Netherland.--Memorial to the
Fatherland.--New Outbreak on Long Island.--John Scott and
his High-handed Measures.--Strengthening the Fortifications.

All but three of the captives carried away by the Esopus Indians, were
eventually recovered. The fate of those three is lost in hopeless
obscurity. The revelations of the day of Judgment can alone make known
their tragic doom. To them, as to thousands of others, this earthly
life, if this be all, must have been an unmitigated calamity. But this
is not all. After death cometh the judgment. It will be easy for God,
in the future world, to compensate his children a thousand-fold for
all the ills they are called to suffer in this life. There is true
Christian philosophy in the beautiful poetry of Bryant,

"Oh, deem not they are blest alone
Whose lives an even tenor keep.
For God, who pities man, hath shown
A blessing for the eyes that weep.

"For God has marked each sorrowing day
And numbered every secret tear,
And heaven's long age of bliss shall pay
For all his children suffer here."

Peace was now restored by the annihilation of the hostile Indians.
Most of the Dutch soldiers returned to New Amsterdam. Still it was
deemed important to enlarge and strengthen the fortifications at
Esopus.

The boundary line between the British colonies in New England, and the
Dutch settlements in New Netherland, still continued in dispute. The
English, in numerical strength, were in the vast ascendency, and could
easily overpower the Dutch. Very strenuous efforts had been made, by
the States-General, to lead the British government to accept some
boundary line. But all was in vain. It was very evident that the
English intended to claim the whole. And it was also evident that
their colonies were increasing so rapidly that, in a short time, they
would be able to take possession of all the territory so strongly that
it would be hopeless for the Dutch to attempt any resistance.

Governor Stuyvesant now received intelligence from Holland that there
was no hope of any settlement being effected through the two
governments, and that he must do everything in his power to strengthen
the boundary lines the Dutch claimed, and to enter into such friendly
relations with the New England colonists that they should not be
tempted to undertake any encroachments. To add to the governor's
embarrassments very many Englishmen had taken up their residence in
the Dutch