Society

;

Collection,

De Vries and Alferton were at once

New York Historical ad

series,

i,

269 ;

he was arrested."

Brodhead, i, 255.

" What devilish lies

ing of me ? but by the promptness of the bystanders the shot was prevented, and

art thou report-

184.

Colonial

History,

i,

.

THE INDIAN TRIBES

appointed to accompany them, and setting out on the 4th of March, came to Rechquaakie or Rockaway, where they found

Penhawitz, surrounded by nearly three hundred warriors and The next day they were village of thirty wigwams.

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conducted into the woods about four hundred yards off, where they found sixteen chiefs of the Montauks, with whom the con ference was conducted in the Indian form. 1 De Vries invited "

the chiefs to accompany him to Fort Amsterdam, under the assurance of presents and peace. The latter embraced the offer,

and, to the number of eighteen, embarked in a large canoe in the evening. After some days spent

and reached the fort

in negotiation a treaty was concluded on the 25th, and the chiefs dismissed with presents and solicited to bring to the fort the

chiefs of the river families " who

number.

had

lost

so many

"

of their

The Long Island sachem accordingly went to Hackinsack and Tappan, but weeks elapsed before negotiations were concluded. Oritany, sachem of the Hackinsacks, after consulta tion with his allies, finally appeared at Fort Amsterdam, clothed

with authority to conclude a peace both for his own and the