On this account the Indians endeavored no less to procure Guns, and through the familiarity which existed between them and our people, began to solicit the latter for Guns and powder, but as such was forbidden on pain of Death, and could not remain secret in consequence of the general conversation, they could not be obtained. This, added to the previous contempt, greatly augmented the hatred which stimulated them to conspire against us, beginning first with insults which they everywhere indiscreetly uttered, railing at us as Materiotty^ (that is to say) cowards -- that we might, indeed be something on water, but of no account on land, and that we had neither a great Sachem nor Chiefs. [ Here two •pages are ivanting.'\

' Eendraoht maatt macht -- Union is etrcngtU. -- Ed. ' Apparently compounded of the Delaware words Malhah, "no;" "without;" and Olee, "Heart" or courage a Coward.

HOLLAND DOCUMENTS: III. 183 he of Witqueschreek, living N. E. of the Island Manhattan, perpetrated another murder in the house of an old man, a wheelwright, with whom he was acquainted (having been in his son's service) ; being well received and suppled with food, and pretending a desire to buy something, whilst the old man was talking from the chest the cloth the Indian wanted, the latter took up an axe and cut his head off; moreover, plundering the house, and then ran away. This outrage obliged the Director to demand satisfaction from the Sachem who refused That he it, saying. * Note A. was sorry twenty Christians had not been murdered * and that this Indian had 2i'Aug!"/6«.'°"°'^' only avenged the death of his Uncle who had been slain over one and twenty years previously by the Dutch. Whereupon, the Commonalty were called together by the Director to consider this affair; who all appeared and presently twelve men delegated from tNoteB. among them, t answered the propositions, and resolved at once on war, should