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DOCUMENT RELATING TO THE i f HISTORY AND SETTLEMENTS OF THE TOWNS ALONG TUB Hudson and Mohawk Rivers (WITH 'Jlli:: KXCKl'TION oi AI.HANV), FROM iG30 TO 1684. AND ALSO H.LUSTRATINM; THE RELATIONS OF THE SETTLERS WITH THE INDIANS. Translated. Compiled and Edited from the Original Records in the Omce of the Secretary of State, at Albany, and other sources, under direction of the Honbio JOSEPH B. CARR, Secretary of Stale, BY B. FERNOW, KKKPKR OF THK HISTORICAL RECORDS. lIuN. MemUEK PeN.N* IlrSTURICAL SdCIKTV. ALBANY, N. Y. WEED, PARSONS AND COMPANY. i88i. EARII SmiEilTS 01 THE iW RlfER 11 THE lililS. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE Albany, October 1, 1881 "E, ) Orioinai-lt organized for purely commercial purposes, then drawi into warlike pursuits by the political events of the Thirty Years' War, the Dutch West India Company thought little of its property in America as a colony, nnd took no pains to develop its internal resources by settling this largo territory and encouraging the cultivation of its virgin soil. The close of the war with Si)aiu compelled the Company to bestow more attention upon Now Netherland and to make up, if possible, for lost time. Internal and economical considerations did not alone urge the Company in this direction ; tho interest which the States- General suddenly took in the affairs of New Netherland and the earnestness with which they insisted upon the adoption of some practical plan to direct and encourage a sound and n.oral emigration, insuili.g a permanent settlement of the territory, caused tho managers of the Company to perceive that their influence would be dan- gerously ccmpromised, if something was nut done to develop more actively the resources of Uie fine and fertile j>rovince committed to their charge. As a result of their deliberations on this point, the directors of the West India Company presented, in August, 1638, to the States-General, "Articles and Conditions draw., up and con- cluded by the Amsterdam Chamber, on which the respective places and countries in New Netherland shall he.iceforth be traded to, fn^quented and settled » « This plan was evidently too diffuse in some of its clauses to satisfy the States-General, nor did the "New Trojcct," f submitted by the Patroons in opposition to and curtdling the privileges of the Company, meet with any more favor. Tho object of tho Patroons had been at first, when they obtained their privileges in 1029, rather a participation in tho Indian trade than the colonization of the country; their new plan was to divide tho province into manors for a privileged class, to the exclusion of the hardy and industrious pioneer and sturdy and independent yeoman. The objections raised by the States-General to either plan led to a joint mJeting of delegates from the States and the Company, who agreed upon a more satisfactory solution of tho whole *aeeN.Y.C.l.Hist.Vol. I,p. no. t Ibidem, p. It Ha^ly StUlement, on the Uud>on liiver cmd the Indium. w».. i,.„i. c„„„„.„v, „. „,„„,,„ , .,.„ ji^^^t:^:'"''''"''"^''' '•''''■' colon, ...ILoo tlJCZ, In '•■''''*""'' ^f™ '^"t""-'. -I... W' .l,o l,,.,or u»ir „p«o,i„ .,„„. ;:;:;:t, y;;::,';r ' "■ ""• "'*" ""^ """ '--» '»-i'i" ^"-« ...on„,-.^ s.,0.. „„. no.;;t;;\::o ;:::;rr°';i'T' rr"","r ""' eould «Io ,„„„ I„Ji„„ ,.„j „,„„^ „,^ j^ ^ I ■" "» "1« V «l„.:h n„ ,„.„ Urtorj. to tho I„Ji.„ ,„„„•„,„' V 11 • cM,„g„,.l,„l i„ , „,„„„or ...» mmtry aroiiml tlii» fort im,l I,™,, miH.,1 11 ,, ,. I '"V '"'""). I'ut if llio war. of W4i-,r, Ollior 1 i J ' ' ' ''"™" "" ''^ "'° '''«"""™ '"•«■'" ci.«.i.i. .1,0 1 , f J,T, , , • tiT"!: ' :;■""""■" "■" "■ ""'■ •""- >"- ♦SeeN. Y. Col. Hist.VoI. r, p. 110. .» -»'.r,:;:::;:u:'-;:;::r-";:::7"7'«" ■>•■ -- o-*.. b.,,,. .. ,„„ „„.„„„„,, Vol. II, ,,. 345. ' ■ '*'"'-"°~™ I '" 8" "oo-S. l>o™.s. K*™,,, ,„3,_o„,. i,,.. Eavhj Settlements on the Hudson River and tlie Indiam. y which this lu„..]ful of Dntclunen held on to tho la,.d, which thoy knew to bo thoir« hy every rlH.t ami law and we can only congratulate ourselves, as citizens of the State of New York and of the ITn.tcd States, that the fn-st white n.en with whon. the Indiana of this section of the American continent had to deal were the up.i^.ht, stnrdy, even if slow and phlegmatic Dutch Property m tae soil being in all civili.ed countries the first evidence of settlement, tho Editor has en eavored to collect all such evidences in the shape of Indian deeds, to be found L. the State and o her ofhc.al records and thereby hopes to assist the authors of local histories, who n.ust una- vo.dalybeg.n by showing how the title to the soil passed fron. the Indians through tho Govern- ".-t to .nd.v. uals Records of public offices are our n.ost reliable authority xor History, which cannot be wnten, ,f it is to be of any instructive value, without being based upon authentic evl- d^ ce ; with It It IS easy to tmce the organisation of counties, townsand villages, the sources of their hrst population a. J the nomenclature of their localities. A glance at the map ,.f the United States shows that the Hudson river and its tributaries form the most important waterway in the country. Portages of short distance brought the a eler in olden times to the waters of the great lakes, if he was bound west, or to LakeCham- . and the St. Lawrence if on a northern tour. The Hudson was the key of the continent .. al coming from the east , its possession meant supremacy over al! the surrounding lands. Tho Dutch the hrstwite people who came to this region, found it inhabited by five Lulian tribes winch from their angi.age, general customs and traditions, seemed to be more closely connected wih each other than the neighborh.g tribes. They had entere.i into a confederation and t! ude.^anticipiued our federal republic; having possession of the very key to this continent the, h,ul become the masters of a large portion of it and ruled the tribes from Maine to the Mis .ssipp. an.l as iar south as (Georgia. Tlie Jesuit father, who went among them as missionaries ..actabl . They were cannibals, often eating their captured enemies after having first subjected lem o the most fiendish torture. The most athletic, the keenest witted and most bloody of al to tubes, that the first settlers of New York should have made a lodgment among them and at a., tunes remained undisturi.ed is one of the curious facts of history, the bearings of which p. ho subsequent iistory of this comUry has never sufficiently attracted the attention of historian y^ is worthy o being esteemed most im..rtant. When contemplating the nature and results of the . a^ o established between te two .ces, we see a condition of at... no less sti.rtHng than hire lent from that in the neighboring New Englan.l colonies. The Puritans ,vere involved in ~less n.dia.1 wars and stood more than once upon the brink of utter annihilation ; the Dutch, n ng at the door of the powerful Five Nations, .ould always count upon the friends lip of th i ^ 7' 'T ' ' '" ""• ''"'" '" "' ^''" " '•^'•'-'^'^-- '""i i"^-"Ptiuns granted by the West India Company to all Patroon, Masters or private Persons who will p Lt dies in N l i vi Ewrly Settlenumta on the Hudson Jiioer and the Indiana. Nothorlnnil, udontud Juno 7 lfl90 am-a. cnri in. nr . , , ' ' ^^" "^''08"«vor Blmll sottio any colony out of tho limit. r.( M.,..au.n r...a ..a., l. ol.i^ed to .eisfy tl.o Indians for the iL tl^. 1 I „ n - ' St Hot ""T" : T'' '" ''^ ^""""" «^ ^" ^•'"- '-^ '"■« -'" --' - '«tated abovV alw ys atnetly enforced and tho tradition of tho purchase of Manhattan Island proves that oven a Z "XX "" '" "" ''^""" " "-"'« '^^ '-^ '^- - '- ^^ - -— tl. ,|;j;7;^';^'"*;7^V«*''-^~'^'-^ of 1633, which confinned to tho Indians ti.e httio patches of land around their wigwan.s, where they raised their corn and beans and dec ared the rest tho property of the whites on the authority of chapter 1, Gonest •< ' ho jnv.tat.on o to Indians." It is further needless to speculate I the coLecpJncI a\-. X bcc-n adopted by t e Dutch, for the result of the policy pursued by then., based upo. C Z t. n vrtuc, connncrcal n.raiity an.l the true ethics of civilisation, is enjoyed by „s evZ da I .ens o Che State of New York and of the United States. The Enjish. after thj C" of 1664 followed n. tho footsteps of the Dutch in their treatn.ent of the Indians, either be aus «^y acknowl.,,ed . to be the best policy or intluenced by the preponderating Dutch elc Z : ;r 7" «''";"-""J7>v of the population of the province. During the century of contZ n vuh Hanco he fncudship of the l.ve Nation, in possession .f tho great .no'ntain b He between Canada and the upper Hudson, turned the scale and counterbaLced the great aZ t.ges wlnch ay on the side of Franco. But f.. this, the whole course of our history n.i.hh ^.iiX'r " ""'' "^'^ ""^ '' ''- -' '^- ""- -- 'i'-'^'^^ Not all the Indians of the province, however, shared the Mohawks' feelings toward tho D tc ,as hedocnn^nts relating to the settlen.ent of our present Ulster countv, now first pi t^ound ,u tins vohnne shown.g how the powerful live nations appreciated tho tr.-.nent by tho For reasons made obvious by the size of this volume the Editor has not been able to show «.e results o the Dutch and .rly English policy in the subscp.ent troubles with the;:;,': a n a .nd he vohnne closes therefore with tho law dividing the province into counties, enacted 1 w th tl C '" T '" '"■'■'"''^'' ''''''' ^'"''''' 'y '■'" ^^'•'^"' - ^''- -"'-Ver- es wththcr Governors, of « No Taxation without Representation." It was the first victory of Liberty over Absolutism, which Now York has to record. ^ JOSEPH B. CARR, Secretary of State. Table of Contents. FIRST moD. From Die first \(\.\0. July 12. (( Anj,'. 10. (i Nov. 22. 1038. May 1. k( .Inly 20. 1631). Miir. 12. a July 21. u Aug. ;i. a Si']). 15. No (late. 1«10. Jan. 7. u July U). 1(541. Juno ;..h-.n.-»v„.-o:„o,;, Nov. ,,. ,^,„, .,,„. .„. „„„„^ .. ,;^„- ■^. ;,. . ^^; . . . .^. ._. . ^. .^^..^^ .^^, . .^^ Apr. 10. Council Mimilo. Arrival of TtiJ,.'-' T.'V" " ' ' ' 1 "o ^^•-■"' fl- DuH... . .... ^'"''""' "' '^'""'f'"-J '" «<»> for pence Articles of IVa,-,. ,. Aug. 30. Au^r. 31. Aug. 31 Dntch a,ul the Kiver'Sli". ';''"""" '^^ "" ""''''"^^ ^''^--' i^' Coiuicil Afinuto. tliaiiksyi\ iiijT^ on Resolution A I'nK-la,natio„ to be issued ' f,*,; '„ "d^y '^f ,:,;,;j;,;, "i-<-ount of tl.e ],em.e with the I„,|i„n8. ^ l(i4(i. 16 16 17 17 18 English tra.lin. house near F^nO— ' " """" "" ^''''" ^^''""l- : M^ 11. Patent to M^;:^,:; 3 i: : ;:; "^tt:^- -'•) ^i .Tune 17. Declaration of (^onnnissarv H.l .' T .^^ ""■'^^"" (^^ •^•) 22 1648. Apr. 3. Apr. 8. tl.o Raritans... ■""'""■' """^''"■"''^ ""' "^'"-"-^ '•-P-^'-'fe' "" attaek by Muhawk^aga^lltlie'iriit .™''""^'''"^'''^ ''-' ^" -'^•' '>'^ 22 1(140. .luly July 14. 1!). Extract from a letter of the D-' ' • ""■.■.■•■.■■••_ 23 Tii«■»„ ,„.., „„„,„, „„: i, j;::'z:;„:^;:;i::;;' - '^^ «-".'™-=-. Pi-o positions made 24 1650. •'.y the Indians livinL' on the North nv,,.. ,.] »r ' ' I.n 1-1 r '"""" /^'""■' '"»' «f".---"'t's answer . " ''""'" *^""- .'.in. 14. Lease of land on the Katskil 25 I'eb. ](). Extmet from a letter of the Diiv,"tc.n ^"■""t "f tl'c Catskil Land Mar. 1.3. Indian Deed for Schodack. Apr. 15. " ••H .n Holland t.-Dir.Stuyvesant; Jhe 26 26 20 27 :* Table of ContentH. ^^ MM. Mur. 21. Kxtnjr-t from a letter of the HH.no to tl.o «a,no ; lan.l .nv„t« on tho Rnrit.nn."*"" Kil v«,. Lo and (.'atHkil ; freo navigation of tl.o North river ; Haron van .lor ( a|H3ll.'H Colony ; Mohawks inva.lo Canada 97 Nov. 7. Kntry l.y (Jornc^. van Wc,r..khov.n for two Colonion, ono atTapp;;;," iho other at tl.o NevcHing and grant of tl.o same . 09 10..2. Fob. i;t. Extract fron. a n.prm.ntation made l,v the Direetors .,f Vhe'w" [' ("w " Feh ,r A '""^ T !l'" 'i'""""." "^ ^"^ Netherlaad concerninK I-iiur. alTairH, ote. 21) i-eh. 15. .Answer to tho foregoing .^ " Mar. 5. I-^ter fn.n. I^.,v.n van .ler ('apeilei,";,; ro,;;.!;; i^;/ Wen.ki.ov^^^ "^ '"« '"'" •'"" '"' '""' I'lin'hased the liaritan eoui.try . 3. Mar. 18. Letter from ( '....neiiH van Werekhovon to (?) entering a eavLat ag^innt' 'the tfi'ant of the Kantan eoiintry to Baron van der Capellen 31 Nod.Ue Answorof Co.-nelis van Werekhoven to Haron van der Capeil'en'H" kt't:.;;.' 32 Apr. 4. Lx« from a letter of tho Direetorn in llollund to Dir St.,y vo«ant ; a JSev ^eth..rland l.mvan i« to be established to rheek the abnseH in land granln.g; eontliet. ariningont of tho pnrehiu*e« of I3aron va.i der (Japel- " S. nf 00 n r ' '""' '"" .^^^"■'^^'*'"^^™ ! ^''"' ''^'t^™«" tl'o Mohawk, and Car.ada Indians :!3 ^^ Sept. 20. Onlmanee ag,i,nst runners in tho Mohawk and Seneca countries 34 Doc. IJ. Extn.et fro.n a letter of the Di.-ecto.-s to Stuyvesant; Van Werckhov-en deelmes tho Colony on tl.o Raritan ar.d at Taj.pau a..d settles at Xyack, 1053. Juno 6. Extract fr:n,ai;;u;.'of ;ho' ^ui.V u/;!.; ;;;no; U.Vwa^'bJt™ '' havvks and the Canada Indians; tl.o establishment of a trading house 20 Dutch n..les north of Albany recommended to attract tho Canadian fur trade lOM. Fob. 05. Resoiutio,.toprond.;;heM:h;wk;"wuhpo«;u;'a.;di;ad;iJst';i^ '' therefor to the English J 11 J ^^ June l(i. Patent to Dirck Zieeken for la.Id 'at Commnnipaw .' It Aug. 28. Oi'dinaneo against fu.-nishing ILpior to Indians. o- " Nov. 5. Resoluta.n onh.i„g the Fis,.al to tbrbid certain Englislm.;;/ i^'^Jtiu," U ' Vrcedland (Westchester county) . 1C.5. Apr. 1.. rn.cyagainstThon.asPell for settling on lands lilonging to th;Du;;h "' Vreeland (Wcstchcstei-) with noti<.) to ,,uit .,« Juno 21. f,..ler to publish at Fort Onu.go an o.-dinanco agai;;st r;„„;or;'am;ng ;h; Indians h '■■ " Oct. 8. (28?) Letter from Inl-bitanis of ■G;.;;;j,;d*;o ih;' Di;o:u,; and C^iuicll '' " n . « 1. , *:' '' '"■" ^'"•«''*«"^^' ''y I'"li""« from tho main '30 Oct. 8. Declaration aa to the hostility (,f the Indians 4, Oct. !>. Minute and votes of tho Council on the action to be taken' .vgarding" 'tho loregouig " " Oct. 11. i^'-l"tJo..fo,-biddingthosaning'of 'tho'i-^IJeisi^'pi.i.rjnd'd^p^ ^^ „ "'•'•''-l'"''»^'lr»««t'"^'»'rs dui'ing the pi-eseut crisis. .0 Oct. 12. Mmut.M,f the attendance of Jacob van Cu.-ler and JacJb "siUi^ake; wiih tho Magistrates of (iravescnd , „ If*-:' X Ufi5. Oct. 12, " Oct. 13. " Ocf. 13. Oft. 13. Oct. 1(!. Oct. 10. Oct. U). " Oct. i8. Oct. 18. Oct. IS. " Oc;. L'O. " Oct. 21. " Ojt. 31. " Nov. 10. " i\..v. 27. 10.50. ,T;iil. IS. " Jan. 2(). " I'Vl.. •.:. " Mar. <;. " Mar. la. I< Mitr. 11. (t Mar. 15. (( Mar. 1»;. (( Mar. U\. Table of Contents. Totter from Dir. Stnyvcwmt to Ciapt. Bryan Newton, warning l,im to hi'"'' on the lookout for Indiaii.^t . . . . , ,,, Cciiiici! Mimite of the ai^poarinco in 'Joiincil ■>{ Stepiien Necker, wlio with 5 otli<'i-H had hccii taken prisoner hy the Indians and is went for a ran- som , , Message brought /rom the Indians at 'Pi-idus ijook," that tiie 'priTOUora will be reiea,sed in tw.i days . j Resolution not to pay tlie ransom, demanded by the Indians. 45 Ordinance, again„,'-, person.s going int., tlui country in snuill pnrHes 45 Order for tlie .s'fety of Ame.-^foort and the J5av .' ]] 45 Letter to ('apt. Post, ordering Iiim to in(iuiro, what tlio Indians propose to I'm witli tlceir ])ri.>^(>ne>-s 1- Ordinance forbidding all persons going across the river or connnimicating with tlie Indians. . .r. Minute of the return of 14 prisoners l)y Pcnnckeck, chief of Ila^kensack. 4t! Instructions given to (Japt. Adrian Post to jijtain tlie release of the prison- ers Htill in tii.> hands of the Indians 4,, Letter of inhabitants of Gravcsend, L. I., praying for protection against tlie Ini.sage of tlie Lidians ■ j Itenion-strance of tlie Dircc'tor-ftener.d and Council of New-Netherland to the States-General, e.\iH,si„g the bad conduct of the barbannis Indians towards the 1 )utcii , ,) Propositions submitted by Dir. StuyvesanI to the Council on a war wiih the Indians and the oiu'nions of the Council r,j Propositions made by the Indians of Long Island recpiesting a confinuanco of the peace with tli^'ir 'ribe r,,^ Questions submitted by tlie Director to the Council (m excluding Indians from the settlements aim answers of tho Council f>S Paj>er read by Dir. Stuyve.s;int to the Council cmtaining information on the eau.scs of the late ri\il,ges. which are granted, t);") ( ummis.Muii for Thomas Wheeler to be Chief Magisirateal Westchester. . . .Inly 1. July 1. *' Sept. 25. " Doc. 19. K'ST. Mar. 27. " June 6. " JUMO Ifi. Sopt. J 5. " Nnv. 7. .N'ov. 14. •' Doc. 22. Kir'8. .);iM. 2!». Apr. 12. " May 2. May 2. iMav IS. 2'able of Contents. ^j Orrl.r for fl.o ^bvhn-^,, of Capt R. Panton and otlicrs of Wcsteliester on""*"'' """lition tliat tlH.y leave tl.o eouutry or find Hecurity for their Kood behavior ' ° Onl.r on an appliration of Nicohw Verlctli for iJaVo" to "mnove 'the frame ot a lioune from llohoken; denie.l on account of t]ic Indian difKcuIties C7 Indictment and sentence of Sander Toursen and wife for nelling Honor to thelmhans „_ f^ I f ., , 07 Onler for a contribution of cloth from the niercliants to ransom the pris- oueiv, Mill held by tlio Indians gg Ordinance a-ain X lod-in- In.|i.,„s i„ Xew Amsterdam! ".'..'!'..'!.'.".! ." .' 68 Uesohiliou to -i\o private notice to certain j.artien to leave llio country, because 8U.pected of celling Ii,p.or to «.. Indians ; rescinded 69 Onhnaiu-e renewing t!;., order for the formation of villages and against adnnttmg armed Indians into cities, villages and houses 69 ratent t,. C.'hristollel Davids for a tract of land in the Hsopus (N. W, of Kingston, Ulster county) gg E.xtraft from a letter of the Directors in Ilollan.l to StuvvesanV;" they accuse the former Fiscals van Tienhoven and van Dyck of being the cause of the last Indian mas.sacre /^q I'etition of Johanna de Laet, widow of Johan ,le IIulhMVtV.rlettJre-patent to land purcha.sed from the Indians at the Esopus by her late husband and the j>ateiit for it », Kesolution of the Magistrates of Fort Orange and Revcrwyck" permuting tlie inhabitants to empl<,y Indian l,rokers for one vear ... 72 rroposiuons of the three .Afohawk Castles to renew the old Covenant cliain, etc., and answers thereto f^^ E.xtract from a letter of the Direct.us in Holland' LrSmyvesanV;' the jaisoners ,n the hands of the Indians to be demanded from them in the name of the State.s-(iencral ; a block-house to be built at the Esopus. . . 73 Afhdavit of Jan Gillisen Work in regard to cattle at Catskil U l.ist of tile farnu'i-s, men, women and children sent to Staten Island since Alay, Ui:(i, by l',aron van der Capellen 74 Extract from a letter of tb.e Directors in IIoll.,nd 't'o' Stuvveliint';"l"n'd'ian attairs ; the (Colony on Staten Island 75 (■('urt I'rocee. lings. Cornelis Teunis.^,..! against Jacob Jans'en* St'o'll for e.vciso on slaughtered cattle, involving a .piestion ,.f the jurisdiction of •^'"l'''^ ■ 76 Letter from Jacob Jans..,, Stoli „f Ksopns t., !)!,•. Stuvvesant with a ca,--o of wheat ' "^ ^g Letter of Thomas Chambers at the Ksopns to the sa,„e ; dwimnds' aseist- aiice, as the Indians have murdered some seltlcis at Ksopns 77 Letter from Andries van der Sluys an.j .,,i,er inhabitants of the Esopus to the sanie, conrirming the foregoing letter 73 Letter tn.ni Thomas Chanilui's and otheiv at the Ksopns to the Council coinj)laiiiii,g again of the Indians and asking for assistance ; population and prodiK'O of Eaupus -^ .»:•! ■V ^" Table of Contents. 1658. May 20. Extract from a letter of the Directors in Holland to Stuyveaant; Indian '""• affairs ; emigrants and soldiers ;; May 28, Resolution that the Directoi-General proc^.d'to' ih; Esopus". ." .' .' ." ." ." ." gj May .n. Agreement made by the settlers in the Esopus to remove their d^velling; and form a village ■'""iiga « JnueSO. Jounmlof Diivctor Stnyvmnt's v-isiito\he' Esopus; .'.■ .■." oJ July 11. Certificate that Harmeu Jacobsen, alias Bamboes was shot by an Indian at the Jtsopus Aug. 8. i^ettcM-fi.mse,^eantL;;,;enrat';h;'Eso;;,v;o"Di;:'suiy;;^^^ ^^ « Au^ 1 S M n /'"!• TZ ; "r '"'"' ' " '"''P'-^ ""^ annnunition is needed 88 Aug. 13. Mmute of the Council of l-Vt Orange. Appearance in Court of fifteen Moljawk sachems wit : a French prisoner, whom they desire to return to Aug. 26. Letter from Sergeant Lourens to Dir. Stuyvesant ; failure of the crops in „ the hsopus; movements of the Indians.. g„ Sept. 3. Co'iiplaint against Christopher Davids, an Englishman,' f;r "sheading"; ^^ false report among the Highland Indians . ^ or Sept. 28. Letter from Andrios van der Sluys, at the Esopus; ■;o Dir'. ' s'tny;;«:nV « ' asking to be appointed schoolmaster at Esopus. . . ^ ' n. Sept. 28. Letter Irom Sergt Lourens, at the Esopus, to Dir. Stuy;esant '; ' ihe bridge " Oct 8 ^n T( ' ^"''"■^ °^ '^'' ''''' ^™l' ' ^'"^ Director's farm . ^ 91 Oct. 8. Mmutcs of the Court at Fort Orange. Mohawks come to impure for ih; FrenCman whom they brought in two months before; desire to go to « n. n ^^Canadaard make a peace with the French ^ q„ ^^ Oct. 9. Minute of the Director's departure for the Esopus 2 ^^ Oct 5. Proposals made to the Esopus Indians and their answers. 93 Oct. 28. Letter of Jacob Jansen Stoll, at the Esopus, to Dir. St.iyvesant; the Oct. 29. Let er from the same to the same; the Indians have made a conveyaiic; i«rQ T., ,0 ^"^*'"''«'"l'>«"t"-ce'i and ask for a present «« 1659. Feb. 13. Extract from a letter of the DirectoL in Holland 'to- s'tuyvesant;- they « Aur -^ pTr r^'""'"'^'"^'' "'*''*' ^■^"l'''-''''"''^''''«'^^dclerfe^^^^^^^^^ 98 " A r^s" ^7^ f;.--du.gs at Fort Orange. Action about a bridge at Esopus. 98 Apr. 2.. E. tract from a letter of the Directors in Holland to Stuyvesant i,^ rega;d " J^.lv 23 w/ ""''f^-^f^^^ Di'-- Stuyvesant oivuffairs at the Esopus. . 99 July 23. Extr...t from a letter of Dir. Stuyvesant to the Directors in Holland; Aug. 4. Le or ,o„iSergt. Lourens to Dir.S.uyvesant; the Indians are dissatisfied, . , „:""^ *''^ ''''^'I'^ '"'J to bo cut under an armed gnai'd . inn Aug. 4. Mmute of the Court of Fort Orange. Arn..l of M,ij:.;:Gen;ra!" Haw" thorn and Captam John Pinchon, proposing to take up land east of Wappingers creek " Aug. 11. L.^r of Dir. St.^vesant to Scgi." Lou;c;;s l.V ihe'Esopiis^Re;: "Di; Bloem proceeds thither to take charge of the congregation 101 Table of Contents. ^jji 1659. Aug. 11. Letter from the same to Sergt. Lourena at the Esopus ; rev. Mr. Megapo-''*'"' Icnsis proceeds thither; increased vigilance recommended 102 1^ Aug. 17. Proposals of tlie Esopus Indians and the answers of the Dutch thereto." ' 102 Aug. 1 * . Petition of inhabitants of the Esopus requesting, tliat the Rev. Mr. Bloem be appointed their minister jq3 No date. Statement regarding the fears of the people at" the" Esopus 'and "then- reasons for it ^ „ . Aug. 21. Letter from Sergt. Lourens to Dir. Stuyvesant ;' Indian 'news and "re'q"ue"s"t for supplies ^„„ Sept. 1. Letter from the same to tlie same ; the Esopus Indians are preparing "for ^■<^r ... J05 Sept. 4. Proposals made by the Esopus Indians jQg Sept. 4. Extract from a letter of ])ir. Stuyvesant to the 'Directors 'in' Honand";'a settlement on Wajipingcrs kil recommended; Indian murders and causes thereof; reinforcements sent to the Esopus . jqT 1^ Sept. 6. j Minutes of the Court at Fort Orange. Proposition, made 'by ihe "Moimw'ks, Sept. 16. ) iind action thereon V. Sept. 17. Extract from a letter of Dir. Stuyve'sanUo'tlie "Directors' In "n'o'n'and ; "no news from the Esopus, I)ut reinforcements have been sent there; equip- ments for cavalry rctpiircd ; Rev. Ilarmanus Bloem to go to the Esopus • settlement on Wa])pinger8 kil again urged ' ^q Sept. 17. Letter from Jacob Jansen Stoll, at the Esopus, to Di"r." "stu'yve"s"ant";"al"l quiet on the Esopus ^ . . ." Sept. 24. Final answer given to the Mohawks at" "thei'r" first' c"ast"le"K"a"gh"n"uwaga." .' " " 112 Sept. J<. Order given by the Court at Fort Orange, that no offense shall be given to the Iiuhans under severe penalties. . -i-,, « Sep;- 22. I Letter fi-om Ensign Smith to Dir. Stuyvesann encl.ising'a^eportof '^^ " W op" T 7 1 ^^^"^ ^"'^'"'' "'"• "*' '' '•""'«''^" ^^'f '' then. ; war is declared 114 Stpt. .6. Letter froni \ ice-D.reetor Lamoi.tagne at Fort Orange to Stuyvesant with particulare of the troubles at the Esopus jig Sept. 2i). letter from Jacob Jansen Stull and others at the Esopus" "to "st"n"v"ve"san"t "re- porting the late conflict with the Indians.. . . " jig No date. Dec-laraticm made by inh-.-bitants and soldiers at the Esopus," ihat Ensigr'i ^ »""tb did not orderan attack on the Indians... n^ Sept. 29. Letter from Ensign Smithat Esopus to Vice-Director La Montague at Fori ,, Orange ; progress of the war with the Iruiians 117 ^o .late. Letter from inhabitants of the Esopus t,. Dir. Stuyvesant ; the 8e"t"tlel-^ are " ( w ., T '"'■'"'f ""' '" *'■*' ^"^"'■' ; '"^ •^••'""o t^'"' l'« attached to Ensign Smith. . 118 uct. A. Letter from Sergt. Lowrens to the same, written while a prisoner amonjj the Indians 11a No ,late. Declaration of certain Katskil Indian's" as 'to "tlie "origin of "thecoliision wiih t"o Indians at the Esopus -. .„ Oct. 9. Extract from a Letter of the Directoi^ in Holhuul "to" 's"tuyve8ant ;" "Melyn surrenders the patroonship of Staten Island; no now colonies to be ''staiilished in New-Netlierhind 121 Oct. 19. Propositions made by the Moiiawks to the Oourt of" Fo'rt "orango '. . .' .' '. ." .' 122 #11 'i'M v^ ^^ TahU of C«erfromViee^i;e.;;;i:,M^ ^^^ Mohawk and Moh.gan ,leh-gato. are sent to tlie Esopus to arrange an arniistifc e^ »" Oct. 29. Extract fron. a L;;;e;'of '^^.[^si^i;^^^;^,::;^-^ 'ii^L;^'^ ''" condition of the country; siege of Esopus; faih„-e to raise volunteers; « ^ ^f"3'vt'sant at the Esopus with reinforcements loo Nov. 1. Letter from Ensign Smith to Dir. Stuyvesant ; an armistice ;o.;duded wUh the Indians at the Esopus. . . Nov. 13. Letter from tlio same to Vice-Direct;; L: M;n;agne a^'poH Onuige,: pr^ ,, gi-ess of affairs at the Esopus 107 ^^l-ans"'""'"' "*"^"''' '^'■'"^"- °" th««i^"''ti;n\Vith'the"Es"opu;Vn. Dec. 11. Letter from Dir. Stuyvesa;;t'(;in'hiVo;n;ii;n,dii;. Ensign Smi^haUhC Es;; ^^^ « T. .- P"«; "'^tnuitions for the treatment of the Lidians 19s Dec. 1.. Letter fnm, Ensign Smith to Dir. Stuyvesant; reports on the stVt^oVaftai'rs at tJie iisopus . . . . ; Dec. 22. Extract from a Letter of "th'e' ■Di;e"c;;;s hV Ilonlnd "to" Di;.' ■sh;y;esa'nV; ''' Enghsh settlements on tlio North river must bo prevented; Eev Har- manusLloem returns to New-Netherland... ' i„a Dec. 20. Extract from a letter of Dir. Stuyvesant tothe Dil-^Cto;; inHc^liand j ati/- tude ot tile savages at the Esopns. ... Dee. 28. ^^t-^f-- Ensign Smith to Mr. La Montagne'at Fort Oninge ;,Vaffai;. 'at " Dec. 28. Letter from the same to Di'r.' Stuy'vesant on" the' sam'e suhjeVt ! m 1060. Jan. 16. Letter from Ahraham Staas of Beverwyck to Dir. Stuy vLnt ; diVpo'sitiCn Jan. IG. Letter from Vice^Director La Montague at i^:ri■o;•ang;ioti.e■sI»ner;po;^ ''' - , "'fe' progress of the affairs at the Esopus .... nq Jan. 19. Letter from Ensign Smith to the same; ague v^^^^^ '^ ^'y^, heavy snowstorms ^ ' Jan. 29. Letter from Dir. Stuyvesant to ^Ensign 'snnihj ai H.e" Esopus 'r.^mm^nd- '' '"^ caution and civility towards the Indians. . . 10. Keb. .. Letter fnm. Ensign Smith to Viee-Director LuMontag;^ ;' ;;.ndidon' of affairs at his jiost; strength of his garrison . . jog « Pel.. 9. I P'-"P;'«»1^ f Dir. Stuyvesant to the Council regarding the ii'i^-asures't'o" be " Feb. 12. ( ;'f'"P'.f ''««>"*^t the hostile Indians at the Esopus and answers of the J Oouncil « Feb. 12. Resolutixm to declare ^;a;•■agai,l;uhyE;;p;,;■LHiians;:;;;:;■: J42 reb. 17. Extract rom a letter of Dir. Stnyvenant tu the Vice-Director at Cur'a^a.V- regarding neg^roes, who are to be sent from there to the Manhattans'and might be employed against the Indians j^g l-eb. 24. Letter from Ensign Smith to Viee-Dir. La Montague; affairs 'at" the 'es'o- pus 143 Paoi. 132 16(50 . Fob. 26, ,ion ])roviding for the administration of public affairs during the Director's absence at the Esopus ^52 Letter from Dir. Stnyvesant in the Esopus to Secretary van Euyven ; the Eso])U8 Indians liave been attacked and defeated 151 Letter from Secretary van Ruyven to the villages near New-Amsterdam', warnmg them against surprises by Indians 152 Proclamation of war against the Esopus Indians 152 Muster roll of the Company at the Esopns ' 153 Letter from Ensign Smith to Dir. Stuyvesant ; affairs at the Esopns. . ." .' '. 