[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] to an end. But causes of irritation still existed, which were not done away with as time passed. The assassin was not surrendered according to agreement, and the savages continued to commit outrages, which greatly incensed the not too amiable Dutch director-general. The next event of importance was an act of aggression against the In-dians, quite as barbarous as any ever perpetrated by the latter, which 98 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY has covered Kieft's name with infamy. Early in February 1643, a band of Mohawks from the north made a descent upon the Mohican tribes, for the purpose of levying tribute. Many of the Weck-qnaesgecks and Tappaens, to escape death at the hands of the in-vaders fled to the Dutch settlements; and thus large parties of Indian fugitives belonging in part to a tribe against whom Kieft cherished bitter resentment were gradually congregated within close proximity to New Amsterdam.