O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851.

The Heer de Decker assembled the Council of War and it was resolved that Jan Davets. accompany the 5 Mohawks to the fort of the Esopus Indians to see on what terms the Christian prisoners will be restored, but after divers discourses Jan Davets declined going with them, although the Heer 1 She had been taken prisoner as before stated by the Indians on the ee of the Village of …

The Council, concluded that a Captive Girl should be given to the Mohawks and about 63 guilders in Sewan in order to ascertain what they could accomplish thereby ; for it was reported at Fort Orange, as the Heer de Decker informed us, that the Esopus Indians. had said--If they could obtain payment for the land, named the Great Plot (het groote Stuck,) then they should give up …

In the evening about 7 o'clock, the three Mohawks returned from the Esopus Indians. They had brought three Indians and two Dutch women and 2 Children whom they left about two hours from Wildwyck ; said, they had been freely given, and had they not been so tired, we should have brought them with them to the fort; said the Esopus Indians had abandoned the fort, and had ratived …

The prisoners told us that the Esopus Indians had fled to a high mountain through fear of the Dutch, and that they Jay here and there in small bands, and that the prisoners were also distributed and dispersed among them here and there, and were not together and that they would not trust them in their fort, and that the Indians daily threatened them--Should the Dutch come …

It was accordingly resolved by the Heer de Decker and Council of War, that a piece of duffels should be brought up from the river side and given them; which being done, they took the piece of duffels, cut it into three parts, and thus departed with it about 11 o'clock in the forenoon ; with them went Jan Davets with the Squaw and 2 children who had been captured by us and were …

Stilwil's Soldiers out of a small house they occupied--he said, he had hired it, though he had, notwithstanding, neither possession of nor procuration for it, I gave him for answer, that I should remove them on condition that he, asa magistrate, would have them billetted in other houses as the men could not lie under the blue sky, and as they had been sent here by the Chief …

Inthe evening Jan Davets and the 5 Mohawks returned from the Esopus Indians--they brought with them a female prisoner ; they would not at present release any more prisoners, evinced great fierceness and repeatedly threatened to kill them, both the Mohawks and Jan Davets told--them they should not release any more prisoners unless they should secure peace thereby, and that …

The Heer de Decker left to-day for the Manhatans in the company's yacht, taking with him two of the wounded, and Jan du Parck, Surgeon, and two soldiers to take care of the sick ; two sick Indians left also; sent along with them a convoy and 9 wagons to bring up the remainder of the goods. They returned and saw nothing. Also sent out two detachments with the reapers ; they did …

The following troops set out against the Esopus Indians, having as a Guide a woman who had been prisoner among them, to wit--of Captain Lieutenant Cregier's Company, 91 men; of Lieutenant Stilwil's, 30 men ; Lieutenant Couwenhoven with 41 Indians ;' volunteers from the Manhatans, 6 ; volunteers from the Esopus, 35 men, of whom 11 were horsemen, and 7 of the Honb!e Company's …

We then bivouacked until day break. ' 97th ditto. We got on the right road when day dawned» and continued our march. On the way we passed over much stoney land and hills, and had to tarry at the swampy, long, broken and even frequent kills where we halted and must-cut trees 'to make bridges to pass over, and divers mountains were so steep that we were obliged to haul the …

I left 40 men there and gave them orders to fortify themselves and set palisades around, which they did,and T followed the preceding troop with the remainder towards 'the Indian fort. On arriving there, found our people in possession of it, as it had been abandoned by the Indians two days before. | Our Indians had caught a Squaw in the corn-field, whither she was coming to eut …

The captured Squaw being asked if she did not know where the Indians had fled to, said they were on a great, high mountain, which she pointed out to them, distant about 2 miles, whither they had fled with the seven prisoners they had with them ; whereupon the officers resolved to go to the other mountain in search of them, which they afterwards"did with their troops, after …

They unanimeusly resolved to cut down their corn and burn it, together with last year's maize, which they still _had in pits in great abundance in their corn-fields and around ' their fort. Whereupon I went out of their fort with 50 men to a distance of a full half mile ; there cut down several plantations of maize, threw into the fire divers pits full of maize and beans …

But I being close up to his body he could not act as he wished, and I said to him that I should bring him to an account. This said Jan Hendricksen, with one Albert Heymans Roose, acted insolently on the 7» July. Whilst we were examining the two Wappinger Indians, in the presence of the Schout and Commissaries, in Thomas Chambers' room a messenger came in and said that two or …

About o'clock in the afternoon, Some Indians made their appearance on a high hill near the fort and called out to us, that they would come and fight us on the morrow whereupon we brought the captive Squaw out of the fort to speak. to them, and they called out to her that they should now come and fight the Dutch, for the Dutch had now come and taken their _ fort, cut their corn …

In the morning at the dawn of day set fire to the fort and all the houses, and while they were in full blaze marched out in good order, Capt Lieutenant Couwenhoven forming the van cuard, Lieutenant Stilwil's Company the centre, and I with my company the rear guard. . So arrived in safety at our fort about 9 o'clock in the evening with our cannon and wagons. Remarked scarcely …

The Heer Secretary departed on his return,to the Manhatans, accompanied by Lieutenant Couwenhoven and the Indians being 41 in the whole, who would not remain any longer ; also 5 of the Honb!e Company's Negroes. Through great intercession and promise of better behavior in future, the Council of - war pardoned Jan Hendricksen the faults committed by him and he is released from …

" Orprnance made and enacted by the Captain Lieutenant and the valiant Council of war at present commanding the troops and Military in the Esopus or. Wildwyck. ' Wuereas we learn by daily experience that many, as well military as freemen, are removing from the Village Wildwyck, without the consent of the Capt Lieutenant and, Commissaries of this Village, Therefore it is …

