. Tales of old New York ... her. Assoon as the news reached the near-by tribes theyunited to avenge the girls death. Stuyvesant was awayat the time, having taken most of the soldiers withhim to the South River. Aware of this fact, the chiefsgathered their men and during the night stealthily pad-dled toward the town in sixty-four war canoes. Theywandered about the streets not giving any sign oftheir intentions, until one warrior saw Van Dyck andkilled him with an arrow. At once a fight commencedin which several Indians and citizens lost their lives,This was the beginning of a three-days conflic
. Tales of old New York ... her. Assoon as the news reached the near-by tribes theyunited to avenge the girls death. Stuyvesant was awayat the time, having taken most of the soldiers withhim to the South River. Aware of this fact, the chiefsgathered their men and during the night stealthily pad-dled toward the town in sixty-four war canoes. Theywandered about the streets not giving any sign oftheir intentions, until one warrior saw Van Dyck andkilled him with an arrow. At once a fight commencedin which several Indians and citizens lost their lives,This was the beginning of a three-days conflict whichspread to neighboring places, and during which a hun-dred of the Dutch were killed, one hundred and fiftytaken prisoners, and more than three hundred de- PETER STUYVESANT, 1647-1664 63 prived of home, clothes and food. Besides, a largenumber of cattle and a vast amount of grain weredestroyed. Not counting the loss of life, it is said thatthe damage amounted to over $80,000—a terrible priceto pay for a few
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