[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] 1 " I am told for a fact that a certain lyn, towards morning the poor child, skipper, Isaac Abrahamsen, having saved overcome with cold and hunger, made a boy, and hidden him under the sails, in some noise, and was heard by the soldiers, order to give him to one Cornelius Me-eighteen Dutch tigers dragged (him) from 14 108 THE INDIAN TRIBES this deed; it is the work of the Swannekens," answered De Vries, and he led the fugitives to the gate, " where stood no sentinel," and bade them seek shelter in the forest depths. Meanwhile the victorious expeditions returned to Fort Amster dam and reported, as the result of their work, that eighty Indians had been slaughtered at Pavonia and thirty at Corlear's hook, while with them were thirty prisoners. Kieft received his free booters and soldiers with thanks, rewards and congratulations j while Van Tienhoven's mother, forgetful of the finer feelings which do honor to her sex, amused herself, it is stated, by kicking about the heads of the dead men which had been brought in as trophies of the midnight slaughter.1 The first notes of triumph had barely faded from the air, however, ere the hand of revenge was made red with the blood of the Dutch. Kieft, in the exultation of the moment, sent out foraging expeditions to collect corn. One of these expeditions seized two wagon loads from the Long Island Indians, who lost three of their number in endeavoring to save their property.