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History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River — Passage 80 (part 2)

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[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Then taking an axe from the Esopus sachem, he cast it on the ground, and trampled it in the earth saying, " Now they will never commence this quarrel anew." Sewackenamo, the Esopus sachem, then arose and addressed the assembly : " The hatchet have we permitted to be taken from our hands; and to be trodden in the ground. We will never take it up again." At the conclusion of these ceremonies, Stuyvesant submitted the following as the conditions of the treaty : " i. All hostilities shall cease on both sides, and all injuries shall be mutually forgiven and forgotten. u 2. The Esopus Indians, in compensation of damages, promise to transfer to the director-general all the lands of Esopus,

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