pounds of powder and ten staves of lead addi more prisoners were returned, the highland

tional sent, but no

No chieftaincies having determined to retain them as hostages. The Dutch were measures were taken to punish the Indians.

clearly at fault, in the opinion of Stuyvesant, and he turned deaf ear to those who clamored for war, and who in return

a

" at this infraction of the peace." charged him with winking The settlers gradually returned to their avocations, but under restraints

which were more conducive to personal

comparative quiet prevailed. The Long Island tribes under Tackapousha,

safety, and

who had been

Dutch under the treaty with 1650, came forward and repudiated

assigned to the jurisdiction of the

the English at Hartford in connection with the outbreak which

all

had occurred.

Not

only were they innocent of participation in it, but since they had withheld tribute from the Wappingers, they had been repeat " Our chief has Said their speaker edly attacked by them. been twelve years at war with those who have injured you, and :

though you may consider him no bigger than your fist, he would He has hitherto sat, his head prove himself strong enough. drooping on his breast, yet he fyet

show what he could achieve."

still hoped he should be able to Henceforth the western Montauk

were the friends of the Dutch, and soon renewed with them their treaty of alliance. 2 chieftaincies

We

lu concur in the general opinion that the Indians had, on their first arrival,