and wading over half frozen streams. By eight o'clock they arrived within a league of the Indian village, and halted to rest and arrange the plan of battle. The village, which had been carefully arranged for winter quarters, lay snugly en^ sconced in a low mountain recess, completely sheltered from the bleak northerly winds, and consisted of a large number of huts disposed in three streets, each about eighty paces long. As the Dutch approached they found the Indians prepared to receive them, whereupon Capt. Underhill gave orders to charge sword in hand. His men rushed in and tried to surround the huts ; but the savages, who seemed this time to act with some degree of military skill, deployed in small bands, and fought with such vigor that in a few moments thirteen of the soldiers were disabled.