The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1833-05-08

'Ho fnuienss Dy Captain OuuefniiIs he
Was seized q, Flushing BY a guard Of
soldiers, and carried to New Amsterdam
and confined until the case was exan,-
ined, when the facts reported by him
were proved by the testimony Of the In
dians, to be true. He was then coolly
dismissed, and the treasurer was suffer
ed to 60 without reproof OF pnpish-
ment.
The English towns on the Inland, a.
well those which had been settled under
the Dutch as the English, we're alarmed
for their safety.
March 26th. 1858, the town Of East
Hampton resolved that no person
should sell any kind Of provisions to
tbs indians, during tho sine Of the
neisbbors' plantation being in this pos
ture."
April 10th. they ordered .'shat there
should be a watch and ward. that two
men should watch svery night, and one
TO ward every day."
April Goth, they resolved "that no In
dian should come to the town unless on
special occasion, and that none should
come armed, because that the Dutch
have hired Indians against the English,
and because the Indians have cast off
! their sachem."
May 9th, they agreed TO send to Con-
occticut for 6rkin ofpowdsr, and shot
equivalent, and ordered ''ihat every man
on any alarm, should appear forthwith
a. the meeting house. and that no man
should 80 from tho town to- work. or
stay in another to.n, under the ponAlty
Of 40s. for every days absence"
April ll4sh, the town Of South Hamp-
ton passed a resolution. ".hat every male
between l6 and SO should watch and
ward as occasion IL, and that no one
shouId sell any corn to the Indians,
psnding the war between tho English
aa1 Indians"
June l6th, they sent messenger to
Captain John Mason, at the mouth Of
Connecticut river, to procure stock Of
nmm msnition.
Captain Undcrhill, 'early in the spring
['NorE.-Captain John UnderhiiI
came from England to Massachusetts
soon after tho first settlement of that
colony. He had served a. an officer in
the British forces, in the low countries,
in Ireland. and at Cadix, and had q
command in the war with the Pequots
during tho year 1857. lie had some
difficulty with the charch ut Boston,
which seems to have been adjusted be-
fore he left that part of the country
After the termination Of the Pequo:
war, he moved to Connecticut, and set
tied at Stamford. He was delegate
from that town to the general court at
New Haven, in l643, and was appoin-
ted an assistant justice there.
During that year he was sent for by
the Dutch governor, to take command
in the war in which the Dutch were
then engaged. or were about to COM
mence, with the Indians situated north
of the sound and west Of the Connecti-
cut settlements. This war lasted till
the summer Of 1916, and was termina-
ted by a great battle at StrickIand's
Plain, in Horseneek, in which the Dutch
with difficulty obtained the victory.
Il 10 supposed that Captain Under
bill had the chief command under the
Dutch governor IN this war, and it is
stated BY Trumbull. in his history of
Connecticut, that he destroyed three
hundred Indians north Of the sound,
and one hundred and twenty on Long
Island, who had crossed the sound in
order to ravage and destroy the Dutch
plantations there. Alter the conclusion
ofthe war. be settled at Flushing. on
the island. He discovered and disclos-
Cd the intrigues ofthe Dutch fiscal with
the Indians, in order 20 detach them
from the English, aud TO excite them to