D. 1644, some of the Stamford people having surprised an Indian village and taken some prisoners; one of them an old man, proposed to the Dutch, in hopes of obtaining a reward '• to lead any of their troops against the Weckqnaesqueecks, who are said to be entrenched in ihree casiles, at the north, liieutenant Baxter and Sergeant Cock were, thereupon, ordered to proceed under the guidance of this old man, with sixty-five men against this tribe. But this party was in no way more fortunate than those which had aU'eady gone on similar expeditions. Tiiey found the castles of the Indians formidable in construction, and well adapted for defence. They were built of five inch plank, nine feet high, and bound around with thick beams, and studded with port holes. Though it was calculated that thirty Indians could hold out, in one of these, against two hundred soldiers, strange to tell, the whole were found uninhabited. The Dutch, thereupon, burnt two of these strongholds, reserving the third as a point to retreat to, in case of necessity. From this place they next marched between thirty and forty miles further, but discovered nothing save a few lir.ts.''^

April 6, 1644. The spring approaching made our river Indians again anxious for peace, which was brought about by the intervention of Capt. John Underbill. '' xMamaranack. chief of the Indians residing on the Kicktawanc, or Croton River ; Mongockonone, Pappenoharrow, from the Weckqueesqueecks and Nochpeem ; and the AVappings from Stamford, ])resented themselves,ia a {^\Y days, at Fort Amsterdam, and having pledged themselves, that they should not henceforth commit any injnrV; whatever on the inhabitants of INew Netherland, their cattle and houses, nor show themselves except in a canoe, before Fort Amsterdam, should the Dutch be at war with any of the Manhattan tribes ; and having further promised to deliver up Pacham the chief of the Tamkitekes," (who resided in the rear of Sing Sing,) "peace