154 Letter from the Directors in Holland to Dir. Stuyvesant ; Rev. Ilarmanus Rloein goes to take cliarge of the church at Esopus 155 Resolutions adopted by the Court of Rensselaerwyck during tlie Esopus troubles ^ _ Letter from Ensign Smith to Dir. Stuyvesant; the Esopus' Indians are growing very insolent ^^„ Letter from the same to SecrV van Ruyven ; skirmish wit'li" the Indians! 157 Lxtract from a letter of the Directors to Stuyvesast ; Roeloff Swartwout ^ ajipomted Sheriff at the Esopns ; Rev. Blocm 155 Conunission and Instructions for the new Sheriff at the Esopus! ........ 158 Order directing the people living scattered throughout the eountrv, to forni hamlets and villages : ' , g^ Letter from Hir. Stuyvesant to Ensign Smith at the Esopus'; t'h'o' att'a'ck'on the Indians approved and reinforcements sent kjq Letter from the same (o Vice-Dir. La :\ri..e.r.Gene.;i " ' 'd^he cl.;;;;f "n;.,-^ ''' " June 3. C—i^^^tSaes^ R;;t^:r^^^ 17^ receive the propo2s f ^2 d n shrS \ f'^ ■'' "^"^"^ ^° ^^ conference lield with the Esopus Indians ^ \ .^ I<".d, he> defend then- course ayainst the Indians and obiecc to the „ ^ appomtnient of a sherill at the Esopu "' *^° ,^, June 29. Petition of Dirck Jansen and another for p.;v„,;n; of hini fo; U.i; ^W ' " June 29 O T . ' 1 " ^"•"" "■"'■'^ "* ^'^"'-■^ -"' -^'^ thereon . ^ ' n7 '< JK ? • ■ ' " ^'•="'^l--'"t-" t" (^'•"•••'V-o of the cap.ured Indians ill July o. Appomtnient of Martin Crcgier and Olotf Stelenson va Co;tland' to ^^ ^ , ^ ^, accompany the Director t.. the Eso,,us ^ *" ,^„ July o. Extract froni a letter of Dir. Stuyvesant to the vicc;i;ire;;or'at Cu;aoa;; '■^S-^rdmg the Indians sent there v^uragao, July 26. E:.n.^frjm. a letter of the Council to the Director in Holland 'cmmuni: ' catmg the conclusion of the peace at the Esopus igj 1660. 1661 « Table of Contents. x^jj Aug. 6. Minute of tho return of the Director and party from the Esopus an/''"' Journal of the Director, including report of a jqj July 25. Conference held at Fort Orange between the Director-General and the Senecas ^ _ . Aug. 17. Lease of a farm at Olaverack (Columbia county) 186 Sept. 2. Petition of Rev. Hermanns I31oc.!i and Rev. Ilenricus Selynus "for an allowance for board while delayed on tho way to their destination resp. tho Esopus and Brooklyn ' jgg Sept. 20. Extract from a letter of the Directors in Holland to" Dir". "stuyvesant"; news of tho peace with the Esopus received with pleasure ; are aston- ished at the objections to Swartwout's appointment as sheriff at tho Esopua , o- Sept. 23. ) ^°« Sept. 30. I I^ctitions for payment for losses and expenses during the Indian troubles. 188 Oct. 6. Extract from a letter of Dir. Stuyvesant to the Directors in Holland ; Rev. Bloem in charge at Esopus; Sergt. Lourens returns to Holland well recoimnended joq Nov. 27. Report of Dir. Stuyvesjint's visit to Esopus and Fort Orange. .'.".' lo9 Dec. 9. Extract from a letter of Dir. Stuyvesant to the D'-roctorl in Holland; feare arc entertained that tho peace with the Esopus Indians will not bo of long duration jo^ Dec. 13. Letter from Sergt. Christian Nyssen, at the Esopus, to Dir."stuyve8"ant"on the state of affairs at the Esopus jgQ Jan. 23. Proposals made by tho chiefs of tho Mohawks at Fort Orange '. 191 Jan. 29. Letter from the Magistrates at Fort Orange to Dir. Stuyvesant ;' "pe'aco negotiations among the Indians jgj Jan. 25. Indian deed for an island in the Esopus 192 Feb. 2. Deposition in regard to the division of land at the Esopusi'n 1654." .' ." . . " 192 Feb. 8. Indian deed for an island in Hudson's river opposite Bethlehem (Albany ''«"»'>') 193 Feb. 15. (0. s.) Letter from John Stickland, at Huntington, L. I., to ' re(piesting him to ascertain, whether the i)lace called Achter Cull be open to settlement -. „„ Mar. 4. Contract between inhabitants of Esopus and Rev. H. Bloem! ." 194 lV[ar. 25. Ordinance of the Court of Rensselaerswyck forbiddiug the trading with Indians in the wooils jqi Apr. 16. Extract from a letter of Dir. Stuyvesant to t'he Vice-Di'recior at Curasao, recalling the Indian prisoners sent there 19^ Apr. 29. Letter from John Stickland, of Huntington, L. I., to Capt". 'Brian "Ne'wto'n, „ A "'1""""^' whether the country on the Achter Cull is open for settlement 195 May 2. Allotment and distribution of lots in tho Esopus 195 May 5. Appointment of Magistrates for the Esopus settlement 196 May 16. Instructions for the Court of Justice at Wiltwyck " 196 May 16. Petition of Roeloff Swartwout to bo appointed sheriff for" the Esopus eettlement jon i iSw. ^^"» TahU of Contenta. 1681. May 23. His commisaion m elicriff ''*°"- " May 23. Cmmcil Minute^ ornelis iWyu" ;^f,;so8tosu;n3n;w"u^^ '' Isliind to tlio W. I. Company „„. « JiinoU. Letter fro,n Sl,eri£E Swartwout to Dir. Stuyve«iu.ra;k;;o;vk.dgi„,/ "the « T 1 . ,r '■'''*"''^ ,', *'"' •"^^'•"'^f i«"« '""1 '"^l^i''^ for copies of ordinances 201 Juno 15. Mu8ter-roll of the C-nipany ut the Esopus . " gm June 18. Letter fron, Arent van Curler, at Rons.elacr.wyck, to Dir. Stuyve.ant requesting authority to purdmse and settle a great flat baek "of Fort ^™"fe'o (Schenectady), and order granting the recpient 202 Juno 24. Letter fron, Dir. Stuyvesant and Council to the ConnnissarieB aV Fort Orange in answer to a remonstrance against the settlement of the L'reat Mohawk flat (Schenectady) g^g July 21. Extract from a letter of the same to the' jiirectors h', ' [lolland ;' 'the' Esopim and other Lulians su.spected of evil designs; the militia question dis- « A 00 T. T ' f ;;'"''^^°"^' SJ'enff of E«opus ; condition of Staten Island 204 Aug. 22. I etition ,4 Peter Billou and other recently arrived emigrants for land on btaten Inland II Aug. 27. Report on the state of feeling among ihe Kats'kil and'E'sopus'li'dians.' ." .' ' 207 ^^ bept. o. Connmssion of Tielenian van Vleek as Sheriif of Bergen (N. J ) 207 ^^ bept. 5. Ordmance erecting a Court of .lustice at Bergen (N. J.). 2O8 iMov. 8. Letter from Matthew Gilbert of Milford, Conn., to Dir. Stnyves^uit. in iho nanie of a company i.i Xew Englan.l, who desire to settle at Achter Cull, and I repositions agreed upon in behalf of the company to bo submitted to Dir. Stiiy vesant II Nov. 28. Answer of Dir. Stuy vesant and Counci'l'to the 'fe'rewing 2IO ^ov. 12. Ordinance imposing a land tax at Esopus to defray the expenses of buil'd- ing a house for the minister „.. Nov. 18. Ordinance for the observance of the Sal.baih,' prevention* of "fire's,' etc.' 'at Esopus Nov. 22. Ordinance for the construction of a new road in the Esopiis 2II Aov. 24. Ordinance for the speedy collection of arream duo on the house and sfdarv of the minister at Esopus " 21 1 " Nov. 1.5. Account of the excise in Wiltwyck ....'.' 312 Nov. 19. Extract from a letter of Vicc-Dir. La Montagne, at For't 'o'ra.'.ge.' to "st'uy'- vesant, regarding bricks purchased for and sent to Domine Bloem at ,, ^«»l>"s 212 Nov. 25. Ordinmice directing the fencing and improving of the lands and lots at the Esopus 2^g No date. Names of persons who supplied wheat at the Esopus, and list of tli'o'so ^, "*''''« sw'jscribed for the support of the i)reaclier 213 Dec. 22. Order on a p<.tition of the feiryman between Bergen (N. J.")" and the „ ^""'^-''ttans, for the establishment of rates of feiTiage.... 214 Dee. -^2. Petition of the inhabitants of Bergen (N. J.) for additional land and ord'er ^^^^'-'^^ 214 TahU of Contents, 1C62, « u l( (I (( Jan. 5. Court Proceediiif,'s. Jan. 12. l&X F4M. Feb. 12. Mar. 11. Mar. .30. Apr. Apr. May 6. 6. '^'"'fe'tnciit in a suit for cxponsos incurred in carryinff dispatclies during tlio lute EHopus war 218 Letter from the niagiHtrates at Fort Orange to DinStnyvesantV tlio grant made to Arent van Curler of the Great Fiat on the Mohawk 216 Ordinance of the Court of Bergen (N. J.) for the construction of a pubHc well ni tiio village ' „ . Further answer of Dir. Stnyvesant to the proposals of Gilbert and othere of New Haven, stating the conditions on which they may settle at Achter Cidl, with a i)r:vate letter to Mr. Robert Treat. . 216 Warrant empowering the Ilackensack chiefs to seize any brandy found "in their country and bring it with the persons selling it to New Amster- dam 218 !. Petition of Arent van Curler for a surN-ey of the Great Flat on the' Mohawk" 219 . 1 otition of n.ilipp Piecerse Schuyler and others for leave to plant a new village at the (^reat Esopus gjg 4. Lease of lot No. 4 in the new village at the Esopus" ..." 220 May 30. Further answer to the j.roposals of the New Haven Con.pany conc'e"ming the settlement on the Achter Cull 221 June 15. Minute of Council, rejecting the petition of Jurian "Teuni'ssen" "to "keep"a taveni at Esopus '^ . June 29. Petition of Sergt. Nyssen, at the Esopus," for an"i".u."reas"e of "pay! .".".".■"■■■ 222 July 15. E.vtract rom a letter of Dir. Stuyvesant to the Directors in Holland on the mditia question ; throats of the Esopus Indians. . 223 Council Minute. Letters receive.l from the (Governors of " ikiaJsachusetts and iNova Scotia complaining of an attack made by the Mohawks on one of the English trading posts „o. ^riT,''™?","?^"'''*i°? """'" ""*" '•'" M=''i"^'V'l'yThom"as"G"a"rdner"and ^athl. Walker, of I'enobscott Fort, an■"■"" ^^-'f'' "«'« "f tl'"«". who will ..ontrihur. to his «,„„K,rt '219 Dec.. 28. Pet,t.o„of inhabitants of IWgen (N. J.)and (;.,n.nunipaw ^^^ ,^^^^^^ ''' 111 certain lands and order thereon it-nung Dec. 28. Su,nnu,n« to tho Shorifl and Magistmt'e"8 of "liergVn {n." j'.)' "t'o'unswor'a ^^^ 1 ««Q T complaint n.ado by tho ferryman ^ ^ '' "^'' " „, , 1663. Jan. 4. Order for the snrvey of a .ortain traet of land in dispu;; at'lk^Kcn 235 Jan. 15. Lo«e. from Thonu« Chmnhern and other n.ilitia olli..,.. of Wiltwyck to OnU.7T"!: "'"'l'';''""'" *''"' '''^' Magistrates had pnlled down an « Jan 04 T J, 'I'""''" /"'" ^''« '•'^^"•l"t.on of the n.ilitia enelo.in^r the Ordinanee 235 Jan. 24. Lottor from the Magistrates of Wiltwyck to i)ir. Stuyve.ant; danger' ^f .ng h,nor to the Indians ; tho new village : reasoL for .I'isapproving „ t'le foregonig ordinance " *' « M q7" ST"'"^'"'' "^ M"Ki«^«•ates for Wiltwyek '.'.'.'.['.'.[ Ill Mar. 30. 0.ji.,.nee p.^ed 1^ the Direetor-Gene.l, while at thJ lis;i.n;;f;; ;h; pj,: If t'hoMeo'" '° '"" '^' ''''''''^ "'"' ^■^"- ^'-" '""- «pUBottlen!ont Molm^ksand the Engbsh; necessity of acquiring the Mohawk country ^^ •"""'-■■'se beaver trade of the Senecas ^ ' oon Apr. 5. Appointn.ent of officers for Wiltwvek f J Mar. 31. I et.t.on of Cornelis Harentsen Slecht for a grant^of certain land^ "aV 'the ^^ Jisopus and order thereon. . . Mar. 7. Petition of the Overseers of the N^^ Vinage\;;; the eVop„;; payh'.g Vhal '"' me.jsnres he adopted to pacify the Indians and a n.ilitary' force bt ^ lor tlieir protection. . . Mar. 23. Like petition of the Ownen; o/ ;h;' New" Vinag^; pra;;ng"ai;o 'f j; Iho '^^ right of way through AViltwyck « ' i - fe ^^ May 10. Order in Council on the foregoing petitions :::::::: Hi May 9. Letter from Dir. Stuyvesant to ( Vice-Dir. La Montagnei'aV FoVtOrang;"; a surveyor gcx-s to survey and lay out lots on the Great Mohawk Fhl (Schenectady); a pledge to be signed by th. settle:, before thoy can " Tnno in T ? f "" "'" ^''■''' ^"'"'^^"^ •*''•■•' '•^'t'"''*" fo «iK» the pledge 244 June 10. Le t.rfr<,m the Magistrates at Wiltwyck to Dir'stuy vLn^ massac. ai tlie Lsopus ; the vdlage destroyed .... 045 ^JunVierr''''"'"' """^ '""'''' ^'""'' "'"""^'^^ and missing on 'tho'Tih June 11. Petition oJ Christ D;;id; fci; i>e;n;i;;ion't;r.en.:e;;n i;;.don the E^opua, ''' Juno 12. Circular-letter to tho towns around New-Amste.lam notifying thVm'of ;he iisopua massacre * * ' • 248 -A Table oj VoHtenta. ^ 1663. Juno U. InfitrnctionH for tho military an.) .ivil office™ ut Wiltwyck ^Tq June 15. ''•;j|^'-^;^'»^j>i'-- Stnyvx-Bar.t to ti.c- MagiHtrntes at Fort (Jra.ig; j 'affai'rs at « Juno 10. Letter from the Magiarates of" wiltwyck to' Din StuyvoHantV niporVon ^^^ tlio j.rogreBS uf aff.iirs ^ « Juno 16. Resolutio,, iu Council to n.ako Mar .^jain^t" tj.o' EHopus' and empIoV "the Aloiiawks to recover the priHoiiorM 1' i""" 1!' IJ''''.'''."""^'^ "«'""«' '•"'•'•yi"K "u ""ly I.Hlian trmlo' at Schenectady '.'.'. 263 Juno 18. PefttonHof the HottlorH at Schenectady for pernn^^ion to eultivato' thoir lands and order thereon " Juno 19. Letter fron> Dir. Stuy venant to Yu^o^n. Lv MonVagno 'at' Fort Omngo"- « T .« T "''^"' '"^"'"'''' ^"' *''" '■^■''■"•*'' <^^ "'^' «M't'"-ed people. ... 284 Juno 19. In8trnetion« for Councillor Jol.u. du Decker sent to Fort Orango on" p"ub- lie business '^ « June S" frV* '^T ^r''-^^'^^''' ^'''-y^J^""^' il'-»~^ 256 June 23. Letter from the AL.g.strates at Fort Orange to Dir. Stuy vesant ; littlo pros- pect tor the release of the prisoners. . . 258 Juno 23. Letter froinVico-Dir. La Montague to the samo";" the d^fenJoless ^.^ndition ' ot t ort Orange Juno 23. Letterfrom the Magistrates o"f Wiltwyck ^o ■tho"6"wner"8"of "th"e" New "vil- Jage ; state of allairs there. . . „.„ " June 23. Miirnte of the Director-Oenerars v^siti io n;.n;pst;ad;;.;iea;;,rh;g 'io^ l!.nglishinen against the Indians... . 2.59 " June S" f 7;'"';''^'"" ^"'""g <•"' volunteers for the" wal-'^gVinst"^;^ Es'o'pu^In'di'ans 259 Juno 26. Letter from Councillor de Decker at IJeverwyck to Dir. Stuy vesant ; efforts t^'- tl'u '-elease of the prisoners at the Esopus. ... 260 June 27. Proposals made to the Chiefs of Hackensack and Staten-Island" and "their answers " June 27. Notice that the Eso,nB"L;dmn;"a.v'.;n"tl.;"w;u-"p.ui."and wanui.gall pei; ^^^ to bo on their guard Sri June 28. Letter from the Owners of the New "vil'lag; o,," Vh"e" Es"opu8"to "diV. "stuy- vesant, respecting the h.ss of their cattle ... ofto Juno 29. Letter from Vice-Dir. La Montague at Fort Orang;"t"o"D"i;." "st"uyv"e"santi repairs of the fort delayed ; efforts to recover the Christian prisoners; new fort at Greenhush June 20. Letter from Councillor de Decker at pJrt "(imnge" i"o ihe mime";" the Chnstian T „« ,F'80"ei-8; complaints against the Esopus Magistrates.... 265 Juno 29. setter from Robert Treat of Milford, Conn., to the san.o in regard to "the ^^ proposed settlement on the Kil van Kol 066 Juno 29. Letter fro uSec'y Capito at Wiltwyck to the same ;" his "wife" killed "and burned with all his property ; re.p.ests a supply of clothing 267 Juno 29. Letter from Councillor de Decker to the same ! information respecting the T on J'''''""'''''= ''°v«'"'''««'-« '>1't='i''ii''Ie at Fort Orange 268 .. Tn"' ; ■ ,f 1^1^"'."^'.'"-'"^ ''f ""'it'»T "ffi'--<^'-« for Bergen an.i Communipaw .■;;.■ 268 Juno 30. Comm.ss,on of Jfartin Oegier to be Captain-Lieutenant aiul Comn.ander of the Forces, with his instructions for the war against the Esopus Lidians 208 «* Ihble of Omtmits. lfl«3. July X Report of Liout. Coiiwonl.omi nnd others of tl.,.ir in ,. • • ■ ''*'"• „ 1 . , . . "iiiurs 01 iiiL'ir 111 Huoensrt ill mmiiiir " July 4. Letter from tlio niilitarv oHi..|.is it li.. ,../,.'.." V " W- "a. ^'" „ ...dr „;,„„«,„.. ,„ r,:,,™';;:,;',,,',;;;:,", ."■ ""• «"''™"' • »'-™ „, anioiig tlio h«(((>un IiidmiiH ' July 6. Luttur from (•.,,. (>.^.r,„ Oir. Sti.y;;8.;,;t j ■n,j.;,rt8 hi^'aHvai at' ihu Ks„,,„h; oscnp,. of Mrs. van Imborgl. .,.„ ;; July 5. jnnnt.M,f\hj:;^>„r;;;f Wnr;v.'kin;.Ka;a";otiiepi;^^^^ ^ July .). Letter fpon. ,),, s,.^,,„„„„ ,., „,^ ,^„^,,,,^,^.^^ ^^ ^,^^^ Orange j the Kate- „ KilIn«lmn8imwtnutJi:.H,orai.v KhopuH..., .,-. July 10. Oonfeivnoo between Stuyvesant mul the Sachemn of ti'.e RiVeyaiui Staien Island tnl)08 II July 12. Oitlinaiice for the arrest of hostile Indians ." ." '> glj July 12. Letter from J)ir. St,.y>esnnt to the MagiHtrat.. at Fori'oning;; 'l,o '^^^^ « Inlvl. . *;My'''-o;vnrdrorthe.vlea«eof thoChriHlianprisonerB.. ^77 July 12. Lot..fromtheH,m.oto('on,u.illor de Deeker; Sergt .N>.en promoted for his KUeeeHsful atta.k on the Indians; peace with the Indians around JVlanluittaiis « July 20. ExtractfVomaletterof the;an;oi;;i.eyi::-D;..;;o;;u;„„:,^^^^^^ ''' ngHHust he Ksopns Indians and the resonrees of the country ; assistanee "' ""-''■^■l'""^l'«'i required from Curaeao ,,-„ July 20. Mmute of CoundL The ..m. of E.terii ludiai. V,! niiu^h-.igau.t the iis(il)us accepted ^ >• ^ « July 20. P^saisof the iiack^isaek LidiJns to •«;.;[ \,;d;iami; on ;,k;k;i\;;. ''' Kull, efforts of the E«o,.us Indians to engage the Alini.singhs on their « jniy 20. ccjlc^ssijiis io Wgnint«;i" io'ti.VE;^iisi„;i;.n-wio-d;;i;^-to •„• u,e- „• u.„ '"'^ tliei-sopiis Indians are coming. . . ' July 28. Letter from Joli. La Montague and Jer.";an lien^sehic;.: aipi-rt O;.;;^ u, Uir. Stnyvesant; they defeiul themselves against fhe charge of refusi'n-. « T 1 ,n T> '■"'";■"" ' "'^""■■' *'"■ "'^' '•'^''■''•^" "f the prisoners "ggS July 30. P,.t cj a letter from Dir. Stnyvesant to Capt. C.^^ier. at the E^oiins;' ihe luaians to he unrelentinirlv juirsiied. . .. osa ^^ J«^ 30. Instructions f..r Secr'y van Rny vei, sent to the E;o,:i;; oi/puhH;."," iJi;.;^ Z Aug. 3. Letter from Capt. Cregier, at the Esopns, to Dir. Stnyvesant; reports an at ack on an Indian village; Indian allies an.l Long Island volunteers return home Aug. 3. Minute of a Council of Wa; lidd'at^ ^^^yi^, i .n' die j-ropi^ed ope^d;;.; "'' iigainst the Indians * " Aug. 9. Letter from Di. St.iy.es.n't \. aipt! " C.glerV dii-^iti ons 'to save' 'i^^. '" harvest at the Lsotiis 287 mn. , Aug. f). II Aug. I'i. II II II Aug. It. Aug. 1ft. Aug. 27. II Aug. 97. It Aug. 2!J. II Aug. 30. M II (!oiifereueo witli tlie MiiiiHwingh Iiidianrtou tiie renewal 2 Council Minute, fnformation given cimcerning an intended miigHncro of the wliiten on the North river, and in regard to the prinonen* among the I^8"P"8 29-t Information given l)y Orntam, chief of Ilackenwick, .nlwut the EiiopHS Indians 004 Order directing the surveyor to hiy out land at Hergen (N. J.) 2!t4 Council Minute, [nformation brought by an Indian of the defeat of the i^Hopus and tlio recapture of the prinonein 204 Letter from the (Council to CJapt. CJregier ; tlio victory over the Esopus Indians won liy him ; reinforcements sent j Proposals of the Marsei.inghs (L. I.) Indians and answers thereto Letter from the Council to ('apt. Cregier, at the Esopus, with reinforce- ""'"f« 2!)0 Letter from the same to tlie Magistrates at Fort Orange; Indian affairs. . 29f5 Letter from Dir. Stuyvesant, at Moston, to the Vice- Director at Cura9ao, with details of the defeat of tlio Esopiis '297 Minute of proceedings at Fort Orange, with the Mohawks, regarding Col. Temple's remonstraneo against their making war o-i the Indians in Jiis government (Nova Scotia) 297 Letter from the Magistrates at Fort Oraiigo transmitting the minutes to Dir. Stuyvesant ana Council Minute. Intelligence received tliat the Indians were about to attack the Dutch at Iloboken, etc 299 InstructioiiB for Lieut, van Couwenliovcn to ascertain and prevent the niovementrt of the Iliver Indians 30,) Instructions for ilr. Vcrbraack and Sergt. van der Hosch, sent with Lieut. van Couwenhoven qqi Letter from Dir. Sriiyvesant to Lieut, van Couwenliovcn; instnictions for exchange of prisoners with the Indians 302 Letter from the same to Capt. Cregier; the peace with the \Vaj)pinghs just made violated 1»y them 302 Ordinance for the better security and settlement of Hergen, X. J 303 Minute of Council. Permission given to North river Indians to fish near ^'"■^'-'"^ 303 295 295 XXIV Table of Contents. 1664. .0.3. K... ---zrs^r.rrx:."':;^'--'-" -■■«:: TTT \T "" f-'-"-- ^o --'tain tl.e dispoBlti^n' ;.f " July 28 Me r o^ F"r ' r" ^T ' ^ ""■'"" ' ^''^^ Mohawks ,.n the .a.-pa,!,.. ,.07 ul> -8. Mc..ajro . t 1 ' In.l.ans ot Af,w..a to tlic Dutch a,ul an.vv..r to it hv tl.e " Oct. 10. ) ''"'"^^ '''''' ^''"^'^-^'l'- .08 " Xov. 23. f Conference with the Kutekil Indians an,l Mohawks at Furt Oran-n- 309 ""''- ' ^:s::^;^:r-^^''^'"^''^^^-^'">~^'«'--on.e.in;eieH., Dec. 6. I'-;-;i;>n. given to Mani,, C.-o,ie,- ani, (ioi •.; Loocken^in^ -U. th^ ''' „ l'""-'hH.seof the Nevesingh fountiT... . Dec. 8. Con.piaint a^in.t people of Wilam-k for dnving fi.;.;,; ;,;;Viii;.,;";,: ihe Redoiilit vithoiit i. convoy ' , Dec. 8. Petition for a lot near the jrill-.^atVat Wntuv,.l' ' ,',' i " "i" " 1 ^^^ Boo. :o. o^„., ,.„„.. .„„ ,„„„ ™,;.^,:;:;r,i;":l;;*-,;:'™;„;,- ^" tieaty t)t j)eace Dec. 6-11. Jonrnal of a voyage to'the X en^ingh: h; T^p,; ■(•;.:.;..;. '!* Dec. 1.. Let e . fron. the M.,M.trate.s at Wiltwyck to I.ir. Stuwesant on genera ""'ttern and the .jnarrel with the .hurch . '' ,,^ Dec 19 LeuS ;•':!"'''" ''"""'•' '" ^^''""' """^'''•' "'-'l--' accordingly, 318 them for he.r .nsoient letter of the I2.h ; the Shenlf suspended and removal of the Magi.tn.tes threatened 320 321 323 323 Jan. 8. Letter n.o„. vice-Di^ La M^niagn::;;:;':;;:;: van Ken.ela:.r tothe-.n.e; ''' th,. Mohawks' expedition into :\Iain.. ,,„ Jan 11. Letter frotn Ensign Xi.ssen to the san.e ; tin: •si;k,;.:ss' l.;' Ih.:" I^;,.;.; '" 355 K a « h % ?'AOE. 1664. Jan. 21 " Jan. 28. " Jan. 28. " Feb. 14. Feb. 16. " Feb. 18. " Feb. u " Feb. 21. " Fob. 21. Feb. 23. Mar. 6. " Mar. 17. Mar. 17. " Mar. 23. " Mar. 25. '' Mar. 26. Mar. 27. '• Apr. 3. " Apr. 5. Apr. 17. Aj)r. 21. Apr. 21. Apr. 2,^. " Apr. 2"). Apr. 20. " Apr. 90. Table of Conte/its. jj_. Extract from a letter of. Dir. Stnjvcsant to tl,c Courts at Fort Orange and"'""" Rensselaerswyek ; tbe Molmwks' losses in Maine; tbe dispersin.. of tbe Esopiis Indians ^ o *■ 9^fi Ordinance establishing a Court of Justice for Staten Island 35ft Council Minute. A re.loubt to be constructed at tbe Newesind.s 356 letit.on of Pvoeloff Swartwout to be reinstated us Sheriff of the Esopus and order granting it „ » cc^ncii Minute. A T^pp;,;,;," Lilian'; ■;c:„;ph;in;' ^.giun^t jajob ' i^; ' Couwenhoven ; tbe Aevesinghs la.i.ls and tiie En,n Dir St,.yvesaut to the Magist.ttes of Wiltwy^k j "swartwou; reuistated as Sheriff ; recall of the nnlitary ; Indian affairs. 353 Letter trou, the same to Ensign Niessen ; orders to send down soldiers; Indian affairs Council Minute. Samuel E^^^Vs uun^ [^'viovirin;' Noortwy 6k' on tin. ^^^ JNortU river -^ . , 359 1 et.t.on for the conllnnation of certain rules, nuide by the Overseers for the erection of a blockd.ouse at Bergen, N. J., and answer of the Coun- oil [ Co.,ference with the Ilackensaek ami Staien 'island "cliids 'and Minl^hik ^^^ ' Indians Order granting a piece of land outside of' Jhe 'village of 'Bergen' fcl Comnussiun for lialtha.ar Bayard to be Clerk of tbe Court arBer.'^en" ' " 363 Report n.ade by 1>. W van Couwenhovc. .,f i„fo,.,nation re:pect;ng ' an ngues of he English wi,b the Es„pns and Wappii.g Indians. . . . .! 363 onference wifh .North river Indians and the chief of ilackensaek. 364 Leder from 1 ,r Sfu,-vesaut to Ensign Niessen and the Magistrates' ^f \V iltwyck; Indian affans Letter fi-om Ensign Xiessen to 'oi^. Stn^y.^^^ \ 'ali ',p.i;.;':n ' ih^ Escipu^, 366 Appomtmeut of Magistrates for Willn^.k.. . 5fi« Patent for a piece vf land at AhasimiKs N J tJr. Order on a petition of Sander Lendertsen ( ;ien and oth^;-: for a ^un^ey ^f ' laud at Schenectady . Instructions for the Clerk of the Court of' Wiltwyck til ^'fuIiH '" ^"f«;' .f~' >V'''- ^'"^^'^"'" -l-ti'-K il'oVi:u'of'an Engiislnian at NN.lrwyck, who said the English wouhl pos.sess New iSethcrlaiid m six or eii;ht week-i I'c-.i.i..n of Thomas Chambers amUh^beiV.m i;nb:.;gh:d:ieg;Ue;, asking ''' fo aiuendments to the charter of Wihwyck, and answer to it. .... ^ 369 I^J^.tionot laulusand Jan van der Ilyden concerning an e.tate at tbe EM)piis and i.rder thereon ' (\-,ference with IIackensa,.k Indians 'ai:o,;t' ihe'nninier'of a 'nuichman' '^ committ.'d by a Wappin- fiulian "umnan. ^n'!dt 'T;! ' r"" ''^ ^'''- ^^"^^"""^ "^ il- I)im.;;rs in Holland;' 'tL ' itsult ut tlij Lsopns war; importance of the fur trade 372 XXVI 1664. May 6. <: « May 13. May 15. May — . May 17. May 20. May 29. May 31. " June 9. " June 23. " July 4. July 8. July 10. July 10. July 12. July 17. " July 24. " Aug. 4. " Aug. 17. " Aug. 14. Aug. 22. Aug. 27. " Aug. 29. Table of Contents. Paob. Letter from R. Hermanus Blocm to Dir. Stuyvcsant, asking in the name of the Consistory that the 7th of June be annually observed as a day of thanksgiving at the Esopus 373 Lease of land at Schenectady 374 Articles of the peace made with the Esopus Indians 375 Letter from Dir. Stuyvcsant to the authorities at Fort Orange ; transmits the articles of peace concluded with the Esopus Indians ; the new vil- lage at Esopus ; Schenectady 382 Conferences with the Mohawks at Fort Orange 378 Journal of John Darcth and Jacob Lnnckcrmans, sent to negotiate a treaty of peace between the Mohawks and Northern Indians. 380 Order directing tlie surveyor to lay out lands at Schenectady 383 Grant of a piece of land at Bergen, N.J 383 Proclamation for a day of thanksgiving on accornt of the peace with the Esopus Indians 333 Extract from a letter of Rev. Ilenricus Selyns to the Classis of Amsterdam ; lack of ministers ; sad state of affairs in New Netherland 384 Extract from the minutes of the Classis of xVmsterdam 384 Commission of William Beekman as Commissary at the Esopus, and bis instructions 335 Proposal of one of the Esopus sachems to have provisions sent to their country beyond Ilavcrstraw 386 Petition of Pliilipp Picterso Schuyler and Goose Gerretscn van Schayek for leave to ])inchase from the Mohegans the Ilalfmoon ; granted 387 Petition of Thomas Powel and others for leave to iHirclmse from the Indians a piece of land between Kiudcrliook and Neutenhook; granted, 338 Conference with the Mohawks at Foit Orange; 389 Ordinance for the more careful navigation of the North river by sloop captains *. 339 Council Minute. The Mohawks complain against the Northern Indians, 390 Extract from a letter of Dir. Stuyvcsant to the Directors in Holland ; the intrigues of the English among the Indians 390 Extract from a letter of the Council to the same ; the Indian wars 390 Letter from Rev. Samuel Drisius to the Classis of Amsterdam ; state of the Reformed Church 391 Petition of the iniiabitants of 'Westchester to the English cominissionei-s, 391 Information of English intrigues with the Eso])us Indians 392 Order directing the commander at the Esopus to bring down his soldiers, as the English fleet is at Nyack, L. 1 392 Letter from Rev. Samuel Drisius to the Classis of Amsterdam ; the sur- render of the province to the English 392 Table of Oontmta. xxvii 1664. Oct. 17. Liccnw l„ p,„oI,.„ Mia,. I„„d, a, ,!,„ Ncvaiuk.; . w.rran, to Wilii.,,,"" woulding, etc No date. Order directing the Magis'tmt'eVof B;;genVN. j;;to';ecei;; and qua'rteV a '^^ garrison of soldiers ^ 1665. Mar. 30. P^ion U> purchase In.li.. lands gi;^;^; Phii."piet<..;S<;hu3;io;'(;he ilalfnioon) •' ^ Apr. 8. Patent lor tlie hmd at the Xevosiiiks, }v\ J. . ^ oq« « Apr. 20. Indian deed for Caniskek (Athens, Greene conn'tji •■"."' 39^ Apr. 30. Order concerning the settlement at the Nevesinks tl. ^^ May 6. Indian deed for land near Kinderhook .... 39^ Uec. 28. Letter from Gov. N.cholls to the inhabitants of Westchester concerning the limits ot tlieir town . ^ 1666. Ap. 29. Mandeedfo.MandinWe;t;h;st.;;o;n;ty'(To«;;ofH.:i;;^^^ 4^2 July 3. LeUer from Secretary Nicolls to Thomas Pell concerning his land in Westchester July 7. letter froni the same to die;:ons;;bieand'ov";;s;;;s';f'w:;t;i.e;t^^^^^ ^'^^ tJie division ut land July 14. Order foi^idding the same' to "m^^lest" ;he' inhabitanis 'of tJie' Te;; 'Farms ^^^ about the meadow ground . Sept. 17. Letjerfrom Seci-V Nicolls to Capt.'B'i;;dhead 'on 'behalf of Mat'h'e'w 'Elan- chard of Esopus " n*- It ff'-':^*^™'"t''«'""»'to«of tho'ci'aLsis'ofW^^^^^^^^^^^ 405 Dec. 11. Deed rom C..pt. Phi,. Carteret and other.. ,0 Daniel Pierce and ot'h'e'. "fo; -fr. Apr.-. P:::::t;;:r;:::,^'^^^^^^^^ - « A ""■ II' f^^'T ^'■""' ^'"^ """"'"' "^ ^'"^ ^ .nstenlam Classi's' ■.■.'.'.'.'.'.'.' fit ^^ Aug. 07. certihcate in favor of D.mine Me,Mpolcnsis I « " Sep ' '■ oh"" '"'" "-"'^ ^i"'"^ ^" ^'''- ^ ■ '^'"•>''^'- -^--^lin^'laiul a; IIn;i.y.; 417 hi p . ... Onler concerning land claims at the Esopus ^1:1 ^^ Sept. 25. Order about tlie watch at the Esopn... . . fl Sept. 2(1. The GuvernorV answer to certain desires expressed by the' inhabitants of the hsopus ;; Sept. 2fi. ijst of persons who are i^hav-e land iii't^.v Esop;;s: ;:;;:::: Ill . Sep . 2... rder for cutting P.hVa.les at the Esopns . . . J^ u ^^' ::■ ?."'''