About eleven o'clock that night sent out a party to the Sager's little kill in an easterly! direction from our village of Wildwyck about three miles from our fort, having been informed that there was some maize there, to see if they could not remove it thence, either by land or water.

24t ditto. Monday. The party that was sent out in the night returned home about two o'clock in the afternoon ; they were at Suger's Killetie, on the Indians' maize plantation, but saw no Indians nor any thing to indicate that they had been there for a long time, for the maize had not been hoed, (aangehoocht) and could not come to its full growth, but had been

1 Oostlyck. This must evidently be an error, as they could not go 3 Dutch or 9 English miles from Kingston, in an easterly direction. It is presumed that '*northeasterly " was intended, in which direction Saugerties lies. Ep

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much injured by the wild beasts ; neither will any of it reach

perfection, except one plantation which was good, having been:

hoed by the Indians. 'Iwas, however, much injured by the wild beasts; each of our people brought a load of it home on his back, and left some more standing, which we will when convenient bring hither. They also say that it is beautiful maize land, suitable for a number of bouweries and for the immediate reception of the plough. Had an escort in the field to bring in the oats and buckwheat, and sent one to the Redoubt, as Domine Blom had arrived in the Spaniard's yacht, and some supplies had also been sent from the Manhatans by the Heeren Councillors for the troops in the Esopus. Otherwise, nothing particular occurred to-day.