Continues DeVries, " some came running to us from the coun having their hands cut off; some lost both arms and legs ; some were supporting their entrails with their hands, while others were mangled in other horrid ways, to.o horrid to be conceived. try,

And these miserable wretches, as well as many of the Dutch, were all the time under the impression that the attack had pro ceeded from their Indian enemies " were unwilling to believe that

men professing the Christian name could be guilty of so

gross a violation of Christian principles. With an aching heart, DeVries returned to his home, and

had scarcely arrived when some of the fugitives gathered around him.

" The Fort Orange Indians have fallen upon us," said " and we have come to hide ourselves in u It fort."

your no time to hide yourselves in the fort; no Indians have done

they, is

" I am

told for a fact that a certain

skipper, Isaac Abrahamsen, having saved a boy, and hidden him under the sails, in

order to give him to one Cornelius Me-

towards morning the poor child, overcome with cold and hunger, made some noise, and was heard by the soldiers, eighteen Dutch tigers dragged (him) from lyn,

THE INDIAN TRIBES

it is the work of the Swannekens," answered De he and led the fugitives to the gate, " where stood no Vries, sentinel," and bade them seek shelter in the forest depths.

deed ;

this

Meanwhile the victorious expeditions returned to Fort Amster