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History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River — Passage 86 (part 2)
Considerable difficulty was experienced in the march, the streams being swollen and heavy rains prevailing. On the 5th, about noon, the first maize field was reached, and two squaws and a Dutch woman discovered gathering corn. Passing these with out alarming them, the fort was discovered about two o'clock, " situate on a lofty plain." The force was divided for the pur