Both parties alike reaped but a harvest of blood and woe.

Scouting parties of the savages prowled beneath the very walls of fort Amsterdam, ready at a moment's warning, to dart into the wilderness, where even the bravest of the Dutch could not venture to pursue.

For the protection of the few cattle which remained, all the men turned out and built a stout fence, "from the great bowery or farm across to Emanuel plantation," near the site of the present Wall street.
During the whole summer of 1644, the savages were busy carrying the desolating war into every unprotected nook and corner.

The condition of the colony became desperate, being almost entirely destitute of food, money and clothing.

The utter incompetency of Kieft was daily more conspicuous.