…The 1655 Peach War resulted in approximately 100 settler and 60 Wappinger deaths. Following this conflict, the confederation fractured, with surviving Wappinger relocating to "prayer town" Stockbridge, Massachusetts — a Christian conversion settlement. In 1765, remaining Dutchess County Wappinger sued the…

…Their determined efforts to drive colonists from the area during the final French and Indian War and throughout the following Revolutionary War years failed. Those trying to return to their homes in the valley after the fighting stopped found themselves…

…The island had first been sold by Indians in 1630 before being repurchased by settlers who had twice been driven away by Indian warriors, first during Governor Kieft’s War in 1641, and again during the Peach War in 1655…