are, on the contrary, strong and mighty ; have, one with the other, made alliances with seven different tribes, well supplied with guns, powder and ball." (Colonial History , i, 190) ; yet there is not a single case of the use of fire arms by the InEven in their most dians recorded. desperate defenses bows and arrows are alone spoken of as their weapons.

OF HUDSON'S RWER. cattle,

without sparing even the horses."

In 1626, a Wecknephew, who was a by on their way to the while and another savage, boy," fort to trade, were met and robbed by men in the employ of

quaesgeek

" small

his

Indian, accompanied

Minuit, the Dutch director, and in the melee the Weckquaes-

The act was unknown to the Dutch at the geek was killed. a revenge which he forgot not to but the treasured time, boy exact in manhood.

As the Dutch settlers took up lands on Long Island and the

New Jersey shore, they made frequent complaints that their cattle were stolen

aggressors in all

by the Indians. Regarding the latter as the Director Kieft, who had in the mean cases,

time succeeded Minuit, determined, in 1639, to demand from them tribute, not only as compensation, but to aid in establishing over them, and for that purpose sent an armed sloop to the Tappans to exact contributions of corn and wam pum. The Indians expressed their astonishment at this pro

his government

"

" the sakema of the fort for daring ceeding, and denounced Sneers and reproaches followed. to attempt such exactions.