[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] White-neymen, sachem of the Matinecocks, with forty-seven of his warriors, was secured and dispatched with a commission to do all in his power " to beat and destroy the hostile tribes." The sachem's diplomacy, however, was better than his commission, and he returned to Fort Amsterdam in a few days empowered by the Long Island chiefs to negotiate a treaty of peace, which was at once concluded and pledges exchanged of eternal amity. Gonwarrowe, a chief of the Matinecocks, who was present, became surety for the Hackinsacks and Tappans, for whom he solicited peace,2 which was granted, on the condition that neither canton should harm the Dutch, and that they should not afford shelter to hostile Indians. Director Kieft then visited Fort Orange and solicited the negotiation and mediation of the Mohawhand Mabicans to secure a<< A thanksgiving was proclaimed on to be patched up last spring, by a foreigner their arrival." — Neiv York Documentary with one or two tribes of savages to the History, iv, 17. north. — Col. Hist, i, ziOj 0 ' Callaghari 's 2 A semblance of peace was attempted New Netbcrland, i, 302. 118 THE INDIAN TRIBES peace with the remaining insurgents, and on their advice the latter agreed to conclude a treaty of which the record is in these words : " Aug. 30, 1645.