" Firstly, That no one, whether military or freeman shall, without the consent of the Captain Lieutenant, Council of war and Commissaries of this place, depart from this Village of Wildwyck, either in large or small bodies, whether to cut grain or for any other business whatsoever it may be, lest any of them may chance to fall into the hands of the barbarous Indians, our …

"Tf any one unnecessarily & perversely waste or fire off his powder and ball, be it on the departure or arrival of convoys or otherwise, he shall, for the first offence, pay a fine of three guilders for each shot ; for the second offence six guilders and for the third offence suffer arbitrary punishment, unless when desirous to discharge his gun, being out of order or wet, he …

Thomas the Irishman arrived here at the Redoubt from the Manhatans. Meanwhile nothing was done as it was Sunday, and no detachments were sent out. 6th ditto. Sent a party of 32 men to'lie in ambush, and two detachments with the reapers. They returned in the evening ; perceived nothing. 7th ditto. Three detachments were sent out with the reapers ; returned in the evening …

Received this morning the letters which the Yachts left at the Redoubt ; had two parties in the field with the reapers ; they returned in the evening without having seen anything. 12th ditto. Sunday. Nothing occured except sending two convoys to the Redoubt to relieve the men who lay there and to bring up some stores with Mr. Gysbert's wife coming from fort -- Orange who …

"Wurreas some in this Village of Wildwyck who follow the trade of selling strong drink to the military suffer some of them to get drunk not only on week days but especially on the Lord's Rest and Sabbath day, unfitting them for their proper duties, & more especially creating confusion and disorderly conduct ; the Honble Company's Servants not hesitating to sell, pawn and …

2. '"' No one, whether military or freeman, following the business of selling strong drink, shall presume to take in pledge or endeavor to embezzle any property belonging to the military in exchange for strong drink, under the forfeiture of the tapped drink and to return to the owner free of cost and charges the receiv ed property and pay in addition a fine of twelve sey as …

Tuus pone by the Capt. Lieutenant and Valiant Council of War in the Village Wildwyck, this 13th August 1663." 14'b ditto. Sent out fifty reapers to the burnt village, called the Great Plot, and sent with them about thirty wagonsand Ensign Neissen with a convoy of Eighty men ; gave him orders to remain there all night with the reapers and binders, and the major part of the …

Two parties are again sent out to the field with the reapers; came back in the evening without having seen anything. <4 17th, Two parties were again sent into the field with the reapers. Returned in the evening without seeing anything, The Heer Decker arrived here at the Redoubt from fort Orange ; had him escorted to the Village Wildwyck, but he did not tarry here long as his …

They went forth from Wildwyck about ten o'clock at night, and had a Dutchman named Jacob Jansen Stoutenborgh for a guide. 19th ditto. Was this morning with fifty men and sixteen wagons to the burnt Village to fetch grain ; came back to -Wildwyck aboyt eight o'clock. Did not see anything. About noon Ensign Niessen returned with his troop from the Indian maize land. Neither saw …

He also writes--That the Indians who lay thereabout on the river side made a great uproar every night, firing guns and kintekaying,? so that the woods rang again ; and he hoped to be with me in two days.--His letter contains divers other circumstances. Christoffel Davids informs us, that he slept one night with the Indians in their wigwams --that some Esopus Indians and …

Coll. 2d Ser. i. 204. Again in the Breeden Raedt we read, '' The first of these Savages having received a frightful wound, desired them to permit him to dance what is called the Kinte Kaeye, a religious custom observed among them before death. . . . ... He thenordered him to be taken out of the fort and the Soldiers bringing him to the Beavers path. (he dancing the Kinte Kaeye …

Left ninety guilders in pledge for her; the Council of War disapproved of his having promised the Se in exchange as such was not contained in the Director General and Council's Instruction to him. Says, the Indians promised him to bring in, within two days, all the prisoners they had, and that he should return with her to them within that time. Says also, that two Mohawks …

I victualled the yacht and gave him five Soldiers additional for his defence ; also resolved to give him the two Indians and the Squaw which we had prisoners, but he is not to leave them out of his hands before we-have our prisoners back. Furnished him also with an Instruction as to how he should act therein. It reads, word for word as follows :--- SECOND ESOPUS WAR. 65 …

"Therefore, the said Council of War recommend and order Lieutenant Couwenhoven not to surrender nor give up any Indian or Squaw unless our Christian Captives be first released and exchanged and placed in our hands, but he is at liberty to promise the Indians, if they discharge all our prisoners and restore them to us, that they shall then again have and regain their prisoners …

Vou. tv. 5 66 JOURNAL OF THE yacht that may come there, in order that we may regulate ourselves accordingly as much as lies in our power so as to surprize and seize them. Donr, Wildwyck, the 21st August 1663." Escorted said Couwenhoven to the Redoubt on the -river's side and he sailed again to the Wappingers in the yacht. A party was also in the field with the boors ; they …

Nothing else occurred to day, except that the great rain carried away several of the palisades of the fort. 234 ditto. Sent an Order to the Sheriff and Commissaries and directed them to have the palisades of the fort replaced. It reads word for word as follows :-- " Acte. "The Sheriff and Commissaries of this Village of Wildwyck are hereby ordered and directed to have replaced …

Received a letter at night from Lieutenant Couwenhoven, which he had sent up from the Wappingers creek by an Indian, a Dutchman and two captive christian children belonging to the wife of the gunner who was on board the sloop with said Couwenhoven ; and as the Indian told me he had given the captive Squaw, whom we had entrusted to said Couwenhoven, in exchange for these two …

Said Couwenhoven's letter was to this effect : That he hopes to get all the prisoners, but that he should be in want of supplies; for the powder he has is good for nothing, and the ery among the Indians is all for powder and brandy ; requests me to send him 'some, as it was for the public good ; that the Sachem had gone with five men into the interior, and had promised him to …

