The boat was again sent into the creek, and two or three Indians were seen cautiously prowling about.

But mutual distrust stood in the way of any intercourse.

The Dutch were as apprehensive of ambuscades and the arrows of the Indians, as were the savages of the bullets of the formidable strangers.
Some of the savages at length ventured to come down to the shore, off which the open boat floated, beyond the reach of arrows.

Lured by friendly signs, one of the Indians soon became emboldened to venture on board.

He was treated with great kindness, and succeeded in communicating the following, undoubtedly true, account of the destruction of the colony: "One of the chiefs, seeing the glittering tin plate, emblazoned with the arms of Holland, so conspicuously exposed upon the column, apparently without any consciousness that he was doing anything wrong, openly, without any attempt at secrecy, took it down and quite skilfully manufactured it into tobacco pipes.