[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] offer of harassing an enemy.1 Although Butler withdrew his followers from the valley almost immediately after the massacre, he nevertheless left behind him those who had personal grievances to avenge and mercenary rewards to secure. These were mainly fugitives from the Esopus clans at Oghkwaga, and tories, who, availing themselves of the withdrawal of Count Pulaski and his legion of cavalry from Minnisink, where they had been stationed for the protection of the frontier, made a descent, on the fourth of May, 1779, upon the settlers at Fantinekil in western Ulster, killing six of the settlers and burning four dwelling houses and five barns. Colonel Cortlandt's regiment, then stationed at Wawarsing, went in pursuit of the authors of the mischief, but without success. Scarcely had he turned back, before the town of Woodstock was attacked and several houses destroyed. Reinforced by Brant in person, the war raged along the entire border. In July, Fantinekil was again visited, and the widow 1 The story of Wyoming Has been told Lenapes. That question was satisfactorily in all its details by Minor and Stone, and settled by the treaty of 1768. The only others, and is repeated by Lossing in his question in dispute was that between the