Sent down the Indian and the Dutchman again to the sloop lying by the Wappingers, with some bread. Also 'sent a letter to Lieutenant Couwenhoven, which reads as follows : " Good friend, Lieutenant Couwenhoven. Your letter came to "hand, and I have noted its contents. As regards your surren- , "der of the Squaw before you had in exchange all our prisoners, | "in my opinion it …

I send you some bread and "request you not to go to the Manhatans, but first come here to "take off the sick and wounded. You can see whether you " will not be able to obtain some sewan and brandy from the " passing sloops, for if I had any and should send them to you, "they would run great risk of being plundered on the way by "the Indians. Dore, Wildwyck the 25th August …

Two detachments were out again in the field with the reapers, and one in ambush. Saw nothing. A soldier of Lieut. Stilwil's Company was wounded by his Sergeant in some dispute respecting orders. Said soldier was arrested and afterwards examined by the court martial, and it was found that the Sergeant was as blameworthy as the soldier. The soldier, who is named Thomas Coeck, is …

He came on board of Lieutenant Couwenhoven and told the same to him, and said Lieutenant reported it tome. Now, I cannot imagine what there is in it. Convened the Council of War and they resolved and concluded to attack with one hundred and twenty men the Esopus Indians who reside in their new fort about four hours farther than their first fort which we had burnt. We take with …

"The Court and Superior officers of this Village of Wildwyck having read the communication sent them by the Captain Lieutenant and Council of War have at their request convoked the farmers and read to them the aforesaid demand, whereunto they gave for answer that they were well disposed to do their best for the public interest, but find at present that the horses fatigued from …

After great trouble they obtained six horses from a few, but spiteful and insulting words from many. One said, Let those furnish horses who commenced the war. Another said, Tl give 'em the Devil--if they want any thing they will have to take it by force. The third said, I must first have my horse valued and have security for it ; and so forth with much other foul and …

heavy rain fell. In the afternoon very heavy rain fell again so that we could not stir out. Nothing occurred during the entire day. 34 ditto. About one o'clock in the afternoon we started from fort Wildwyck, having of my company two and twenty men; of "Lieutenant Stilwil's company, four and twenty men, and seven freemen, with two of the Honble Company's Negroes. We took as …

Found such high water and swift current in the Kill that it was impossible to ford it ; sent six men immediately on horseback to our fort Wildwyck to fetch rope and axes to make a raft or some other convenience to cross the creek ; they returned to us about ten o'clock ; brought three axes and rope. Passed the rope over the stream in order to hold fast to it so that the people …

Divided our force in two--Lieutenant Couwenhoven and I led the right wing, and Lieutenant Stilwil and Ensign Niessen the left wing. Proceeded in this disposition along the hill so as not to be seen and in order to come right under the fort ; but 'as it was somewhat level on the left side of the fort and the soldiers were seen by a Squaw, who was piling wood there and who sent …

In this attack, the Indians lost their Chief, named Papequanaehen, fourteen other warriors, four women and three children, whom we saw lying both on this and on the other side of the creek but probably many more were wounded, when rushing from the fort to the houses, when we'did give them a brave charge. On our side three were killed and six wounded and we have recovered three …

The Council of war decided that we could indeed cut it down, but were any more of our men wounded, how could they be removed having already one more than we had horses, and this one must be borne, with great trouble, on a litter by two. _ Resolved to let the maize stand for the present ; plundered the houses wherein was considerable booty, such as bear skins, deer skins …

The fort was a perfect square with one row of palisades set all round being about fifteen feet above, and three feet under ground. They had already completed two angles of stout palisades, all of them almost as thick as a man's body, having two rows of portholes, one above the other; and they were busy at the third angle. These angles were constructed so solid and strong as …

The Mohawk departed inthe morning for the Manessings and left a new blanket and two pieces of cloth which fell to us also as booty ; and we came just that day and fell on them. so that a portion of them is entirely annihilated. Wherefore praise and thanks be given to God Almighty. The course lies about South South West to the Indians new fort which is distant about 12 miles' …

Started again and arrived about noon at Wildwyck; did not remark any thing by the way. 8th, An escort attended the reapers in the field ; returned in the evening without having seen any thing. Christoffels Davids departed. 9th ditto. Sunday. Lieutenant Stilwil and Lieutenant Couwenhoven left for the Manhatans with the sloop; sent with them seven wounded and some sick, together …

, 14t> ditto. Sent an escort to the Redoubt by the river side. . Nothing else transpired, as it rained again nearly the, entire day. 15" ditto. Maet Seeu arrived at the Redoubt with his boat and eight soldiers and some letters from the Heeren Councillors, dated 13 September. Had him conducted up to the village of Wildwyck. An ordinance is enacted by the Council of War ; it …

" That no one shall presume to quit his post or station without "permission of the Segeant or Corporal in command, under the penalty of twenty stivers for the first offence, 40 dtivers for the second, and arbitrary punishment for the third. 2. "No person shall presume to take or steal another's gun, 'powder or lead in any manner whatsoever, on pain of corporal -punishment …

Lieutenant and valiant Cotincil of War, in Wildwyck, this 15 September, 1663." Nothing else occurred, inasmuch as it was again rainy weather. 16th ditto. Sunday. Nothing occurred and no detachment was sent out. 17h ditto. Maet Seeu left again with his boat; took with -- him two sick, Peter Andriessen and Jan Coppenou and two horses for Monsieur Verlet and sundry empty barrels …

Dons, Wildwyck, 18% Sept -- 1663." Answer of the Court as follows :--' The W. Court hav-_ ing looked around at the request of the Capt. Lieutenant and Council of War for proper lodgings for the coming forces, have induced Pieter Jacobsen to give his mill for 40 to 50 Soldiers, and the W. Court will do its best to find out quarters for the Savages. Done, Wildwyck, this 18 …

