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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 49 (part 3)

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[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] After a desperate conflict of an hour, one hundred and eighty Indians lay dead on the snow outside their dwellings. Not one of the survivors durst now show his face. They remained under cover, discharging their arrows from behind, to the. great annoyance of the Dutch troops. Underbill, now seeing no other way to overcome the obstinate resistance of the foe, gave orders to Are their huts. The order was forthwith