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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 15: (search)
peace was made; but the presents of Kieft were those of a niggard; and left still in the Indians the rankling memory of the cruel slaughter of their infants. A month later, a similar covenant was made with the tribes on the river. But confidence was not restored. The young warriors among the Red Men would not be pacified; one had lost a father or a mother; a second owed revenge to the memory of a friend. No sufficient ransom had stifled revenge and calmed the pride of Chap. XV.} 1643. July 20. Sept. 15. honor. The presents we have received, said aft older chief, in despondency, bear no proportion to our loss; the price of blood has not been paid; It is curious to compare Il. IX. 634, po/ll' a)poti/sas. and war was renewed. The commander of the Dutch troops was John Underhill, a fugitive from New England, a veteran in Indian warfare, and one of the bravest men of his day. Having the licentiousness not less than the courage of the soldiers of that age, he had been compelled