Two detachments went out again; one with the _ ploughers, the other with those drawing home the oats, but they _ did not see any thing. 22¢ ditto. Another detachment was out in the field with the | ploughmen ; saw nothing. Sent a party about midnight along _ the Kill where some maize lay; distant South from Wildwyck _ about 2 hours' march ; but on arriving there found. only a …

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 …

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 …

Inasmuch as Lieutenant Couwenhoven has arrived at Wildwyck, and the gunner's wife has again brought a quantity of strong drink along, which she retails as well to Indians as to Christians, without making any exception as to habitual drunkards, and furnishes them with so much that they cannot distinguish even the door of the house, and then, coming out, fight with and strike …

The Capt Lieutenant and valiant Council of War do therefore hereby authorize and order Sheriff. Swartwout of this village to notify and forbid the tappers or retailers of strong drink who follow the profession of selling liquor in this village, that they do not under present circumstances sell strong drink to any one, be he Christian or Indian, under the forfeiture of the …

Convened the Council of war and resolved and concluded to set out on another expedition against the Esopus Indians next Monday being the 1st of October, and each man shall be furnished with three pounds of biscuit, one pound of powder and one pound of ball for the expedition. An order is also given to the Sheriff and Commissaries as follows--" Whereas by orders from the …

1st October being Monday, we marched from Wildwyck with these following troops; of the Military 102 men; of the Marseping Indians 46 men ; of the freemen 6 ; with 14 horses obtained from the farmers of Wildwyck for the use of the expedition so as to be able to accommodate the wounded, should we have any. Marched with these troops about 9 hours and arrived in the evening about …

Sent out, immediately a party of Dutch men and Indians four miles beyond the fort in a South westerly direction where our guide presumed some Esopus Indians would be, but on coming there discovered nothing but some wigwams which had been a long time abandoned by the Indians. Meanwhile I had been over the Kill with a party of men and pulled off the corn and threw it into the …

We pulled up the Indian fort and threw the palisades, one on the other, in sundry heaps and set them on fire, together with the wigwams which stood around the fort, and thus the fort and houses were destroyed and burnt. About 10 o'clock we marched thence down along the creek where lay divers maize plantations, which we also destroyed and cast the corn into the creek. Several …

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 …

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 …

Convened the Council of War and resolved and coneluded to send off Lieutenant Couwenhoven and the Marseping Indians and about forty of our soldiers to the Manhatans on the morrow being the ninth of October. The Council of War also resolved to send down all the Indian prisoners likewise to the Manhatans being eleven Esopus Indians, big and little and one Wappinger, making …

When one of these shot at him with an arrow but only slightly wonnded him, Louis, having a piece of a palisade in his hand, struck the Indian on the breast with it so that he staggered back, and Louis escaped through the kill, and came thence and brought the news into the fort, whereupon two detachments were instantly despatched to attack them, but they had taken to flight and …

Brought news that Peter the Fleming, residing on the Hast shore opposite Bethlehem had been' warned by a Mohawk to depart if he wish not to be killed, for he said that all the Indians on the East side of fort Orange river had assembled and were to come in five days to attack fort Orange. This Indian had given him this warning, he being his great Nytap' and the Mahicanders and …

together ; namely the Mahicanders, the Catskills, the Wappingers, those of Esopus besides another tribe of Indians that dwell half way 'between Fort Orange and Hartford. Now, time will tell what there is herein. He said their place of meeting was on the east side of the fort Orange river, about three miles inland from Claverack, and that they were about five hundred strong …

" Wuereas an Acte dated 234 August has been communicated to the Schout & Commissaries of this Village Wildwyck respecting the repair of this fortress of Wildwyck and nothing resulted therefrom to this date, the Capt. Lieutenant and Council of War do, therefore, again recommend and order the W. Court of this Village of Wildwyck to cause the said fortress to be properly secured …

fortress being at present incapable of defence--and there appears no disposition as yet to repair it--although the said Capt. Lieutenant and Council of War will perform their duty with the force entrusted to them by the Supreme Government and shall constantly hold themselves in readiness, both in garrison and in the field, to maintain this place for the public interest …

Two detachments were again in the field with the ploughmen, and an escort was also down to the river side. They returned and nothing else happened. i 17th ditto. Two detachments were again abroad with the ploughmen, and likewise one in ambush and had another as an escort to the river side. Nothing occurred to-day. An Ordinance was, this day, drawn up by the Council of War for …

Lieutenant and Valiant Council of War, therefore, wishing to _ prevent all irregularities and infractions of military discipline. herein order and direct the officer and the military under his. command stationed at the Redoubt, not to remove himself, from the Redoubt, much less to send any of his command hither to 86 JOURNAL OF THE the Village of Wildwyck without proper …

Court, therefore, orders and directs that each farmer shall duely set up and repair the old, with new, palisades in front of his lot; and the others, being inhabitants or Burghers oecupying 34 lots: in this village, shall be obliged properly to repair and set up new palisades in place of the old, from the Water gate along the curtains unto the lot of Arent Pietersen Tack, the …

Wherefore every inhabitant is hereby notified to appear at 7 o'clock on the day aforesaid , at the gate near Hendrick Jochemsen's, there, as his name is called, to proceed to work aforesaid, and to continue at it until the same shall be completed, on pain, in case of neglect or unwillingness, of paying for the first offence three guilders ; for the second offence double as …

Three detachments were out in the field again with the ploughmen, and one in ambush, but did not remark any thing. An escort was also down to the river side at the Redoubt. 21st ditto. Sunday ; nothing occurred. 224 ditto. Three detachments were again out with the ploughmen, -and one in ambush as scouting. An escort was likewise sent down to the river side ; they did not see …

