Governor Kieft and the West India Company military support extermination of Indians as a way to address the small-scale cycle of colonist-Indian murder and revenge. The Council of Eight Men of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and John Winthrop are not comfortable with the idea and ask Kieft to do it himself, assuming full responsibility for such slaughter. Kieft requests 25,000 guilders and enlists John Underhill, already known as a skilled Indian killer, for the job (Wolfe, 2012). “What was most wonderful is, that among the vast collection of men, women, and children, not one was heard to cry or scream. According to the report of the Indians themselves, the number then destroyed exceeding five hundred. Some say, full 700, among whom were also 25 Wappingers, our God having collected together there the greater number of our enemies, to celebrate one of their festivals. No more than eight men in all escaped, of whom even three were severely wounded,” said Captain John Underhill (Wolfe, 2012)