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,

their purpose]

no other intention than to wage war on the east end of We have come to this conclusion from various reasons too long be detailed here j and that a culpato ble want of vigilance, and a too hasty rashness on the part of a few hot-headed spirits, had diverted the Indians [from

losses."

against the savages Long Island.

dreadful

after

and been the cause of the

and enormous consequences O'Callagbans Indian War of

1655.

The following is the treaty referred to

:

" Articles of agreement betwixt the governor of New Netherland, and Tackapausha, March ye 12, 1656 " i. That all injuries formerly passed in the time of the governor's predecessors, :

OF HUDSON'S RIPER.

But there was no general peace. The conflict was remem bered, and the Indians, as well as the Dutch, stood on guard.

The scene of combat, however, was changed. The settlers at Esopus, who had returned after the panic of 1655, continued

for some time unmolested ; but, as in other places, they soon devoted the largest portion of their time and means to the pur