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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 48
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] patroonship of Yonkers, was entirely swept away; and another Eng-lish settlement at Gravesend, presided over by Lady Moody (an exile from New England, like Anne Hutchinson, on account of religious belief), was three times fiercely attacked, but, being excellently stock-aded, successfully resisted the desperate assailants. Historical writ-i New York Trihxne, April 23, 1S8G. CAPTAIN JOHN UNDERHILL 99 ers upon this gloomy period vie with each other in vivid descriptions of its terrors. " The tomahawk, the firebrand, and scalping-knife," says O'Callaghan, " were clutched with all the ferocity of frenzy, and the war-whoop rang from the Raritan to the Connecticut..