This night one of the farmers' horses strayed away ; searched for it this morning every where, but could not find it. Meanwhile continued our march, and arrived in the evening at Wildwyck. Saw nothing on the road. The course from Wildwyck to the Indians' burnt fort lies mostly South Southwest across several large creeks, some of which are breast-high, some not so deep. The way is very bad - and hilly ; in some places is very fine land.

6 ditto. Had two escorts to the river side; nothing else occurred to-day.

7h ditto. Sunday. At break of day sent out forty soldiers with twenty Indians to the Sagers Kulletje, lying easterly (Oost-. waerts) from Wildwyck, where there were two fields planted with maize, for the purpose of destroying this and throwing it into the creek; they returned in the evening each with a load of maize having thrown the remainder into the creck. About

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noon, to day, a-girl was brought up from the Redoubt who, the

day before had arrived on the opposite bank there and was immediately conveyed across [the stream]. When the girl came to Wildwyek she was forthwith asked, where she came from? Said, she had escaped from an Indian who had taken her prisoner) and who resided in the mountain on the other side of the creek about three miles from Wildwyck where he had a hut and a small patch of corn which he had pulled and had been there about three weeks to remove the corn. The Council of War forthwith resolved to send thither forty men to try and catch him, whereupon Ensign Niessen with 36 soldiers and Lieutenant Couwenhoven with:5 Indians were ordered out. They marched from Wildwyck "about noon and crossed over at the Redoubt.