■■ «o"«orning the settlement of Marbh-town .... 410 btpt. 26. Instructions for the civil authorities at the Esopus. . So m S*.**-' ^^^"^ TahU of Contents. 1668. Oct. 28. Order ponoorning travel on Sundays "J™, Nov. 9. Order conconiing the settlement Jf JVI.irl.letown 42O ^^ W 0. Couneil Minute. Dis^i.e between Ilurle.n and John ArehoV about "land, 421 ^ov. J. Order eoneerning the settlement of Marbletown 431 1 S"""" ^^' ^'^'''''"' '•'""^■'"•"•"g f''« taxes in West and Eastehestcr 432 ^^ Nov. 17. Letter from the Governor to the military at the Esopus 422 - ^^'■''"' ^°"'^'^''"'"f-' *•'« tf«xu8 of Eastciiester " "422 1669. Feb. 24. Letter from the Governor to the nuigistrates at Esonus 400 Apr. 15. ) " Apr. 27. ) ^^^"'='" ^'■'"" ^^'""'"o Megapolensis to the Clansis of Amstenlam 423 May 3. Lieonse to efital)lish a colony at Sjinyten Duy vel 424 May 14. Order coneerning the militia on Staten Island... 424 June 3. Letter from (Jov. Lovelaee to the Governor of Bermuda concerning immi- gration, with conditions for new settlers 434 '^' June 7. Order prohibiting the trade ^vith Lulians at Seht-nec-tady. 426 Ju y 25. Letter from the Governor to Sergeant Berisford at the Esopus. ....".■."" 426 July 25. Letter from the 8,uno to Tlem-y Pawling at Esopns '437 July 20. Letter from the same to the magistrates at Albany 427 Aug. 13. Letter from Secry Nicolls to the same \\\\ 430 Sept. 9. Council Minute. Esopus affairs \ . ,„ Sept. 9. tVnnnission to several ,.ers.,ns appointed to regulate mattyr^artiieE^^^^^^^^^^^ and their instructions Sept. 9. P.ocoedings of the conmiissioners ._ ' ' ' >.,-. " Sept. 9. Report of the connnissioners . ' Oct. 13. Letters from the Governor to the Magist.-atos at Albany '. 439 i«,A T ■ "''^' ^^^^'^ '''■'"" ^''" ''"•"' *" *•''' ^'°^-''''"">- "f Massiichnsetts. . . " " 439 1670. Jan. 24. Letters from the same to the Magistrates at Albany ... 440 ^'1 Jan. 24. Building license given to T. C. de Witt of Esopus 440 ^^ Feb. 10. Onler concerning the building of a bri.lge acr..ss Harlem river. .. ." " ' " 441 J^eb. 16. Letter from the Governor relating to the purchase of Indian lands 'o.i Maten Island Mar. 11. Letter from the sa.na to W. Beecknlan and oiliers at Kh.gJtonconceri.ing ,. „ thonewviilage ^^^ Mar. 17. Connnission to Capt. Dudley Lovehu'c and others for surveying and Vavu'ig ^ *'"t |'>f« ''t tl'13 Esopus. with tlu.ir instnu'tioMs and proceedings. ...:... 443 Apr. <. Conned Minute. Staten Island matters Ar^ " Apr. 13. Indian deed for Staten Island ' ^^"1 I n?oo' J^'•''^^l"^;;>'''ti"Kthcsaleof lands granU^ii' soidicTs",u"thJ Esqnm" ! i! 457 Oct. 22. Conned Mnn.te. Trade of Xew England people with Indians at Albany, 458 Oct. 24. Order for a survey of Staten Island \h% 1671. July 12. Order concerning the traffic on the N,.rth ri^- •• (u Ki'ngsion 458 Sept. 8. I'roceedi.igs in the (N. Y.) Mayor's court; differences between Ilarlen'. and Fordham . « ^'!' !f • ^^"^'''" ^"'' ""■ '■•-'fe"''"t'"" «f '•'^■'■1 ""-1 ■"ilif^""'.v affairs ai the* Esopus.' .' .' ." .' .' 459 Oct. 30. Comicil Minute. Purchase of In.liau lands in Westciiester county 460 Paoi. .... 430 . ... 420 land, 421 .... 421 .... 422 . ... 422 . ... 422 .... 423 ... 423 ... 424 ... 424 imi- ...424 ... 426 ... 426 ... 427 ,.. 42? ... 428 ... 428 ni8, . .. 428 ... 430 . .. 436 ... 439 . .. 439 ... 440 , ., 440 .. 441 on .. 441 "g .. 443 ng .. 443 .. 452 . . 455 .. 457 ly, 468 .. 458 .. 458 in .. 459 . 459 . 460 'I 'I f i f Ihble of Contents. ^^^j^ 1672. J„„o 11 lotfor fro,,, tl.o 0.,vernor n„.l f-.>un,.il t,. Capt. James Carteret. . . . Te'l June 14. Oapt. James (Jarteret's answer ^^ June 24. Council Miinite. Commission for Indian affairs .ao ;; June 16. Insfruetions f,.r (^n.t. He Laval!, efc, on ^.,ing to Alba', y' ;:;:::: 46^ July 3. Agreement hotween the inhal.itawts of Sche.iectady and tbe four Mohawk castles " July 22. Order for a survey of Sta'ten' T.sliinil" fj^ " Sept. 0. Council Minutes. Trade at Sclienectadv !1q Oct. 1.1 Am.ther letter from the same to the same. Vt, ;; Oct. 10. Or-ler erectin.:,. Fo.v JFall, near Kingston, into a ManoV .■.■.■;;.■ 468 Oct. 22. Letter from the Ouvrnor to Capt. James Carterett a(-o I3ec. 9. Letter from King Charles ir to John Beny, Deputy.Gov;.rnc;-' 'f Ncnv Jeraoy 1673. Jan. 21 Council Minutes: T^^d; at' S;h;,;;;tady ;";;;;« nt'tiu; Es<;,;,;; ;::; i'"' le' Mar. 19. T,,ense to build a warehouse on the strand at Kin^,U,n. ..... . ' " ' 470 Apr. 20. Ord..r establishing a Court of Justice at Fordhan, ... ll, May 15. Council Minutes. New Je.-sey matters 47! , '' f '"" ];• p^""^'-' ^^""■*^"*- English laws i,.tro.]u(C.d at the EM^pus'. '.. 47 1«>7... Aug. 12. Order al owmg Eh.abethtown, etc., in New Jc-.^ey, to send delegates to surrender then- places to the Dutch " i''^' if ;''-'^"^'^'^''^ g'--"t<^^ev T. Sept. 18. ^<;-il Minute. Mohawl< chiefs on a vi;it 't;; New'Voi^ ^ S^L^l.^eiady " '^'" ''■ X'lt^':: '':'':":'::. '* '■'^ ""'^'''"^ '" '''-'' "^^^ '-^^^'^^^'^^^ ''' Oct. 14. I'^'tjerfroni Gov. adJ;;;" John ■oy.k:n,',:t"EM^^^^^^^^ '^^ "ff""--saiidGov. Carterett'si.ropertv... .„ « XT .„ ^ *'° «">•'•'•'"'"• Of that place ,0 the English ^ S., 1675 Tan ■ 11 f? ';.' "' ^T^'"'' ^"'''■'"' ''""^« "f Catskil, and order grantin.. it ' 481 « T o- r\ "'" """ '"""" '^' "'^' "'habitants of Kii,g..ton ... 482 Jan. 2o. Indian deed for laud in Greene county ? .....■.■.■;.■;.■.■; ." ." ." ' 432 V;* *** TabU of Cantmta. 1675. Feb. IS. Order for keeping the court, .-t Fordhmn. . . '"1°!; Apr. IG. Coimdl Minute. In.iian affairs . f^^ « Apr. 19. Letter fron. Gov. Andros to the a«thorit^i;j '^t AJimny ! ! ! ! ! Z '• t™; 9. p""r "•" '"'" '""''"^ ^'' ^'''^^- ^''""""--^ "'"' «- "'''• at "Kingston' 484 ^^ S pt. 2 . Procl„n.at,on al.out tlu> Indian, and n.aking of l.ioek houses .... ^ ' 484 «' t 5' so' .",""'"" .^^'""'^'^ Enconragenaent of innnigration to Stateu Island. '. '. '. '. ] 485 Aug 30. Instruetions for tho Connnissarios of Schenectady . . To, No date. Oi^nion of council concerning Col. Xieolls' patents fo; land'in New Je..ey and Indian purchases "^ " Sept. 12. Assessment-roll of West and Eastc'hesteV '.'.'.'. Hi .< n '!' I'^" ?,''^'' ''•""ton.ing the pul.li,: debt at the Esopus .' ." Z . Oe . 0. Council Minutes, Purchase of Indian lan.is at Schcnectad,"; ' s;.hen;;tad;: 48!. O. . 1 J. Letter fron. Gov. Andros to the authorities at the Esopus ^' 490 ^^ Oct. 24. CouncI Minutes. Indian affairs ; Esopus . Z] Nov. 8. Petition of inhabitants of Yonke.., desiring t.. be ex^u^ed Vr;;.; "joining U7r T r *"'■'"''"" "'^•'^«"f'"'I''tliun invasion, and order thereon . 400 ^^ Job. on. Conned Mnu.tes. Westchest..- Indians ; Indian w.Irs 493 " m2 00 '•'^''■- .;"-'•*'■"« *'-• P'-'it of King Philipp and other North Indians .' .' ." 494 Ma,. 29. Conned M,nut.s. Exan.ination of Westchester Indians .u> to their inten- tion to joni King Philipp ^^ Apr. 14. Counc, M„,„te. Westchester Indians before the Council 495 Apr. 27. Lonne. Minute. Connecticut Indians before the Council Jq ^^ May 29. Conned Minute. Indian affairs (Mohawks and Senecas) 49' « iTor' ^'^""^•.'; *f'""^^- «''«'1"*--J'anna Indians before the council.... 497 " Anf i ~:^^!""t'^^- The authority of the Sheriff at Esopus defined ,498 " A J 10 ^"""^! ^^:""»"- I-'^Ji'"'^ report a n,e.iitatedinv..«,ion by the French.... 498 « If- I • p"'"".' ^""'^^'- ^"''-^•'^'^ ■•-l«'-t on Canada and Northern Indians .... 499 Aug. 11. Co.nnussn.n to establish a Court of Justice at Schenectady. ... 500 Sept. 8. Council Minutes. Indian affairs gjjj " Sept. 19. Letter from Secry Nicolls to the authorities of Westchester." '.'.'.'.['.'."" 50I Oct. 11. Conned Minutes. Indian affairs .... " Z, Oct. and ) -'01 Nov. i ^''* °f r''<^«ci,ts given to Indian scouts in the enij-loy of the government, 502 1677. Mar. 12. Council Minutes. Enlargement of Kingston ; Indians; Indian lands at bsopus ; French pretensions . .qq '' Mar' 28" oT'"'" r" -^'^''^i^V'" ^"•^'="' tn.de'.md'ni.ig^tion "cin the'lhulson; 503 Ma.. 28. Onler „, C\.uncd. Mohawks to desist from n.aking war on EastenJ Indians " tr II' ?"'""■" ^^'""'''- <'"""<^^''-<>"™ wi'th'Esopns 'in'.iiims.' '..'.'.['.'. 5^ ;; May 2fi. Indian deed for Xew P,dtz, Ulster countv . Zt Jnne fi. Council Mim.tes. The war of the Mohawks and Senecas again;,rMa,;' land .... o J 507 liable of Contents. _ . 1677. June 11. Council Minutes. Mohawks on the warpath '*"■ I' July 11. VvorovdiuLr, on the clai,„ of Now Jeisey to havc'a "port of ei.tir IZ July 16. Conntil Minutes. Indian affairs ^"^ '^^- ' ^rianiut^:. ^^ ":':- ^^^ ^^^'"^«^'^' ^"- ' ^v. sa.ii:-on " Oct 12' ?eu f ;°" 'p ''^t'^'"'"" '"'"''"' ""' ''"''' -n-rni„gq„iVrents ■::.■•■■ sk Oct. 12. Letter from. Gov Leverett, of Boston, to the Mohawk Lhe.ns warn n^ Oct. 22. Extrac fron. the minutes of the Court of Schenectady in refe encVio 'the purchase of land on the Mohawk river rcierence to the 1678 Jan 5" ^ r 7 ". ^T^r' "^ ^"'^''*" ''"'^^ "' Westchester county. . . ' ' 5 J lb78. Jan. 1. Indian deed for land at Claverack ;; Jan. 15. Letter from Secr'y Nicolls to the MagiVtrates'aV Aibin^y t\l Apr. . Letter rom John Taicott of IIartfo.xl to Capt. Salisbury on Vndi.-.-affai;; 5 6 dZ ZLJ '''■""""' *° ''''" '-'''' "' Connecticutt on in ;; May 14. Note dir'll^^he Su^^yor ^ ^ May 17. Letter fro.n Richard WoodhuH of Seatalcott to Secr'y Nicolls on a mnored ^ ^ ^ ^ combmat.on between the French and Indians. ... „ ., June 11. Indian Deed f.>r land in Columbia county f June 24. Letter fron. Capt. Salisbury at Alban/to CommandeV Bro^-khoils " ' M^ hawks going to war. . . ^a,.ui,8. mo- june^r. L=««^f™..ti..».«..o,i,. .»™: ■fc,;„k.«;™„:u,;N.,i.k-i;.di,;,; "" July 12. Comniission of tiie Massachusetts Ao,nFatherBi.nyas,S.J.,at\ionno;itoguh;;o'cap;'salisburv'on''' " J v20 T^r""?r-i'"'''''^"^'^^'*P*-«'*''^^"'-^V'-^' Albany. L.diane'"'" 504 July ^5. Letter from the same to the same ;; July 28. Letter from Comm'r Brockholls to Capt.' sllisbu^y .' .' tH ^^ feept. 6. Council Mmutes. Schenectady affairs. . f . !| • 'li! I , ill ''''''" Table of Contend, ISo' 'x 7: p"''","". ^"'' ''"'■" *" I'"'^'"'''' ^"•"•^" T.m.lH i,. Ulster oounty. "534 1 tj^'-^^- ^**^«''''''''>"'^l'''-t''^'trmlo on Hudson's river.. ' J^T May 23. Letter fro.n Tl.on.as Clm.nbers to Gov. Andres. .' .' .' .^ Juno 4. Letter from (iov. Andros to Gov. Carterett of N. J Jo^ Juno 18. Letter fro.n Seer'y Nieolls to Mr. Billop on Staten Island '. '. \ ] [ :.:::: .' '. 535 July 31. ConncM Mn.nteH. Reception of Agents fron. Virginia 536 ^^ Aug. 8. Letter from Gov. An.lros to Ca,.t. Saii.l.nry fZ IfiSO T t' ^"'""':; JI"'"'^'«- I"n Connnander liroekholls to the Afagistrates of Esopus 564 Oct. 20. Letter fron. Capt. Brookholls to Lord Balti„,ore ^ gfij Nov. 27. Letter from (\.pt. Bro.kholls to Lord Baltimore ^L 1683. Jan. 3. Contract to nell land on Hudson's river (Columbia county). 566 „ f '"• !,^ ^f"^: ^'•°'" C"P*- Brockholls to Capt. Clunnbers at KingsLi . . . .' 566 Jan. lb. Petmon of inhabitants of Staten-Island against being foreed to eoniribute to the support of a Minister . f.^.^. " j"n'' o!' 1 ^f T 'T '^"^'"^ '"■""'-'" ^'^ ^''-''-'-I^l-d to'se;;'y'west in' VeiaVion " Jan. J4. ) to the foregoiiu'' II Feb. 2.S. Li,onse gi ven to purchase Indian lands "( DutVh'oss 'conntvo' .' .' SI Apr. fi. Letter frun, Capt. Brockholls to Capt. Chambers at Kingston. . ! ! ! 569 II Apr 6. Letter fro.n Capt. Brockholls to Capt. G. Baxter at Albfnv. . . 57^ _ -1»-- - . r.,tter fron. Capt. Bn-.-khulls to M. . Sanuu-l Groome of N^w Jersey'. '. .' " ' " 570 S Quitdann f r the land called Pooghkepesingh . "^ " " i" i^etter from (\,pt. Brockholls to Capt. Chambers . 57! abstracts of Indian Deeds for Lnnd at Niskayuna, Catskil. Linngs^^nMa' lor, baratoga ° 1; Sept.,. Lidian Dml of Gift of land nJ,u-" Scl^e^iectady; ' ' ^ ^ ^ ' ' ^'^ ' ^ ^ 573 " TSTn^ 1 A '*^ f ^'"'' f '"*'■' '"" ^^'''«'^''"^^«ter subject to the public rates .''■*■■ 573 Nov. 1. An Act to divide the Province into Shires and Counties. . . " ' ' " 574 Appendix. Extracts from a Letter of Father Jogucs. S. J., to "the Pro^ vjncial ot the Jesuits in Paris First Period. From the first recorded Dutch Patent to the Occupation ofth Provin,^'^ by the EngUsh. ( 10 30 to 16 64. ) e Patent f..u IlunoKii.v, X. J., „„a.vt..:i. to M.ciriKr. Paaitw. Wo, Direefor mwl Council of Ncw-Notherlan,], .voiding on tl.o Islan.l of Manahatas and at InitedAutlierlandsaml tlie Incorporalcl West In.liuC'ommnv Do.,.i.-f„„.„f f \ » '""""" '"'■"■'»' »■• "-I""!' I1"T lioi-owill, ,,-k„„„-l(,lBc to Imvo rorelral fc. ,I„.i, f„ir t 'J ;;»r "f "V^" ".'■;■ ""■^- ",•" "■-• '™'." •"kV::;:!,™,^^::'!^ :";;:;, t: ::::;:;a;;'it*';;r z: M;:'^;;Lx^:ir; r^ir '"^ -"■ •■ ^- ■-" '-"- .uiJ.T ll,„ „.„„l ocm,lili,„„, llic „f„,c,.i,| 1„„| I,, ,„ „||„| //,*",„,, """"-'' ■■•■ ■#«•» CU-^L of AclUi..nhovo„ i,. IIoll,uul,CVP,Uroonof New-Netherluna au.l ..„o of th.. I.i........,rs ,.f „,o W. I. 8 (\>hmka >Se(tlemenls on the IliiJmn liioei'. vhereof wo 1.HVU ,.,.1...... thi« with on.. M,.a,.uo an.l ui.ix.,.l ...... .-ul ^Lr..nU.. l,o..u ^n t ho I^Iu.ul .,f Manahutaa m Furt Am,ta:/a,n. the 12'- of J„ly in tho year loao. Patknt pou SiATK.v Iki.and, obantki) to Miciiakl Paaitw. a„thoHt":-!!'fTr"'Tr f^"u"',' •" ^--f ^•"""•1"'"'. --li".^ <". tho I.sla.ul of .l/««Aa^.a. ,.nd...■ ?? ^..1 W ' '^'''^^f'^'"'---' '•- «tHtc.-(;c.,.oruI of the United Nc.the..h.,..l. ..,,.1 tho r> ilcg .nVc.t I ulu Co..,,,u,.y, Di.,.a.-tn.o,.t of A,i..te..lu,.,. tostify an.l .hrlaro h.-vwith, that 1 ?:,'■'";'''■'';', "'-'^"""•'^•"^'"^"■'"-■--' tl.o ,0...,. one, Inhahltant., ow„e.. an.I i,.: <■. t „s „t the ..land ealled hy us .syatc„././anJ, on tho wt^t si.lo of J/amel^, mvk,* who .krla.-e that o,. a ecrta.n h.t of n.e.vhan.lise, ,U.live,-od t.. an.l .veeiv...! hv th..,,. hefo,-o the ,,as. o( thi^ act, they have ho , , t.-ansfer,.ed. cvh-.l a,..l d..live.v.l as trno .u.,1 lawfnl fn.ehohi, as they L.vwi.h the I ,.n A, J/MJa>,u., ... whose ahHe..ee we recrive it ,„•,#,./. nn.hT the „s,.al .......litions, h «fu.-csa.d land w.t . .ts fo.vst, a,.,.e...ien..ies 1 dependeneie.. rights ,u.d j..risdietion, I.eion.: u, to then. .n.i.v..l..ally or ... lively, o.- which they .ni^ht dorivo hereafter, constit,. in. ...^l Bnh,-o.at.ng the a.oresa.. II..,.-^. M. J>aar:o, in their stead an.l ph..., ,,ivi„. l..'.„ ....tnal and ..J. rfTun '-m";> ""'""•''^■1'^ *""' ''"•"■'"■"'''" ""^''•"•''>' -' 'l-i''l lH.we.-, that he, tl uforesan II.,..- M.-. P„uu., ,..ay take ,...sse8sio,, of tl.o nfo.-esaid land, livo on it in p .,«, i,.l. hit own and use tt, also . o with ,t, fa.ie it .,wor or anthority either co,.eo.-nin. ownership .'„'. B<.vore.gnty, bn hei^ewui. they desist, al,a,.don, withd.-aw a,.,l ren.,,.,.™, i,. i.ehalf a:af..,.esai.I ,.,.- and forever t.,tally an. H,,.ally pr..„.isi,.. f,.,.ther not only to f..lfil iuj.rrj>efu.un, firn.lv an.l safelv ny.. lahly an, .n-ev...ah!y t h,s the.r ..o,.veyan..e and transfer ..,„! what tnay ho done by [ts anth.-ritV bn als.. to dehverthe said la,.d a..d t.. ke..p it free fron. all ..lain.s. pre'tensi.x.s, s.'ts, el.alle !! I ami troubles e.ther a.a.,.st the af.n-esai.l II7„..> ,, when 1... has ..eal.l.e.l his ,naj..rity or a^ains other ela.n.ants all un.ler the ohli.atio,.s of the laws refen-ing hereto, a l.o„u U IrnefrauX Dor;;!'ti;\1"'TVT; "r'''"'"'*';' ''"^^^•'■"'«- ^■>-»"- --l .•'"•-'l -"• -^l .hereunto." Done on tho Island of J/ana/.aia, m Fo.-t Am.t.nlum tho lu'" of A..«nst ... the year 1C30 Patent to t.ik same for t.ik Tua.t ...•• Lan„ c.u.lku Auasimus am, tiik Island OF AuKssiuK (New Jeuskv). We, Director a,.d Council of Xew-Xetherland etc. et.-. testify an.l .loehu-c herewith, that on tins day ptjs.,nally appeare.l b..fore us Arh^.onn an.l Amro,nn, Virginians, inhabita..ts ..n.l c<.own...-H .,f tho lan.I ..alh-d A/ummu. and the little islan.l Aressirk, wh., for then.s..|ves an.l ... prop.,rt..,n for tho other proprietr.rs, ir/«y„,, Ataf,kaeh, .,„d r«,...W .leclaro in their sai.l capaci.y of owners, that for a certah. l..t ..f .nerchandise, whi..h they a..knowl...lgo to have received and ♦ The Narrow., cullo.l " llumcls IIcx^Wcu " after Uearick Ilun.cl, ..„u of .1,. l-atro.-a. of N. N. New York Historical lieeorda. g .u..Ht of ,1.0 IIou- M.-. Mlchid I'aauw, in whoHo «1.ho,.,.o wo ... olfi.io mx-ivo ft ..n.ler tho „m,al H,.|,„h.,.on. tho ufo.-osui-l tract J/.mV««. a.ul Are^.h-k, callci by U8 tho Whore Hook «fn. ..l.M.j; alo„^. tho r.vor M,tnriaH,,mA tho Islan.l of Mmuihata^ m tho Kant Hi.lo, //oMan Had u^h on tho North, H„rro,„„l...l by «wa.,.,m, uhi.-h .orvo a. di«tii,ct bo.nuhu-y linos and that with all nyhts, titles otc. Dated .\ovbr. SJii' KWO. Dicici. K,«.« DntKcT...; iv.Brr to An«. Isaacskn Planok (.^KHrr.ANrK) fo« Paitch Hook (N. J.) This day datoundorwritton.boforo,,,.., Conull, „un T^Vv.Wn, Secretary of New-Nothor- ]and,a,,K.a,vd the ifonorabie, Wise and Prndent M.-. A7,/. Director-Cienerai of Now-Notherland 1 tlT!.!; , "" '^'"'"'*" ^'"""'"^ ^''^' ..ther pa.-, an.l n.ntnally agree.I and con- racl for the pun-baHo of a eorfain parcel of lan.I, called J>oua.l. Ifook, situate westward of the lan.l Jf.n.a,. an.l can ward of AAa.i>nu.s, extending fron. the North river into tho vallev, which to h,ue bo,,.I, tbe aforesa.d la,.d for the s,nn of five bun.l.-ed an.l fifty gnilders, the gnilde. at tt2 "r "'"I ""'^ "'«*"'"'-"'. "- "-t at the Fair A" U',,S, the selond A" l.i:ii. and t / r, T ";f' "r'\"* ^''" '•""• ^" "^-'"' •""! i" ease he renmin. in default of pv„r Jaro^> A/.rf.^ />,n>rk, SherilF in the Colo..y of /^.W,.....,;./, substitutes hi.uself ai lai j pmc-pal ^r ho pure aser, pron.ising to pay the aforesaid 4.0 f,. f,-., ., ....^s and cha,J; F ' all o uh.cb foresaid the purchaser and bondsn.au pledge their persons and p.-o,K,rty, real an. Z ..ua p.vson and future, without excpti..,., subnmting to the Pn.viucial Iv, rt .f IIol ^.d t..al other Courts, Ju.ges and Justices and in aekn.nvledgn.ent an.l token of the truth io })rcscnts are signe.l by the ])arties respectively. ' Thus done at Fort Am.fcnlum iu X. .\. the fi,-st .lay of Jfay ms. Jawh Planck, Aukam Pi.amk. Lkask ok mv. CoMPANv's Fakm at Pavonia (X. J.) to Ja.v Evkutse.v Rnrr. This .lay the 2..-'. J..ly 1,538, before n.e, Corn,/!, ran TU'nhor.n, Secretary ..f Xew-Nethcr <. . f T '"V"; u' ^""'''"■"' ^^""'' "' ^'"^ "''"-"• I'"--*' ^^-'^ """-'•'- "^---i -Hi e f \f ,'''^^ T'"""'"" *" ^'- ^'"''1^' I.o.ds-I)i,v..to.-s of the P..iv. W. I. (■.„„,,„' It. Jan /.w.A,.« shall have the use of the hons... Ian.! an.l eve.Tthin. belon.in. tberet. ::;:7nH'^;'''rn "''''''■;' "^"" '''"'■'" ''^-^"^""'^ .lunng this tin.:..; jt uu 1 V K ' ,r f 7 ,">" ""' ••»l'l>"'-^™vs of the nouwe,-y at his own oxpe,u.e, with- out la, ,ng daun (herefor to anything at tho expi.-ation of the sai.l six years. 't Colonial Settlements on the Iludi^on River. Tho said Jan Erert^n .Imll .k-Iivor yearly ,l„ri„g tl.o term of his lease to tl.o said Mr. Kiefi or us successor the tourth part of tho crop, whether of corn or of other produce, witi> .-hich God ii' Tw '^'";i .""' Vr' f'' """"' «^.-ong beer and twelve capons, free of expense. 1 o. all of V Inch the parties pledge their respective persons and prope.-ty etc. Done ni Fort Am.' l.ase of the Bouwc-y, situate at lM,oo/irn, nntil now oj- IMclby thesa„l7/,v,,/;v.A- r,.;v.<7*W« and belonging to the ^^.hle Lords-Directors of the Priv V . I. Company, Dep' of Amsterdmn, in whose na>„e and behalf the Hon'- Director A'i./i leases tho sa.d LoMWery to H.nJnrk Corn.N.sm aforesn.d. who also acknowledges having hired the same on the foliowuig terms and conditions : f, f, i i ic JIendr!rkQ>n,ci;.,c>iran TW shall for th. period of twenty consecutive years from the date hereof use, cnltnare and plant the said Bouwery an.l make further during il.e years of his lease -ch d,spos,tu,n ot the lan.l and ,he buildings thereon and everything appertaining to it, as a good and faithful tcaiit ought to make. The tenant shall cause to he erected on the Pouwery a barn an.l all other necessary buildin.rs ut Ills own exp..nse, the Company delivering to hin. 4().i.) bricks to buil.l the chimnev. All these bmhlings shall beh.ng to tlie Company at the ...piration of the lease, without the t'enunt havin.^ any claim or title to them. " It is further ..xpr-ssly agree.l, that the lessee or any of his d.-scctulants shall b.. preferre.l at the end ,,| tins lease thers, if tl,.. said Uonwerv be s.d.l or again let. Thesai.l Il.n.ln.kron Y„M AvA\ pay .luring the years .'^f his l.-ase t.. the said Hon'"' Mr K.:H ..r the ivpivsematiy.. of tl,.. Company every y..ar the f.mrth part of th.. crop, with whi,.h (..,.1 may bUvs the land, ctli..- m sh..av..s up.,n the field or as it may be deemed most advanta-^cous and i w.lve capoiis. o^'-""! ■I'he less.... shall surivnd,.r ll,.. l.iii.l unsown, as h.. now receives it. For all .,r which th.. parti.'s pl...lg.. th,.ir resp.Ttiv.. persons an.l prop.Tiv etc J).)ne at i.ut Amst. nluiiu this 12"' of Maivh lt;31l. . , \Vii.r,i:M Kii;i-r It is turtlier II , , , , llK^ .Nm;ii K I (>i;m;i.|ssKN v\n NditST airr.'c. . that r i , I i.un II I-i;i:i'or.r the leas.; shall \\ . , i , . , ;M At in IS >l.\.Nsi:,\ as wifn.'ss. begin .>n tli.' !'■ .>f .laiiuaiy |i!|n. i.;tl,c7:;i^;:.^'^::/i;' (;;:;: tr^^^^^^^ ■^' ' -"- ■ ""■>"'•-' Ki.Mn LT. JSfc^w York Historical Jtecords. 5 Lkase of land in Westciie-ster County. Before mo, Cornells van Tlmhaven, Secretary iu Nem-Netherlan.1 aiul the undcr.si.rncl wit- TU.S.C.S .pi.,.uro.l Sr Jona. Hronrk, of tl.o o„o part imd Plater Andriessen and Laurens'^ iMn.U of tliu other part, who aiiucahly af,'ree(l and contracted as foUows : First: ^'.Bronck^\^^\\ show to the sai.l parties a certain piece of lan.l, hek.n.rin« to hin. ■situate on the niandand opposite to the Hats of tiic Manhates ; on which said piece of land they HhaH have pernns.sio.i to plant toh.WTO an.l maize, on the condition, that they shall he ohli..ed to hrcak new land every two years for the plantin.i, of tohacco and n.aize and changing, the place, the land npon whu-h they have j.lanted to remain at the disposal of said Sr 7i/-^.c./l-. They shall also ho hound to surrender the land, every tin.e they change, made read v for planting corn and i;h.ng hmg Ihey Bhal have the use of the said land for three consecutive yea.-s, duHng whi,.h tunc the said S hronch shall n.ake no other claim upon them, than for the land, which Pleta- o fulhll the a hove conditions. If Pieter Andn,:ss,n and Lauren, Duyts den.and within a ^ear from sa„l S. Lronck 2 horses and 2 ,.ows on the conditions, on which at present the Company g.v..s them to freonen, the said Bronrk shall deliver the animals to them, if he can snare thein _ 7 cef.r Andru:,sen,nd Laurens Duyts further pledge their persons an.l property, movahle an.l m.novahle, present and future, nothing e.xcepte.l, for the payment of what Sr Bron^k has advanced to them ior hoard on the ship " ",/. Brant ran Trorjcnr amounting to 121 rt Ifi st, of which Pleta- An,h,e^en ,s to ].ay tl 81.4 and Z.r.;v.«* 7>.y^,tUo.l3. They promise to pay the albresaid sums jy the hrst ready means, c-.ther in tohacco or otherwise and in acknowledgment and token of truth they have signed this respectively. Done at Fort Amsterdam the 21" July Ifi;?'.). This is the rk t of LaI'UENS DlYTS I'iKTKU AnDUIESSKN. '^^A^ KITS .Ia.nsi;, witness. Imman T)i:i:i> foij a Tract op Land, M.I.EI) fCKSKESKICK, IIEIITNO THE Ku. Wlllrll KINS AKOfM. MAMIAriAN Isl.AND ( VoNKEKS.) This day^dato as helow, appeared hefore me Cornells van Tien/a.ren, Secvtarv in Ve^r- A. M,v.A.. , P,u,.net, ne,;,,a.ae, /Wl,a,nle,^s, owners of A'/v.vZvW., who in presence of e nd ...gned w,tn..s,s voluntarily and delihera.ely declare, that in consideratio./of "rtl t ^ n^ . ,a„d,s,. whu-h .hey acknowledge ,0 have received and a,v,,.ted hefore the passin. 'v 't . ■ '■■"•' •'""' ""''" ""'■'■ '" "■"' '■"'• ""■ l"'"-'if "'• '1'" (icneral Ineorponted -oMl, I.,.t and ^\ e., and hegmning at the head of the said Kil and nmning to opposite of is -^1 6 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River. (SigllL'(l) COUNKMS VAN DKH lIoYI.EN David I'iktkk.skn de Vkies as witiii'Mcs. In iny preseiico CoitNKLis VAN TiENiiovKN, Secretary. EE8OLtm0N TO EXACT A TBIBUTE KUCM rUK Lv»IANS IX MAIZE, FUK8 OE WAMPUM beptembcr IS"" (1639) tho nwZ '"'" ?""/r"^ ^'■'"/° .!'""■ ^'""■^' ''•''I''"'''^ ^"*'^ ^"'- *'■« ^"'•''t^"" "f fortification und the ma ntenanco of sol.l.er,s and sailors, Therefore wo i.avo resolve.l to low some .ontril.ution prot.^.ted a^a,„.t tl.cr enenucs and if tl.cro be any tribe, who will not willingly consent to co tribute, wu shall endeavor to induce then, to do so by the most suitable means ^ Patent okaxtki, to Couxkms Mklvx kok Statkn-Islano, Kxc^EPTiKa A8 uvrn «'^ .1 AS „A„ UV.KS OKANTKO TO J)av„, I'lKTKKSKN l.K Vu.KS LOK A lU.LWEKV. Win Tr;///«„, AV,//, Dinrtor-Oenoral and the Co.n.cil of New-Netberland ..tc etc Make known that this day, date as below, we have ..onee.led .„d i^rantcd as we' herewith of V „. V /? r ' ■'" "" ^'"'"''^ "^ S(at.n.Ma,ul, situate in tho Bay of the Korth rivci b us, the Dn-ector-General and Council before the publication of the' ubovesai.l edict 0'^^/ / ../...v. ,,e Vn,.* tVon. I/oor., an.l of which land JMn>l P;,U,,en ,Ie Vru. ha Ire Iv Z Mb ,th" at ;rr r 'r "'^"""' "•"'""•'^^' ""'■'"• *•'" ^"--'^"^^ -f Their tii;. : y • ^/'^ff" •''-<""";';'l "■"! ubey here their Director-General an.l Council, as good inlcbifrntH a.o bound to do; p,..,vidcd that he, JA/y.. or his successors submit to a .d l-k o Zi ve,^ respe.^ „1 such burdens and taxes, as have been alrea.ly or n>av hcrealVer b mZ t;^t;o I.. .ls.D,r..tors accord.n. to the Exemptions of Ne,o-Neth.H.nul. ' We constitute the o " aforesud W-../,. J/,./,. i„ the place and power, that we had before over the land dim ^■r ;7V"T''";'' ' '""' "" >'"^^-^^' """'"^''^' -'• «i-"^'^ permission .;';:' : 1, ; t: "' "■" "" ''''"■'""' *'"'"'- ^^'-'^' - 1'^' -mid do'with his other in. i lands an.! effeC. w.thout reserving or retaining for us any claim or pretension thereon. (Xo date.) vis s!':!;;.;;::; ;;:\:;:v :;'tV" r""" "r ^""""""" " '■••""""•^- ^^'" • "' ""■ ^ -• "^ ^■-"•■■"•^ ■- New York IlUtorical Hecorda. Lease of Land on Staten-Islaot). r.ofc,re n.e, 6W« van Tienhaven, Secretary of A^e^v-J^rtherhmd, appeared T/mnas Smith v].o ,„ p,.e.sen.e of tl.e un ers gned .itncsses acknowledged to h.ve hi^from D^P^, 7 ■•;|:'"';";'"" "- 1';">'1'"«« on Staten./.,and for the ti.ne of six consecutive year "to w yA/iv-n .,„,.„ ,r;::;;::™,::::v;;:rL::':;;zzr""''""""-''-°'- Uoue in Council at Fort Amaten/am, July lO'" l(!40. Okdinanck offkuino a UKWAKi. Foit mi: he Jii.v 4, 1641. (8cu Uwa & Onliuanccs of Now NethiThuuI, ].. L'8.) Aiw OF Haiutan Indians passed ill 8 Colonial Sdtlements on the Hmhon Itiver. lilOLKASIC 1.V COKNKI.IS MkLVN (,P J,„MR DiU.'KSEN FKOM III8 OONTUACT TO UVK ON IStatkn-Lsi.ani). Before me, UovmlU van Tienluwen, Secretary of Xew-Netlwrlaml appeuro.! i» proscneo of the uiulersigiietl witnesses, the worthy ConuU, M,hj>,, wlio .leelares to Imve set free from tlio ol.h-atiotis ot H eontrm't made in the City of Am^tenlam JorU UlrcLsen, mnnWmg mm] contract at tlie sjime tnne for tlie following reasons: First, because a short time l)eforo the arrival here of the said Cornells Mel ijn, nm\ Jork Dlrck- .v<7( some farmers upon .VAite/(-/vA,/u/iiad been killed by the savages, which had frightened the wife of ,A,n.i DircU'H so much, that she will not live upon the Island now, Secondly, because his wages are so small, that he cannot affoixl to keep house on Staten-hland and on Manhattan Juluixl, Under the express condition and obligation, that neither Jorh Blrcksen nor any member of his family shall remove to the jurisdiction of a foreign iiatio-i, but he shall endeavor to earn his living under the jurisdiction of the Ilon^"> Company aiK. if he leaves here, he must go directly to the Fatherland in a ship of the Company, for all which Joris J);rch'«',i pledges his piu-son and property, movable and immovable, present and future, submitting to all Courts and Jua-'cs Done this J. 5'" of August 1G40. " CORNELIS MelyN. (A like rduu.sc WU9 given to nnollicr of Melyn') liirotl farmers FmncU Jansen for the same reusoii.) Council Mim-tk. Conditions i-nhek wiirni a pautv of Enousu peopi.k may fOME AND SETIXE IN NEW-NnTHKULANn. Thursday, the (!"' of June 1041, Whereas a goo.I number of resj.cctablo English ]ie(.i)le with their preiu-her have petitioned f„r permission to settle here and live among us, asking that the conditions might be communicated to them, therefore we have resolved to send them the following terms: Fii-st they will be obliged to take the oath of allegiance to their High Might: the States and to the \V. I. ('omi);iny, under whose iirotection they are to live here. 2. They shall have free exercise of their religion. ;{. .