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On his return to Manhattan , Stuyvesant found the wildest confusion reigning because of a sudden uprising of the Indians . A former civil officer named Van Dyck had a very fine peach orchard which caused him no little annoyance on account of the constant pilfering of the Indians . Van Dyck , had grown exasperated and had vowed to kill the next Indian whom he should discover stealing his fruit . One day while the stout Dutchman was at his midday meal , his son ran in to tell him that he had seen an Indian squaw enter the orchard . Van Dyck sprang from the table vowing vengeance , and from the rack made of deer 's horns he took down his fusee and rushed into the orchard , taking care to conceal himself until he was within easy range . The squaw saw him and , with a yell of fear , wheeled to fly for her life ; but Van Dyck was a true shot and , bringing his gun to his shoulder , killed her as she ran . -LSB- Illustration : THE SQUAW , WITH A YELL OF FEAR , WHEELED TO FLY FOR HER LIFE . -RSB-