Should a Dutchman kill an Indian, or an Indian a Dutchman, but a complaint was to be lodged ;

war was not to be declared

against the murderer, who should be hanged in the presence of All damages by the killing of both the contracting parties.

were to be paid for, and the treaty of presents. For the faithful annually the Hackinsack and Staten island the of observance treaty the on of -the sureties sachems became part Esopus sachems, cattle, or injury of crops,

ratified by the. exchange

and were bound to copperate against either party who should violate its terms.

The signing of the treaty was announced by a salute from In special Fort Amsterdam, and caused universal satisfaction. commemoration of the event, Stuyvesant proclaimed

a

day of

general thanksgiving, to be held throughout the province on the To still further strengthen the position of the 3 1st of May. *

Dutch, he sent a commission to the Soquatucks to negotiate a peace between them and the Mohawks, for which purpose a conference was held at Narrington and a treaty concluded on

The day of thanksgiving was a day of peace through out the settlements of New Netherland.

the 24th.

But the brooding clouds of war were not dispelled. While yet the Esopus conflict was pending, the Mahicans had been sum the peace of Narrington was broken by moning their clans the AbenaquiSy who murdered the Mohawk embassadors, "insti ;

gated

" the war was by the English ; the Mahicans overran the country, killed a number