\s t.. their political government, if they desire a Magistrate, thev may nominate three or more of their ablest men, from whose number the Governor of .\,w-yeth,rhi)ul will select liim who is to be their Magistrate, having final juii^lic^tion in all civil cases up to f„rty guil.lers, cases for high; r am, mnts may be appealed to the ( Jovernor and Cimncil of mw-Netlurland and criminal jurisdiction up to (i. c. not including) capital punishment. 4. They shall not build fortiticutioiis without permission. o. Thi! l.uid shall lx,> allotted to them as their jiroperty without expense, they shall use it for ten years without paying taxes and at the end of these ten years they shall pay the tenth. 0. Tlu.y shall have free fishing anella lleli/n pill. „g. M.nuu, Winhl>,>an deft. The plff. demands by virtue of a'coiitrac-t made with the Lord of AWerl.or.t^ at A..t.rda.n, that del', show his authority for comin. lal win er to h.m on .Staten-Mand with his people and cattle, stating that he came 'to fulfill the con- rS.t tT'V If' ',""' '■''■"'"^•' ""'^ ^■''^' ^'' ^'^' "'''"' '"'^ '^'^tablished an other colony behmd the Col, without asking advice as bound to do bv the contract The deft, answers, that ho had come to this country by order and on behalf of Meundert Meyndertaen whose servant he is and for whom he has established a colony behind the C„l as f» r;r riv^' r^? "^ "'" ^^"''-"'* ^™"*'-'^ ^^ ''-^ "'"«''^'- ^y ^'^^ Lords-Directors and exhibited to tlie ilon"'" Director here. The parties are deferred, until ferther information has been received as to by whose orders tlie (letendant has come. * QenmJ vau Hecae, Lor,! of Nedorhorst, etc. See Col. Hist. Vol. II, ,, 510 -Ed 2 10 Colonial Settlements on tlw JLidnon li ivcr. The 2^ October 1042. "' """' "''''"' ' ''"""" ""^' ""^ M.v.,.v„.ks. IW^^^l^' si^7*Tr:t*7'"! '''^ '"^-''''^^^ '1--- to settle under the jnrisdintiou of their 11 gh . Might the btates w.th 3o f.nulie. u,ul to live in peace, I,ro^•i.locl they be allowed to enioy the saiue pr.vleges as other subject. a,ul to freely exerciie their rclii,i.,n, ^ ^ of ^n:XG!>Z^':'\ ""' ''" ^T '!'■• ^^'-^--^-'^ l-titiou and considered the desires o lion Co., , any we have seen, that the granting of the said request does not tcn.l to the d.^v.u.tagc ot th.s eo«nt.y. especially as the English are to establish l'„ ,.- ' .. J::'^^ Rksoi.ution to assist AKUivmr, bktti.krs. The SO"- of October 1642. In Council an.ong other matte,-s the proposition of the Fiscal and its consequences were con Klered ..d ,t has been resolved, that it i.s necessary, ,o assist people coming over J" Xl" the«unry wodd co„,e to nought and the people would ren.ain I a pitiable st te. ' e tn s^ that the Lords-Directors will he well pleased with this resolve, c si.lerinl that the w cl^r ■ . country depends on it and the Hon- Con.pany shall sulle'r no loss, el^ it u e advl^ moneys will bear no interest for a short time. ^ auvancwl RKSOLtmo.V AND OUUEK TO ATlArK THK Lxn.A.VS UEUIND CoRI.AEu's IIoOK AXT, Pavonia (X. J.) withT'T'^'Tl .'"'''''''[•^"^•^ ^>«'-° '>-« ^"^^ "''li^-1 to reside hitherto on their property h pit fear and cultivate their land with anxiety through drea.l .,f ,i,e savages, who LJ md H en .ave niurdered some of our people in a cowardly manner, without cause a,^ Whereas w m IS ul IT I " -■ "'f "■'"" '" ^'" '^'""^^''^"'' ^•'••"•^f"- 't is resolved, to take up the .inn and defend our just cause, that w may live here in peace, trustiuK that (Jod uill blesl our r.^ut.o„, especially as the c unity i.sCf on the 2- of Vebruai^ 10^ demanded llil;: Z Therefore we hereby authorize and empower M.,r;,n A,7na.n.-n at his request to nuike with his men an expedition against the party of savages encamped behind Curi,.^. //i/-. or t a i s; tft;;::;^^:^:"' -' ''-' ^""' "- '-'- ~^'"« ^^ ^^^ ^^— ^^^^ soldi!'s!ve!^'tW^"^"-' l^r"'" T""""^"' ""'^ '^"'^'""•''^"* ^-^ conduct an.l order this troop ,.f soldier over to J ,n,.,ua there to destroy all the Indians eiu-ampe.! behind Jan Fr.H..,'. b, t to .pare the women and children as much as possible, endeavoring to capture the .une. lie tm ** On Muuhuttan Isluud.— Ed. Neio Yorh Historical Records. n tlicro bo al.lo to j.ulgo of tlio eitnation, ]u,w he can attaok tlic.n. Hans Stcen goes will, l.im for tl.m purposo, as ]io knows whure the camp of tho savages is and lie nliall consult with the said /i>u>,, the.'e ben.g eve.y .vaso.. to s.ispect then of intending a gene.-al massacre, as they had indeed boasted and as ,t fonnerly did occur in Virginia and elsewhere. God wo,.id not s,.ffer such wickedness to go on for any length of thno, he has aw.ike.ied the conun.n.itv to justice and he revenge of Cns,.a,. blood. With this resolve son.e .ieputies h. the nanie of all have sub." n Id ."^!u 1 m " f? "' ""7V"'^ ""^ '•^•^•^"^^"- - ^-'' J'"d -idc.tly given then, into our h ... Is. And al.I.oug. eanng to b.-,..g t.-ouble over the la,.d, we set befo.^e then, the ditKcnlt s>t.,afon especaily ol the ho.,ses far out in the com.t.y a,.,l i.d.abited by o.ilv few people which .t wo,, d be necessa,y to abandon, as we have no fo.-ces to garrison the... all with soldie.-s and other we^l^- ..asons, they aevertheless n.,de their ,v,nest so ,...ge,.tly, saying "^f we wo..ld not con- ent, the blood would be on onr heads,'' that we we,-e conipelled to give our consent and to assist theni w.th our sold.ers, who on the o,.e side have killed a good nu.nber, as the f.ve„.en <„, the other. A party of savages, who ..scaped, have now ,„ade attacks upon our houses on all sides b..rned four of the,., w.th tb, .attle and killed about ,en Chnstians. having further designs „ .on the e„,a.nde.-, wh.ch we have p,-on,ptly pn.ided with our soldic's and sailors. This l^.s p.. ,lv che,.ked then, and p,-evented n,any ditliclties. Ib.t not bav,ng enou,.h soldiers to garrison all houses and cons,der,ng ,l.e g.-eat dange,-, which threatens the country, it has been .-e.solved to en 12 Colonial Settlements on the Ilmhon River. DeCLAEATION of RoBKUT PeNNOVKI. CONCKRNINO a,. ATTKMlvr ON THK «FE OF Dm. KiKPr madk ny Mauvn Auuiaensen. «..,.f - '" ""'' ,?'f '* "? ^^"^^"^' Secretary of Newm'tl^rland, appeared ;?.J«.^ Pen. t..o tavern, (after ,.avi„, asked her twiee, J^t::^!^:^:: "^t^ ^^^^ Coininandei-, ijo and eatcli him " Tlmmnnn,, i,„ .^ i """';' f. ">.> "twwnd will kill the ..>;. ...;i_ ,. ,.„ i.;::..:^;:-;::::-- air^;;;:;::;':;;^::.^ rr punent tore Manjn Adrine.saC. swonl from hin side an.l threw it o the D r to " be^ ' Allo^ wlneh he, the deponent, ,leel,.ros to he true and truthful .t-itin.^ tha l.;..? , , , W^i..n.n, of the truth, t,> no pe.on. i„,.^ or prejudi^^'j^er ^^rilti: Done at Fort Arml^rdain, the 22" March A» 1643 in Ncio-Nctherlnnd llie depdiient hiis tliis ' . day c'onfirnied it under ti i i , t, oath. ^''^ '""'■'' ^ «f I^oiERT Pkxnoyer. To my knowlwlp;o CoKNKi.m VAN TiENHOVEN, Secretary. PAKTirrr.AU8 OK TWO ATEMrrs MAOK o. TUK ,.,PK oK I),„E,rroK KncPr nv t„k 1.EADEES W THE K.-il'KDmo.V A(!AINCT THE LvoIA.NH • Van de Veere, (irst settled at Rcnssclaerswyck in 1031.— Ed. New York Historical liecorda. 13 a Io«de.l and cocked pintol ho camo to tho house of the Director, and wont to his bedroon, I>d„t ^^tT^^'^T^'^^-^'^'r ''""•' "^^l-t J-iliHh lies have, on 1. J ell n" ; mcJ M.MH ^;«^»/^«%«^' being at the time with tho Director, ,.u>gl.t the A with Huch,u.1..k Alcunu In! , the I ,«cul ami several other, had come into the chan.ber, who diBarmed Manjn .m.l nto the wa 1. The eentry before the door in.nediately fired at Jaroh sLjk and 211.1., G. ^:= ppif ;-=^^^ sentcce to n,s, wc rcprescUed to the,.,, that it was in.po.ible that thoy hU .X^ . , conscience, accoi-din"- to our answer as th..v 1>„.1 „ * 1 -.i . , • . J"'"e''-<^' ^^'t" » clear or ...1 .vi,i, all ,i„:,,»,..„„, 1 ,,ih„ 1 , , i 1:;" ,r,°'r " "? °""''""r' '" «-■■«' ""■ .i«.i.K,. „„„„ i„ cvLii. „. Fort -..»..z,\il:r;:,i't,;;t!i:TM«r''' "* "'° '^"'" ""^ (Sou N. Y. fol. Hist. Vol. I, ,,,,. li)4, et so.,.> 14 Colonial Settlements on the Ilvdmn River. Pk.vok mai.k hktwickn tiik Dutch and tmi.; Indians < )N Tiiic i.dWKit Hudson. The 2l>'' of April 1C4;{. Ifenveoa Wm!a,n Kyt Dlreetor-Ocoral an.l tl.o Ccnu-il of N,.n.X.aerlan,l of the one side ■o I.v the .»v«ges oi Taj,pa.u, IM.ga.ra.anr, KnUu.nui and AVW./..I, of the other « de a hrn. oace wa. .onehuk.d to-.Iay in the followi.ig turn.« : ^ lourn'^^lha't an v'tTl. ''''■';"''' T ''\ '""''1 ""'' "'"" '"'■^' '""'•" ''" *''" ^"^"•^' ^"^ ^^ ^ho Indiana I at anj t nho nut n.ent.on.d now, hud evil intentions npon the (,'hristians, they will faith- inWy forewarn them and not auniit snch within their limits. ^ lM.r the eonfinnation a..d ratification of this treaty presents were nu.tually given. We pray (rod, that tins peace may be kept nnhroken by the savages. Bkolaration rkspfctin.^ thk rmcuMsTANoES, iNPEK wnicit DmcK Stbaatkmakek AND nis wiFK WEUK Kir.i.KD I.V Tin.; Indians at I'avonia. We the nndersi^M,e.nr>^ Dur^Straa,Z^ h'^r :^;:"f -f ^•"':;;' -'-.^« ^'- I>'"-- -'■-' tl. dea,l were lying! to steal corn 0^:^:2 thing .1 e. We de..lare with promise to confirm onr statement by a solemn oath that we have warned the .aid StrauM^r an.l his wife and sai.l to them "(io to voiir honse," wh ^ , ,o„ ...17)..: answered " We are not in danger ; even if there were one hundre .0 n.en-were innnediately onle cd to go ou lujnt.ng and they br.-nght hon.e very f ne turkeys, /.fcer thoroughly exa. in- ng the.r castle, I called together all the chief, of the three caatle. and .ulvi.e.l the.n t^. release" "e I ron..h pnscncrB, but w.thout sueoees, fo. they refused it in a tine speech, saying " Wo shall show ■o every K,ndnes.s ,n our power, hut on this subject yon nn.st be silent. Hesi.t you know w7 ow hey treat our people, when ,hey fall into their hands " Had wo reache.l the.v three or . h.at..r, they would have boon burnt. I ofTored thorn a« nu.son. for -he Frenchnu-n . I , .n, 00.1s to which all the Colony was to contribute, but they would not acco:; thon . ^^ c d then, however to pronnse not to kill then,, but to carry the,., .,„ek to their country. The I Mc cl.n.cn ,-an sm..a,n,ng after us and be..ought us t,. do all in o.-.r power for their deliverv horn iK. ba,.ba,-.ans. h.t the,, was no chance for it. On „.y return, thcv gave n.e an escort of 1 )" 12 ar,ned n.cn, who eonducfd us hon.e. Within half a day's ionr.'.ev fron. the ('010,^-11!., .nost beautm.1 land on the Mohawk rive, that eye over saw/fuJ, a ^J l! n'^l t":;^. .^ con„guons tho one to the other. But it is in.possible to ,.each the.-e in boat 'on aoeo .^ the Htrong <.urrent and at the .nnc tin.e because of its shallowness ; but I think it could b ,• a luV Iv wu^'ons. Two of those F.-ench,nen, o: who,n tho Jesuit was one, wore at n.y house IJ. They expressed then, hope that , Means culd be found to p,-ocu..e their relea..c As o. a ho Luhans retur,. fion, hunting, I shall endeavor to obtain their f.-ecdo,n * Patknt to .Tonx T,„.oeKMouTo.v for Laxo at V.,.;,..v.vn (Tn ,*oomohtox'8 Neck, Wkstciikstku C'o.) ^^:\™T. f '^'' ^>"-«^'f'"- ^''^"''■■''l "".X,'ih.rhw,l ct,- ot.- :m ; ; : :r . ;; "':,'"' "' '^ •'^^'^-I'-^'-'-K -^ the Volm and bounded o,. one si..e bv a small , ,^ c. and on the other by a g-'cat Jv il. which river un.i kil ru,. together at i,.gh-water s'ur- * Joan Uba.lie (Labbadi.., Leba.io), carponfr, „ native of Knu„.o, whence be o,ni,^ateIANH, •11,.,8I.; ok Lonu-IsLAND KXOKKTm The 15"' of September 1043. ./(//I. Damen protests u-ainst tl.o «f..ri.8ai.I persons. u. polililf "' """" """"' """ " "'""^ "'^'" "'-"'-^ »- -Wa fro,a amoHK the free j.opIe arc pi tbcut, their rubolutioiia or eiuictmeiits shall I'o valid. vo, u uva iiu DECLABAT.0.V OF SOMK So,.,),K,« RKHPKmN-O THK ArPAOK ON THE CoLONV " BKHIVD TUB Col" (Newauk IUy) dy the Lvdians. panv^rnoe" n'l' r'^'f" """^ ^t'"^'""' ^•^'•°*"0' in i\^«/sA'VM..^«n,/ f„r the Priv. W. T. Com- pany, appearc.! ,A,n \\„rr,'n.on. 20 years oM, and ILtn, NeJl.en, 30 years oi.l both soldier in /l 1 mTue tc^ t , ; f r""'."; •:'"? "'"' ^■'"' J"""'"'"' "^ ^ «"'^'"'" «'t'' -"f "'■«!« >- '>".l thereto rcKiucstc^, that .t ,s true and truthful, that they, the affiants, were commanded by the Ilon^- Di- • Kuyter. t St-e C.l. Hist. Vol. XII, ,,. 1«0. t II„ll e«.o Vol I n i-ii . v ^ I Sec N. Y. Col lILsl Vol I , lui II Ti .', ^' ^ ^'*" Ccwcnhoven. I.O.. in..,i. V ol. 1, J,, luj. H The presfiit fmiiily name Ls Cool -Ed JVew York llistoncal liecorth. ^^ m....r 117///.,. A-/,// t., .Icf..,,.! ,1,,, Colony .- l.-hi,,,, th. <;,/," tl,..i.. .tron^tl. l...i„^ five ..Mi,.,. • ll ( lo ; I ' '" r :"""'""-"'^' "- -'''■■'-•«. 'i v.- iH.y. a,..l „ man k-lonKin,, i„ t .0 (,. lony .h.h.n.Icl onrnolvvK, .jnt.l ll.o Huva^.-H Imri ti.v.1 ,1... l,.,„s,, i„ .vlnVl. w. wer,. ol.t'.Jl defond o..r.ovo« ov... our 1. 1h, tlu-n w. l.u.l .. Lav., ,1.. l.on.o on H.rount of tic ...^ u . wo .'.. urniH All of wh„.l. tl...y .le.iaro to l,o trno, olFering to ...mfinu it l-v their oUl. Done the au- October 1(143 „t Fort Am.U:r.larn in ^%.u,.^^:thM. This irt the nmrk ^ of .Ia.V WAKUKN»K>f. IIaxH ^'iKI.mHKN. Ill uiy proMonco CoKNELIS VAN TiENnoVKN, Socr^ IlKroBT OK PktKU CoTK an,, Tl0K,.OKK JaNHKN IIaKH, rnAT THE Co,,ONV ON THH Co, HAH ,.„:,.:n ,.ks™.vko ,>v t„k iN.nANB, wno sr,..,. ak,, hwa..m,no a,«,und IIIKKK and 1,1 kn KV-KinrillNO AND HLAY KVKKYl.oDV Th is p' y'ia tl 10 ina,-k of Pjcter Kock. KoKLOFF jANrtKN IIaks. In niy presonco CoKNKL,8 VAN TlKNIIi>VEN, Secr". ' Cot-NC.,. MtNUTK. AkkIVAI. OF Hn-KH-lND.ANH AT STA.m,Un, ..o SUE FOR PEACE w,Tu THE Dinou. ♦ In WcstflKstLT t'ounly. f lu OutcluHs t'ounty 18 Colonial Settlements o>i the Hudson River. i>oue at I-ort ^/,<^fen/««i iu New-^'etherland this sixth of April (1G44). AKTICLE9 OF PeaCE CONCLUDED IX ruKSENCE OF THE M0HAWK8 BETWEEN THE DuTCH AND THE EiVEB-IndiANS. T,>day, the 30". of A.gnst 1045, ca,„e to the Fort Amsterdam bofore the Director and Cou„c,l ,n prcenco of the whole eon.n.unity thc.o Saohen. or chiefs of the .ava"« i 1 d. "^ b n r "tr ': ; I T"' "" ^''"V'"-.««c-^-, racl.aru, JWneAe.k hayiug anam>/ am tlie.r ..eife.hl,ors, J/«y,r««,.rf, «„.,«/« for the tribe of J/a,y<'/>/uiwlrrl' .V«,/t has pleased the Ahnighty God i„ his infinite mercy and clemency in addition to m-niv EeSOLUTION to EX..L..UK A MINE IN THE RakiTAK COrNTRV, AI,SO TO KAISE SOME CA«. N0N8 SUNK IN THE K.VEK AT THE Col.ONV " nEHKND THE Co,. " nv THE LndIANS. The 31" of August (1(515). Having received from savages some specimens of mineral which wo M.Inl- v..l„nW„ i i • mland near the />'"■> f.n^ we have considered it hest, n.ost advantageous and profitahle for some r " " ,"■ "1 "' '';''""■" ''' ^''''"'^'''' ^^"^-^'-^^'^ vL Keeren " behi d t c' (^" Patent chanted to Jao... Jacolsen TJov eou the Tkac^ oe Lam, called Con- STAIII.E S Hook UN THK K.L VAN CoL (NeW-JeRSEY). We JI7//.V,;;. K;.ft Dircvt.HM ieneral and the Cmneil ..f N,...X,tf,erland etc etc m 20 Colonial Settlementa on the Ilmhon River. Patent to Thomas Coornel of a Piece of Land on the BnoNKx riveh (Westoiiestee Co.) yfe, William Kieft, Director-General and the Council of New-m'therland etc etc Testify and declare herewith, tiiat this day, date as below, wo have concx^ded and granted to J/:o>ua. Coornd a piece of land on the East river beginning at the Kil of Bronlcx I^u.d, rnnnin« K b. L. along the river and stretching about half a Dutch mile from the river to a small kil beyond the valley, running back of this land, witl, the express condition and stipulation etc etc Done at Fort Amaterdarji, the 2G"' of June 1046. Patent to Coknelis Antonissen van deb Slyck and Company fob the land of Katskil, on the biveb ilACBrriua. We, Win;a7n Kieft, Director-General in New-Netherlaml for Tiielr Hi-h : Mi-hf tho Lords States-General of the UniWd Nd/wdands, His Highness the Prince of Orange "and tho Noble Lords-Directors of the Incorporated West-India Company, to All, who shall sec or hear this, (greeting: Whereas CornrU. A>d<>ui..,n of Brerwkhn appeared before lis and requested perniissioii for himself and companions to have and possess in free ownership the land of Fat^kd situate on the Mauritlm river for tiie pun>osoof establishing a colony there with his .-onipanions' whieli he promises to do subject to the Free.loms and Exemptions oi A\-w.A^et}u^rland ; Therefore' eonsidenng the great service, done to this country by the aforesaid Cornell. A ntoni,,,n in helping to establish peace and to ransom the captives, also that such notable services should not n-iimin without rewanl, we, the Director and ("ounc.il, have conceded and granted to the said Conu^li^ Antom.,.n the a oresa.,1 land of the Katskil, to establish there a colony within tliu prescTibed time subject to the orders alre.-idy made or to be made in regard to it bv our Noble Masters Ihereforo we cede and convey, in our aforesaid qualify, the said jand'to tho said Cornru's A„hnu.s,n as real, free an.l perjK-tuous possession, giving him full power, authoritv an,l direct charge to enter upon, cultivate, inhabit and use the said land in the same manner, ;s he would do with lus own inherited land and goods, without that we, the conveyors in our aforesaid quality, sh.-ill have, kecj. or reserve the least j.art, interest or authority in or over it, but desisting f..r the behalf as luoresaul from everything now an.l forever, promising also to hold this cunvevan.e as finnly Imnhng, involabie and invvocibh.. ,o fnltill ami execute it, as bound bv existin.^ laws "•■"";"^ ''-•^■";'' '''t '■ '''' '- '■ ^'^■"-' '^ -' -"i'--l i' I'v appending om .eai imp, ':;;:; in red wax. Actum tort A,n.st,rd,n. in .\< .-AW/.v/,,,./, the -2" of August in the Year of our Lonl and hav.onr ir.4.i. (Signed. Wiilen, Kieft. (IWow stoo.I) My order of the Honorable I..re..tor.(.encral and Council of .\nr.Ncllurland, CWnelis ran T!a,hov.,u Secretarv New York Historical Recorda. 21 Extract from a lkpteb of the Directors to Stutvesant: Peace wrr.r thp IN1.IAN. KSTAnusHKu „. KrE^T ; ruoK MINE OX Statkn-Iblanh ; ExooBH TR™ ^ nofSK NEAR Fort Okanoe. (December 1G46 or e.vrly in 10^7.) t}.'H\%*e"«!?„'l'a, ^'^ were especially glad to learn, that „ot only peaci has been nn.lo wifh H, , JittTt'ttv- «;';ages there, but also that it will probably be ksting and firm but" s he b d 1 aK- B.t.o„ of the said savages has before this shown them to bo deceit „1 wol n • T' wdl have to keep always a watchful eye on them and their doinirs and tltf r ' re-open the war must be avoided and all damages pr -enter' We^o^^^^^^^^^ conditions or articles of the said peace, (which wo liievelo L "^ ''' '* ^''"^ sent over . us and c.pcct them L al L ::il tl^n; t W: i;::^: I^'^^ ^'^^ ^^^ no,j;si=t.^:^^ tmuation of the search for minonils by your Honor and wi«>. f. V 8*«^'«»l>'e, to o.der the con- send over people, who niZD t^r^^Ltir^^e^f Zr^lllf "'"^' ^" ^^"^ ^^ fron."^ t;:;::i;;:::^:;rf ;;^^^^^ ^^- y^^^ t^ding-house^o ie^.s the ground to the English, for 1 1 it h Ir , • ".^^^''^^V " '" ^'"''^' P"^'"-'^^'''^ ■" ««'""« there by .11 possible n.can wh , our I. \ J"""'^'^'"". f"^' ^^'^ "'"«* P'-«v'^"t their locating involved intl. a war wid i. E ,i Tl 1 " " T""*-" '"^ '""»"'^'-""' ^'"^-' '"^-"- in H,c n.cantin.e an.l inll^LJ ^ esp J^ t'l.rl^ST'T'^ ".'"^ '^ ^''"'""^ ^™'^-'-"^ and hindere.1, if possible. ^ """^ "' ^^ "^'^'^'^ '""«* l^^ prevented * * ^ * Pate^ to Caes Carstensen the Norman ok a Piece op Land ,n Nkw-Jerskv FORMERI.v CRANTEO TO BarENT JansEN, DECEASED. We ir///.«,« A-.fi, the Director-General and (Council of JV.',o.jy,(/u'r/.,„,/ etc o,.. restify and dirlaro h..rewifh that this div ,U, 1 I ^' ''«""""/ etc, etc. .i—d, situate on the V^...^^^ ^: h H .Zrt ^t^uX"T' ^" ^Tf ^"'-"' ing frou. a wood on the X. N W alon-^ . snedl li ^ ^'e htreetpaver s land, stretch- - f •' '•-■.^r. , , X. K. by E. of ;!!: n^r i, . ':^;n7 w ':.? • '• ^: '"r ^''^ ^•""'^ ^vith the exj.resfi condition .-(c et.-. ' '^^^'''''''ng ^fty morgens. Fnrt . I w.v/< /■,/„,«. the L'5'" of Man'h If, 17. ™""-'>'- •"" "- " »....:. n ,s f..„„. H... N.,r, in' f' "" , 'r'"'"' ^" """ ''^■'''^^' ''"'I'-'X. »"">u.ss '" " '"'- to Ki..ft, ,|,a( l.i.s ,„.„,.|., ,,,,„, .,,„„. „.„,„V , ■ ■ ';■'■'""■■ "^ ^''■" "■•"•'■" '••"•""i- 'l>'"i-d ^""'- '"-■• ^"^" • •>• '-.-''"."^ 'h-'m: M;;::i,!:;;::;:;;;:::,::';ri;;r '""^^ ""'^' ^""■'■^- :j1l ^'^ (Colonial SettUmmts on tU Hiidson River. Patent to Eobebt Wouteksen of a Piece op Land, called by the Indians Apopoaltck (Comjicnipaw, N. J.) J^, milam Ku'ft, Director-General and the Council of Nexo.mherlan,UX^ etc ^es^fy a''J declare herewith that this day, date a« helow, we have conceded and granted to k I fn t. A ''' ^^^* ^™"' l''" ^^'^«^«<««'' ""J Stretching along the river from Dirck the Paver's k.I to the Uevu^^repaxo o - Jan Emrtsen^, hil, N. E. by E. an.l S. W. by W. to the kil, running dhiri r "" '''''' "' ""■''"^' ''• ^- ^- *^ *^^ ^^^' -''' '^•^ -p- - At Fort Ainsterdam, the 10'" of May 1G47, Patent to Maeyn Adkiaenskv of a Piece of Land, called Awiehakkn (Wee- HAWKEN, 1^. J.) We Tre%-«,^ Kieft^ Director-General and the Conncil of Ncxo-N,'therUvd etc etc. lestify and ,leclare herewith, that this day, date .« below, we have conceded an.l granted to J/«.y-^l'/m^.... apiece of land, called ^..W...?.,., situate on the West side of T North r.ver, bounded on the South by the Ilof>oke. kil and running thence northward to the next k ::ndiZtt:^"'"'^ ^^■'" '"^ ^^"'"^ "^^ -'"^-^'^^^ ^^^^ •"^^^"^ «^ '-^' -^^^ ^^^^ -p- At Fort AiMlcrdam, the ll"- of May KJ-iT. Dkclakation of Commissary -RoonARD and otheks re.pectino an A-rrACK by THE Raritan Indians. necc.Mr^ ha ^ e, being .„ the Con.pany's service in the year 1(140, verc at tlu- r.-nucst of the avages, called the Rnrltnn.^ «ent by the Hon- Director m,n to tr^de. Arriv^, ^ ^^ s II t Hd.ng ,, ace n, the yacht " ,1. T W." the.e Uarltnn. in st.;^d of showing the cus o,n .ry fZ slnp .Hi trading w.th our people, began to scotT, brought on squirrels, offering tsTlthto quant, y o n.nten., all were arnu.I w>th axes, swords and other weapons; we were fher..f„ro coni- p ..1 y the narrowness of the Kil to push lower down, where we run agroun.l. The / . " all of then, stou fc .w.. seeing this, followed in canoes. «une over, lifted the ked^o and r i : alongside on ea.h s,de ,.f the ya-ht tried to tow „. b...k to the aforesaid place, an", ."ng s ' "-■•■' -'"-;'" I".t ..s .... our gua..d and ...a.le us l„.,k t.. our arms. The LlUu.. wa ., d c ' ^tc i ff ^, '"^'"-^^^'^"■'^' - - -; Ku.nl. ,h.yda,-ed .... ,nake a,.y fu.-the.' attc.pt. ,.vi,t T "7'-^^';""«.f'-f -Twill and we c.ul.l ..ot recover it. there beh.g t..., n.a.y P csent. rhen and at the nght .„„„„.„t ( J..d s.-nta viol..nt stor... of win.l. thu.,der an.l hailstones whe.-ehy we got away, which, alth....gh the Kil is vc-y ..ar.-ow, th.-v cub not p.-ev w Z N&w Yorh Hktorwal Records. gg 111 lay prceenco Cor. van Tiemioven Seer' • ' ITakman M. Booiiabde, Gommiseary Hauman Downeb Tlio mark ^ "^ Coks Pitebsen, made by himself . ExTBAOr FBOM A LKTTKB OP DlBKCTOK Sl.^-VKSAX.- TO GoVKBNOB WlXTIlKOP VT mcrrE THE M0UAWK8 AGAINST THE Engli.sh. (3" of April 1648.) * ' * * * « and being likewise wounded in .nv vo.liJ i ? " P'^^sages) m i.arto obstructed ^.a creit given to ;zf:f;:idrr;::;f;iXS^isr^ there, it being soe farre from ti.e rules and princiZ o cS. r P? '"? "" ^"^'"^'^ bane a tboudit thereof nn„.b „, ,•„ f ^' '^"-'* ' * ^'"'"'"""'"^ '"'J ^''"""itio, soo much as to aceordingtom^ow din u^r( 1 I "M-etise such a diuilisii and wicked deuice; but I ••eallie indeauou tr ^ t'2 /h'rm "^ "? '^";'' "" '"^' '^■"'^' '^^ ^'"■- '^^' ^^ Aunmia* there & us here (but 1 k.^^ afl tit d Z'V' "I/' ^'T'^' ''" ''"'"^•'^'' ''■"' "" ^'^^ I"'^'-- the English andLnci::: :i i!:;r:tii^.: ::; thiir"^^' '- -' -^•^-^-'^ i...v.E.vr .oucv TOWARDS xa. IxmA.vs is hkcommk.vi.k... T'" April 1048 ***** Bhape ; ,t ,s esperidly said of the native inh.ibif.w.t. r Vl T ' '" '""""-''^ '"*"' " -"■"• witli kindness and tl.; former wa^ ,i " • """ '''''''''''''': ^'"^' *'-'>• ""-^ ^- K-verned these wars, for we notic- tb.t t . to believe it; we wouLl have proferre.l to uoid they are c^nse,..;; ^ ;;^ m^:rZ i I" I ''"''^ ^""^^? '' '""^^•'^•>^" «^^'""- ^'-"»''' '" for them to be used for h, n i n^ ' -, ^ ^''^''-^-'ves with guns, powder and lead ; thev .isk over, that they arc so"e^ uZ ^ :::'':'" "" ['"^""T '''f '^ ""^^- " l'^^^^"^'" ^^^^ -"-•'^ '"- upon ,t, that ^^e must apprehend, they would rather begin a new w;ir • Port Oriuigo (Albouy). 24 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River. Mv P: i i ag., 8 „8 han to be entire y deprived of it and considering, that under o„r present cirenmstanecs a Nvar Mould bo utterly unadvisablo, wo would think it lK3st to provide these iM.ople,but sparingly, >ve mean by the Company's officers, without giving such a permission to any private parties. Indian Deed fob Westchestke County, Eastken Half. This day date as below, appeared before the Kon"'" Director-General and Council Megt^gieh- hama OWyoehjue and Wegtakachhy, lawfnl owners of the lands lying on the East side of the North nver of A ew-A etherland, called Wi,.iuae.keck stretching in breadth through a wood to a k. ca e< Wy;.„c.,* dividmg it at the Ea.t river by a North and South line from Orcenwich on a k.l culled K>.ehkawe,.\ This land between the two kils nms to the middle of the woods between oOier e^isterly half ,s d.vuled from it by a line drawn North and South through the centre of the «ood Theafores^udowners acknowledge in the presence of the chief Seyxeychhimus and all thcrotherfnends and blood relations to have sold tho said pare! of land to the Noble 7V^ J Stuyvesanf, D.rector-General of .Vey^.mtkerlund, in considemtion of a certain lot of merchand^ ^ Inch they acknowledge to have received and accepted before the passing of this act, nan.ely 6 fathon,s o dnftels, stnngs of wampnn., 6 kettles, 6 axes, 6 addices, 10 knives, some iron, corL, one gun, 2 staves ef lead, 2 lbs of powder, 1 coat of duffels. ' Therefore the aforesaid owners of the said land transfer, cede and convey it to the said Dnector-General ,d Ins successors as a true and lawful property, renouncing for then.selves and then- descendants now and forever all claims thereu,x.n and resigning herewith all right, and juris- d.ct.on, dehvormg at to the said Hon- General and his successors, who may do with it as they plea.se, without being molested by them, the sellers or any one of them. It is further agreed, that he ^^ estem half may be bought for tho s^'mie amount as above, when the Director-Geneml desires to pay for It, and th^y the sellers, promise to sell the part still in their possession on the North river for that price and not to sell to anybody without informing the Director-General. They further proin.se to inamtain and uphold tl:is contract fir,„]y and inviolably and sign it in presence of their chief the U'- of July 1C49 at mwAmst^rJam in mn^Neth.ruLl Tliis is the mark ^^'' "' ^^"^ "'^'"^ '^'^^ °^ Meoteoiokhama of PoilU'AUAN. "yriuns river. This is the mark (\^Q/j^ of Weotakaohkey This is tlie mark A«'^^\/%^ made by the cliicf SEosEyc^iiKiMi'H as witnesa t ilaharufu river, Conn. f!^' n: New York Historical Records. 25 rROPOSmoNS MADE BY TI.K Ch.EFS OF THE 8AVAOE8 L.VrNO IK THE NEIOHBORHOOD OF •niE MAN.iArrAN8, namely Seybeoechkimuh, Obatam.n, Willem of Tappaen a«d PknNEKES FKOM " UEHINI, THE CoL " IN THE CoUNCII, CHAMBER AT FoRT AMSTER- DAM IN PRESENCE OF D- Johannes Meoa-olensis, minister of Kensselaerswyck, Arent van Curler and Johannes van Twiller. re„M, the Chief "beliind tl.e Col" .n.Ljo a speech in the Indian tongue which was ransatod and sa,d, the Souther. Mln,u.. had asked them to live in f rie"S 'p w J T Iwwlof !vhi;^h f '^^'^^^^rf ^''^ involuntarily or unknowingly lately done mischief at ^ auiua Uooh., winch they i-equested ns to excuse. 3 Pennekeck said the tribe called Raritanooa, formerly living at TF«««a^«;{-^(.;fc had no rlnVf U.orrfore he spoke for them, who would also like to be ouf friends and s^^nTf^ ^gf hi^thet greetings to the lion- General. Throws 3 beavers to the ground as a present. ^ , , ^^yfe^««, the Cln-ef of Neyick, was included with his people into this agreement and would be, like them, our friends. They throw 3 beavers down. o tins agreement and o. lie speaks for the tribe of liemalu^nanc as for the above with a like present. A BHiall present worth about 20 trnildorq wns tli^n „;,.