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Title: Tales of old New York ..
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Ulmann, Albert, 1861- (from old catalog) Strachan, Grace Charlotte, joint author. (from old catalog)
Subjects: New York (N.Y.) -- History
Publisher: New York, London, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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etold, that you are only helping toshed Christian blood? he said, as much in sorrowas in anger. ^Who will now compensate us for ourlosses? Kieft did not know what to answer. He tried, aspeople generally do in such cases, to throw the blameon some one else. Finally, he made an effort to bringabout peace with the Indians, but they had grown sobitter that the war spirit soon broke out again. Thesituation was really terrible. Women and childrenlay hidden in straw huts while the men stood guard toprotect them. Everywhere there was waste and ruin.Scarcely a white person was to be seen in Westchesteror Long Island. The Dutch had been driven out ofNew Jersey, and those on Staten Island lived in fearand trembling. As to Manhattan Island, the middleand upper portions were almost entirely deserted. It was now decided to put an end to the Indian at-tacks. Accordingly^ in February, 1644, a force of onehundred and fifty men was sent into Connecticut,where the Indians had become very troublesome. In
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View of a Fortified Iinuiam V illage 46 TALES OF OLD NEW YOEK the neighborhood of Stamford was located one of theirlarge villages. After toiling through the snow all day,the Dutch came upon the place about midnight. Thenight was clear and cold, the moon lighting up the hillsand valleys with dazzling brightness. The Dutch be-gan the attack as quickly as possible. There were fouror five hundred natives, but the bullets of the Dutchsoldiers soon began to have fearful effect. The In-dians fought furiously, and defended their homes,their women, and their children with all their strengthand courage; but they could not hold out against theEuropeans. Within an hour nearly two hundred war-riors were slain, and the war whoops of the rest be-came more and more feeble. In the end, the Dutchset fire to the village. At last, all of the Indianswere killed, except eight who escaped. It must havebeen a terrible scene. The moon still shone, but itlooked down upon the dead staining the snow withtheir bl

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