The culprits were taken and hung.
This exasperated against the Dutch the powerful Pequods who had the supremacy over all that territory.

Open war soon ensued.

The Pequods sent an embassy to Boston, and entered into a treaty of alliance with the Massachusetts colony, in which they surrendered to that colony the Connecticut valley.
In the meantime, Van Twiller having received instructions from the home government, dispatched a force of seventy well armed men to drive Lieutenant Holmes and his men from their post.

The English stood firmly upon their defence.

The Dutch, seeing that a bloody battle must ensue, with uncertain results, withdrew without offering any violence.
In many respects the Dutch colonies continued to enjoy much prosperity.