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

on the south, destroying trade and threatening to involve the Dutch settlements in the common destruction. Under the

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circumstances he deemed it prudent to entertain the solicitations of the neighboring chiefs for the establishment of peace with the

Esopus cantons, especially as it was rumored that the English were encouraging the Wappingers and other tribes to unite in the general revolt. to

Sending an invitation to the Esopus sachems and their friends meet him in council at Fort Amsterdam, a large delegation

assembled there, and the customary preliminaries being disposed

Sewackenamo, sachem of the Warranawonkongs, arose, and calling several times in a loud voice on his God, BACHTAMO, prayed unto him to conclude something good with the Dutch, of,

and that the treaty about to be formed, in the presence of the sachems assembled, 1 should be like the stick he grasped in his hand, firmly united, the one end to the other. Sigpekenano, a Long island chief, expressed his joy that peace was about to be concluded, and that the clan he represented was to share in its