Two parties were out; one with the wood cutters, the other in ambush--but saw Sonia 30 ditto. A detachment was in the woods with those cutting palisades, and a party to the river side, and also a troop in the woods scouting ; did not see any thing. ~ 81st ditto. Gerrit Abel was tried before the Valiant Court Martial for his offence committed on the 29% October and is sentenced …

ber, without leave, escort or any necessary business, but merely to get drunk, as actually happened, which being notified to the Capt Lieutenant, he caused him to be placed under arrest, and to be tried this day, 31st October, before the Valiant Court Martial and prosecuted for this his committed offence, for which the Capt Lieutenant demands the Valiant Council of War duly to …

Council of War having maturely considered this matter; that a soldier and more especially one who is in command over others hath deserved punishment for his committed offence according to the complaint and confession ; seeing that the prisoner's excuse hath no foundation, sentence the accused Gerret Abel, to be dismissed from his post of Cadet (Adelborst) and to be reduced to …

A detachment was down at the river side to carry rations to the people at the Redoubt, and another party was at the Great Plot, but did not notice any thing. 4th ditto. Sunday. Nothing done 5th ditto. An escort was down to the river side to bring up eel ite all ene "™ SECOND ESOPUS WAR 89 some supplies and people that had arrived from the Manhatans in Lucassen's yacht, they …

In the evening Pieter Wolfertsen arrived at the Redoubt with Rut Jacobsen's yacht ; brought with him two Christian children which he had in exchange from the Esopus Indians for a Squaw with a big girl; brought back the other Indian prisoners; brought also the Wappinger Sachem whom Couwenhoven had detained in the yacht ; says a Christian woman is kept a prisoner by the …

Said it was the Sachem of the Wappingers with one of his Indians whom he had brought along but not as a prisoner--had come willingly on board as a friend. Asked him, If he would wish to return home and endeavor to let us have the female christian captive? To which he answered, yes ; says, he will bring her himself in six or seven days. Whereupon the Council of War decided that …

The Company's Yacht arrived ; brings some provisions for the garrison ; also arrived at the Redoubt a Wappinger Sachem with eight Indians, bringing a female Christian Captive whom he had purchased from the Esopus Indians and which he had promised us on the 8 inst. on board Rut Jacobson's Yacht. The Council of War resolved that he and his attending Indians should be brought up …

The Council of War met again and resolved to release the Wappinger Indian, and to give him back to. the Chief with one of the Esopus captive Squaws, pursuant to our previous promise, made on the eight of November to the Wappinger Chief, on board the Yacht at the Redoubt. Invited the Chief and his Indians into the Council chamber and presented him the Esopus Squaw and a little …

Now, what the result will be, when. the ten days are expired, time will tell. So they again departed well satisfied. Gave them an escort to conduct them to the river side, and the Council resolved that the sloop shall remain until the expiration of the time agreed upon between Lieutenant Couwenhoven and the Esopus Sachem on the 5th November, on board the Sloop in, the …

18th Sunday. After Capt Lieutenant Martin Cregiers departure yesterday, Jan Hendricksen Van Baal came the fourth person up to Wildwyck. He arrived from the Manhatans in M'. * That part of the Journal between Asterisks is by Ensign Niessen. Ep. 92 JOURNAL OF THE Abraham's' yacht and reported that two Dutchmen were killed by the Savages between Gemonapa? and the Maize land. Had …

Aboutone o'clock in the afternoon a Wappinger Indian came to Wildwyck with a flag of truce ; reports that a Wappinger Sachem lay at the river side near the Redoubt with venison and wished to have a wagon to convey the venison up for sale, which was refused. The said Indian told me that the Sachem had not much to say ; added further, that the Hackingsack Indians had represented …

He said, he had been to receive the Christian prisoners and should have had them with us before, had he not unfortunately burnt himself in his sleep when lying before the fire ; shewed us his buttock with the mark of the burn which was very large; Also said, that six Christian Captives were together at the river side, and gave ten fathom of Sewan to another Indianto lock up …

"To be brief, we could not omit advising Your Honours that three Indians arrived here yesterday, being come, as they said, from the -Manhatans, with an open letter, heing a pass not to commit any hostility against their people to this date. But we cannot determine what sinister design these Indians may have recourse to under cover of this pass. We maintain that such and other …

ised us, among other things, to bring us hither all the Christian prisoners, within three or four days, according to the entries in our daily journal which Your Honors shall receive from us by the first Yacht. Donr, Wildwyck this first December 1663. (Was subscribed) Curistrarn Niessen, Tuomas Cuampers." 24 ditto. Sunday. Nothing happened, except that on account of the hard …

"The Military Council decided that it was impossible, in view of the approaching winter, to send the articles down at present as here at Wildwyck we have no smith sufficiently expert to repair the arms, and as the Wappingers come almost daily under pretence of exchanging Christians, to-spy out this place which already hath suffered massacre enough, and consequently, if the …

Court to put the fort ina suitable state of defence within the space of three days, and in default or neglect thereof, that he do it with the best means he may at present find at hand, and demand repayment therefor when done from the W. Court at Wildwyck. "The Military Council unanimously resolved that for the due execution of said proposal, it be forthwith communicated to the …

For the two Christian children which he hath brought with him, an Indian child is given him, being a little girl, and three pieces of cloth, with which he was content. .In the afternoon, Jeronimus Ebbing, Nicolaes Meyer and Frederick the Hon!e Company's late carpenter, went down unescorted to the Redoubt, with six wagon loads of grain, not being willing to wait for the …

The flood set in about two hours before day ; ran through the Highlands; having got through which, we caught a southern breeze but at day break it became calm again; so ran by the Kamer and arrived this night about 10 o'clock at the mouth of the Esopus Kill. Despatched a man up with a note to Ensign Nyssen to send down some wagons in the morning with an escort to convey up the …

