had succeeded Kieft, was absent with his soldiers on an expedi tion to South river, and a messenger his return.

disagrees with all of his

contemporaries,

and was apparently determined to give good reason for the great fright which he suffered.

was immediately sent for

Meanwhile, as the tidings of the disaster spread, the Neither

Van Dyck nor Leendertsen

appear to have been killed, Opinion of Fiscal Van Tienhoven, (fCallaghans Indian War of 1655, 40.

OF HUDSON'S RIPER.

The

inhabitants fled in terror to the fort as to a city of refuge.

had

English villages on Long Island sent word that the Indians threatened to kill the Dutch who resided there, and that the

English themselves would share the same fate if they offered any assistance to the Manhattans, even to the extent of sending

them

Lady Moody's house at Gravesend was again at

food.

tacked.

The settlers at Esopus abandoned their farms, lest they

should be cut

off.

Even New Amsterdam was not secure

;

bands of Indians wandered over the island, destroying all who

came in their way.

Ten Frenchmen were enrolled to guard

the house and family of the absent director, while the Dutch themselves kept within the fort.

In the midst of the terror which prevailed, Stuyvesant and his soldiers returned,

restored.

and the confidence of the colonists was soon

Soldiers were sent to the out settlements, an embargo

was laid on vessels about to sail, and passengers able to bear arms were ordered not to depart " until it should please God to