Captain John Underhill launched the attack which led to more casualties than any other incident in the war fought between the settlers of the nascent colony of New Netherland and the native New York population.
 A mixed force of 130 Dutch and English soldiers led by Captain John Underhill launched a night attack on the village and destroyed it with fire. 
 More casualties were suffered in this attack than in any other single incident in the war. 
Kieft's War, also known as the Wappinger War, was a conflict (16431645) between settlers of the nascent colony of New Netherland and the native Lenape population in what would later become the New York metropolitan area of the United States. 
