[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] new fort, Cralo, at Greenbush; the plank fence which in closed Beaverwyck, and the three guns mounted on the church, were put in order; and Fort Orange, with its nine pieces of artillery, was prepared against an attack." x Meanwhile a reenforcement of forty-two men, under com mand of Ensign Niessen, was sent from Fort Amsterdam to Wiltwyck, and measures taken to enlist a more considerable force. On the 26th, Burgomaster Martin Kregier, with addi tional men and a force of forty-six Long island Indians, was sent forward, and on the 4th of July, assembled at Wiltwyck in a general council of war. A few days after, five Mohawk and Mahican chiefs arrived from Fort Orange, on whose mediation a portion of the Dutch captives were restored; but to proposals for peace the Indians would not listen unless they were paid " for the land, named the Great Plot," and rewarded with pre sents at their Shawangunk castle within ten days.