[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] 1 The location of this fort is supposed aboriginal name of Ponckokie. to have been at the place still bearing the OF HUDSON'S RIPER. 147 honorable herr director-general should, with some unarmed persons, sit with them in the open field, without the gate, as it was their custom to meet unarmed when renewing peace or con ducting other negotiations.1 Without waiting for a reply to this condition, the Indians attacked the settlement, on the jth of June, and, with tomahawk and fire-brand, executed the work of death. On the morning of that day, the settlers went forth to their fields as usual. About noon, bands of Indians entered the gates of both villages, and scattered themselves among the" houses, ostensibly fc>r the pur poses of trade. Suddenly they attacked the inhabitants -of the new village, and destroyed the.buildings. " Some people on horseback" escaped and reached the old village, " crying out, * The Indians have destroyed the new village ' " This was the signal to the Indians to attack the old village; the war whoop rang out, and the people were murdered " in their houses with axes and tomahawks, and by firing on them with guns and pis tols." Women and children were seized and carried ofF pri