Underbill was ordered to Stamford, to obtain particulars of the whereabouts of the savages. He brought word back, that they were encamped some five hundred strong in that direction, and that the old guide urged the forwarding a body of troops immediately thither, as he was desirous, on the one hand, to prove that the former ill success of the Dutch was not his fault ; on the other hand anxious for protection, as his life was in constant danger.

"One handrcd and thirty men embarked accordingly, under Capt. Underbill and Ensign Van Dyck, in three yachts, and landed the same evening at Greenwich. But a severe snow storm having set in, detained them at that settlement the whole of the night. The weather, however, moderated towards morning, when the party set forward and arrived soon after, at the foot of a rocky mountain,^ over which some of the men had to crawl, with considerable difriculty, on their hands and feet. The evening, about eight o'clock, brought them to within a few miles of the enemy. Their further progress was, however, now impeded by two rivers, one of which was some two hundred feet wide, and three in depth. It was considered best to remain here awhile, in order to refresh the men and to make arrangements for the coming attack. After a rest of a couple of hours, the party again set forward at ten o'clock. It was full moon, and the night so clear -- 'a winter's day could not be brighter,' -- that the Indian village was soon discovered at a distance. It consisted of three rows of houses or huts, ranged in streets, each eighty paces long, and backed by a mountain which sheltered it from the nprth-west wind.