«,, t^ n 'J, .If ^^ Colonial Settlements m the Hudson Biver. Lkasb of Land on the Katskil by Brant van SLKcnTKNnousr to Jan DmoK8EN. renteritm Di*.^oto^ V"^ ""^ '^T? '\""° ^^'^' '^"'^ ^'''^'"^ ^'^'" ^'•^'«*" »>»« J^'^'^d «"J iTort a r" f M^^^ r '^^^'•'t"^"'* ""^^ *'" Co.n„us8,me8, the old n.aix.cland on the north aide of Jut.kd, to w,t the tnKit of land, wl.ero the sciuaw, who is chief of KuUkil resides for the term of six years on the following conditions : ' * * • » bor.. It\!rr^"''''r'' '"^"^'* '" "'"^ "" '^'"'•^ ^•"•'•'^ «■• «^^'''- "«" >*y f"-- h'B Christian neigh- ^I, h f ^ T\ °" ?""""" °"' "^ " ^'"""'^' '^ '' ^•'° l>« P'^'-'^red and to sing one or Jove V^hns before and after tl^ Christian p..yer8 according to the custom of the Refonued Church * * * # Indian deed fob Sciiodack. (Prom the Vnn Rcnssnlacr Papers.) 1650 March 13'^ I the undersigncxl Vane^n^nAe,t,>^ acknowledge to have sold to Jaeof> ^en a p.ece of land on the large Island, also cdled hy the Dutch A%.j2 qZI Ws /.W Signed 0. -|/\X this is the mark of Wanemeniibeten. Agrees with the Original in the Colony of Ronasela^rswyck, May 14, 1664. D. VAN Souelluyne. E^KACT FKOM A LETrEB OF Tn. DlBEOn.KS TO PETRnS STtTTVESANT: THK OBAN. OK THE Catskil lands, 16 Febb 1050 * * * * man,ta,ned m it. W e dceni u however best, that possession should be given to neither. ■••■ # jA * Director of Viin Rensselaer's Colony sinoe Nov. 10 1846 >v! lS:^::;:1T'"' ''°"'^'" "° '" "•" """^ ""^"^ '"^^ •^^^ *•>■=- -'^*>'"- ««-«' Stuyvcsant and the Mw York Historical Becorda. 27 Extract from a lktter of the bame to tub same: fears ark ENXERTAmED. TliAT A WAR HE-rWEEN THE Emum AND THE WaiTIXO InDIAI,8 M.OIIT BE FATAl! TO THE North river Colonies. IS'" April 1C50. =alIo7T"rw'''"7"''ff;"^*'" thcrcsolntionof tho£V/«Ato bogin'a war with tho savages, called Ma^^jnurj., for .f theso are driven out of their country, the former would, bv occupi^,,; the conquered land, haveagood opportunity to separate m.^sdaermvi^rk from us and would hen «l80 becoine n.asters of the whole North river and with itof the fur trade.* Tbere are alrea.lv a pretend, that they alone ought to have the n.onopoly of it. As the Company has so far reserved wo I'lr T, ," 71!.' ""'"'' "" """'" '"^ "" ''"''' ^'•«'" *'- trade.\ve would do it now, ^ wo only could think of the proper means ' us OKANV Ext.:AOT FROM A LETTER OF THE DIRECTORS TO TeTRUS StoyveSANT: LAND GRANTS ON THE RaRITAN, Kil TAN C(.L, CaTSKIL ; FREE NAVIGATION OF THE NoKTH RIVER • JJabon van deb Capelle's oolonv ; Mohawks invade Canada. 21" March 1651 * * * * * * ' * We observe that many people do not scruple, to take possession of all the best land there without formahty and without determination by survey, as if the Company and it* officers had nothing to say about It and had been rol.l.d or deprived of their prerogatfves ; wo have there- fore though It neees^iry to direct your Honor herewith, not to grant land to any one without hio acknowledging properly the authority of the W. I. Company and your Honor will especially Lt ere tha henceforth not more land is granted to people, than what in your opinion aft Jr a though examination of their means they will bo able and intend shortly to populate, cultivate and bt into a good state of tillage. Sevenil instances prove, that by non-olielvance of theso rules '.2 pieces are nowch-imed as property of many years' standing, although very few in.provemZ n. regard ^ se thug, euhivati... tilling or planting have been made. Thus L see it n 6w" length t of which only eight niorgens of land are under plough. And Woufer van rJatTl not only not satisiied with adding I^jatet to m.t.n /J./,§\„t he ende rs Z t^J '^ Bess,oi. ami make himself nu.ter of the Cofs^-il, in ad.lition to which he has stretclZ, t^it Woffert (Mcul and l../;vV,v //../,/. have done the same ; they took ,x>8session of about 18(.0 niorgens on ho siuno island, while they camiot settle the fiftieth p..rt of it: t b s is n n i e >^i.nst our intentions, for many valuable pieces of land might be claimed as propertv with S rrerogan ves) in such manner and the land itself would remain unpeopled. We Jirec^ yom I W 0.2m,J\:^:u';!!;Z:^l^^'''' "'"^ otterskn.were ^.u^.d fn„„ Albany in t.ie ,i.n. from t Sditcn-Island, frmntcd to Melyn in lv. except under tho conditions tot H above, u,ui to keep r.y./.,au.t, (which wo helievo to be the nu«t i.nportant and be«t p Z for 1.0 Co npany to d.v.do U ,.jh,„ „ee.u.iou for tho aceonnn.KhUion of fan.ierH and plante^iZ a rule «hall be n.ade, uh U, how n.u,.h h.„d «hall be surveyed for eaeh colonist. ' ' can e „.th he., .nvaders, esi^ec.ally with Govert I^^ermans or others, who have boudit much ndron. the /.•«..«,. on the Kil opposite AV.A.-M,,./, without co'nsiderin, in wl o In ^.ey are to get a conveyance from their 111^1.: Mi,.ht :. without knowledge of the Company wo cannot I.heve it au.l intend to resist it with ail proper n.eans, as far as wo aro concernT "^ ' * * » # t,s intTnlTn^f f ?"'^"''* -^["""^^fr' '"''''''' "° ^*'°™ ^""^"''"^^'■o" from us, than to notify bf^? r ^-T'''?" "^ the AV,vi.//, which lu,d been convoyed to others lonj before he t.>ok possesmon of .t and we have so far not been able to discover, by what right ho or lus^pn„c.pals lay clann to this property, for they have never .«ked tho Con.pany for it i' proper * • * • * 'T '•'^ true, th.t the Notary Jan van iU Venne hn« made several applications to have a lar«e tn.t of land, wh.eh your Honor thinks n.ight bo gmnted to him without any great ..rc^udi "to our .nterests : We wonld hke to consent to Ins request, if he -. nly would desist frl his Ltlavalt d nand o Inghest and lowest jurisdiction, which we .lecm inconvenient and are still rcsolvcS o \^0 ^^n7 V '"'T '"'""""' "" "--"'"^^^ K-'tto everybody .. much an,., a. ,.e shall need. Many people are again going over in the ships now reuly to sail who .ntend to .ttle there and you n.ustacconunodate each ..cording to his'position an^tl 1; of sonlH w.fh hnn, cons.dfn.g yo.u- own discretion and the rcqnircmcnts of their families,, for it ,sour.n. opn>,noto thcym-rease of i>opulation there by all n.eans. You will alBo ace mn.o- dalo , Honorable J/cndnek van der Caj.'Ue* with favorably located laods, .u, far a,o he is I- cl.ned to take pos.ess.on of a,.d ..ultivntc and ,,cople a,.y land there, which he soetns to • .end riles: l:;;i "■ '"'" ''"' "'"^'' ^''^'^ ^ "^'^"'■^ i-^^*^ '-«'" ^^^ ■ « ^-^y Wo sv^r^ very sorry to hear, that the Mut.o„s of the coann.n.ity, for ,vhich we have never been rc,.ai.i ; Liit ml '"''''"' '''''" "'" •■'""'''"''"' '■'-'''^•'' I-™'''^, they will take care of their own *Sec N. V. Col. Hist. Vol. ir, j,. .--.it note. New Yorle llmtoi-ical Record, 29 Entky Br CoRNBua van Werckiioven at the CiiAMnKH or Amsteui.am koh TWO COLONIES, ONB AT TUK NkVESINO ANU THE OTHEU AT TaITAN AND (.KANT OF lUB ABuvK Colonies. To.d„y, tl.o T^-- of Novonibor of the Your Ona Tl.ouBand 8ix Ilundrcnl & Fifty-Oiio npmarod at the ofHc-o of tl.o West-In.liu Company at AimUrdam tl.c IT.,„,.-al,lo Cornells van Werekfurven Cour..i,lor of the M...,ifi,.ality and Ex-Schepe,, of tl.o City of Utrecht, who declaml hiinself latro.m of two colonics, wliic-h ho intends toestabliHl. in NewNethnhirul, one hoLnnninK at the Nev,nn,-k a^d strofhing northward to near the rolony of the Unl of NcderhorM, tile other beginnnigat r,yv''". and stretching northward through iV^ lU,jMamh, l.oth snhject to the con- ditions and conform to the nile«, lately made by the Company and delivered to their Ili.di • Midit • for approval, or such other privileges and .-xemtions, as may bo grant, d hereafter by the aforesaid Company with the knowledge of their High : Might : . The aforeeai.l Jlo.iorable va -> Werelch.»^e,i prommed to act in .m .rything projwly and for the service of the Company, while his Honor re- ceives on the part of the Company a promise of every help, favor and assistance possible, in wit- ness whereof this record has been made on the day and in the year as above. The Directors of the Incorporated West-India Coin,>any, Department of An^terdam, to All wlio shall see this or hear it road. Greeting I . bU ,}"'"''" ,^^' "'".' *''*^'y l;«ve consente,! and authorised, lis they herewith consent and authorise Jr^W. rr *'" - ''^'•^;5-^'^'*".Conncillorofthe Municipality and Ex-Schepen of the City of Utreat •- . „.ay, as Pat.wn, establish a Colony in New-NetMand, beginning at the iV.r „.,«.X.-^.. stretching .iorthwar.1 to near the Colony of the Lord of .\We/-A,>r< all subject * r At- , r'l^ ""; 'T : "" '" "'" '■"^^■'' '"'"'^ ""'^•^ ^'^ "'" ^'"•"P""^- »'"^ '•"I'-'ittcd to their -.gh . Might : the Lords-'itates-General for approval, or all such other privileges and exemtions Hi^r^MidT t" -T" ^''" -"I Company with the knowled^. and approval orZ JJ-Kh. Might lliey order, charge and re<,«est therefore every one, whcm this may in anv wav concern, not o hinder his sai.l Honor, fn^elU van WerdUven, herein, but to help, favor and assist him, wh..,i necessary, whereas thus it has Wen decide.1 to bo for the benefit of the Company. IJins done at the meeting in Amxtn-dam, the 7'" iSfovember 1651. in. TZ '"'"l fr " ^,'"'T'^ iTf^'r'"*" "' '-^"^'^'""^ '"^' '''" C"^""^' "f ^«'* -yederhar^t and stretch- ing northward through the llujhlo.ndx. EXTUACT FUOM A REPUKSENTATION MAPE BV THE D.KECmK8 OF THE AMSTERDAM Depakiment ok the ^\'. I. Company to the Huroomasteks am, Reok.nts ok Amstkroam: on the situation or KKw-Nirri.EKL.vND kkoaki.ino Inol^n akfaihs VAN DiNCKI.AOE AND MkLVN. To tl.e N..ble \'ery Worshipful, Their lienors the Uurgomnsters and Uegents of the y ity ot Aimti'rdatii. Show with ,lue iTverenco the Diroc-tors of the Inoor,K.rat..l Wcst-India Co„,pany, Department o A„.i^U.n, that the country, called Xe..N,tl,rland, l.is by ( i.i's blessing gn^aly ^Z -n ,.opula.ion, cultivation and trade during the last short peric^ and that it .^11 appa'rently Ton .10 Colonial Settlmienta on the Jltidmii, Jiiver. '" ' «'" "f ...I.I.V.„, .1,.,, „„, .,,l,j,,.,Mluy!^F",irJ ,;,'!",' '7°"'' •'"""■"""• """: '"■""''"' "»' ""■-> • '"» '-■« a J-.b,/.„i;i J 5* ill -t 1 r^^^^^^^^^ "' sol viiijr nix.ii a^ryrcsHivo wtir '^Ka»ty <>r illegality of im.l ru- t» «....„■, to, 1„. .,„„|,, ; ,„„ ,„,,„„, ,„„ |.,„„„ , k^^ 1^^^^^^^^^^ jMiatul Ai\\\ loiiiud Dill- (',tt'u..i:^ \r 7 i • .i rurrt.nea to Atattn- 1 , "'■^"''^*' °'''""'''*''«voniiiiL'iit to I K'ir .,UM likiii., ,„, fi.; i i "'" " ""': ' "■•■ '•"■'•■; '" k»p"--N .....»d o?,„,i,.,, i„. .-,,,«:,;,:;:;;:!; ;::,;:::,;*;;;': Siibinitti'd J3"' Ful.ruary l(i,-)2. * * « , KXTUAIT FKOM TIIK AN8WKR To Mil.; Vnt{K,i„lSil. Till- l.V February 1052. «'™i" -r • ' 'i-' .:.:.■.' i ::li;-t':;:;,;::::, ;;:r -'• ""■- -'■' '«"■"■" - Ntnii York Historical Records. 31 Jo.no tinu,pu«t killu.l Hovcr«l ,.f their HuhjoctH, carric.l away chil.Iron an.l Htolen ,„«ny „„i,„„lH „„J hey have further ,H,n„ij«ion. to oHtahli«h u„.l .....lu.h, f..r thi. ,.„nH,H., a Uoue Z^.Z^^J^ manner, aa thoy may judge to bo Ik-hI for their safety an.l reputation. ^ Copy. iKrrKU KKOM Co„.VK,.,H VAN Wk.«,K„OVKN .^ f KSTKBIN,. A OAVKAT AOA.NBT T... ouA.NT OK riiK ICAurrAN ooiiNiKv TO Bauon van i.kb Capkllkn. Sir. Arriving at ITtrefht from Gnelderhmd I roeoivod a letter from T ,.«„ c„ / i • * , , «l..lo ll„. ,.l„„, I,,,. 1,,,,, t.„„„„| ,„„! ,„™,„|„^ , ,„„r II„„>- W„„l,i» .„ ,!„ ,.! T tain, while on the other Hide I have eivcn (lir..,.H,.,w h.- ^ pi'rciiasca. I hw w not eer- havc also reccive.1 letters and in .nnt . n tn re wl.- TT " •;> 1* ' "' '''''''"' '"' '"^"'' that the ..me ha« l.en pureha«e.l f f " a .'aid f^ ' t 7 f '"T T '"" ''''"" '''''"'"''' the country, ,w I stated to vour W r 1 ' ! '" ''"'^"' '''""'™ "'"• """^e^ <^f for his pun.ose«, an.l have thorefo o acted ,' f 1. . *'"" ^'"■■'■" "^ '"""'' '""^^ ^■""venient AVorshi pfid I^r;i.-I)irect..r^ ^"1^"^^ it"; ""', ""i ''"' ' "•'"''' "'"' *'"' ^^^^ ^^•ill plcLe to support my in c .«? ^7" *'"'™ '^-^ '''•^''"' '" ^^■''''-•'' ^•^""- ^^^'"•ship -n.i;r my clain/t::!:!'^ l^",tl'' ' lirN^ T "'"^ ^T-' 'T" ""' ^^''" "^ «- which I answered as your AV,.rsl.ip mafsefl.," o c^ os ' P '"^ 'T'" """;;:' '-^ "'^' '« ".- ve^ dutifnl respects to the pritecthm JifAuX:;7JZ;'^^:^ ^""^ ^'^^^''^ ^^'''' ?/V/vc/*/?, Y ALarch. ^'^l 1 our Worship's oln-dient servant [f'oKNKLW van Wkkckiiovi.:n.] on LnrrKK ku,.« TIauon van pkr Calku^k t.> (V,„nku9 van Wk„ck„ovkn inkop., -u XUK r.A.-rKK, that .,. „Au ..VKCASKn aiiK Hahitan oorNnT;. Copy of a letter from /iaron van der I lonmcd from the Directors of tl... W c. T r n ^""'T'^'' *" '''" "°""° "'''•'•'«'^'>''<'«- tl>e f J of this mo h thU or . . '-' ?"'^""'- '' ^ '"""'^ ''"•''"^''' ^^'«-^-''«'« : I month, th.it you. Honor had selected two colonies in the country of the Nevcdneh 'h 32 Colonial Settlements an the Jludscm River. ?i;;!n1hr!r "T''' *'"-; ""*"° V^-V^^-^-^ a that district, n.nr Stat...Mand; a« I have bought from tl,e ...nc nafves and proprietors some land near Staten-Marul on the ma niand a Ion., time Iho;:; an 1 V W '^ '' "''" ^^'""'' f '"'^'•'"'''' ^''^ Lords-Dirocto. thereof, as .k.u as lllL m tnt .r 1 . V"""'r'^**; •; "'- t« ^•-"- Honor, that no trespass m.y be connnittal on ni;> terntorj, bougl.t from and paid for to tlie lawful proprietors I know, that your Honor will not do anything to n,y prejudiee, for the sake of our long and XZo^^l^Tr 7'''''!^'^''''''''' Honor Will, upon receipt of this inform::tion! liL IZ ^'f '^;?'*'"''^^ ""' "" ♦l'*^ '""J' l>«"gJ't h "H., but at another place, for the extent o ^"^-^/^l-;-fand ,s very great and just as good soil may be found at othe; places, as in tl.e afore- said ^Adrmnc-?- or /Am<«;(.y country near ^'tofo«-7*7««.Z. u eful promotion of i.o colonies, which we both intend to establish, and to the advancement of the cultivation of the soil and population of the country for the benefit of the Company and the ee v^e of our common eonntry: I expect for these reasons a definitive answer and advic', whether yo^ Xi:i::?r ^; J^;3,;r ^ -^'-^ notwithstanding the p.sent warlike prc,a.La. (Signed) IIenr. van vm Capklle toe Eyssei- COENELIS VAN WkbcKHOVEn's ANSWER TO THE FOKEOOING. Copy of the answer of the Jloiiorablo Wcrck- hovi-n to Jictren the » }.'-•. tint BO colomes have been grunted to me by the Directors of the VA^.t Jndia Con.panv ti'ir.oi o which had been previously to their knowledge been purchased by others from the n U ■ ^ hi country, aliiough even it were so, such a claim could not be admitted or have prefer..„«. lufo iv he ago and priority of the grant, issued for such a colony: if this is to prevail and I'v f ^ ^ then I too have given orders two years ago to purchase the T^antan Kil L\ the land eonti-.i .^ .. It for my bcneht from the native and lawful proprietors of the coun.rv : I have received h-Xr and communications, that the same has been bought for me ami pai.l f„r;..me time ago, also ake. po session of as can s ,.w to your Xoble Honor. I had been informed, that yonr X ,ble I ,n had purchased a bay and land on /..,-/./.,./, as well as the lai f the ^nrZk from tl e , pnnt to the .W-* bay, but not farther, else I would have extended mv limits farther i nt 1 e 2^r^r»,.^, but ,bd not do it, because I did not wish to give your Nobi; Honor the leas i of ..frense,.rinlh..cda,nage and therefore I re.piest most respectfully to leave me too in u lil tubed possession of the land, purch.ased by and granted to me, ai.„ not to interfere, for I o Id not like to give up the privileges of my colony. ^Vitli further oilers of my services etc" CoK. VAN Wekckiiovic.v. JSTcio York llidorical liecords. 33 Extract fkom a LurrKu ok tuk ]),„cctou« to Stl-vvk.ant: a ^Kw-XE-rnERr vvd .U^A. . TO .. K.,.AX.US„K,., TO CKCK T.K AB.SKS .^ :.AX,. O^A.™^ ™ A«,.K HKTWKKX T... ....HASKS o. ]UkoX VAN ,.KU CaPK.,, " A j, ^ eiiKTireiiova I'aTiie m.ivl.i' m.,1,. ,>;.i. ;;- ;• 7 • ,, "'" l'"<-i.i\c, tiut it necessary, in an ci>i..i^ioi,;, of the baS, ■ ,: ^ :';;;; 17 trto""' ":V"^-^"^' "^ '"^"'^"^^ '-"^ ""- necel;!zt';!;i:! .t:- .:,:^x':' Tt r ^*'--^^-^^'"^-"^ '---^ -.1 it i ^^... houses, et ont on le. . t e V "'''"'r '"" '^'"•'""•^'f-' ••<'--f«" "f -11 lands, l.ouwories and Company, while we have e. on h'. r .f ' ^^/^^«/'«^^''- !.s always to he reserved foV the "I'l-ranee, that with (Jod's he , we 1 he 1 ^^ f """•"? """i^'-"'"" '^' f"'" '^ Las the therefore keep -,.,.1 order tli.t everv , • ^" ^^^^^ ^''^ ""'-^t clivide.l with nioPe e,nal t ' f ; ,, J"" '"' '', ^';'^'"''^; 1''='- -"' ^1"»' 'he land :nav be ]<"owled,e or eonse.ft of '^2 21^^^^'' "^,"'''^* ''''^"^^' ^'"'^ '^^ -'^'-" t'''<--.ip.:.vhLdn: :;.lM::;'t.''r'''''^ AVe ..onsider this verv intolerable ■ nd j '""•^'' '"'''"" ""' "'"•*'" '"■ l^""-l-l.'e. -enbody by ,.nblie .Iverti 11 , ^ 'i v' 'TT " '""""^'' :"'='^ ^•"•"- "-""■ ^''-''' -- =-1 "ir-al .!f the Companv ^ZZ 'Zt'TT " "'" '""' ^^'"'"" ^"-^''^•'^^ heretofore, nnder the condition, that tl e vj,. .U iT f ""i r "'l'"'' ^"'^ '""■'•'"^"- """'^ as n.neb lan,, ,.. evo,.:body, as he w 1 r t ^ ^' 'T "'' ""' "'" '" ^^■"""^- t"' ^'•- t" .ive away the la^d wh. nn i, id 1 tu ' '"'^' T ''"''"'"^■' '"^ "'^ ''" ""^ '''^- livi". Leinp.. i,is ,i„e lis ::; :;!:^ ;;";;; ;;.^ t^tm """r'^ '-^'^ -"b- -tth-d 5 jr that it sh,.,dd have ben taken fron him , t ^ T"' " '"'" "'"' " ^^■""''' '"'^-'^ '"«• prope fullilie.1 their engagements. Z :" l?';^ ■'^" "? ^v;"/" I'-l"'"- -'- w,.nld hav^ beit. flillilied their en tl forniin 1(1 of (! 'r, er fonni, . V. /. , . ?'' ""^'.'^""K''t f-"" iMn. one halt of the island witbo.it previon.lv in- * \aii ('oinvi.'iilio\i,ii. 34 Colonial Settlements on tlie Iludtson River. ^elfare of l.e Co.„pan^• as we l.opo ho is, then l.e ,nay bc..ome an instrument, l.v wl,i,.h many people ,.ouUl ],e drawn thither, although we wish, that we eouhl have refused the g.^aut of s la CO o,u for we agree w.th vour Honors an.l consider such grants very inconveniett for the C n , bu we couhl not refuse it to this n.an, who is a n.en.her of the Governu.ent, because we d d no hke to appear as be.ng opposed to tiie influx of population ; here again in this grant we n.eet lit ; !7u-T """' '" '" "^'"T""'"' """"" t'"""-l^'--- tl'eso are the eonse.p.enees of the attempt to establish a government within a government. ****** We are quite ..oncerued in regard to the request of the Canada savages, who have become mvolved mto a war w.th the Ma,ua.. and resolved to go into the country of the latter? " do so they wo.,ld requ.re pennission to cross over the North river and have already asked it fmn. f.3f w'm H " Z '" ""■'"" ? '^f' '"^•""' ^■"■^' ^>"'»"'-""'^' f"'- -" ■"-' f-»- to get into tnat It is best, to refuse such a passiige politely. We alluded above t.. the contest about to arise betwee.i Baron Ilcndru'k van der CapelJe and Lonuii, c.m W en-lhm'cn concerning the territory of the Xieue.lnck and Itarham ; this nuitter t^-S^^r^T they l.n. entered written protests against each others ; the Ilonoral^ ^^^UnUoren has a,ldressed h.n.self to us and requested, that he should be supported in the prn dcges granted by us, winch we shall find ourselves obliged to sustain as fa. as pl.Lible, that so hs also pet. honed then- I Lgh : M.ght: for the above reasons and we expect to see now shortly what rules shall be establisbcl in these matters. «"uru^, * Ordinance a<;a.nst k.n.nk.cs ,.n- •,„« Mohawk an.> Sicneoa co.-NT.iv. Passe.. SK.-ruK 20, l(;52. (Sec Laws iif New-Nut horlaiul, p. la7.) Extract from a i.^nEit ok t...-: DiBEcroiis to St.-vvesant: Van Wkrckiioven PKOMNES T,,E ro..ON,ES ON T,.E KaimTAN A.Vl, AT Ta-M-AN AN., S.C.TLKS AT JSyack, L. I.. l;j>i' Decur. KJnu. • » F. J/T!!". """r '"! '"'"•"'^^'"•""'' "'"• '"*""t!""-^ !n --.^gard to the Colonies of the mu.orable van li . > or V 'n '" r ^"■"'"' "'•.'•■"^';""" ^"""" """'"• ^"l^I'"^'^^ *« ^'^*^^'"J 20 "ules in a straight nc o you Honor has not read the Exe.>.ptio..s caref.:l!y, for all colo-.ists are not to n^.^ve ino c, than fo,.r nnles on one side of a ..avigable river or two n.iles on each side. His Honor van ^^erekhoc.n had Ins cho.ce a..d could have take., the lands, but as he has ..ot do..e if, has ..iven it New Yorh Historical liecords. 35 Tip and gone to N^/a,^ one half of the same place i« granted to liim, that he may settle there and aet for h.s best. We shall henceforth not grant any more colonies, as wo see that the people de- mand such extensive tracts. ^ r »= "«- ExTKAfT ,. KOJf A I.KTriCIt OF TIIK SAME TO THE SAME : WaR HETAVEEX THE Mo- iiAAVKs ANn Canada Indians: the estahlisifment of a tuadino i„.,-sk 20 Drrcii MILES nout„ of Albanv, kecommended to AnuA.-r the Canadian fik- TKADE. (!"■ Junk 1C53. * We are informed here by good authority, that great quantities of peltries n.ight be secured there from the Lairndxin^ savuge., i„ case thee tribes could come to FoH Oranm without danger am without havuig to ,nake a circuitous route to Fort Oraruje and the Colony of Renmh'ar.ntl- l.ut they are constantly molested by their neighbors, the .V,^^««.., with when, they are at war ahnostconfnually and this is said to be the re...on, why these Canadian savages, fearing the dangers and troubles of a southern trip, sell their peltries to the F,-cu.k and other nations, which' trade there, so that the Company and her people are deprived of all this trade. We wish there- fore o suggest to your Honor, whether it would not be of advantage and service for the Company, l^^l^'''^^^^-;^;:^'-^^^-^-^ and n.ake it the staple of' thi fur-trade. It would be, as we bel.eve, no sn.all .natter for the Company and we expect your Ilouorsopmionon this point by first opportunity. ^ tint in'c.!'"rlr''''r' "''"";^7''-/.^"";"''« '•-l'-«t -f— "^ the Honorable van W.rolhn.n^ that n. c..e he needs n.ore lan.l, winch he is able to cultivate, the Con.pany .hall acconnnodate Passed Resolution to provide the Mohawks with a moderate amoi-nt ok powdkh and LEAD, LK8T TIIEV API'LV THKKEFOU TO THE EnoLISH. TheTIon- Dircctor-Oeneral and Council have been informed and advised of the scarcity of ,.ow. cr an.l lead among the Ma.p,aa. nation and of the incessant demands, which th w cw se,uen ly make on the .nhabitants of the Fort Oran,j„ the village of Bearer, rk and t pe ,ple of he olony and have further considered, that, if the aforesaid an.munition were entire v 'iT^ .^ei. yarned to the said na.ion the g..od inhabitants of ,he aforesaid village and ^U^ •ue to suffer some mishap or at least that thereby the whole trade might be diverted and tha e a^n-esa,d nation might ask fl.r the ammunition from the Fn,U.h^ ou^ neighbors, and U^e a crcunstance which in this dangerous situation would bring more and greater misfo „e on ns provm..e. As the atbresai.l ^^a,uaa. are now our good fnen.Is, wli' oblig^Hl A.^^ of the sa.d amn.imifon to look for it among our neighbors, from who n thev al.:. c.n\ . arger quantity of wampum for their beavers, have already rceiv., lar.e gifts and pre:: s^..: hn,,U^, ,n order ,o aitra,. their trade, an.l as the consequence of this w^i.ld likelv be, ,1 It he OSS of the.r trade, we would also lose the friendship of ,he JA,,..„. and hemv h , ,re misfortunes np.m ns and our nati(u.. -'"o miai. map more S ' 36 Cohnial Settlements on the Hudson Miver. and 1 nil l^^ "-l-'g-;lI>-etor. General and Conndl of m,„.^Yetherland have thought and deemed .t proper and nghly necessary, p„,^„ant to the order and direction of the Hon-" Con.pany to aceonnnodate the aforesaid nation with a n.oderate trade in annnunitio to w t Rugert ,/..«J..«/eo delegate of /o./ (;.««i^. and the village of /i....v«,y.^., but as sparingly and secretly as poss.ble, for reasons and motives, .vhich in ti.ne, if it is neces^ry and req .rfd s^.all he connnnn.cated to the II-.'''" T-rds Directors of ti:e Incorporated West-l!.dia Co,™ Thus done and decreed by the lion- Director-General and High Conn.-il of New-Nll^ald rilfM :::7'''' '''^^' ^""^^''^'^- ''-"- «'«"^^= I'-Stuyv.ant.NicasiusdrS^o Patknt to Dihck Ziecken for a piece of land at Communipaw (N. J.). U.u^vT7T"'Z ^f"l t "'"■'■ ^"''^"^ ^'"^'^ = ^'»''^ = ♦'- ^--d States-General of the ¥,^.tsd MhcM -.n^ of the xXoblo Lords-Directors of the Priv. West-India Company Director- General of J <.^VM../«.,A^,.„ and the Islands thereof, with the Hon- Coundl d e " that we have to-dav^date underwritten, granted and conveyed to D,Wk Zueken a parcel of and .tuato across the North nver near Gen.oen.^a.n^ beginning at the bonndaries of f'/J. t o ^onnansland atak.lconnngfrom the woods and stretching to the Companv's land, divided S. AV . by S and ,s w.de alo.^ tins valley or strand 300 rods, back in the woods also wi.le 300 rods reac ung ,nto the -ods X AV, „. i g. E. 100 rods. With the express conditions etc etc Done at AiMkrdum m JVew-^ ci/tcrla>yf, the 10"' of June 1654. An Oudinanck auainst ,-rum.,usr. ,,i«,.ou to Ino.ans. Tasskd SS- Auoubt 1054. (See Laws of New-Netlierlaiul, p. 182.) R...U,., r,o.N o,..,.:mNo tuk F.srA,. to .......nn ckkta.n Enoushmen s^TMNa .r VkeKDTLAM) (Wra-IxniKSTEK Co.). It is resolved in Council : Where.us some Englishmen begin to settle and establish a village far within our boundaries upon I. ands bought a.,d p,dd for ^ us a long .in.e ago at H.;/...;, , be ,,..:„: ' II. n t ..n.pany. I.cal (M. ran Tienho.en «hall issue an interdict, ordering thenx to desist from further proceedings and to remove. Done '.u New-Amsterilain, November ,"."' \i\:,\. * Vuii SchoiiKli'i-wort. JSfew York Historical Records. Patent to MiciiiEr- .Taxskn fok land at Pavonia (X. J.). 87 IMrmStuumsant etc. with tl.o Hon- Council declare, that wo have tc^day, date mulerwrit S'Jo rlT r"''^^-'' .0 J/^^/.^^.... a parcel of land, .itnate at Pa.Jl, ba H ti ^^ u ad, 80 u>d,s M.de runn.ng N. L. ; „.to the wooJs on the N. W. 200 rods in length alon-. tl c land o Olaes Jansen Backer, thence X. E. 80 rods, altogether 20* n.orgena. With the ™ conditions etc etc. Done at Fort AmxUrdam in N. N. the 27'" of Novbr 1654 ^ Patent to Claks .Tanskn Backer fob land at Pavonia. P.^r,.,, Stuyvesant etc. with tlie Hon- Council declare, that we have to-dav, date under- 1 leitu I'r f "t"-/^-' -""'"fe- ^'- 1^- f'- 120 rods, N. W. into the woods 200 r ds, wide ^^LX^'r ?:S ^ -^- '''' ^'- -i'-«^ -^'^'- -• -. Done a I.. Patents issited fok lanps in New Jersev on the 4^^ an,, 5'- ,>f Deckmbeb IflSl. Kil ,3;; '^/ '^""'f^'*'','!' f "^f ^ P'^'*^" "f ^-"1 "'^^'•o- the North river between G,'moen.oa.,> and Kil ^ m C.^, ninning ail the river or bay S. W. CO rods, wi.ltli in the woods in the iw Znl stretchiii'' into the AVoods N N AV 9^0 »,. i -.i ■ . , ^ '" '"^^ lear (.0 lods ■ lti.-.4. °'' '''^■^''-''" "^*'' *°°'e'l'er 25 morgens. Decbr 4'" «.n ?/'" ^."'^^"''f' ^"* '■; P'''?" °f ''-"'<» "'■>•»«« the North river between Gemoen,'pa.., and the Kil van Jutl, rminiui: alon" the r vci- i.r l.i.. « "vv oa i • i.i , '«y"" 'nmu i.ie ivii stretching into the ^- fod N N W fo 1^1 ' , "'^^\T'^'''.V' *'" ^™"''« '" "- ^cur 80 rods, 5"" 1654. • "' ^""^ '■"^'^ "'' ^''''"-"-" «'^'-' tofe'^-ther 25 niorgeus. Decbr runni!!;t:I^t:r:;a^T W TZ ""' !"f ^^^T" ^-''-'^«- -^ *'- K" - ^< the wo.^s N N W foA-r 7 • ^' ■^^'■:"''^ '•'^^■'^ '" *''« ^'"^^^ *' ro-ls wide, stretching into o(xis r«l . N. W. for 3 < 5 rods on either side, together 25 morgens. Decbr 5'" 1 C54. AW it:^! sT^^T" 'f '"f'-'^-^f ^ P'--« of land between acmoen.j.aen. and the Kil ran woods JN. W. AV . for 375 rods on either side, together 25 morgens. Decbr 5'" 1054. y/J:.fut!lS:^r;;;/t:;v''r "" T "''^^'"^°^ theNorthrive.l.tween^,. and Jau Lonu-h,.en .iuys u.i the yonth side, running along the river ccit^x::::;:;::^;;;;::;;;^ "^^"-" ^'•^-" -""-• '- NowA„,sterua. au^. ,3. ms, 38 Colonial Settlementa m th^ Hudson Jiiver. m'- ■ i N W Vlmr'"! '"'^''•.T''^''.'" *'•" '•-'• '■" ^''^ -«-'« >^<^ -1., stretching iuto the woods N. JN. W. foi JJ3i rods o.. citl.er side, togetlier 50 morgeiis. Dccbr 5, 1(554. S w'^'^l^^lr'' ^"^^'''''r'^ "/••-'«« "f '«"d between <7«;„..n.^,.«, „nd the Kil van A'ol, n,nnin« wol tl V ZA 7, '" ^« r^\r^'' '^^ *'- -- - ^'^ woods 40 ro.ls, stretching into Z woods i>J. N. W. for 3,5 rods on oitlier side, together 25 morgens. Decbr 6, 1654. ToIIendrick Jamen van Schai.ckw,jck « piece of lund between Gemoenepa^n and tho Kil vanKol running along the river or bay S. W. for 40 rods, wide at the rear in tlCod 40 rod stretching into ti>e woods N. N. W. 375 rods on either side, together 25 inorge.us. Decbr ^ K^sl' To Jan Cornelksen Cnjnru^n a piece of land between Gemoen.'jpaen and the Kil van Kol into the woods ^. N. AV . 