[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] occur in the American metropolis in the progress of time, it is a safe prediction that the name of the Borough of the Bronx, so happily chosen for the annexed districts, will always endure. The example of Bronck in boldly venturing over upon the main-land would doubtless have found many ready followers among the Dutch already on Manhattan Island, or those who were now arriving in constantly increasing numbers from Europe, if the threatening aspect of the times had not plainly suggested to everybody the inex-pediency of going into an open country exposed to the attacks of the Indians. In the summer and fall of 1641 events occurred which, con-sidered in connection with the well-known unrelenting character of Director Kieft, foreshadowed serious trouble with the natives; and early in the spring of 1612 a war actually broke forth which, although at first conducted without special animosity, developed into a most revengeful and sanguinary struggle, with pitiless and undiscriminat-ing massacre on both sides as its distinguishing characteristic. It is probable that, before the preliminaries of this war had so far de-veloped as to fairly warn the people of the impending peril, various new Dutch farms and houses on the Westchester side were added to the one already occupied by Bronck. Be this at it may, it is certain that settlers from the New England colonies had begun to arrive at different localities on the Sound.