Assembled the Sheriff and Commissaries of the Village Wildwyck and handed them the letter sent to them by the Hon?!e Director General and Council and discharged Sheriff Swartwout. from his office and put |Mattheus Capito] provisionally in his place and presented him to the Court of Wildwyck according to order, whom the 'said Commissaries congratulated and were well pleased …

The Captain and Lieutenant of the Burghery of Wiltwyck requested to have a drum according to the promise given them by the Heer General. By permission of the Military Council a Drum and appurtenances were given to the officers of the burghery of Wildwyck. A party was down to the river side to see if circumstances would admit of the sloop leaving the kill. The party returned …

The answer thereto is as follows--Petitioners' request is granted. Whenever they require it at the public expense or for their own defence, it shall be furnished them from the Hon>!¢ Company's _ Magazine by the officer who will be here. Done, Wiltwyck this - 28th December, 1663. 29th ditto. The Military Council resolved to issue an Ordinance against the gunners who usually run …

and throughout the day and sometimes to the great danger of each other and to their own destruction, both in wounding or destroying their own persons which frequently occurs therefrom; and whereas there are here many ricks and barns full of grain and straw, and as great disorder and rashness prevail in many places especially on this day, both in the morning and throughout the …

Thus done and enacted by the Captain Lieutenant and Valiant Council of War in Fort Wiltwyck this 29t» Xber 1663." Have been down with a party to the river side to bring away the guns and other munitions of war. Nothing else occnrred. 30'h, Sunday. Nothing done as it rained almost the entire day and the kill became again open. 31st. Left the Esopus again in the Hon>!¢ Companys …

*,* Inthe year 1649, delegates were sent from New Netherland to Holland to obtain redress of various grievances of which the Colonists of the day complained. A number of representations were made by the complainants as well as by the government. Of these Van der Donck's Vertoogh and Secretary Van Tienhoven's answer, haye been published in the Collections of the N. Y. Hist …

Passing over several minor abuses, in order to come to the tyrany which ruins the whole country, you must know that Governor Kieft had for a long time secretly intended to begin a war with the savages of New Netherland, because they had refused, on reasonable grounds, to give him a certain contribution, alleging they were not obliged to give it to the director, or to the Dutch …

Item, that when our nation, having lost a ship there had built a new one, they had supplied them with victuals and all other necessaries, and had taken care of them for two winters, till the ship was finished ; consequently we were under obligation to them, not they to us. 4. For that reason they asked why they should supply us with maize for nothing, since they paid as much …

The delegates from all the savage tribes, such as the Raritans, whose chiefs called themselves Oringkes, from Orange, the Hacquinsacks, the Wappenas, Hogelanders, Wicquasgecks, Reckewacke, Mereckewacks, Tappanders, Massapeins, Zinkeeuw, and others, had got as many objections to make, as there were points to discuss. They, however, separated peaceably, contenting themselves …

About the same time there was a feast at the house of Jan Janssen Damen, at which the director, in a significant toast, communicated his intended attack on the savages to three inconsiderate boors, viz : Maryn Adriaensz, Jan Jansz and Abraham Plancy, who presented a (pretended) request, composed by secretary Tienhoven, to the governor, begging him to allow them to take revenge …

To revenge this man's death several savages had been killed, and our people were again in peace with them ; so that at the time the director ordered this massacre, the same tribe who had killed the deceased Mr. y. Nederhorsts servant, had been visited some weeks before by the director himself, and CALLED BREEDEN RAEDT. 103 supplied with all necessaries ; this pretent was …

The settlers were not so much as thoughtof. The secretary himself went to reconnoitre the camp of the savages the day before the attack, andif the settlers had known what was intended, supposing there had been reasons for it, not one of the savages would have escaped ; but if, as was really the case, there had been no reasons, the director would never have been able to commit …

Some children of from 5 to 6 years of age, as also some old infirm persons, who had managed to hide themselves in the bushes and reeds, came out in the morning to beg for a piece of bread and for permission to warm themselves, but were all murdered in cold blood and thrown into the fire or the water. A few escaped to our settlers, some with the loss of a hand, others of a leg …

Did ever the duke of Alba do more evil in the Netherlands ? F. Certainly you have such Dutch Governors or directors who. honour and respect the duke of Alba. B. Yes sir, it isa scandal for our nation ; and if silence would have remedied it I should never have mentioned it. But information has been given of it in the proper quarter, and not only it has not been remedied, but it …

Iam told for a fact that a certain skipper Isaac Abrahamsen, having saved a young boy, and hidden him under the sails in order to give him to one Cornelius Melyn, towards morning the poor child, overcome with cold and hunger, made some noise eager mee tenis ee cal te er EE te en nee CALLED BREEDEN RAEDT. 105 and was heard by the soldiers, 18 Dutch tigers, draggea from under …

We had but a choice of evils. The Director robbed and murdered wherever he could, and in the manner already related 1600 savages were killed in the years 1643 and 1644; some of them were settled among the English, at a distance of from 10 to 20 miles from us, who were most of them surprised in theix sleep, many of them never having seen a Dutchman much less ever having done …

They then took the other four with them in the sailing boat, two of whom were towed along by a ' string round their necks till they were drowned, while the two unfortunate survivors were detained as prisoners at fort Amsterdam. When they had been kept a long time in the corps de garde, the director became tired: of giving them food any longer, and they were delivered to the …

While this was going forward, director Kieft, with his councillor Jan de la Montaigne, a Frenchman, stood laughing heartily at the fun, and rubbing his right arm, so much delight he took in such scenes. He then ordered him to be taken out of the fort, and the soldiers bringing him to the Beaver's path (he dancing the Kinte Kaeye all the time) threw him down, cut off his partes …

W. point of the fort ; and when they saw this bloody spectacle, they held up their arms, struck their mouth, and in their language exclaimed: " For shame! for shame! such unheard of cruelty was never known, or even thought of among us." The savages have often called out to us from a distance: what scoundrels you Swannekens are; you do not war upon us, but upon our wives and …

