One of the captives offered the castles of the Weckquaesgeeks. expedition men him and were sent with three castles found, but Sixty-five

two women and some to

lead the

children. to

Two of them were burned, and, after " some having marching thirty miles, the expedition returned, killed only one or two Indians, taken some women and children prisoners, and burnt some corn." Meanwhile Underbill, 1 with a company of Dutch and English, they had no tenants.

had passed over to Long Island to attack the Canarsees under After landing, the force was divided; Underhill Penhawitz.

and fourteen Englishmen were to attack a small village at Hempstead, and Captain Pieter Cock, and General La Mon tagne, with eighty men, were to reduce the more considerable Both were successful; one hundred and village of Me%path. twenty Indians were reported as having been killed, with a loss to the attacking forces of one man killed and three wounded.

Seven prisoners were turned over to Underhill by the English Hempstead. They had been arrested for

minister, Fordam, at

stealing pigs and had been confined in Fordam's cellar.

*He held the rank of sergeant-major.

Documentary History, iv, 16.

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killed three of the

seven in the cellar ; two were towed in

the water until they were drowned, and two were taken to Fort

Amsterdam, where, after a short time, they were turned over to the soldiers " to do as

they pleased with," and by whom they

were dispatched in the most brutal manner. 1