375 rods on either side, together 25 n.orgens. Dec. 5, 1664 Apul 17, 1604, who proved to have purchased it from the original grantee.) Pkotest against Thomas Pell fob sKrrLiNO ox lands belonging to the Dltch wit;) a rncE to quit. 10'" April 1655. .V./w"'f 7';^ ^p"'^''"/'\l^V virtue of his commission ,« Fiscal for the Province of New jSetUrla,ul and Attorney for its ant]...rity and jurisdicti.,,., etc etc. To you, Thomas Pell or whom else it may concern. Having been directed to proceed to and upon the lands of Vreedhmdi, taken possession of during the time of the late Hon- Director.(Jeneral K,ft an.I i>ought fro„. ;nd paid f r t t actual owners and proprietors, natives of this country, as the Book of Dc^ls andlheir si.n tu prove, I inform and warn you and all, whom it may concern, herewith, that you and vonr assod b^> the late lion-'" Director 7w.,/< by virtue of the title deeds, but that you also occ«„y i bv usurpation, contrary to the agreement made at J/artford and to the peace conclude.l between the ^W^iZLt'"''"' ''''""^' "" "'" "' """"^ "' '" Director-General and High C.'ouncil oJ Therefore, I the Fiscal, give yon and all, whom it may concern, this public notice in the name .K^on behalf of their Noble High : Might : the States General and the Lords Direcror of Priv. A\ . r Company by the bearer hereof, Clue, van EMansrland on tlio date as above. tl.« fl''""'' t''° P'-'-'^^'"' ^ito'^tioii does not permit, Uiat ti.e Fisc-al of N. Netherlmd almuld serve tl.e foregon.^ notice and protest in person, therefore the Court Messenger, Clue, i; JSw^s authorized to do it Done at Armterdmn in if. iT. date aa above ^ ' "^ '"^ """" ^ ^*^'*^' '" ■5 i Ordkb ok tuk eepbesentatiok of the Maoistkatkb of Fort Obanoe, to pub- LI8U AN OKUINAKCK AGAINST KUNxVUKS AMONU THE INDIANS. Monday the 1" of June 1655. ****** In regard to the running into the woods, to draw out the savages with their beavere and the L.n^KB FROM INnABTTANTS OF GuAVESKNO TO TnK DlRKrTOR AND CoUNCIL. 8TATIXO THAT TUKV AHK TUKKATKNKD BY I.NDIANS. Copy. 8"'* September 1053. J/../.a««.„ by which ns the ;il/ m' ', ^" "'^""■"'"' ^'■'"" '''"" ""^ '--J ^" 'I''-' would nevorlJless do t 1 f.f f m ' f- '"''"'"' "'^"^ '^ "" ^^■'^"'^' ""^ '•^'"-^N 'l-'y -^en...dandsurpriAri:^rrs-;r;rr:^^^^^^^ 40 Colonial Settlements on tJie Hudson Hiver. '^':S:X^ t^7"" ^° r '"°'^''° ''"'•^"'•^' ^•"- '-^ ^-^- -" "-* - with up our |,,,8 uu.l, ,f y,^ onuu leave here, Lon,j.hland is no longer inhabited h^J)utch ne.,„l,f Honors resolve to save Z^.y././a«rf and us, a n.oderate force coul.l L here ul or at W ^a om food o. that of our wives and cluldreu and it would be necessary, to send a well-anned osMbIc ^^U leave to your Honors' wisdo.n and discretion a .natter, which wo tnist will thereby be oo ed after to the best, and we expect your Ilonon.' advice and ..r lers acc^r „. ! .^.uh we shall govern ourselves, in the n.eantin.e we are and re.nain your ho.^ o Wor^-ps .«1 .oets (s,gned, Jacob.s v^ Coh.kh, J.. Tom.ssk., II.vbkkt J..sk. Lock, jIh I wIT LuvcAs VA. .Ku L,PHoKsT, B.KKKT B^.TH8, tho u.ark k]U of II™,cK CoKNKU38KX. the mark Q of J.K J.OOBSK., the mark ^of W...km Wu..km8e., the:„ark Z^ of Cokkkus Bkkckkm.. (dated) Gravemnd adi ut suj)ra. TPWc-A^-afe/-, 27'" September 1655. is n >f ;;?r'f ^''"'"t' T ^^'""^ "'^' '"'^"'^^ ''"■"""^''^^ ""t« y«" I «•« «e"«il)lc of your fearos & it The Indians intend ''"' snbscrybed Thu : Wiklkk. noe wrong to the En- glwh, if they assist not tlie Dutch with men or provision. New York Ilistm-ical Records. 41 to (Jeliver urt.l placo in their Imtuis T/™/ v' / // ""l/"'^^"'^'' ^'""^'^''^ <"' ^'>"i/-A'«.-r/, ].ann, v.-hilo the savaj^e. had foH.iddlrth S/ A t ?" ' °" ''^^ "'"^" ^'^"-^ '"'' «> '""^••' 9'" October. foheooino. feelings there. co>nm.tteo to find out, how nmttere stootl and to sound the Mr. Latru>iita(jiie advises, That 20 or 25 .„en ought to ho sent to the village of Gravesend to assist the Dutch. at, .1 , '^''^■''■'' "^ ^''*"' ^'■*'"'"W«, written bv hi.ns..lf ...a -.1..., .„„i u.„ ™,, i„ „,„ i., (!u,r it i« only necessary to write to tiie maf.'.strate8 of G ravesaul, i\uxi they ehouhl ai-point t«.. of their number to .-o.ne here to the ilon- (,en,.ral with two „f the DuU'h nation and that, a. we ha.I understoci, they had received a ktter of advice from Lieutenant ir/*«./^r of W.dch^der iu communicate the wimelo the lion"" Director-Cieneral and Council. Date as above, signed Advice of the iron"" Burgomaster Ohff Steveiigun* : ' '''"^'"' ' ^'^"*'^" That two delegates oiiglit to he sent there, in order to find out, how matters fctand.forif only two are summoned from tliere, i)roI.al)ly n.. comph-te information could be obtaine.]. Advice of Mr. Johannes Seviu», written by hiiuHelf. My .advice is, to write a letter to the jKJopIe of Grav,m,ul, that they send us two delegates with two Dntchm.n, who are well informed of the daily rumors current there, then to in.iuire .» well lis ].o.ss,l,le M.to the tn.th of these and this as soon as feaMble, as the present situation .loes n..t admit of a long delay ; then we .•an, in aecordaiu-e with circumstances, resolve up„i, the best means to prevent further harm and for the best of the country. Date aa above, signed JoAN.vKs Niovirs. It having been res.,lvc,Uch to separate fn.m each other. Although wo do not know, whether it is so or not, we consider the proi-osition of separation, base.l only on reports or a simple letter, quite uiifouiide.l and unadvis.Kl therefore we write herewith as well to the J^.t.h people as to you, that you remain together and' keep together good watch and bo on the look-out : if you sliouhl believe scune soldiers reqm-redfor greater safety, we shall not tail to send them to y,.iir assistanc,., as the circumstances will permit • now, however, this letter is to request, that you ^s\\\ delegate two of the magistrates and semi them hither, to arrange with us regar.ling the present critical situation of the village and to give us a more detaile.l report on the c.nimon rumors an.l the letter of Thomas \Mu','l,r .mm.I wluTeas It IS b.uulay to-in..rrow, we shall expect your delegates next Mon.lav relying upon wh.h we com- meiKl you to God's jirotection and remain Vour good friends Dale as ab..vo The Director-Ceiieral an.l ( 'oimcil of Neio-Neth^rland. (s"g''»'''lj P. S-rUYVESANT. The lctt..r was directed: T.. the Worshipful, Dear an.l Faithful, the M.ujistrates an.i Coni- niunity of the village of GravcHcnd. * Von Ciirtlantlt. New York Jlixtorical Jitrcordn. 43 7?.a.. „p,cared before ti.e Co,.n,.il in ,ur..u,.ce of th. re,,ue.t, of the fore^oin. I..,. . t^ u^^^^^^^ n"' Ootohor. RK80I.nTU,N KOUB,m..NO T,.K H.U, .„, OK THK VKS-Kr.« .N .-uKr ANP ..KPAK.. UK O. ABLK-UUOIKI, I.AHHKNOKIW, intU. ■„„.: ,.„,.;sKNT CKIS.S ,« ..A8T. not to aHow unv ,.a«He,.Ker, al.Ie ,o ..any arn.H to l^lvlf H '^ T , •^' "^ ^''° '""""7' c-I.ange for the better. Date as abov a ,: "' V Ll " ''T'"' ""'"' '''"' ^''"" ^''■''' ^ M..NrrK UK .... Arra-WPANCE ok Jacob vax CoKr.Ku ax., J.oob S.u.akks wrr„ t„k MAOI8TKATE8 OK CiKAVIvSKNl, ll"" October. Lkt,,,. ,.„o„ I„„k,t.,„ S„,v„..,„ ,, CV,.r. n.v.„T N,m,., „,»,,, „ „ BK ON THE I.W.K-ol T VuR Ixi.iANK. yo.. will have to 1x3 on vour sn^nl an k o ' ^'»"^ '-'''""■"-'y-^wee,., pri^o.ier; the.-efore »-"-'-i, tl.at the frL people cl,"^v' '""" T ' "" '"•'^'^''""" '""' "^^^--^'^ ^ •'-'« been i„- --■" »>"-. -l.at thev to el . ke , '""' '"",'""'* ""™ """ ""^ ^'"^ ^''^' '-' *'- 44 Colonial 8eitl«m&nta on the Iludmm River. «mUc..,,uK.K.I watch. Farow.-ll. IK.„o at Fort .-l;«-fenA,«Ma ^.,^,..V.M^,/„W, 12'- (Mob* «t 21sCrU "" '"'"''^' '^'^ "" ^'"■'""' ^'""' """" ^^""•"' ^^t-'n-Li-tenant. .t present A letter of tl.o 8.«no tonor was hIho Bent to Sergoant Nicohx. Vellhnys,'n, uow at M,\/wma. Minute of the APPKAUANrE „kkouk ti.k Vovscu. of Rtkphkn Nw-kkb, wii,. .. m, BEEN TAKEN l.It.r.OM.:u Wnil 5 OIIIEUH, l.Y InI.IAN8 AND Id BENT TO I.EMANl. A KAN80M. la'" October. .Ny/.« y.,./-.;. appeared before the Coimeil an.l r..,H.rto,i rbat Pe/.r, tbo chimnov-swoep with flvoothern of whomhewasonejmd sailed to the aforcnaid chinnu.y.sweepV planta'tion to f.„.h «..me au„nal. fron, there; after they had I.e.. there about half an hour they were attac-ked by Hbout .SO .avnjres he docs not know of what nation, who took then, all pnHoners; fo„r of them had been woun.led an.l he with Conwf!, Mourlm^n (afterwardn nhot in the back with an arrow whK.h has been eut out by the barber) have been nent her,, by the savages, to .mk for their rati' sorn the tollowni- articles, which the 6uvag« had u.arke.l with notches on a Htick • 20 coats of cloth 40 knives 20 handfuls of powder 10 pairs of shoes 1"^ '""•'' "'''^-^'J 10 pairs of socks l""*^'**'^'* lOaddiccs 2»"'sket,s 10 hatchets ^ '"■"'■'''* 20 tobacwnpipes. 20 strings of wani]iii;n MlNlTTE OK A MK88A0E nR..l(;ilT FROM THE Ini.IANS AT PaiLI S II.H.K, THAT THE PKISONEKS WILL BE KEI.EASEK IN TWO DAV8 13'" October. P.Ur Coclc who <.on.lucted Captain /W* and others to Pauhu I1,U; reports that the In- d.ans had told In.n, the prisoners shall all bo here in two days, e...ne over, then vou will see it Also, that the savages are not siitisHe.l^ that Captain /W ha.l n<.t con.e over at the «xe.l ti-nc oul tiMt th.-y say, you Dulrh ,M.opl,, lio so mu<-h, that y,.u cannot be trusted. Date as above. ♦ raptuin A.Irian I'.,st, l.i- wif.>. Ov., chil.lrcn an.l Hcrvm.ts were captnml in tl„. uttark J.v th,. In.li.ns ..n X.-w New York I/iotoricai JiecarJa. 46 TlKmLtmoS NOT TO PAT TIIK BANHOM, l.KMANI.KI. DV THE iNDIVNg 13"" Ootoher. It having 1,0..,, ,.,.„Hi.loro.l in Council, whether the r«n«.„„ douian.lod l,v the «»vn«,g 8ho,.l,l h.. pa,.i f,..- ,h., fo..r porHo,.., who have heen talcen priaoncTH i,y the In.lia„B t^-dav uT.dT " who .."Kl. VK ho c-a,.t,.ro,l, wh..,. they, lik., th« for,..or. .vftho,.t I<„..vh.dg., ;von co.t^n^To ordorH of the D,r....,or.( cnerul a,.d ('o,.n..iI ,„ to distant and h.nd, phu.eH, ft wan a t."r.™7.Ic" i:;'"« ''^7' ; '^ .--■' -"•'"'•-• -J <>-i.led in the nogativc; hlans; an «oon s t :, .or «v go«, wo have 7a o. o,.r ,ooplo a. pri«onor«, wo„hl hoar, that ho ,n„oh han hoon paid ^4 Okdinancr aoainrt persons OOIN.) INTO THE COUNTKY IN SMAr.r, I'AUTIKH, PASSKI) OcT. l(t, 1055. (8eo LoWH of Ncw-Nctlicrlnnd, p. KiH.) Ohdkk for tjik sAHfir ok Amkbfoout and the Hav. KV Ootohor ICr.'). Whcroas this day ap,H..ared hoforo „s with Captain-Liontonant /in„u Xuton, Elhn-t m,r(sfn ^rn't,n J,,u.,n, and AUm'H AlherUe,,, all inhahitants of the vilh^ro ,.f A„„sj)>,>r(, who .-opoi-tthat 8o,„o of tl,o,r townsnion have ronu.vod a.ul otho,^ in tho village aro unwilling to work with fhoni and hoi,, oar,^- tho goncral l.nrdon of the village in keeping „,, the gnar.l, ,horofo,-o the Dhvotor- '•.•ne,-,d and Conne.i having taken it into connideration, it is comlnde.l and .vhoIvo.I, that tl,e ah Bontoos, who have their honsos ..,. the aforesaid Hay, ,»s well as those, who a.'o present, n.nst hel,> carry and ..ontnLnto to the general hnnlons of the vilhtge and its safety, as well in n.aintaining tho M,ilita,'y garnsoni^d there as s;,fe-g„ard as in M-atohing and pafmling 'with tho uthei-s The Di- ,eeto,--(,enend and ( '..nneil f nrther ordonnl, that the ahsentees n.nst keep for oit.-h honwery at least 0,10 sto„t n,a„, propor-y provi.lo.l with ,n„sket and .si.lo-anns and that until fnrther o,-ck.rs, eaeli ijo„we,.y shall provide two soMiers with sumoient provisions for their hoard and in ease of refusal the nhoyo sa,d Captain-Lieutenant HHan Xut.m, Elh-rt FAherUen and d/aW.n ,/,,«..« are ordered and a„tl,on/ed to hi>-e a n,a„ for ..aeh honwery and to pnt the soidie.. in hoanl with some one at the ..hai-go an.l .-xpenses of those who disohey or refuse ; the Direotor-General an.l (\„,noil heing .vsponsihle, at tho ..vponse of the refusing parties. f„r the just and lawful expenses, suhjeot to the .k.(Msu,n ot two ,n,partial uien. Thus done at Kort Aw.tenlam in .V.^r-XM^'A/m/dateasahove. (signed) P. Stivvesant, Lamontaone, C. van Tieniiovk.n. Letikk to Ca.-t. Post, ouokkino n,M to ,nq,-,ue w„at t,ik Lnoians i-koi-^se to i>o with theik i-uisonkrs. over tho nver for trivial matte,^, which makes our people tired to eross and reoross, without get- 46 CoIonUtl Settlements on the Hudson Itiver. ting an answer from them in regard to our j.risoners, therefore your Worship or so.nehodv else who knows tl>e Indian language, niu.t a.si< the Saehein /'auu-hrk, Omtany and others, wha't tiu-v' really mean an.l mten.l and whether they will return the prisoners or not and when and tnat they must not eause any further delay or lie to us. Done ^i AimU^rdam in .Ww-Netherland date as above ^16"' Oet. 1655). Copy. Ordinanck FoisninniNc; am, i-eksons v.ox^c. aososs the rivek or communicatino wrrn rni.; Indians, wniiorr a i-ass, passkd Ocriiu 18, 1055. (See Laws i)f Xew-XctlicrliiiKl, p. 200.) M.N.TIC OF TUE HET. KN „K 14 PmsoNEKS (mex, WOMEX AND CniLnKEN) l.V TkN- XEKECK, CHIEF OF AcUKINKKSH AKY. Monday, the IS"' of October lfi5."'.. AVhereas the ehief of the Indians of AM-hd;:f,„hj* by nan.e J\,„u'lrrk l,as sent yesterday K. 1. I OetolH^r w,th(>tain /W, one of the prisoners, fourteen Dutch people, , no,;, wonj. ' ":' ;•'"■'•'■'■"' "; ^'';" H--^'" y-'-^-^n-neral as a ,„ke„ .,f his g 1 heart and intention and said eh>et :v.pH.sted, that the Hon Direetor-Ceneral would show his kindheartedness by sending some powder and lead, " ^ The I )ireetor.( General and Couneil (indingthc rerp.est of P,'n,m.kekoi in.portuneo and having eonsuiered the present situation of affairs, have resoh e.l and eoneIud,.d, to send hhn, as a reward and token of affeetion two Indians, taken prisoners by our people, although not of his nation and to give him sonu- powder ..md lea.l, hoping by these n.eans to get the other Christians in a friemlly manner and at the same time to inform him. that when all the Christian j.risoners have been re- funded to us he shall be rewarded courteously. Thus .:.,ne in Council of the Hon'"" I)irector- (.eneral a.ul Councd, date as above (signed; P. Stuvvesa.nt, Lamovtacnio, Cou. van TiENHoyFx InsTKK'IIONS n. CAI-r" AOKIAN P,,ST K. .HITAIN IME RELEASE OK Til'.; EUISONEHS, STII.I. EN- THE HAM.S OE THE I.M.E\NS. I^"' October lt)5."). Instructions giving to Captain .hlrl,,,,, /-,«/ by ,h,. 11. m'"" Director-i b.n. ral an,| C.nncil .,f M-h.Mvas the said Captain .hlri,,. n /W brought us yes.erdav i:! .„• 14 of our Christian prisoners, who had b,.en sMrrendere.i to him by the Sad em J'.nfwh'd; with the message that he thus showed to the Director-Oeneral his kind heart and affeetion and exp.vt,..] in n.tuni bv the l)Hvctor-(J,.nerMrs f:.vor an.l frien.bhip some powder and lead, therefore th.- aforcNiid Captain /VYisMUtlionzed and directed, to cross over again .-ind answer the said Sachem in our n.uue as * I(iii'k(>ii"i.irk. N, .1. New York Historical Records. 47 That vu. tlmnk Pennekech an.l t!,c other Sachems, ulu, aro with him, for their kindhearted- ncs. and atjectu.n, wluch they have .h,.w„ ia return,,., the ,.ri.o,.e,-H, who.n they l,ad, and that w.-, -M ,.,•..»£ of onr fru.„d.shi,, andgoo.l intentions send and give to then,, in o,-der to return them ^^. eaeh toh,. pc.,!. e, two eaptured Indians, who.,., alth.,„j,d. they are not of his nation, one . uu t as a c.ken of our good h.art an.l affeetion, and tl,at i,e nmst do his best, that we n.ay again get the eaptu,vd IM or S^oaned-e..,* wl,o a.-e in his or other Sachems' possc-ssion. ^ ^ 1 e shall tu,.tl,er tell /',>,nA,ri; that it is n„t csto.na.y with .,s to pav ,.or to accept pay- nun. for pr.sone,-s, h,. to rot..,.,, then, in friendship, as wc do ..ith these two p.^soners, and thl we hkeu, expect fro,,, h,... that he will givcso.nething to the poor prisono.;, who have sufT..red much t.-o,n cold and :, onvenic.ce and n,..ch da,„age, as we h.ve done to .1,'eir p.-isone,., so d ,a ley ,ea.- ..s ,.0 .......e .ll-w.ll. and the,.eu,..e we would not send any powder and lead for tl,: prison- .>, .Inch /..(,<./■,../!: sent «8 yesterday, ex....pt a little for the chief yv««,v!w/l- and the other cl„eis,np,-oof of our good will an.l that only, that they , night -xert then.selves with the other u"ey will' .vturn ' ' "" '"'""""'" ""' "'"' '" ''""''' ''"' '''^'''"' """ "'''"' l"'''"'"^"-'' "'•'-' "'"' -1"^" Also that, when we shall have got our other prisoners, we a,-e willing to give as token of our .diect.o,., so„,e powder and lead to the Sa,.heu,sa„d shall expect then, iu .•etun.'to show their f.-ie ship and good w,ll by pivsents, when our prisoners a,-e su,-re„de.-e.l ^S hc-eas ,uany false stories a.'e carried hack and forwanl l.y 1 )ut,.h,nen, who c,-os« over with- <.f th. /)„(,/, poopl.. to cn.ss "ver as long as the negotiations last, except Captain /W or those, who bring with then, this token • J»^/ „.:.,,.. ,,,. „., 1 ,i,,,,o,-(;c.n..,-ars hand an.l that he shall Hot believe otliei's. ■••'"■••I'ly, he shall say to I'.nn.irrk, that we also have fo,-bidden. that, in case „.ess,.n,..rs ;r;;" :':: ""■' •• 7 l""''-'^' '^'-" >- "■• *•'<" --• > •<- --ept sud, as we have set an.l that t lu. M.„d„,esse,.gc,.s, he n.ust not .end l,ad n.en or ,.agan,utiins. but a Sacl.cn or chief, who,,, the I Mvcto.- („.n.,.al n.ay be .eve and that i,e shall have libc'ty to co.ne and ,vtun.. Done at Fort A >„.■i"K ••l'^-1'l'.'..f thcalt wa.a- U-cause the Da,,!. Iia.l .omo ov.r .1,,. 48 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River. tl.erefore respectfully, young as well as ..Id people, t., son,l us spee.lv l.olp, (lower stood) In the nan.e of all (signed) Jacob Swaht, J... Tomasskk, the nuu-k \ k A^^l^ J", Ja.vs.;.v, tho mark P.E. of P.eteh Ehk,., .1. va^ Cuhlek. ' The Hon- Dire.tor-C general and Council having seen and considered the aforesaid request, resolved to succor tho n.ha ntants of 6V,'a,.ek.ck had directed then, to tell he Hon Director-General, that Claea Jamon de Ruyt.r must return agah. to-day and brim, with Inn. a '>. To-lay, the 2«'" of October, Oa,,,,;, ,,,^, • ,„„ /> ,,, ^,,„, , ,^,,^,^ ^^^^^^^ ,^ from Pa.,^ look and reported, that they had had a conference there with the chief of 2/;/" I..sludy and Ins people and other savages of M,.rl,y,yehh,.d. They declared on their word of honor to the Councl and re a.ed, that the said chief /'...Xv./.. had in the nan.e ..f the oth • b i w'-iT ; r'" '" n '""' ?'"'"' "" "'"""■ ^>'-""-<---'- that, if his Honor ... b be ple.t.ed to sen.l hnn an.l h,s people ..-, pounds of powder and 4.) bars of lead in thive ke ^s either as i-anson. or as pn'sent. they would itnn.ediatelv sunvn.ler the 28 prisoner. The Hon- Director, ieneral and Council and the Hurgon.aste.-s of ,l.is Ci.v ha .in. heard the captured Chnst.aus whose .n.pr.sonn.ent .-ather ties our hands, they have wi,h ..on.n.on advice .ndeo,.sent resolved d.owever unwilling), for the sake of the pris .rs> pre™.ion and in the l.ope to .-ecover then, and the balance of the prisoners, to give to the savl.g.s the den.anded le |m.l pow. er as ..anso... b.r the captives, as no other ...cans can at p.vsent b:dis..ove,.e.l to .v . ". IK.,., an he n.o.v so, as th.y a,-e scattnvd l.e.-e and there an.ong ,l.e Indians in the dist,.nt in f. no. and to pn.vc to th..n. .„.,■ sn.ceregood-will, it is .-esolved to send then, as a present 2.-. pounds o powder an.l 10 staws ot lead over and above the ranso,,.. Da,., as abov: ..-esent w re le ISo],le D„-eetor-Oene,-al, the Hon- Lan..nta,jnr ..A M.e Hon- Fiscal Tienhor.l jVeio York llititorkal liecwds. 49 R..:m.,xstraxck or t.k Dikectob-Oknkhal and Councii, of NEw-XETnicKLAvn to T.MC SrATK.S-G,CNKKAI„ EXPOSINO THE BAD CONDLVr OF THE BAUBAUOLB InD.ANS TowAKDB THE Dutch. ;!10ct]<555. ^^uians Wo'r:;;J!;:^:J!;SM'^'''"""^' *''^ "-""7'^''^ States.G.„eral of the Unit.! Xetk.>,an.ls. VVo rcinon.stMte uitl. d„e reverence, and profound lunnilitv, also as far as we know in .11 nwenty and ,rntl,, ,n Jhe nan.e of an.l for all vour Xohle Ili^.h-Mj^tinesses' m.1 ." Zlhrl n,ds ,,rov,denc.e, under authority and protection of you.- ^^.hlo Hi.,.: Mi. a i T knowle.^e and consent of the Ilon^'e Lords-Direetors hive transported^hen.sc£s^ ir ti led n. h,s Prov.nco of New-.Y.tlurland, . country not much dillerin,. from o u- S r ul u t ,1 o Kl li.ej have done so for a tnne and would he able to -"-' -^ -'•>■ kmed and destroved n.anv anin d ' a» Lo^^s, liorses an.l hogs, helonging t,. vour Nol.k. HLd, iri.rj.r • ...biecN hnt Y..v . T i n...jlered,..per..ns,tirst .;„ ,„);.,,.. ,. thj^seco^l ..J'air'tlr, r^ 7 l^t <^ayear later aga,n three p..rsons on .V/.A.-A/,../ and last year y,v/.v. /W... AW .i sown house, whereupon the Chief Magistrate of this province den.anded the n-nnt^^^' , hey uere always refused, at least thcy never appeared. These infractions „f the treatv .n.de v u^.Uu.ve always heen passed over I,y ,he said Magistrate f,.r the sake of peace an.l ^r e . J that on tic lo ot September last pas,, .while the Director-Cieneral ha.l proceede.l. pur , mt t, P n, ce to the South r.ver, t,. re.ent the injuries an,l a.Tn.n.s in.licte.! bv the .WA. :„„1 ,o re- 1 u.e that nyor aga.n ,„ the iuris,li,.,i.u .,f this Province, for the succes:. of which exp. 1 , hlessed 1. God, we are truly thankful,, fourteen days after the (Jeneral's departure at v • 1 .ur of the n...rn„.g (14 canoes full of savages arrived in the nei.hborho.H/of this C " V d , oT red and c.Mn,n,tt« ,n n.auy houses an.l to numy citizens insults, whid.- t,. particula i. v^ d engtheu th.s hund.le petiti..n ,.... nnwh. Their Sachen.s or chief, were then sun.n " the ho .1 mh knovs w,.h what ,n,..n„ons : in the n.eanthne the good citi/ams, already nnca.v on account of the >u«ults «ufrer..,| .luring ,he .lay. becan.e ven- ..ircun:p..ct and. afi.id of ^Z^AZ ^ * \iiii ilrr Hill, ciiino til liiiissilacrswyck in lii.itJ. 50 Cokmiul Setllemeiii^ on the Hudson liiver. ch,ef, 8trc„gtl.enc.l he.r guards by onl.r of tho ro,nai,.ing .nembcr. of tbo Council and oti.er o hc.e,.s d..nng tbe folbw.ng night. n.,wevor, about cigl.t o'clock one Paulas Z..v.7,vy t" w hreatencd, according to Iw. declaration, with ahatchct and the forn.or Fiscal van D,rk wa woun k ,v an arrow wtlun th. Citv, whereupon a gre.t outcrv and noiso was n.a "l •d V ,f ^^^r"/''?"'^'""l ^''•'-l-'-^ "f K-h. hurned, :m to fi.K. heads of cattle either killed or taken by the barl.mans; anyway, Noble Lords, your Xoble High Might": subjects ..nd lunnbr. petU,oncrs have suffered through these barbarous Indians a dan.age of^nore tl u, two d 1 hou.nul gu.lders and n.ore than i..O pc.on.s besides those, who were killed or are Jill in C|.pt.viy, have lost then- possessions and having nothing left to procure food and clothin.^ for hem.sc.lveB and thor fa.ndies n.ust be a charge upon this City alone. Finaliv the mn ' m general has gone backward so nu.ch, that it will not be in 'the same flour shi 1 st" ; several years, that ,t was in six weeks ago. To this the fear must he added, whicl nn'ritt mhabuants entertain (and not without reason) to be again surprised so unexpccte i 1^^^^ stops are taken to prevent so general a n.assacre and so great a los.s. It n.akes tl., .' dl " o hers crcun.spect and tnn.d to go again into the open country. It is bcsules in.possible, " 's thc^ reccve assistance from otbers, hence we have only to expe,., in conse.p.en,.e of the f l^o cnl nvat^on a,^ harvcts poverty, want, famine and a final total ruin of til cunt.y. W^ J^u Nol e ILgl. M.ght : sul>jec.s and petitioners ve,y hun.bly and respectfully subn.it this disn. I n doleful stte of affan-s and a.sk herewith for help and advice, how we shall a., towards these barous tnbes m regard to the aforesaid and other n.urders, alTronts and enonnous .huna.es AVe are very much d,s,ncl,ned to enter without your Noble Wor.shi,.s' knowledge, advice ,md assist- ance mto an open war, which, if, besides G.^l's help, no assistance and suc<;; is sent fr Ir dear latherland ,t wouhl he, hun.anly speaking, iu.possible to carrv on and bring t,. d - l'h" T ;■ ^^ ""p •"":;'"'•;' "" '"''^ ^^^---^^y^ «'- ^.e present critical situation of tl e Lords-Dn-ectors of the Pnv. West-India Con.pany. who are unable to send us such a relief and , soon, accor,hng to your Noble High : Migh. : advice, as the present genend distress and cirnl: ! St u.s of the country n.ay re.pure, and we find ourselves canpelle.l to have recourse to vou, Nohle]I,gh:M.ght: w.th the knowledge «n.l approbation of the Lonls-Direcfurs the f'afr;,ons ot tins Province and to ask. besides the good a.lvice of our Lords- I'atroons, with great respect he w,secou,,s..l an, ,:h.,„al assistance of your Noble High: Might:; with thU assist.mce,w H'o .o s,d.lue under (.,,dsgu,daneetbe barbarous tribes ..unl to inhabit the countrv in p^ace' U c, your Nol.le ll,gh : M,ght : petitioners have co,n,„uni..ated the details to the Lords- Directors and otn.ted then, here for brevity's s.d.e, in onler not to tro.d.le your Noble Ili.d. • Mi^l ■ l.nsy wtth more nnportant affairs. Awaiting your Noble L,rarousnat,vesdur,ny our times, presented in shape of a petition to the Nol.le Tonordie !i::::;^:i;: ""-'^^-^'^'^ *•- L-'«-D-to. of the weit.indiac-on.pan,,Depar:;;;:nto; ^^fT,,i. aaarcss, too, is t„e s-.me as the two fo.g,.i„g, mutatis mutandis, except ,..e latter part, wl.ich read, as We have considered all this thoroughly, also tho prcont situation of your hon"'" Worshi,,^ wh.ch ,,s too precar,.,u,s to send us such a relief, as t,.c present general distress an.l circ n^s" e' .. .he country ro,u,re and have concluded (in order to avoid exceptions hein. taken o"^, of neglecting to report to the higher authorities) to scn.l first an,l above all tlds lunli wV to yo.. hon'.'^Worshi,,s and besides, but with your Honors knowLS; t ; ^ , ^ "^Z. u.MeTr,gb: M,gl„: and the worshipful Magistrates of the City ^ AmJL.T^^ ILnm. nn.st mstruct tlu.re our deputy, C.n.ll. Ja.,.U.n S.rru,:,,./^ in .-egard to the u " H wlucl, tUKler God's g-i-lance and help, wo hope to sub.lue the a:;Laid brrba.:^ 1 L,. u possess afterwanls the c.untry in peace and without fear fnuu then. We rcp.ir.. (^Sdu u missum to your Honors" wise judgn.cnt) mnn to 4...... good sohliers, oned.a f witl m ]. ^ (vuerroer^, the other half with llin,-lo.., -1U.S. your wise opinions also b. Jrbing^.'eo;;! I' ill sa C'ohmial Settlemcnta on the JluJmn liivei'. SecomI gyi.etl,er, if the war is j.ustifiablo, it i. tiniely j„st now ; if not wl.en The fourth point has boon omitted in its rc'criilai-or.lor to Wf- -VVl.nt ;. f i i ' ,. tlio IndiitK ;f .. u-.n. ;. 1 f it . " "'" '^"^"^'' f" '^''^- " 'i»t 's t» bo (lone reran ri'' ic in.i.an.s ,t a var , deferred for some t.n.e and until f„rtl,er orders fron. the Fuherland eithtT bec-au_.e of its nnlawfnlnoss or its untimelhu.ss or .„„. in,,,.,t..n.o, -tl'tUanU, c.thtr first in rejrar.l to tlie losses sustaine.l »...,! »I»„. ,1,. „,,„iv.,. ..ill i„ ,,,„ ,„„;. „, „,„ ,yi 1;,,,^. „„, . *^:;;''i;nr,;r (™ ^^^^ '- " - "■"-'■ ■" ■•• ~ ' >-' <■-■■ >- b... J*. SrUVVKSA.NT. 0-.:aoxs o,.- TH. Dn.,.:cTOK.(;.ox.uA,. .xo MKMnKua ok tuk Corx<.u. on .„,.: kokk- OOINO. Advice of the Xoble Direetor-General on the fon...,inj: propositions. tlu.n.tc.u>.soforthe.h.tresMnf:snh.^-cp,eMra..tioMsa„dex,vss^e ,laina.re< Noverth.-l.. • - , er,n, the sane.ness of the Indians, whi.h is un,,..a,.able and the ranson, whi..,,' J 'r^d Zt or or ..aptured eountrvn.en and whi.h n,ad.. th..,, ..ndonhte.li vverv .a... J .e - >noM,at H ,„..... 1 and enrhed, not d.re.tlv howv^r bv .h.-larinir and iK-innin.. an o„en war .1" t'";d.h.. A\ h,,t onlers ,t ,s neees.s.ry to ..onsid.r, will follow nu.jer the ].,st hea.l Ihe second pony i. partly answer..! with the (irst and I think hindcrconvction/that althon.d, ho war may be h.vt„l and Jnstiiiable, which I will not al.ob.tclv contradi.t the p '.lu ^ IH. -akc o. l,r,eln..s and not to cause any n.o,. „np .n.t feelings and .iLensions. Hal' U ob..rvo .n a tew words that the propoM.i.,,. „„..,.. ,„ „„.. ,., .^ „„,..,.^ ,„ ,,,„„.,;.., ,\„, -d nnpract-cable bosules. I say too dangerous, be .e new l,.io„ n.i.hrthereb : New York Ilisiorkal R(cord&. 