When of u wagons and cannon up and down with ropes." about six miles from the castle, the expedition halted and one sixteen men were sent forward to surprise it. This force soon captured a squaw in a corn-field, who told them About that the Indians had deserted the fort two days before.

hundred and

six

o'clock the entire expedition reached

its

destination, but

found no foe to contest possession.

On the morning of the 28th, the captive squaw having in formed them that the Indians had fallen back into the moun tains with their^risoners, a company of one hundred and fifteen

The place where they were from Rachel Montagne had which supposed " it was reached it was found that but when escaped, they had men started in search of them. to be

was

that

The Indian squaw could not tell them place also." where her people had gone, but pointed out a mountain some miles distant where she thought they might be found, but the march thither was also fruitless. The squaw then pointed out left that

another mountain, but as the Dutch had had quite enough of marching, and as it had become apparent that the Indians were

of their movements, they returned to the castle. In the afternoon the corn-fields were cut down, and the maize

fully advised

and beans, which had been preserved in pits, were destroyed. Three days were spent in ravaging the country. " Nearly one " hundred morgens (two hundred and fifteen acres) of maize " were cut down, and above a hundred pits of corn and beans"