The state's general being informed of all those evils, ordered the governors (of the West India Company) to remedy them; and the latter, conscious of having trifled too long with director Kieft, with whom they were thoroughly acquainted, chose a certain Petrus Stuyvesant, formerly director of Curacao, the son of a minister in Vriesland, to supersede him. This same Stuyvesant …

Neither could he contain himself till he had time and opportunity, but even upon his passage threatened that when he. arrived in New Netherland, he would teach them better to know their plans. As however he had promised their high mightinesses by oath, that he would punish the faults of director Kieft according to their deserts, and properly support the inhabitants; the result …

Indeed when we broke up the seige and retired, without effecting any thing, only because of his leg, which was shot off by the first cannon shot from Fort St. Martin, we left every thing behind, and among other things 5 or 6 field pieces. Was that a fine Roman achievement? Who knows how much that expedition cost the company? Such a prudent hero deserved indeed to be advanced …

In all that he is just the man he has always been ; and so there is no change to be expected but for the worse. J. What was his reception in New Netherland? B. There was so much shouting on all sides, that they were obliged to send to another place to buy Remar for exercising and in case of need. J. I could have guessed as much, but fin did he treat the inhabitants from the …

Stuyvesant, under the canopy of heaven, declared loudly that every one should have justice done to him, which assurance was very agreeable to the community; a few days afterwards, however, being well persuaded and led away by Kieft, Stuyvesant began to assemble a court of justice, had the letter of the 8 deputed petitioners to the chamber of Amsterdam laid before it, and …

And when the arbiters produced divers memorials, points and persons to prove the truth of what was written, their statements were either entirely rejected or a part of what came to light was suppressed. And what was more, the other persons who had riiediteed two letters were prevailed upon and obliged by high authority and severe menaces as also by fair promises, not to …

So director Stuyvesant passed sentence against Joachim Pietersz and Cornelis Melyn, whom he charged with having accused, by libellous letters their legitimate governor and chief director Kieft, in a clandestine and lying way; with having censured and calumniated him, the which he and his counsil desiring to prevent in the well ordered commonwealth of New Netherland, and …

of the preceding arguments was found guilty of Crimen laesae Majestatis, crimen falsi, crimen of libeland defamation, and on that account was to forfeit all benefits derived from the company or which he might still claim, a penalty of 300 guilders, to be applied as above, and to be banished from New Netherland for the term of 7 years. So that those who had accused Kieft were …

He also. represented Kieft's affair in so favorable a light, inveighed so furiously against the constant arbiters, that the foam hung on his beard. To show still more clearly that he did not at all intend to follow ' t Mi: % % re > ~= CALLED BREEDEN RAEDT. AT} the orders of their High Mightinesses or fulfil the promises he made them, or to satisfy the community, he immediately …

The Princess was to carry the director and those two faithful patriots away from New Netherland, but coming into the wrong channel it struck upon a rock and was wrecked. And now this wicked Kieft, seeing death before his eyes, sighed deeply and turning to these two, said: Friends, I have been unjust towards you, can you forgive me? Towards morning the ship was broken to …

They then took some planks and pieces of wood, fastened them together and 112 EXTRACTS FROM A WORK CALLED BREEDEN RAEDT. having made sails of their shirts, etc., they got at last to the Mainland of England. As these persons were more concerned for their papers than for any thing else, they caused them to be dragged for, and on the third day Joachim Pietersz got a small part of …

Those who had always corresponded with those wicked children of Belial, van Beeck Perquin; they got a hearing, - however, and set their affair in such a light before their H. M. that it was resolved to prevent such unrighteous proceedings, dispatched letters of inhibition, ordered Stuyvesant either to appear in person or by proxy, in order to hear his sentence maintained …

In front of Newfoundland he took a course directly southwest ; entered a large river ; there [met] two men clothed in Elk skins, and subsequently arrived safe at Amsterdam. New Netherland being thus discovered, divers traders set about establishing a stable trade here. Wherefore they sought for and obtained a charter in the year sixteen hundred and fourteen, from the States …

These are cruel and wicked men, enemies of the Dutch, as well as of the Sanhikans who dwell on the west side. Higher up lie the Makwaes and Mahikans, who are constantly at war with each other : in like manner all the inhabitants on the west bank of the Manhattan river frequently make war on those residing-on the east side. And the latter in like manner entertain. constant …

On the river side stand the gallows and whipping. post. A handsome public tavern adorns the farthest point. Between the fort and this tavern is a row of suitable dwelling houses: among which stand out the ware houses of the West India Company. Vew Netherland hath, moreover, divers remarkable water falls tumbling down from lofty rocks, broad creeks and kills, fresh lakes and …

The Hickory trees furnish a hot and lasting fire, and a curious appearance whenever the bush is cut away either for the purpose of more open hunting or for clearing the ground for abouwery. Someplants sent hither from Hol- Jand thrive better than even in Holland ; namely, the apple, pear, quince, cherry, plum, currant, apricot, buckthorn, medlar, peach and onion. vine grow …

The barley can be tied above the head. Furthermore, all sorts of flowers havea pleasant odor and appearance. The hills consist of fullers earth, or clay, fit for making dishes, pots and tobacco pipes. There is, besides, abundance of rock crystal and Muscovy glass. Other hills furnish marble, _ serpentine, blue and hearth stone. And although the Dutch have not taken much …

Kieft suspected some valuable mineral to be concealed in this operation, proposed to satisfy Agheroense ; subjected it to the crucible ; obtained two pieces of gold worth three guilders. He kept the matter secret ; obtained fortunately from the mountain pointed out by Agheroense,a bucket full of the material, for it furnished gold. Kieft now imagined he had made a great …