53 tho .avayo tribes cither to .m.rdcr tl.o c.ptivoH or to carry thc.a off further inland, without Icavin. n. hope to ranso... , ...u an.l I value the l.lood of oue eaptured Chri.stian nu.ro than lO. In.J 2 i ."llult^'i; 'Tr'^ ^^^^ of the eaptives are not with one nation or tril.tnt but few c.on.e here or none at all ; on the other «ide. it appears to n.e as dinhonest and in.praetica be o.e.e and keep as prisoners Indians of one tribe, to exehan,. then, for prisonersin H. d. another tr.be. We have also been BufHeientl, y tau.ht by the 'xperieuee o the last war th 2. snle havm,Mnany and various Indian prisoners never could ransom one Christian for tLem no even wh.le negot.atiug for and eoneiuding tho lust nu.de treaty of peace, but tl t " e L.ve'd to r :rr ;:r:i:nS: ' -'- '- --' ^^ '- -'^^---^ ---^ - ----, -^ As to the third point, whether, in «u.e the war is considered both lawful and tin.ely we .re powerful enough, hun.anly speaking, in our present state of ailairs, to carry it on an,l Iri ,'. t f desn.ableeud,the op.nious will not agree without .n.pleasaut feelings and hence I J "f uko of hanuouy.rcter to the conclusive ren.onstrance, sent by the L.st .hips ,0 ,he h r ■ 1 ower ..thor.t.es of our Fa,he..h.nd, by which we asked bcsidJs assistance a!,d succo t ^ K ' . nd U.0 couusd rega..du.g the lawfulucss of . war with the Indians aud for this reason we a "a present un.p,al,hed to begin an aggressive war, unless we desh-e to subject ns to tl e . , ro-.c . nconsulerateness, „. asking for both advice and assistance a.d then, bclbre thcv are re "^f lo .ugw,thoutretlect.on our own caprices; therefore, even tho,.gh no orhcr\.Jl o.d be adduced, I cannot a.lvise an agg.vssivc war for some ti.ne. As to the fourth point on.itte!,c Directo-^r neral and n ^ their deputies, suitable to the conditi.m of the countrv and the place and tint it hdl 1 . that h.....rward nobody is allowed ,o live on the s^pa-^.te plaL;:.:;;;! lllt^t ;;rbr j ..i.^ta'X::.;:;-™;;:;v::ftl:^^^^^^^^^ ...:.....-.h,ockh„u....ibcn.de Fourthly, I think it w,M,ld be of s..rvicc to erect such blockhouses, on ,he Ihst onp,.,,nnitv .. -...g. ... s,ght o ,h . „, ans, one n, ar Ar,,;„,,M, ,„, ,„.„.,, ,,„, Wle,uaJ.,Tl l.eJK. and n.ost.ertde lan.l Is, to di^odge .he Indians fronniu.reor keep thcn.fmdcr be ,."^ trol and ui case ol war to get at theia -p.lckcr an.l ea.sier ^^^^_^ l-if.hly, to forbid by .trict orders and pl.cats. to be rigi.lly enforced agaln.t tho.e who disobey '^'"^ ""'"'"' ""'"^^" -.y place. vllla;.e or hut, shall be allowed to remain there o.er «► 'I 84 Colonial Settleinents on the lluJmn lilvei Tl.at no In.iia,, witl. any kind of ann« sl.all W allowo.l to con.o into any place or Immlet on tlie penalty of l.em- soizcl and forfcitinfr the ni.ns, which I,o has witli liini " That nolKHly shall sell to any Indian any .trong .Irink on the penalty of corporal punishment and hat to hnd the party .hsol.ey >ng this rule the easier, the drnnken Indian shall bo apprehended and kept in prison, nntd he shall have tol.l. fron, whon. he luis received the li.p.or _ Sixthly, I an, of opinion in regard to the captives, that it is necessary to get then, hack l.y the fnen. liest nu.ans, even .f ,t were l.y giving son.e contraban.l articles as presents and when they have been recovere.l, the., to publish and execute the al.oven.entioned orders, but not b..fo,-e bevcnthly, we ought t.. endeavour with all possible sn,ootb..ess to balk the L.dians in the use 1 ;r;f IT ■'",' i""'i""';';"" ' *" ■•^^^-Vy^-^^ whid., it is, as I bdieve, necessary, to prohibit ge..- en lb, tha anybody should trade and negotiate witl. the Indians except upon a cc-tain pla.., tt bo detern.,ned upon, and further to fo.-bid, that a,.y gun or Incksn.ith shall lepair anv lock or ,nako . new on., cvxcept ,,pon the showing of a note with our se.l, in which the nan.'e, for who.n, is >ted an,l that then the gun shall be .narked or bran.h.d a.,d a .vord kept of th^n,. (Signed) 1*. SnTYVKSANT. t>:"'Xovbr. AnsNverto the p.-opositio„s. sub.nitte.l by the Noble Honorable I)i.vct..r-(}eneral 1 drm ,Shnj,:..,u,f to tlu'lr IIono,-s, the High Council on the lO'" Xovo.nbor 1(555 rea ■, si.n lie says to the second point, that he has answei-ed the secon.l 1 v the '^xt On the third poi,^, he says, that if it has to be undc-taken soo,,', >•. .thout waifin.^for theHfo.-e- sud answer, we n.ust first provi.le for cvc-ythin;, and b,. sure <.f it ; ■ hen we .nust await the issue. He says in rega.-d N. tin- last point, that, if the war will, the Indians is bro,.ght ,o a close f. >t the nat.ves n.us be forbuhlen not only this islan.l but also the city and especiaUv the to,-, a, all n ,ab,tants n.ust be .ntenlicted to give the.n lodgings au.l. l,y penalty of th'e gallows, to ^ g.ve then_. bran.ly, b.,t that a fading place should beappointcd U.r then,, the Indians, outside or in the outskirts of the c.ty, where it n.ay be co..sidered .uo.t suitable : that the soldic-s' „ua,-ters i„ onr fo.-t A,Mna n.ust be fi,.i.si.ed spee.lily, al.o the gates pr-.vided with locks, a.ul other mens of socunng ,ta,.d other re,juisit..s. as victuals, an.nnnution of war for the defen.se and ...aintenance m ea.so of .,..sfo,-tu..es, winch .night befall ..s, ,nust l,e sto,vd in it : an.I that our Christian ca, ;ives n.us be de...anded f.-on. the Indians or if .-efuscl so many of ,|,eir nation nm,, be eanturcl I we .hal hn.l necessary t., .vdeen. our people. Done at A,n.sf,r.la,n in .V, .> .\-, //,. ./„ W on tl.'ed.v as above, (signed) Nicwsiis i.K Sii.i.io. New York Historical liecorda. 50 H.-.st, wLerher tl.oy wore tho'^^ro ' ^ '"t; "V "^''"' 'r'""" ' '^ '"^^'^'^^''•^ '« '^""- tI.e.n«ol ven .,.on to s,.,,idc.„ a,ul X oc" s ".^ r^""'" '" ^'^ "!'^""' ''"^">*< -verthele.B lai.l t;.o i..ti«.o. and aggLors andi;e:;:;r;: 1 1 ir:' '^i^";^ ^^ ^"' "T^ ^ --'"-^•' "I'le f,'atnenng l.erc .,f 19(.0 savn.a-. witlx.ut o„ l- , , '""• ^ "''' "'^' ""Hfason- "!-.iy 1..., u. ana.k, cont-ao- s ti: : r ^r S^;? f"""-;' -' ^^'':r' """"'^ ^"'-'•'• l'"-'<"' "Hlu-ir had intentions? And did n t i , '.HT . "T " ""' ^"'"^•'-'^ to create Bn«. Tl.en. .a« not their ren.ainin. li^^ "^i. n" .^^ T T/"'"" '""^"" ^''"' ^"^i"-- ^ connnit after the n.ounting .Tf the r^ u .n t ^ l^ T """ """■'''■'' "■'"'^■'' ''"'^ t"-'^' ' '" -o..,h,to in,.nte ha.l inU.nti., !! t ' : ." A L '11"; t 't' ''r"'" ^'■''''''•'■^^^''' ^'^^ fon was entrusted) were they not in ,h k ' . """ ^'^ ''■'"^"' ^^'^ ^''''''-'li'ife' of the fn.n. there the -hoh. .,a. !r"". 3 ^ ^d'^ .If h"'" ""■'■" ^'""■'^ '"^ '"'' '^"^ *" ''-^-^ - arrow, wan it not their duty, t r^ .to ?■ ' ""T"""' """"'"^ "' ''"^ •^--' -'"' tl.-. anned and with ,un«, hal/ ii;;; '^ L ^ i^' t;;: ^^^^ ^^'^ '--i". -d findin, HO mvuratc.ly npon the lawfulness ,f a war het een , i '?^' ''' "" ''■^■' '" '"■^'"" Beein^. that they haye dven a iust an.l sn K L " '"'"^"''' ^'■"•" ^'"' '"^^ reneontre. -"fli.t Uy n..;.derin, ten of j^: ^ '^' ^^ ^ ""'T"" t'" ^"'""'^■"^ '•""^^ '"^^'- ''- -7- -i^^-i.".. centra,, to t.i it^ M^ r^s:: t: ''7'^^ •:i^" ^^"""^ ^^^ ^'- '""r,ler.ngso n.an^- ,.eo,.le, n.en, ^yo„u.n and ehih 1' h t k n "' '"'" *''^' ^"'"-"•""-N I'V many lx)uwerie.s and plantation, .uul ,,,,,'•' ^•''^'''■- ''' ■''■'''■M'n.soners, l.y burninj,^ so P-e, espeeially deu.anlled ^ n 1 S. Z'L" "T" ""'"'"'r ••""^'^"^- '^ "^ '"•'-'- "^ of theirs should he killed, no' w,.- ho d • ^^V"''' "'"'''''"' ""-^ ^^ '"'' I^'"!''*-' '"• i^-etion and aeeon.nodation 1^:^ I t J , 7:;:;'ir:'' V'?;'''' '"'^ ''^'"■'^ """' '""" -^'^■ then, should not he eousidere.i iust o- ^ ^^ '"' ''"'''" '•"•''"^^■'l' "'^' ^^■">- "K^inst Taj>j>un and o-h..., u t 1 """f ■' '"" ''^'""f l'^ "' ''''"'"'"'^ ^f<''M;.,M.,. -""-'i• "•■-i~ -• »- Ik-"- JiaAi:i ii 06 Colonial ikttkmenta on tlie Hudson Jiivei: any advice, bfca,.He they cannot be rceoverc.1 either by war or by pciee. Ab tu iLc captives ex pencnce ha« taught us, that they nn.st bo ransomed. ^ ' (si^'iied) Lamontaonk. 0,,inion(.n the propositions, snbn.ittcl by the Nohle Tlonorable Direct.. KJ.neral 1 ei,'us Huy,emnt at the n.eeting of the 10- .Vovbr 1(155 and read to the Council To the first point: After a general peace had boon concluded with the natives in Vueus, 1«4.,, the po^vce a..d the articles of the treaty have been infringe.1 and broken aa f.^Jow;" "^ lirst in killing 14 Christians since August 1045 (un to 15' Senfl.r \(K\\\ „t vtr . i inhabitants of this country and our neighbors. ' ' *- 2. their arrival, almost before anv citi.^.s were at Inn] n in I l, 7' """f''^''^' "'"'" th,.a,en,ng and beating the people; that they uoisilv searched the luZ^ ^^'^^f J^^'r) looking for Xorthern Indians, as they .li.l in manv h -uses in this cit v m ti n ' of the inhabitants and to avoid f „,.the.. troubles, ^1^,. were ..•;;; ^: ." , ' 'stZ' ! t II e chiefs or sachems of the salvages, belonging to .lifferent tribes, were fWen.Ilv .ske.l by the Conned to appear at the CoMncil-,l,an,ber in tl,e fort which thev .;!,! .,"'""■ •'•^'^•^"''.y »' the members of the ConnciHhen p.sent, in the ^^ V'j^:J::' Z^ .ens and militai. officers f„r the reasons of their cLnin. thus nl ed ;; m 1::!::i;Z prev,..s „„„ce, aU why they and their people attacke.l and le.ed „,., ci,;' ^ i ' ^.^ nei b\ leaking l.»-ks, bni-stmg in ( oors, pu•/•, the former Fi:,...l u-l. ::;:,::" n.m;:'^r:^" '" ''' 't '-'-'"-^ '--'^ .^■x;^::;!;;: :,:;; kill ,, J />„,'r- ;;'■'''''"'■'■','''''' "'" ''^'''"' '■"'^"' " ^fm■der, nnnvler, the sava-^es Kill tl,e /M : by this d,smal cry the ..itizcnR, standing nmh-r arms in the f.,rt t I g.H>d watch, ^vere thr„wn rather into confusion and haste.^.d witho . o r n, . Z ^.t.. and over the walls, so that they can.e in conffict with the savages, who ill 'i::^:^. iZ * Now fiovcrnor's Island, Neto York Jlistoricnl Hecords. g^- wont,., .hcnvTI .t " .: r^'^- ,^ •' "T '■""'•""''^' '""^ ^•''^'-•" !•''- «''— g- t"r..U (;i.r...i . k 1 d ea o f ''""«! ;'"••',.« the night many 1h,„^., .......I..ml „n.l L. wo .vcro never able Z^;l^l^' '" '"'"« »'*^"'''^ »'"' -"'« -' «^-'i"*,' t-cls, while Having conHidere.! all this conseientionslv the Fiscal is „f m>!n;n„ .1 f f cast an.l s„„th from us that thov , n 'n V f ""'' '" ""'' "^■'^'''''"'•«. Hving to th« r.^ueea and bn.ugh, to 'll -t^:""'' ""^ """"" ^•"'^•' ''^'"^'"•""' ""«'' "'- ^"J-' fil>- -re not ), to . Iiilcc, «,tiioul i„.,l,i,t. m .Uoluio compact, a,ij l,cl,, ,l,c caplivo . , To the 3'. out the latter I .1, not ,!.,„k thu the 7„ u- n t f' ''''''"'' ''''''''''' *'"•''• ^^''t''- M,al,le end. ' •■ ' "" '""'''' ^"""''"'^ '^l^'-'^^i-'fe', ho bronght to a .le- My advic-c on thi. last article is given u..',ier'th!> 3^ to whi,.), I refer On the 14- of V IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 !ifi I.I M mil 2.5 - ■" IIIIIM 1^ 112.0 m Wui. 1.8 1.25 1.4 III '''^ •«i 6" — ». <^ "7^ '«/, rf ^%S :> .^*w ^1*^ v; ^Vl ^^" '/ Sciences Corporation *# d iV q V \\ m^ ■^>. 6^ :^ %^ ^9>^ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 (/. ^ 58 Colonial iSeUlemmta an the Hudmn R, tver. r>' ■'! OF TUB PEACE WITH THEIB TJKIBE. 27"" November 1655. 1. Aliat tliey have been sent by the chief of Jtarsenain ^nll»^ tv. * ,. , and between them and the Indians of the JV^^Z l^ tlieir Sachem and our nation « One-eyed ", when beaten by our nation .^'''^f ~'^*^''' * >^ Pf ««»' Sachem's father, calle"^ ^'« '"-t father's, order and ha. donirdirilo the t:L f^'r ^'"^ '"^^'^ *»>-'»'- value of a dog and be is stil, of interolth:: tf Intire' " ^"" "''^ '"^* ^'^'^ "^^ '^"^'^ *« ^'^ He declares also, that his chief has been on bad terms an.1 „f «•„ • , the savages, who have since and again now done 1 ml nWo ::«::• 1 'f ^ "'"' nation considers the chief only little and not hi. Jr. « ! 7 °" "'"* «'tl'f>"gl' this will be strong enough for them but that m.til f^ 1 K 'k ' ''' "^'^<^'^''^''-« ^-'^ --e, that he hopes howev:, we thairso ri : w aT L L "do 1^^^^^^ H '"^ " ^^'' '^ ^'^"^'"^ ''-^' '^^ that his Sachem d.d not yet declare I^w^dassLls .^T.'' '""^'^ """' '" ^-tLer says, damage, but that we shoL see it diXdrS^^^^^^^^^^ ^"^ - the l.t thing else, but that he will show and prove it directly ""^ ""' P'"°™'^" '"'^ ^^4::^:rr:hir;^h::^:^^^^ token of their friendship and^:!': :: t^ t wt.tl wt^^^^^^^^ TT " T^^ ' " ^ we had to summon them only, they would be ready at aU Times "" "^ ''" ''"'^P'"' AW-'ttL^t:^^^^^^^^^ ''.'' ''°^^"' '"^'« "'- ^'^'-^ '-k -f ^-W, and ^f .. on u. .^^^^f tt:i:;3^c:::^; -^^^^ l^^t^ QCESTIONS SUBMirrED BY THE DiUECIOK-GENEKAL TO THE CoUNCII ON KxcLUDiNo Indians from the settlements and answers. The 6'" point was agreed to as necessary, but it 6. Whether it is not advisable and necr.sary. to order by placat, that no Indian shall be allowed to Kieft, a was resolved to delay its being carried ont. It is judged, to dispose of this seventh point hy a placat. It was resolved on the B"- point, to direct the magistrates of each village, to make inquiries in private, what arms' the people in tlieir jurisdiction had and to report thereon to the high Council. New York Historical Recor,h. gg come to any bouwery or plantation, except 3 or 4 Sa- chems (?) without arms and that nobody shall give them lodgmgs for the night nor carry on any trade, neither directly nor indirectly, with them except upon certain specified places. 7. Whether it is not advisable, that no guns should be either directly or indirectly n.ended or repaired in the open country nor within this city, unless upon showing a written consent, which stated the name of the owner. 8. Whether it is not necessary, to make a general monthly muster of all men, able to bear arms, in each village or hamlet, to find out how they are armed and to take a list of them, in order to prevent tlie selling or destroying of the arms. Done at Fort Amsterdam in ' Nexo-mtherlcmd. JJate PS above (18'" Jan^- 1656). 26"" January, Paper bead by Director S-ruYVESAiri' to the ronworr . To comprehenu, why the Dutch H.emf:s" ':Z;r:i,r;L^:,^3t;,;::Y'"' '-t^ ^'-^ ^^^ ^-^ ^^'-'. ^^- ^hey retained would not trouble them and they were ^rd X T '""""" ""' '''''' *'"^"'' *''« ^"^'^ niey were resolved, to have the pnsoners ransomed in the spring or 5s ii ^i^'i.;] 60 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River. V ii intend to ask for peace nlr to „ m^ f aIh . f.^ '''' ""T ''"' '^'' '""'''''"^ ^^^^^ ^^'^ "»* BO strong and it bLg iloLibl to kill In ' , "^ "°"'^ '^'^ ''•^"'"' *^" ^"'^■^' -*>« --« they knew that wel^l Zfl th'v i^n . v f "^ °"' "^ ^'^-^-n^ positions, he said, them, but they woul i 1 ^ „1 l\^^^^^^ ? "/''"'" '" *'^'" '^'^^"'^ "«•• '"''^0 war npon hinder them n plan i rand™ tLToJn '''' T r'' '' '''^'''' ""^ °"°' ^'>« «-« '"*- would have no more S and so forth '^''^Y^'W''';^'^ '"to the woods, m.til they finali; inform „s hereof. °^''' '''" ''^^'dTTy^^ thought it his duty as neighbor, to receife^ Jytlt ComSoltd'oZ: - f ^ "^'^«"^'"°"'' ^^"^^ *'"« -"^ ^"^ ^een felt [regrei] and tZ Z lir onT^^^^ T"'^'^ ''"■'""' "* iV^<^«'-^«i7fe.c? with great and heart- and ihe'coirurty te dTv e ^ cTo"' tt ^7"' .""''"7 '"'^ neighborhood, close unioa barbarous tibes, it they were rZerd and 11" l" 'T' ^°""^' *^ '''''' "« «^»>"«' t'- affair, disregarding the ClIrilnTaZ ' ""' "*""'"'' ''''' "^ ^'^^ P^^^^' -- the AW or the ne/plantatfof «; i^M IV r 2^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'iT T^^^*^" ^^ ^^"^■ belief was u.meighborly and unciiristianlik-o f !. 7 f ''^"^*^'""'«' tl"»t *« f«vor such selves did no't appro e of thaetTon oTm pT .'T?T'"''' "* '''''^^""' ""^ ^''^^^ "'- territory. He t.llght, this waTtC b ofen up bTcJ^ Mr 'Tl/w: d^'" "'^7' ^^"'"^.^'°^'^ ^'^'^ shipwrecked with his vessel and propertv T U iff 1 w 7. *''""''' """ '''' '' '"Pi'"«ed the presence of the aforesai.l D" ^^Z'.n'w^ U^" V T", • ^? «^''--" ^o n.e, u.ade in connuunieate to your Hono.-s a.,d to Zl in ^^'f '^".'V^^''^'^'' ^J"el' I have thonght necessary to reco>amend it to your Z"^' f„ -tl rcrn , 1' " ^T' ,'^""'''"^^^'' '"'^' *'"^ """"*-' «'- ^o know, 8o.ne savagL 11^.7^1. ''^"-'Jerahon, to which I n.ust add, that, as your Honors the San,,.,::Z\lZ ^JlZ^'^a^.'^r^'^ f ^^"^'^'^' "^'^^-/-r,'stranded ol property, which has caused Z^^o^tZ^:^:^^':^, J'"^ f ', "°' ^^^ ""'"' °^ *''^''^ and the things, easiest to transport from fl V f u ''"^ '•'""<'«''e^^ ^o take away the sailors ti.ues and opportunity I sTop h re ! ^""^' '"'' *" "^'^"^«" ^'''^ ^««''»' ""'" 'setter be well, to 'rLove 1 1 e s'm .^^^^^^^^^ ^^^7,' "'"'' ""^^"^^ ''' ^^■«"'" ""* much less than the sailors on tl eCirbe . oT ^^f 'iT '/""^ "" '""^° P'"'^^''^-^"'"' »>"* wo,-se mav happen to thorn „d to 1^ ^^T"^ '' '''"'* ^ ''''"''^'' "^ ^"'^''''' '^ "«* soldiers with liL to VaZclil Lv, H ^ ^ '"' /tf ' u. ^""''""^ "'*'' ^"'^ ^-'^"'^ ''"^ "- few stockades has been ml^el ffi i „ To d fenTT ^ , ''^T"''''"•""^• "'"" " ^'^'^^''^ -f"^- "^ Date a. above. (26- jl'ar; 1656) ""' '''^'''' "^"""^^ ''" '^*'^^''^' ^'^ ^'- I-l'-s. LaMONTAONK, am, COKNKLI. VAN TiENUOVKN, OIVKN TO TU FOUEOOINO. The High Crt.mcil a.lvise on the ,.ropoHition of the IJon"" Ge/u'ral that wh.-r...,. O . • Pofif IS mostly caminnff out with his soldi,.,-. ,.,. w,/ / / , . '^i-ncrai, tiiat, whereaH Captain New York Historical Beoorda. gj pajple and the soldiers and considering the oonflict and the plunder of the yacht on the Sandvoir^ wh.ch mashap, yea even worse might befal Post and hi« people, we believVCa n ^^T^^'dd loXi f i "^ ''^^"^'^f^ * place where they have means of defense, stables for the animalsZl wfefon. v".^ ."a.nta,n.„g however his master's right to State..Islan4 and if CaptlX era. and Council shall withdraw t!io soldiers and shall not be resDonsiblo i„ cu... f ■ . T PETmox OK MicHAKr. Jakskx rou a .ot m t„k cnr, Ai.r, ms ..uopkktt „Avmo LATELY B«EN I.K9TROYKI> liY THK IndIANS ; ORAJe follow- The petitioner is granted a small lot within this city, next to Ahrafuzm JUarten.en Gock measurmg in front and rear 26 to 27 feet and as long as the lot of the said Ahr^nlT^ ^a t at the petitioner shall fence the aforesaid lot on tL side toward tl'.: ::L^Z^^:Z^ as the fencing has been begun on the city-gate. Done at the meeting in Fort AMamTN ruary 165b and another lot granted to him. * Huron van dnr CapcUo too RysselL ^1 I' ,1 . i' G-2 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson Jiivei: 6- March (1656). (WmcuK8T.B, .^n his meTH.™8. /-A in the vihage, by them cZdwZl^ Tf " ''''" '"''''^'^'^ •"f'^™''^' *>'"' *!'« ^«y- this City, not onVha'r o „; i^ 1 "^^ t he F..^ W about 2 leagues from proved by the copy of a cer fnter their .' VT^ r • ""^ ^'■'""''°' ^"' *'"^' "'«°' <« ^an bo nieation with tl.elrbaria:sa o to^t t ne o^t", ^r;'-?'^^''^^^" '"« ''-" '» -mmu- It has therefore been resolved for the wl^r T ^ '"'^^"' ''"'°"*''° ^■'"' *''«'»• tenance of the right of the Lol D l^l? . ""d advantage of the country and for the main- o- at ie.t their iide. ^ ^ct^"::^ ^Xn::^ ris trtr^' ''- --'' f ''''--' able property and to commit the execution hereof t^fn 7 .^ ^^'"^^*' '^'''' '''^'"- '"o^" Capt. Lieutenant ^..W .Yuton and w tLm to t .! ^^ 'fT ^,'J''"" ^''"^'''^' ^' ^'-^--^5:, Berve^.is prot.t in th.s case and ^t!:.^::!'^^::^^ ''-'"-^ ^"'^ '^^ ^ Done at Fart An^terdam in ir.«,.^.^A..k^, date as above ^ P- Stuyvesant, JV. DE SiLLE, La Montagnk, Cohn. van Tienfioven. T'" March. Instructions for the Valiant Capt. Frederic de Coninck Cant Lieut Bnan Nuton and the Fiscal Comelis van 7V../1. J^on mt^Z, m pui-suanceof the Resolution of the Hon"'" Direcfor Tr . Sill X, proceeded .g.,... .ecordi^ ™ lU ' ' ' '"' "'"'' "'"'" ' "'''• " "■« "^ »f ^..^ i kijiii New York Historical Jiecorda. 68 6. If thoy meet savages, which is not expected, they must either act on the defensive or aitack them, as the situation may require it. ueiensive or aaack Boue in Council at Fart A,mterdam in N. N. on the day as above. P. Stdtvesant, NiCASIUS DK Su.LE, La MoMTAONK. OkDEB EKSPECTINO TUE PrISONEBS taken at WESTCnESTEB. 14"" March (1050) by thetn called Westchexter and imprisoned on board of the shin «Z>^ W,in,./, " if ; . ""*^®' agreed and resolved, that all, who have formerly been unShis'^aSmen d "rZt' tt ^cll f 1v "'" Tf "''""• °" "^'"'"* «^ ^^^'« - f- «''-r reasons or 4a , st Xm e Tn t r r ^•T"f ^'^"'" '' ^""^ ""^ ^''''^••^•^' «'-" ^^ Pl'^-od in close coSn men W Thus done in Council at Fort Amsterdam in iT. iV^: date as above. P. Stttyvesant, • NioAsius i)E Sille, Lx Montagne. Extract from a letfer of the Directors to the DtuErroR-GENERAr, and Coitn CM.; THKY REGRET TH K llAMAOES INFLICTED BV THE InDIAX KM,, (,.v NfW-Am.TKK dam and give directions, for the relief of THE SUFFERERS. 13" MaRC'H 1050. * * * * » Th« only thing Which has greatly disturbed and vexed us in your Honors' last loiter is the Bad nnsfortune, winch befell us unexpectedly from the natives; the consideration, v d 'h a.l tl.erefrom, are whether to n.ake some arrangement with them or revenge the blood 1 Id ot lor « ; . " ^"'' ''^'^'"^ '" "'' l"-'^^'^"* «"""^-» «f ^1'" «»'"P""V. while the other .8 the safest and most neces^xry, so that we may not be subject to such unlucky eve. f in futu 1 whenever the desires and rapaciousness of the salvages call for it. We shall com muni ate Te ^vhole matter to the Government of these States and Tsk them also for the need dTc o " f wh h H'o shah givo further information to your IL.nors in due time. Meanwhile we would r^ommtd your Ilonoi. to bring your affairs provisionally to such a condition, that not only 1" "pHf onei-s may be ransomed in a suitable manner «nd i-eturned to their families, but L such procl" tious may be taken at every instance, Uiat such disasters are not to be feared in the future. Ycur 64 Colonial i^Ukmmta on the Hudson River. treaty, that the savages mrkl n «w T"' f '^""" ''^"'^^''' *" "'"'^*'' « proviBional all you ought to 27, Z ro L7 "^ JT "r .^'T' "''"' ""■ ^'"'P'° ''"^''' ^'^"^'^J' b"t above vmlucky event ; we Ta^e it to lot ? n - ? °^ •"'" •^J'P"'-"""*^' at the iiret pretended penny on tl» bote, .,,7 I, » •«„ iTr h ° M: "'*''."." '"'™ '''"™ '""^'^ "> '''» '»»"«"' with the. a matchlock in place of a flinLk. as ^btert^thl"^^^^^^ '"" '^"^ *" ^''^ ■if J m March 15", 105«. ™ *"" «""='■'"■■»• ■••'" '" " <>«■«««» » iro. To ll„ Noblo Hon* Director-Genml .„d Connoll of New-JV„Ma«d pMeac«r and pcaeet„lly occpiod „„do, ,l,i G.von ™.« .„ , . C'l «" Z' V .cveral fug,.,ves, v»g.,„„<„ and ...iove., wWrJo,,; , , fXl.'aTS ^ t'''t™«' Nev> York Historical Heconh. ^5 Thoreup..,, t!u, m.i.l EngliHlnnon were .Lprive,! c.f ti.eir arnm u.ul 23 of then w„ro l.roiw.ht as 'h!IT:7 iTV'l-'r''''' :'''^"-^^'" - ^l- «uno da,. M-hHo « few with tho won.:, an.l cliildiHM wi'i'o left Loll. 1.(1, to take care ot their goodH. The Ki.c.nl thnrforo .x-que^ts, that yoi.r Honors will ,.l....«o to nend tho ('o,.rt,..es8e„ger with o or t.vo of the old-.t „.e,. to Vrec,llan,li, who are to war,, the ren.ui..i,.g E„giish...e.., that they .nu.t ren.ove and take ..way every thi,.g bronght there by then., at the rink of being ,„-o,...c.ded Hgau..t aeeo.hng to aw, if they ,lo not obey ; al.o that the afo,.e«aid Lient. WMU. ,m, \L o, pan.on. pay, befo.. being .-elea.ed, the expen, cs i..e...-red by yonr 1Jo..o,.h th.-o..gh their a. s .d d..obed,enee ...con.n.g hither i.. boats un.d attorney, again.t the n..pnsoned Lngh.shn.en, ar,.e.sted lately at Vr,e,U,uul, by the,., ciued H W...., ha^.^C... d -Kl con.de.-ed ,„getl.e.- with the h,....ble re...onst,-anco of their wives he.-e an-.exed Ld t'.S.g i^.to co,.s,derat,on the ,Iange,-o„s situation and the incle...e„cy of the winte,-. We, the Di.-ecto,. Genera a,..rou,u.il of X.ro.N.il.rland, have .vsolved for these a,.d other weighty .-ea n . ele..se the l.n^..k p.^isone.-s, after they haye pron.ise.l under oath a..d by their signatn.-es o re.nove f.-on. the la,.ds of Vree.dU,n,l an.l o..t of this P..ovinee with thei.- p.-op'erty and cattle w t..." ..X weeks a..d ..ot to con.o ba.-k in to this J..risdictio,., witho,.t our special consent. Atk.- hi; .won. to ..,.d subscr.be,) this, the Fisc.d is authorized and directed to release these Engl ish.ne.r ZT\ I- i"'.".'- 1""'"' I"-'^«^^"f«'-- l'"« "» ^'tl'or eha..ge than th,.t of ..su.-pation, as soo,. as hey l.Hyo sat.shed 1..,.. for the expc.ses i,.cur.-ed, to be esti...ated by i.,.pa.-tial n.en, a .d this sl.al l.e 1..S s,.h.e.e,.t wa.-,-a..t. As to the tugitives or other crin.inals, also those who refuse to sig,. th afo..esa..l p.-or..,se, they ,..,.st be app.-ehended accordh.g to the resolutio.i of yesterday and be pro- ceeded agamst accord. ng to law. ^ Thus done in Council held at Fort AiMUrdam in New-mtherland date as above. P. Stuvvesant. NicAsiLsuK SiLi.i:. • La Montagnk. PKTmON OF TnOMAR WfTKELEK and OTUER 8ETr,.ER« OF T7,.8TCnE8TFT!, SmMfr- 'n.VO TO THE (ioVERNME.N-T OF New NCT.tEULANI, AN,, ASKING FOR CERTArN I'RIvrLEOES, WniCIl ARE (.RANTED. n2TZ^ ^' ""'''' '^' ^'■'' "^ ^'""'' ''"""'"■"• ^"'''' ''"^ ««"*^'-"""'- ""d Court to tho Nero May you be pleased to take in to you.- Consideration the humble request of your pore and humbell pe .s.nors that wl.eras it doth appeare that you ,nake clain. to ,^.T,^■^, wl.e'e we'tvlre to bte the wnt of the l.ye an.l n.yghtie States of the NetherJmuh, wee whose na,.K>s arc underwritten a,-e wdl.ng to sub.nit ourselves unto the goye,-n,nent of the said Nethn-hnuh soe Long as we Con- t.now witluu theyr Jurisdiction provided that wee may injoy our Liberties i,. chusi.rg our ofisers V 66 Cohnial iietOemerm on the Hudmn River. ■'■■1 11 fn..nu.s: wlu.rol.v we o n ^10 1 tter" T?"' '" r'"' 1'-"-' -'-'•' -ru taken Thomas^ Nkum.vn: Thomas AViieklkr: Rohukkt Bassct : IsAYn (tii.LUKKT; Joiix Roes; John BRouNmsii: Edwaut Watkrs: Sami;ki.l Bakkt : Wii.uAM AVakd. £bmod Caniff: I*flfKL18 IIu.l: WlLMAM C^V:;, nKNFULL: Joii>f \/\ Yknnkt: ItonKur .«> »K Mkakkr : OaoniAii (iiLHERT : The Dircctor-Oenenil and Council of Ifew-JVet/ierLmJ I.av! i , going petition, grant t.. tl.e petitioner.. tluU a^a a^ . ^ ^^1 " ""m '"^' *'° ''''•'- as good .ul.jeetH of this Province and live at tlu^ olaeo til T " / / ^ 1*"'° "'"^ '""^ '*''""'•" patent, a« other f.e people in the vil,.geAf ^^W ^ ^ 'i;^ "jy'^ ^f -'^iitionsand enjoy ; they «l,all also have the right of no.ninatin-^ a dll 'l ^'", ^'^' -^^'f"'^"'< ""J A,n,.foort for the better governn.ent of tho^Baid ^ZZ^^^^^'T'^''' ""' . "^^'^'^ ""^^ "-K^^-tes reserved to the Direetor-dcnerd .nd , ,*f .^ *^ '"'''"'"'' ^^''-""^ selection and eonfinnation in Council held at Fort ^....Xl Jal '^.'ri Tt::. '" ''""^'"' ''''''■ ^""^ ^^^ ^» P. Stiyvksant, ^ic'Asirs i)K SiixK, La Montacjnk, CoHNELis van Tikniiovkn, COMM..O. FOR TnoMA. W„kku.:r, .o „. Cnn. Mao,.r. .= .. V„..,, ,,, (We.c„k«.kh) thenar;. ''rr;;d^:r;rt'i;-"'' t--^^ '"7-'- have h^ged ..d settled the Govennnent of ^t^^rlT, ■ ' T' t T Y' :"' '"" ^'"'""^'"•"^ -^^"""«' t« ad.nini.rationof j.tiee and ^^'liir i:t:'n ;::^:^rti::r;;nr ^- v^ "^^ ;..^Ura.vn up and until it i. de«nitely aseertained, .ho .ill -.nain';;::!.^:;^:^: conn'::;::s^;;r i -rtii:::::^!^^^^^^ tf-^-^-^-'^^ '- appointed ..d lion- General and to see, ^rt^^^^^^^^^^^^^ " «''f ''^-^-tc there to represent the l.i.n he is to have hiu> an- s.e d o L I X r"t ' "" ' T' '' ""^'''•'^' ^'"^"'*^ ^'^^^^^'y to others and all thi. till furthl; order ' ''''"' '""^'^"^ punishment as an exatnplo Aimterda7a in Ncw-Netherland March lO'" 1656. P. Stuyvksant. ^\w York lliaturival Records. 67 Obueh >-oh thk. insoHAKOB or CAKr. U,....„,. P,^„„ ^,„ ,^„,^ „^ Vbkkx.ano (WK.r,.,KHTKK)0V 0„,„„T,ON THAT T„KV ,.KAVK T„K COtTNTKV OK UK.«« BKCUK,^ K.)H TIIKIK .M),)|, UKIIAVIOR. ■KCDKITY Mari'li 25. Satunliiy (1«60.) :l;:;:,';=;:r;':;;i=:::;;;;;::i:z™^:^-:zr:z^^ Tl.u« .lone ,n Counc.l ut /J>.< .l;«,ferrfa,.. i,. N. N. on the day hs above. OUDKU ..N AN AI-PMOATrOH OP N,0O,.A« VAKI..rr„ KOK I.KAVK TO RKMOVK T„K Fr.mE 28 Maroli (1(550) lNn.OTMKNT AN,. ^KNTENCB OK SaM.KK T<.UK«KN AN» WIKK Koh BEU.XNO UQ^OR TO THE IkhI^S. ' ' To the Riglit Honorable Director-General and Council of New-Nether^^ind ^- ■ • ■'-"-' ■■'■ •'■''■■ -• '- « ™, »'." i"« ^::inTH::'3:;* t; t;;:. rt8 Colonial Settlements on the Hndmn River. reco vc. tl o trong l..,uor fr...u S,uul., Ton,:;. „„,| l.i. .-if., u.l.linK thoroto. timt, i„ p,.....f ..f tl.e 1 of wha tl.ey Htn,.,. . ..„.., I.Ia..k wa.up.na l.ving at, tho o,..l ,.f a .vrrai,. du.t. v..u 1 ^ , a M.nrtl.o I.o,lHtea.l, wl.u.h lH,l.,ng...l to them an.l luul 1k„,„ «iv,.„ to .*,„,/.,. to h.,v ,nom l,n ,. v .-3 tho H.i.n.. ,M.t of tl., p,r.|.,„, „.ln,.l. o,,.,,m ..« tho Btnind, to tho Havag-H. who run alon^ tho Htnmd very .ntoxu-atcl an.l whore, wo I.av., ,. |„ ,,„tv houn.l. n.a.l. gr'.t o, I v t 2 .noro .nfor.nat.o„ vot S,„uh;. Tour^.n an,I hi. wife, roinai,. ol.rinato in tlir .h i t . fIo ro.iu..t«, that for tho ,„ainto,.a,...o of juHti.