One of the Indians who had escaped from Hudson's vessel now came out with many others armed with bows and arrows expecting to betray them."c But, says Juet the mate of Hudson's vessel, " we perceived their intent, and suffered none of them to enter our ship, wherenpon two canoes full of men with bows and arrows shot at us after our stern, in recompense whereof we discharged six muskets and killed two or three of them, then above one hundred of them came to a point of land to siioot at us, then, I shot a falcon at them and killed two of them ; whereupon the rest fled into the woods. Yet they manned off another canoe with nine or ten men, which came to meet us, so I shot at it also a falcon, and shot it through and killed one of them, then our men with muskets killed three or four more of them, so they went their way.'''^

» Of the Mahicanni nation, who lived, saj's Moulton, a httle north-west of White Plains. -- living's Sketch Book.

k> Who probably extended to Tappan bay.- Moulton. . . , -

« Moulton's Hist. N. Y. part i. 271, Q * Hudson's Journal.

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It was here too, that during the absence of the ilhistrious Peter Stuyvesant, who was then occupied in reducing the Swedish fortresses on the Delaware, a body of nine hundred Indians having crossed the river, came and landed at Spiteing devil creek. Here they posted themselves, and remained until they were apprised of his return. =^