they would return back whence they came and come again in a

According to their promise they returned back in year's time. a year's time, and came as far up the river as where the old fort

Our forefathers invited them on shore and said to them,

stood.

here we will give you a place to make you a town ; it shall be from this place to such a stream, and from the river back up to

Our forefathers told them, though they were now a hill. small people they would in time multiply and fill up the land After they went ashore some time, they had given to them.

the

some other Indians who had not seen them before, looked fiercely at them,

and our forefathers observing it, and seeing the white

people so few in number,

lest

and sheltered them under

their

they should be destroyed, took But it turned out that arms.

those Indians did not desire to destroy them, but wished also to

At this time, which have the white people for their friends. we have now spoken of, the white people were small, but we

We

defended them in that were very numerous and strong. low state, but now the case is altered. You are numerous and we are few and weak therefore we expect you to act strong j

;

HUDSON RIVER INDIANS.

by us in these circumstances as we did by you in those we have view you now as a very large tree which just now related.