The inhabitants temper the paint with water, and then streak the body ; it produces the most beautiful purple that can any where be found. Their pictures represent canoes, trees and animals, but very indifferently executed. Instead of plumes they bedeck themselves with hair tied with small bands. The hair is of a scarlet colour and surprizing brilliancy which is permanent and …

Besides, venison is so abundant that the sheep can on this account be the more easily dispensed with. Fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, pigeons and other feathered game are, also, easily obtained. . Lions, whose skins the Indians bring to market, are caught on a high mountain, situated fifteen days journey to the southwest.?. Here, also, are many pitch black Why it failed. Their …

On the borders of Canada animals. ~ animals are now and again seen, somewhat resembling a horse; they have cloven hoofs, shaggy manes, a horn right out of the forehead, a tail like that of the wild hog, black eyes, a stag's neck & love the gloomiest wildernesses ; are shy of each other so that the male never feeds with the female except when they associate for purposes of …

They have broad, branching horns, a short tail, a shaggy neck, variable hair, according to the difference of the season, wide and long ears, prominent lips, small teeth, a thick hide, which cannot be easily pierced. The females separate from the males, when they have shed their horns. Both can be easily tamed. When hunted they spew hot water out on the the dogs. They possess …

Many learned men dispute respecting the Civets whence civet, namely, whether it be the seed of the civet ; cat: Cardanus so maintains, but he is thoroughly refuted on this point by Julius Scaliger Matthiolus, whose opinions many embrace ; he affirms the civet to be the sweat of the cat, inasmuch asit was gathered most plentifully whenever these animals, wearied by excitement …

In the meantime cats are embarrassed with their civet, whereof they rid themselves by rubbing against trees, and evince friendship for those who, in the sheepfold, rub it off with a spoon. But in addition to other wild animals WVew Netherland furnishes, according to the occular evidence of Adriaen van der Donk, full eighty thousand beavers a year. Pliny relateshow these …

no common admiration ; they are thus constructed--the Beavers first collect together all the drift wood which they find along the river, and whenever this falls short, they gnaw away, in the next adjoining wood, the sweetest bark all around with the front teeth, of which they have two in the upper, and two in the lower gum, they then cut right around the trunk until the tree …

The beavers go with young sixteen weeks ; they bear once a year four young, which ery and suck like young children ; for the mother rises on her hind paws and gives each two a breast as she has only two breasts between the fore legs ; these legs resemble somewhat those of the dog; the hindmost, like those of geese, lap in some measure over each other. On both sides of the …

physicians, consists of oblong follicles, resembling a wrinkled pear which are firmly attached to the os pubis of Castor, what. the female beaver; the Indians cut up the little balls of the males with their tobacco as they afford no castor. The air of New Netherland abounds with all sorts of birds. 122 _ DESCRIPTION OF NEW NETHERLAND. Besides falcon, sparrow-hawks, fish-hawks …

They are excessively lascivious, so that they go together more than thirty times a day, not only with their own kind, but even with the female hawks and she wolves (wolvinnen). They hatch out the large eggs in thirty, and the small in twenty days. They usually breed two to three young, whose eyes they turn towards the sun's rays. If these regard the light of heaven without …

Their breath stinks badly, wherefore the carcasses on which they feed rot rapidly, and though lascivious they are long lived : they die mostly of hunger, as the bill becomes by age so crooked that they cannot open any thing. Whereupon they finally fly to the highest regions towards the sun, tumble down into the coldest stream ; they pluck out their feathers, clammy with sweat …

But this conntry particularly abounds in turkeys, whose number excites no less admiration than their rich flavour and their large size ; for they go together in flocks of thirty and forty : they weigh some thirty and more pounds ; they are shot or are caught with a bait concealing the hook. The waters here swarm, in the spring and fall, with swans, geese, wild ducks, teals …

This is variegated, hath a thick head, four long, sharp fangs, and a horny tail with joints doubled over each other, more or less according to age, for the tail increases one joint each year. The shaking of the tail causes a hideous drumming preliminary to its biting. The rattle-snake then opens wide its jaws; the upper one is arched and hath a blue membrance doubled. over …

Water satisfies their thirst; high and low make use of Indian corn and beans, flesh meat and fish prepared allalike. Thecrushed corn is daily boiled to a pap called by them sappaen. They observe no set time for meals. Whenever hunger demands, the time for eating arrives. . Beavers' tails are considered the most savory delicacy. Whilst hunting they live some days on roasted …

In the twinkle of an eye these brought in pigeons they had killed. A fat dog which had been 'very expertly skinned with shells, was laid also on the 'fire. Other preparations were, likewise made for Hudson's good entertainment, but as he did not intend to pass the night there, he did not profit by them ; notwithstanding the Indians broke their arrows and cast them into the …

They also wrap the naked body in a deer's skin, the tips of which swing with thin points. A Jong robe fastened on the right shoulder with a knot, at the waist by a girdle, serves the men and women for an upper ornament, and by night for a bed cover. Both go, for the most part, bare headed. The women bind their hair behind in a plait, over which they draw a square cap thickly …

The tops are bent together above in the form of a gallery, and throughout the length of these bent poles, laths are fastened. The walls and roof are then, covered with the bark of elm, ash, and chestnut trees; the bark is lapped over each other as a protection against a change of weather, and the smooth side is turned inward. The houses lodge fifteen families together, more or …

And such harmony exists among these, that they are never at variance. Minors do not marry, except with the advice of their parents or friends. Widowers and widows follow their own inclinations: regard is only had to each other's condition and children. The bridegroom must make a present to the bride. On the slightest misunderstanding, the wife, paid right off, is put by the …

A passer by ere long releases 'the pig pregnant women, '2 the poke.' When pregnant, the woman takes great heed, in order that the embryo may not be injured. On the approach of the birth of the child, which she precisely knows, she retires to,a lonely place in the woods, even in the severest cold, erects a hut of mats, separates the child with- » out any one's aid, washes it in …