whom he had purchased.

This

captive woman woman he brought in on the

3th, and received in exchange a Wapplnger, called Splitnose, and one of the captive squaws and her child. On the 2Qth, the Wappinger again appeared and after satisfying himself that

of the Indians in the hands of the Dutch none had died, said that six of the captives held by the Indians were then at the river side ; that the* seventh

had been sent

would be restored in three days his promise.

;

for,

and that

all

but he was unable to redeem

On the ad of December he brought up two

children, and stated that of the remaining five, three were in the hunting grounds and he could not find them, while the other

two were detained by a sick squaw. He would, however, return them as soon he could obtain them, for which purpose he had already purchased Albert Heyman's oldest daughter.

Whether the promise was fulfilled or not does not appear. In this condition matters remained until the spring of 1664,

when the Amsterdam chamber instructed Stuyvesant to con tinue the war until the Indians were exterminated.

But Stuy vesant had on his hands a contfoversy with the English towns on Long island, in which was involved the jurisdiction of the

West India Company, and was under the necessity of hus banding his strength for emergencies in which he might possibly be placed. Besides, wars were pending between the Mohawks and the Mahicam on the east, and the Senecas and the Minsis