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History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River — Passage 86 (part 2)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Considerable difficulty was experienced in the march, the streams being swollen and heavy rains prevailing. On the 5th, about noon, the first maize field was reached, and two squaws and a Dutch woman discovered gathering corn. Passing these with out alarming them, the fort was discovered about two o'clock, " situate on a lofty plain." The force was divided for the pur