As soon as peace was made with the Mohawks, an officer and a few men were sent to the mountain, in the region of the Kaatskill, under the guidance of an Indian, to search for the precious mineral.

They brought back a bucketful of ore, which, being submitted to the crucible, proved as productive as the first.

William Kieft now thought the discovery certain.

He sent a confidential person, Arent Corsen, with a bagful of the mineral to New Haven, to take passage in an English ship for England, thence to proceed to Holland.

The vessel sailed at Christmas, but never reached her port.