Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
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These posts, pointed at the top, were firmly planted in the ground, and were of thethickness of a man's body, and rose fifteen feet into the air. Captain Crygier, after carefully scrutinizing the works, divided hisforce into two sections for the attack. He was well aware that he hada foe to encounter who would fight with the utmost desperation behindhis intrenchments. One party of the assailants crept cautiously along, beneath the covert of a hill, until, coming to the open plain, theywere disc...overed by a squaw, who uttered a terrible cry which rousedthe whole garrison of Indians. A sudden onslaught was then made by both parties pouring, like aninundation, through the unfinished works into the fort. The savages, taken by Surprise, and many of them without their arms, were throwninto a panic. Many of them rushed out of the fort, leaving their gunsin the houses behind. The Dutch followed close upon their heels, shooting them, and with keen sabres cutting them down. Just beyond thefort there was a creek.
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