Papoquanchen, was
slain, and fourteen of his warriors with four Indian women and three
children Twenty-two Christian prisoners were recovered, and fourteen
Indians were taken captive. The Dutch lost but three killed and six
were wounded. The houses were all plundered by the victors. There was
found in them eighty guns, and "bearskins, deerskins, blankets, elk
hides and peltries sufficient to load a shallop." Forty rolls of
wampum and twenty pounds of powder were also taken. The colonists
loaded themselves with such plunder as they could carry. The rest was
destroyed.

The return of the victors with the rescued Christian captives, gave
great joy at Esopus. We regret to record that, on the march home,
there was one of the Indian prisoners, an old man, who refused to go
any farther. Captain Crygier had him led a few steps out of the path
and shot. In unfeeling terms the captain writes, "We carried him a
little aside and then gave him his last meal."

The remainder of the month of September was employed in sending out
small scouting parties, and in protecting the farmers while gathering
their harvests. Though the Esopus Indians were pretty thoroughly
crushed by these disasters which had befallen them, they showed no
sign of submission. It was estimated that not more than twenty-eight
warriors, with fourteen women and a few children survived. And these
were without homes and almost in a state of starvation. Still it was
decided to fit out a third expedition against them to effect their
utter overthrow.

It was thought most probable that the dispersed Indians would rally
again within the fort at Mamakating, which had been captured and
sacked but not as yet destroyed. It was perhaps left as a lure to draw
the Indians to that point where they could be surrounded and
annihilated.

A strong well-armed party of one hundred and sixty-four soldiers set
out on this expedition. Forty six of these were friendly Indians from
a tribe called Marespincks, whose home was on Long Island. The
soldiers were familiar with the route which they had so recently
traversed. A weary but rapid march of twenty hours brought them to the
scene of their recent victory. Not an Indian was there. All was
silence and awful desolation. Even the colonists were appalled by the
spectacle which opened before them. The Indians were so thoroughly
panic stricken that they had not ventured back even to bury their
dead. The decaying corpses lay scattered around,