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History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River — Passage 94

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[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] "4. That in case any Christian should kill an Indyan, or any Indyan a Christian, the peace shall not be broaken, or any Revenge taken before satisfaction is demanded by the one party and refused by the other, allowing a competent time for the appre hending of the offender, in which case the Indyans are to give Hostage, till the offender is brought to punishment, the said Hostage to be kindly treated and shall receive no other punish ment but imprisonment. 1 Com pare with synopsis of treaty of The original manuscript of the treaty, 1664. The statement that Nicolls made and the wampum belt which the Indians the treaty the occasion for the purchase gave in accepting it, are preserved in of additional lands, apparently indicated the office of the clerk of Ulster county, by the fifth section, appears to have been It was renewed at different periods until the expression in definite terms of the the Indians ceased to exist or had entirely general language of the treaty of 1664, removed to the west. " the lands now conquered by the sword." 21 164 THE INDIAN TRIBES " 5.