-o «„.! „h an o.xan.plo for othor .i.-a n^ L Zt two por..,. he pnhh..l, placo.l on ,ho pillor, an.l hanisho.l ,h. .onntrv. . l"t i. i:!" Holhng to tho Indians, on woing tho puninhruont, n.av h.. on th.,irKuard an.l .ui«..hio T^ Dato.1 tho o- April A» 1«66 (Higno.l) Coknkus vxk '^^..oZ " ''"' ''^' ''""'-'"**'''• Tho f.,r..goi,.g ..o.nplaint ..f tho Ilon.n.blo Fiscal lWn.dl. van Tien/u>,>en, proferrod ox officio ..* I.,.,.„. . 1„, ..„^^ ,„i,|,,, ,„.„ ,„„ I„,Ii , „ ,,„„, „, ,|„.ir fr,,. will, HI ll li«.l retrnvcl 11,0 bramlj fr„„, 7I,„„„. ,„„| |,i. „.i,„ ,„ „ , , i" , , . ■ havo haniHhod, as they herewith r supple.no,. >ng .t tl.e ...erohauts a,v hc-ehy re.i..i.e.l a,.,l re,..Uo,l in „.e ,.a,..o and o t'^ of tho poor prisoners, U livr each one, either as charity foJ the poor prisoners or o le r^„r Hcconnt, t.3 the l,ea,-ers hereof one piece of cloth. Done at Fort A>LnL Z^Zm dato as above. (S,gn.,d) P. SxuvvKs.v-r, N.c.s.s ..k S,..k. L.Mo.monk, Co. vi T ^ 7^' ;if* II-; Ou„,.v,VNVK OF THK DlHKcrn,n.(iKSKn,U. ANP CorNCr. ok NKW-NKntKELANP AOA.XST u.rH.iN,, I.vo.A.ss i.v N..;w-A.M.ST..:uDAM. Passed May 2!>, Kir.O. (Sfu Laws of New Nftliorli.ml, p. 228 ) New York Historical Jiecortla, 00 T(K8„I.rTIO.V n. (ItVK PKIVATK NOTK'K To JaN DiRCKSKN AND lltH WIFR TO QUIT THR l.M.'NTUV, TIIKV UKIN(. HlHI'HrrKI) OF FlMiNm.ll.NU I.KiLOB TO TllK InI.IANH AND ANOTIIKK UKMOLUTION TO HL'HI'KMU THK HiWT ONK. S-itiinluy, A? 1«5((, tlio 1" of July. ]'r.H.,nt at tho .Mooting i„ Fort .t,«,/Wa;« in Ne,n.Neth.rland the Right Ilonomi.Ie Di- rc.c.tor.(..,m.rHi /./,■„. .V,/y,v,,a„/,tl,o IlonoraWo Cou.,cillo.-8 A7«m«.* ,hSillemi\J. U Mon- t^ue an.l ... V .vA.\yU,\ l{„,.p.,„aM...-H of tius City of Amaa-dam, AUard Anthony and Ohff r„n wl'TT ' :'"''''"''!'''" "•''P""«»«« «'">W8 n.ul ha8 «hown for «omo time jmnt, tluU many BavagcB n m. ^^ ,>!., .in.nl., ,.,. tlu, Htreet^ w.ti.out tlmt it l..w l.ecn posHibio so far, todiHcove, wit), .crtaintv wl.cTc iu.y Kot tl.., l,,i„..r .ontrury to tl.o ntrirt or.lers an.l further that the Havajres arc tohl uuiny' !..,.«« ,y ev,l.nnKh.,|,K.o,.lo a.nl hnj.oHO.I u,.on. a« au.ong othern. that the DireHorCn-neral and oun-.I im.l HcMt ior Jive h..,..lr..d n.e... that thoy eould not get any «ohliers, that nohody would CO no hither and many H.nuiar Htories, the partien Hprett.ling whieh eannot bo diM.ov.Ted and whereas nmny and uhnost general eo.nplaintH and Huspieionn point to one Jan Dlrck.en an.l his w.fe, whose house the savap'S fre4u,.nt uncon.n.only n.neh and have done .o some time, the Di- ee o,. ,enera and Council have decided, with the a.lviee of the RnrKonumtern, (jn.l^^inK it wo.dd he hotter, that the interests of one, as the lesser part, should suffer for the best of peace and safety >md o stop t],e talk., the p. e) that the aforesaid y<.,. />/,v.A.«.h and his wife should be pri- vate y ndor.ue. and d.reeted to leave by the first ship. Thus done at the .neetir.g iu the year and ..n the day ,u, ab<.ve. (Signed) P. STuvvESANr, N.cas.us uk Sillk, J. La Montaonk. Upon the inter,;e8.sion of the llnrgornasters of this City at.d the requests of the preaehere and for other reasons, ,t has been resolved, to suspend the foregoing resoh.tion and to reprin.and and WNirn the I'^'rson to be on h.s guard. Thus done at Fort A,nMa-dam in Nnn-NHhrland, the a" of August AJ 105(1 Present the Houorahlo Director-General and the Uouorablo Councillors NwoHim de SdU and ,/. La Montagne. Ordinancr ok thk DiREcrroR-GENEKAL AND CouNm OF Ne^-Nctherland re NEWINO the OKniNANCKS FOR TUE FORMATION OF VILLAGES AND AOAINST ADMIT TWO ARMED INDIANS INTO CITIES, VILLAGES AND HOUSES. Pa88KD JuLY 1" 1066. (8o(! Lhws of New-NethiTluad, p. 234.) lifl Patent to CiiuisTOFKEr, Davids for a tract op land in the Esopi-s (Ulster Co.) PdniH Muyvmmt etc with the IIon-'» Conneil declare, that wo have toKlay, date undcrwrit- ten, g,ven and granted to Chn.t^Hfrl JMrhh a parcel of lan.l, n.e,«,uring3.; inorgens, situate about a league inland from the North river in the K.>pm, on the west side of the Great Kil. opposite tc ,tho land of Thomas Vhamhen, ninning S. W. and N. E. halfway to a small pond (binnewater) .J., ' Coknial SeitUments m th^ Hudson Miver the express condition tc T ^ll; ft "dT/'^ ""' '''T^ J? ^'^ °''-- bo"worics. Undo; l.«r 1656. • ^"' ' ^'««i!errfa»» m New-Netherland^ the 25"> of Septem- I, f ExTRACrr FROM a LETTER OF TMK D,KECTOR8 IN HoLLAND TO StUTVESANT ANn f v.. TUKv AccnsE x„. (kormkh) Fisc^als van Tiknhovk. anhTIXk rBE,; "' CAU8K OF TH>: I.ATE InI.IAN MA«8ACHK ^' "'''''*^ ''"^ * * * s'-'^rr - -•■» -)":.'. -" »- ir;:;L'':;^^ -«»" on, over the re.- .lot Miink it i.ecess'irv to vphp .t )\ u •. ' """portant reasons : we do .o,„,-.>rtheex,-u,. , -• , , ""''««'"^y *" 'epcat them all, either to discn.s thern or to hear l,!m r^sxr ;:: ™:';r "T 1""'" """"""' ' ^°"' -"°-°" "'«'■■ ^ .; i ^ n,™ Ave and we are iherofore very nmch astonislw.^ t),„» tt . "*'"*''^' "'"" such a ,nanner, with which we are not .at all^.t fi^iTd , V trr T f "'"''' '"^ '" -rir .SZ"; /">- Bhonld a,.n bo eu.ploved bv ^ r o o™ n 1 X'^H " """ ?'^- be employe.. against our rtriot instrnction and ^rder. '"' '""'"'^ ^'''^'^ raml7"f^u',,dT ^ . ^' .^'"" «« ^'« «=>» loarn from the transmitted papers and verbal r.,nort« „f ^sir" "'^ ^';:v";rrlr', '^'^^ '" '"""•• ^'««^' -"^ ^^'t' .«« la"' t^e It found/ .nawsf.rta.in::j^^^:r:^::i:::::;;::s^^^^^^^^ Tr..e..e..„ that no nu.ro n.ention is made r t ^ J : be a noVI I ""7'^ "^"*^^^' ;^s.staneeb, sending troops and other required noeessl ^ We trLf T"^ "' ."-t t^ to remain in the H.ealJti.^'^n t^^ :r^ .J^^^: ^ '7' •"• 7'"-"""'"^ concer„,„« ..,t,.e. order ,ss„ed by your Honors in that xM also wiM. H i • ? *''" ments which Is to conrpnti-itinn f 4i .. , / '"Sp^r, aibo With the placat in regard to the n.. „„. J,-. J,,';:: it^ r rr'rt''';"' "»■' '■'•""•• '- - -» ' ^ '" '""^e. In the meantime we are verv t He had been rc.ved hy S..yvesa„t h, Maroh ,05, fo. «,«Me..i„, the Direotor.-B, F. If trtie. ho \n to Hiiffpraccordlng to law. No opiiortuntt)r to revetiKe the inls- /iirtune, brought about by the suvai^es. Neiti York Historical liecords. anxious to 1...., 1k.w the deputation, to be sent by your Honors to the ,neeting of the Le.islauL .^r.n::L. u ;^fr: ;n: "'"-uf "'" -"'^-^^^^'^'^ this natio„f has B„ceTaT:^ nf tho depuiatior. '"f ' tliut jour Ilouors w,ll hiivo proceeded in this mattPr witl, un„i. r \- Petition of Johanxa de Laet, wirw of Johan de Hultek foh i y^.. XO ™ .™s.. FHOM T„K W.S B. HEfZEAsr. ^Xn ^^^"^ To tlie Noble, Worshipful, their Honors the Director-General and CouucU of TTejA-- A^etherland. 1654 for letters-putent i„ p Ir 1h^^ ^ ^ f"'7 "77"^ ^""'"P'' °" *''^ ^•" ^^ Novembe.' Honorable Wors'.ips f ron^tr nut es v, ' d I ' "in " "' '°"^''" "''^' ^'''^ *^""-"* ^^ ^■-»- Han.e, and paid for'with go X2^ ^T "^Tt"' ^^ "^ '^"^ '"^^^"' «— of the to order, that the bill of «d, a d lv3, .^ , ^K^ l"?^'f^'^'^ -«>-e pleased to decree and properly recorded, when T te p^^ t ^ e 'Z , f r ' '"!f /" •'"" ""'^^'^^'^''^ '^«'^'">« "-' seen by the reginer of your H . ,r l.le Wor^^^ I T .T'^ '""^ ^'^"'''•^' '"^^ "'»3- ^e that the Lo., L taken L J^^Z^l:tZ:r^±tr^'^r' ''''' ^' ^"- her as an at«ieted ui.low with four fatherless chi d . L^ e J"^'"^ ^!^"*'^'""''^-' ^--'^' to turn to your Ho.u.nible AVoi-shins with fb.. ]„„ , .» , '^"''' ''''*^ is now compelled will ple.u,e to favor her with letter LI o'-^^t''^ I"^^''/'""' ^'^ ''"''" ^^^"-"'''^ ^^"-'"I- knowledge andconsentofyou/H::^"^^.:;::':^^^:^,^:^^ Iier young chddreu may have sonic ho,.e to r,.m m,.,,.,. 7 ^ Petitioner and great and excessive ex'penses and 1 ^ wh i, , ' f C' "'ri'''''^ T "'™"*'''^^ "^ ^'"'' excessive manner. The bill of ...!e and, ! "' '""^ '^■'^'' " '" "'t''*^'- «» hereunto annexed and I ^^^^ i:^':ii^ t ''V"" """^'" ^^'-'"P^ - ..tu..^ to your II..n..MVo.lhip.,i,:;;!;;:::\;!;;;lt;:.;J;j ^'='- ^-" --•^'ed.they may,. ^^^ jBdow stoo,.ruzdeLaety^.d.v, and remaining possessor of the late Johan de HulJs estate a parcel of land at the Esopus, containing altogether in arable lands, meadows and woodland five- nl^LT'^T cont,guou8 on the northside to the land of Thomas Chambers and Christoffel and reserJ^tions't '"''' """^ '^'*'^^"^^''^ ^'''' "'^^ ^^ '^ «'»'^' ^^' ""^er express conditions Done at Ne to- Amsterdam in JSfew-Neiherland, on the 27'" of March A" 1657. Resolution op the Magistrates of Fort Orange and Beverwyck, PERMrrriNG THE INUABITANT8 TO EMPLOY InDIAN BROKERS FOR ONE YEAR. The magistrates of Fort Orange and of the village of Beveru^yck etc.-, having been informed of the complaints made by the community concerning the trade with the savages, in which they state to be much n.terested, because they have been forbidden by placat to employ brokers, resolve to satisfy the community and consent, that they may employ Indian brokers for the trade dunn« this year. Actum Fort Orange, the 6"- June A" 1057. "umig Propositions of the three Mohawk Castles, to renew the olo covenant chain and answer thereto. The le'" of June A" 1657 the Sachems of the three Castles of the Mohawks sent to the Hon. Mr. Lamar^tag^r, the \ ice-D.rector, a chief, called Sasia..>.f H, . ' lirove of imylni; a larne ransom for CHptured children to the Iiidiuns on aucount of the vouseqiienuea. 3. We do not de..y, that the erectio,. of a wooden blockl.o.ise or of a little fnrf .n fi . wooden b.ock house on theboun- dsrles with New- KnKlandandat the Eao|iii9 Is consid- ered neressai/. \^^- 74 Colonial ikttlemmtH mi tJie Hudson Jiiver. • ' ; ; ""'t '''"'-'" "";' •"™Wl'»U»- Mc»„wl,ib wo intend and ,l,.ir„ive m.KZ^^r^ * * k jt ' • * • « AFFiDAvrr OF Jan Gilliskn Kock in keoard to Cattle at Oatckil. Before me J-«/5«/,«,,, Lammta,,^, Commissary of Fort Omny., the village of Bemi-wuck »n.l aeijoncenc...s appearod ./«. J?///.^.. A'..,, .,.0 deelaros. that whUe'on board the .Id TaW K.f^k- f VT. . 'f" 'T '"'^ '--J. that .A.,, .a. /?.,«,,, ,,,, g,,., t, the InLl u Ivatsk.I for fodder for the cattle ou board of tlio yacht of the said Evert Peh and thaMw 1 1 a ho could not obtain any fodder for the aninuds, i in nun.ber, becTuTs et^^I ki ^ I' . thl J then taken two men, to wit the farmer from his bouwerv and G,>vrlt «- , , . a^ «n««-crc,I, "tlio Devil may carry it o.orland " and lie had Baid fnrtlior l„ T™,/; / ^ "^ofero „ l„. .,„ ajiiniai. ..arvc, >.c l,.„er d.-ivc ,li.„, ovcrlai'id . Fort J^.^^'n I^Sd r,.,,rf„A,v<,,,.,.,li„nr»,,,rl;odi " I. ,l,oro no danger for ,l,e ear.lo f,„i,/,ho ,1™.': ./«;. ««« //™„,„ ,.„„,ered » Kor one guilder I will ran all tlio ri.k " Tli,.v ,7 i , i ! eattlof™„,l.„,a»|,t and tlieaniin.l. 1 away and eonld no. bo ^L. ^:C i" dlt' D':;«™?'i,:''X:'o"r^''' ^-^ " ^^ '"-'■• ^-'" « ^^ ''""^■•. «.o ?• «:;: a^ J. Provoost GiLLISKN KoCK. Nathaniel Pieteksen. I,« !:■■ List OP ™k paumer«, men, women, cnir.nBEN, male anh female servants sent BY YONCKER IIknR.CK VAN DER CaPELLEN TOE RvsSKL TO StATKN-IsLAND ,N iNMV-iNETHEKLAND IN WksT-IndIA SINCE May 1G50 And of those who wkue alive APrER the dreadful and hloody massacre nv THE SAVAGES IN SkI>TEMUER 1655. on the^'Smr'''"'"'" '''"' ""' ''^ "'''' '^" ^■''"'""' '""^ '"^''^ '"'^ "^ ^^^'^ --ant, is still 2. f^fp^ Swennck with his wife, two children and a man-servant, is at the JIanhaU,n. 3. Pa^d Erck.ja\, his wife, a child and a man-servant, is at Fort Oranoe. 5 jZTf U ""'J' '"• ;f '^' '""' ''"'''''" ""^' '' -'"---vant, is at Fort Oran.e. L.;! ^"^''-*-'^-- '"«« //--/'^ with his wife, four children an.l a man-sc-rvant, is at Fort L 1?,'^^!^' «f^'''-«'«^'«'^//"«rM now married to one &««.yn, with three children lives at ^^thiZf f;::';:^.^'^' '^^ '"° ^^"^'^'^^ -^ ^-'-^ -- ^'-^^^^ -'- ^^^- »>- - "tMHW^ f New Ywk Ilwtorical Recarih. 1^5 10. %^r< the servant of the late farmer Jan We^seliru-k lives at Mey>achkil. IL Jv Tn ';f"''<^/"«ker (<), engaged at Zutj^h^n, nan.ed //.mfe«, lives with two clnld- ron at tort Orange. She is married to a carpenter Et/rixp^.;^;!!'"" "' """^P""' ^""' •'""^'^ '''''' '^'^««^^'^*' -''« »>-« been brought at hia 13 W!,noU, servant to the late Hans BcrenUen of Ose,^nuj,je, w.« taken North by Mdun but has returned and learns ship carpeiiteriag. '' '^'^i''*' '^'" 14. Also a boj of Berene Drie.sen from 0.*^^„^A lives on Long-hland with a farmer 15. rho sm.th van Sleeaderen, caller old boldness, threats and insolence and have only lately n.urd.^ed throe Christirld 1 we have eome to the conclusion, that this should not be snbmi ted to any longer but orht o l^ jesisteji, therefore and to carry it out so much better we are about to seu'd y^^^^^l 1000 lb- of powder and a .letach.nont of about 50 soldiers, who, added to tifose, whom your Hon Z Z Tt' "'"'' '". '" "''^•"'"^' *^ ''"■•''^'' ^"'^ «'• ^^'^ «^''- «^ the daugerou's tribes or the .nost pnnc.pal of our enemies, especially if use is made of the assistance of ..e savages wl^ are our fnends and allies, which we understand the L.n.j.Man.1 savages to be. Al hoSh'yo r Hono.. are better .nfonned concerning these matters, than we, yet we must earnestly reciend to handle tins affa.r w.th the utu.ost caution an.l choose the most convenient tiu.e L it, tha 0,^ Che k. We consider , herefore also especially nec^sa.-y, that henceforth the sai.l savage tribe f n tl ey are only e.uboldened by .t an.l made to re.pect our people still less, who. to gain an 13. We have seen, that r.,M.rt van DM-hu,e, attorney of Baron Hen^rick van der Capeli^n has bmight there, for account of the san.e, from the natives or savages the St.t.n-Isla,ui. wXf^Tg ing any mformat, ,r .ther to u. here or to your Honors, which .«tonished and puzzled us very mueh. as it .s a matter, which infringes upon the prerogatives of the Company, to whom lone U 76 Colonml Setaements on the Hudson lUver. i8 and must bo reserved and aa such proceedings neither can nor ought to bo allowed in any elmne we have deen.ed it high], necessary, to direct your Ilono.s herewith to annul th coTvey 2 made for U -< to have the respec-tivo chiefs, savages and owners n,ake a new conveyance to'yo. r Hono,, ,n behalf ot the Company, under condition that the same goods shall be paid for it, as ha e been st.pulated at the snle and aa nay be learned fron. the enclosed bill of sale: and then your hoTav iTouHm'"? ;° ' r'*^ ,^''- """ ''''' '''^^^''^ "■ '"« ""'"•""^ "« "'"«^' «f *'- '-d there, as u:ti:ilC::;S^::ir --^ ^^^...^^ granted and conveyed toothe.: U.is 14. sinco^bo f ."""°'' ^'"' '"^"""'iV'' *'T' ')'■ '"'^•i'"''*^ °f '"■« P«°Pl«' ««"* «>«'•« «t 1»« expense, have ncethe last massacre removed from the Ida.ul and are now living here and there in pLes m.der the Company s jur.sd.ct.or., nccord-ng to the enclosed list and aa he therefore requests us to a.s St Inm m getfng the people back into his service, agreeably to their d.ity, therefoJe we desire ^edrr' f";?'' ': ^-""V'""" '"^ ^'^^ '"" °'- '"^ ""^™^^' ^^-^^ P^-'^l. assistance, pro- AonoN Fon Debt. Cokneus Teunisskn against ,Tacx)b Janskn Stom. for ex- nsE ,w slaugutkred cattle, involvino a question of the JUKismcrioN op iiSOPUS. (Taken from V..l..,ne A of Mortgages in the County Clerk's ofBco at Albany.) 21)'" January l(i.58. tb«t ^Tf ^'''777' P'*^!"^'^^' <^°"*'-« '^«^'^ '^^'"^^ '-*^<''^/'^, defendant. The plaintiff aaserts, Ta^tl e tdlXe """ '" ''"^'"'"^ ""''' '''' P^'^^' ''^ ^^* "'"^ ^^^^^'^ '""«» ^^ The Defendant answers, that the inhabitants of Esoima are exempted from ever, excise for the t.me „f 4 years more, pursuant to the "Exemptions of Nexo-Netherland^ but in ciise thev ought to pay the e.vcse the procee.ls should be used for the benefit of their place, according to the orders of the Director-General and Council of Nem-Netherland. ^ The Court refers the matter to His lion"" "Worship the Director- General and Council. LHTTEii OF Jacob Jansen Stoi.l to Directob Stuyvesant with a cargo of wiikat No. 43. Honorable General Pietcr Stuyvesant! en,e.. that T owe „„. one hundred guilders, to wit the wheat at three- guilders per schepei Td not otherwise (nothing else) and whereas he refers to Frederic m^.en, tL 1 shol pay lim the New York Historical Records. 77 Bainc sum, viz. one Imndred guilders, I am always ready to deliver it at the rate of three guilders. A» to the rcht, I do not know anytliiiig uhout it. Sir! I send herewith in your Honor's yacht fifty schepols of wheat and ako on. hundred 8eh<31.els of oats. Please exense ino this ti.no ; J have done the best I could, as I have some more wheat to thresh, besides I have got a little behindhand through the last flight and I try to liquidate my debts with the help of God AIn.ighty, so that I shall easily send your Honor some grain in a month or six weeks, but not now, for we have had already too many guests in our granary {al ■onj hchtera cwn hmrt). Besides, Sir, please not to take it aaiiss, if I ask, whether the people of Fort Orange liave leave to sell openly brandy and distilled waters to the savages, the barbarcis people, as we, not only I, but all the inhabitants of the Great Soopia seo them daily drinking while they say, that they get it from there; no good can come from it, but it must tend to the ruin of tlio whole country. They have also caused great inconveniences to./acoJ Amlriesen on the Strnml, while they were intoxicated. Closing herewith and commending your Honor to tlie pro- tection .,f tile Almighty, wlio may grant good health and a long life to your Honor and your Hon- or's family, Amen ! I am and remain Your Honor's faithful servant and subject On the 12- of April A" 1C.58. j^,^, j^^,^^ g^„^, _ To the Honorable, Wise and Very Rigorous, His Honor Pieter SturvcmDit (leneral for the Privileged West-India Company at tlio Manhatans in Fort Amsterdam. Letter of Thomas Chambers to Dikectob Stoyvesant: demands assistance, as THE Indians have muhdered bome op the SETTLrRS at Esopcs. Very Noble (General, Petrm Stuyvcsant and Honorable Gentlemen of the Council of iTm- ^V ctiumand. Greetinar To-day, the fin^t of May lfi58 great trouble has arisen here through the fearful intoxication of lie cn.cl barbarians and I myself with one Pieter Dircksen and Ilendriek Vornellssen came 0-day to the tennis-court and saw that the savages had an ancre of brandy lying under a tree and have tasted myself, that it was pure brandy and according to all appearances they got madly intoxi cat« and alK.ut «"'• """^ -" OreatAempm 1 our Excy's servant the a-i of May An" 1058. Thomas Chambkrs. To tlio NoI)le Mr. Peirm Stuyvesant and the Hon"'" Gentlemen of the Council of Nexo-Netherland in tho City of Ncio-AmsUrdam. ■If Web pkom A.vnni.s v.k dkb S.uvs a.o othkr iN„ABrrA.Ts ok Esovus ^ D,- «ECTOB Stuyvesant CONFIKMINO TUK FOEKOOINO LE-rrEK f Siiz t:\:::y:r^f ^^^^ 7 T^r ^^ ^" - - ^ - - :.;::. —^ni!;::; ^s:^ ri- -t- --77^ -ff-" - - xn :;;^ yacht of the said L„.ns, that "h d '^ i , ""' i'~'^ ^^'^'"'^'^ -""""J''"' '" *'-' .signed, declare all this to be t . a. t ' h t ad rol ^ " 'f'"^^'"^"- ^^'^ ^'- -ier- therefore signed it with onr own hands. ^ '' '"""■'" '' ""*^"' '^'»''' *"J ^'^^'^ Actum: 2: May: An" 1658 Great Acso^m,. Andries Vander Sluys WlLLEM MaKTENBEN FuERS (?) IIarmen IIarmensen Gansevort Jacou Al)RIJAENSIiN Tho mark of ^ Diurick IIendbk^ksen. Letter from Thomas Chambkhs anh others to the Council of Nkw-Nethkr .A.n COMPLAIXXXO AOAX. OF THE IkoxANS AN. ASKrNO FOR ASSISTANCE: iT.T TIO.V AND I'RODUCE OF EsOPIS. J-OPLLA- Honorable, "Wise, Higoro.is Gcnflcmen New York ffisfotncal Recorda. 7,, U8. We uo«- l,avo to report, that, altl.ough wo have done our best to apprel.end the murderer wo are uuKkmgl, refuHcI by tl.c barbaria:. and aa to the seller of the llrLly the savageHS U to no one, but to n.a.jy, now Peter then Paulu. But it in evident, that not only for the Ike of «eihng the.r .tock of beaver, they all keep near Fort Orange, where as the n.ake of the bn\ndy keg proves, the eoop.TH have har.liy eurtieient time, to supply the ,lemand by the«e people. The savages have, as «^ previously eonununieated to your Ifono,^, set fire to the eowsh -.l, he pi.^tv and t en the dwelimghouse of Jar,,> A.lrijuen.en and not being satisfied eon.pelled h^ f ^ o set fire to them ; hey use great violence every day, which we are not capable to relate to you Honors and der.s.vely «,>, that if they kill a Christian or n.ore, they can pay for it in w m > m a d w. ha.x. so far been ubligeu to carry out their wishes ; further, youf Ilonls'are well ac. d w.th tins fine country and know, that there are 9t)0 schepels of seed-grain in the ground t Imt l^e md mt^^^ furniture are here also and that between .0 and 70 Christian' pe;.;ie li^ hcc and ateiu d, v.no service on all the proper days and that we n.aintain our reader at our own expense: therefore we believe, that your Honors would regret sincerely, if so n.any in oZ "."Oh l.ke ,t, (wlMch the CJood and Ahnighty God may prevent). We hope, your Honors will :ri ^f 1'; s'j : r r^^^'^ '"'^-"."^^^- ^'--^ ^-^i- drownid'/for til: :::: MW.leof the.ayages do ,u.t pay any attention to their chiefs now and the latter have no more author. ty over them and we are obliged to remain in our houses, as the savages won . "12 ately attack us, as soon as we began to stir about, and set everything on fire, so'that we are i "'h a d.s ress. that we dare not turn about or n.ove. Therefore we most hnmbi; request your lionl our fa,thtu M...,ers, for help and a succor of about 40 to 50 n.en. Chris; did not deslrt us but assisted and save.l us and gave his own blood for us, Christ has gathered us in one s ee2^^^^^^ herefore let us not desert each other, but rather help each other to^ alleviate our suffering Tnd if U „,ay please your Honors, our faithful Maste.-s, let son.e of the Ilonomble Council come e e qmckly w.th he des.red assistance, (but arrived here at the strand, please to keep the n.en cn.iet and close to the bank and infer,., us of the ar,-ival) and take a look at the situation here Ld does ..ot see.,. adv...ble to your Hono,-s and worth the trouble a..d expense, then we live a you.. > o,.ors' .sc,.c.ion. ^yhile we expect your Honors' speedy assistance w'e co,..,..end t .e n orable ( o..,.c,l of New-N.therlond to the protectio., of Go.l Ah.,igi.ty .md remain The Honorable Council's of New-Netherland obedient faithful servants Great Aempus the 18"' of May An" 1058 To the Wise, Prudent, Rigoi-ous Gentlemen, the Council of Xew-Netlmrland in the City of Amsterdam by the yacht uf Jai), Goppen, which God may guide. Jacob Jansen Stoll Tin)MA8 ClIAMnEIJS C0R.VKM8 Barentsen Sleoht Tlie mark "^^i^' of Pietek DiHCKsiaj The mark ^ of Jan Brokbskn Jak Jansen AUDRIES VAN PER SlUYS tlien present II; ir 80 hi: •H 1:| I:' ■» •■ i ■1 Oolonial ikttkments on t/ie Iludsmi liivw. ExTBA(n- FBOH K ....rPKB OK THK D.RKCTOKS TO D.KKCmK-GKNKRAL .XD CoUKOILJ INDIAN AKKAIKB; EMUIKANT8 AND BOUMEKH. 20" May 1058, r««i,t 1,11,1 r«si8t It ... 1 All ' V"'*'''''"-^"''"''^"'*''". who iimj have offerued our Resolution, that the Directok-Geneuai, phoceed to the Esopus. 28"- May A« 1658, Tuesday, i^or< ^m*fer^ '"^ '"'" '>^ '"'' that the Ilono'rable DireetSrerio dd ^ 1 er!^ "tr '^''''''^ as Ms l^y^uard, in o«,er to ,„ake such arri.,e.:e:tt::;';:';;;:j^;;f ZZZ;^"^ vantage of the Company, th.s province and its inhabitants shall require. Date L Zte Nvw York Jlitttorical Ituvrds. 81 AOKKKMKNT MADE BY TUB SjCTTLEBfl OF EsohUH TO BKMOVB THKIK DWELLINGS AND FOUM A V.LLAOK. Copy. We, the -.inderBignod, all inhal.itaiits of the AeanpuH, lir.ving from time to time experienced very diatresBing mlamitiert and felt and diwovered, to our loss, the unreliable and unbearable hu- dacity of the savage barbarous natives, how unsafe it i. to trust to their promises, how .lanRerous and full of anxiety to live at B.'i.arate places away from each other among so faithless ,md mis- chievous trdjes, havo resolved (upon the pro])osition and promise made by the Direetor-General the lion"" Petrus Stuyvcsant, that he will give us a safe-guard and further help and assist us in future emergencies) and deemed it necessary for the greater mifety of our wives an.l children, to pull down our scattered habitations in the most convenient numner immeve ll.s blessing, against a sudden attack of the salvages; while we bind ourselves, after im- plormg God and Ilis divine blessing ,.n all lawful means, to ..any out directly unanimously and without opposition the foregoing agreement and to ac-omplish it as qpiek as possible under a pen- alty of one thousiu.d guilders* to be paid for the benefit of the settlement by him, who slu.uld hereafter make any opposition by word or deed. To insure this still more, we have signed this agreement with our own hands in presence of the Hon'"" Director-General and S' GoaneH Looeh ennan, on board of the ship "i'^c/c Am.terd,>nr\ in New-Netherland. Done the last of May ^^^^^'fe'"'^^^ . Jacob Jansen Stoll Thomas Ciiamiikrs COKNKLIS BaKKNTSEN SlEOUT J*. Stuyveaant Gooert Loockerman. WiLi.EM Jansen PlETER DiUCKSEN Jan Jansen Jan Rroeusen DiKCK IIendkioksen Gbaaff Jan Lix)TMAN. Journal of Director Stdyvesant's visit to the Esopus. A^erbal and written report made by liis Excellency, General Pctrnn SUdjvemtnt concerning the occur- rences and the affairs at the Enoj/us. In conformity with the resolution we left in the private yachts on the 28"' of May and arrived safely at the Kil or river of the Esopm on the 29'\ In order to avoid making any commotion among the savages, either by astonishing them by the sight of so many soldiers or by making them flee, before we had spoken with them, fearing also that during or before their flight they might * $400.00. 11 1 1, e., the City of Amsterdam. SL i 1 J *' <:'oA>«/a; SttthmeiiU on the Jludnon Hivtr "^ " .li^ ' 1 not ^::.L : '; :^; :: :• ;;;;;:'-'i "';'"• ^'•' '^"' '- ^""- -»"-''': -ould have i,, rl.at in ent.ri . 1 1 , I '" '" '" '^'"'""' '''""'"' '" '"^''^ «•."• .lu. fanners, „, n.^ 1 . ,ul m"T; "" rf '"" '"'""'•'' """ '"• '^"' ''''"- '"'""•' <-«...o l.«..k iK, 1. ou.ht U I . ' "'" '^""r'V'*'"' "♦ ♦'"-'''• P--^--" <' '^ "' ^oro therefore not 111 rcne.nherid : L ' ^^ "r ^ZiZ"jr ''"''''''' "' '" "''""''• """ '"" tl.o, agreed Huhstantiaii, with the lott^rlpell!! 2 '— r,, ooeuuse, a. I ..id before, I persiiadod the saviures, I)roiiL'ht alon.r l.v Qr r ; thoir Sa,.l,e.n. or ehiefs L inform til f' ^''''f '''''''''' "'^' " ''"'" '"^'^"'^ »" g" '"l""'! ^^ i" general an, harn,, 1,„ t. Z "^ "'''■""' "'"''' "" '"* *" ^» ^'-'" - "'« -vages ..I. ...urders^nd in^n.haH:: X t ' ^ r^t t^ ';,:« T'^^ °'- T ''''' '' ^"^ '^-'•■ borhoo.1, that thev need not he afraM 1, ,^ I . ""'"'"" "'"' '*"^'"^""* '"" "'« "'-igl'- =^ rhe ho.e of ^u ^.r. :;,;;;"£ r^;; ; ;j r; r t ;""''i ■"" -r r ^ ^■'^" -'^ them or theirs: they agreed t.. do it nn.l 1 f f, 7 7 ' "" '"""'" ''"'"'•' •>" ^"'"^ »<> two Christians, .i. 7.^" .^ii^^ ' u' i:^;;!;:: ''?'"• .r' 't''^'- ^^•''" ^'^^ "*"'•-"'" ti.no towards evening an.l ,,a«8,.,l hv ,,7 ■ ^ ° """''' ^''"''"« "'''''^■^•'l '■" t''<-" ■•"■'"'- tenant to land the sdd" 1 I.^, : ''" "iT '"""'^"f •"""'• ^ -•''--> tl.o Cu,tai„-Lieu. well together and >.1tX^^l^^Jr^j::T'' TP ""'""' '""'"*'' '''" •''•"'"' *" '^-P *'-» done b, sunset : we n-arle tn t 1 1 ' "r"? '^ T ""^ ^''^ 1"^"'''^' -' '»>' ^'acht : this was nearest, and ren.ained ther 1 to iX On''' ' 77' "' ''''""" ''''"''"'•''' '"--« '''^' to tho lx,„wery of Ja^.^i X ";Zf l, m "■'""'' "^ ''"' '"'"' ^^'^^•-'-""■'"".v, wo n.un.hed tions of the Kaa.es wherrwri. d i ^ "'T''' *" """'' "^ *'"' ''"'•!tatio..s and j.lanta- other usual feast: tho ^t o '^^ '"V?""''".'^ ""' ^^■''^"•'" '"' ^^"■""^"- ""^ ^•- -r^.. f. s.J^^^^^^^^ the re.ons of men, and asked, what in ^^0^.'^:'^^^ V'".' "T ""' ^'" "*'""■"' ""'l--'^' "^ and for their o.vn greater fetTrn'. 7 , /"r'" "'-^^^'"■" ''^ '^*' ■■•""•'.' g-'-»lb' favorable, to involve e ; li ' j ; ! 'Z "T ' '"' ' ''' "°* '''' '^ '''^' ^'^^«^"^' "^ -' of two small houses and the otl tm If. f 7 .T "' T""'"'^ the murder, tho burning ^liary firos, sustained losL i,' i 1^^^^^^ threats, that before now n.assacres, inee.t 'vvenge. which nevertheless we 1 ad f " *^''" "' """^ "'°'''' ''*'"«"" ^''' ""n.ediate -'1 that, as thevkn^v 1:1 : /I '•'"""""^^^ eako deferred to a better time and ehaneo , ., eeman to male lad worse, l.ast of all hy ,jivhuj room ,0 haMy >o a iV'i^w York Jlklurk'ul Jieivrds. 33 ^^l!7\^ ''"" Tx *'" f"' "'" ?'"^ "'"' ''""^ ^"'•^ ^«"' " ^•«« "«' '" ""' P«w«' to protect mntrary to M.o or.Jer. of tl.o (^o,n,.HM^ u.mI ....r w..|l.Mu..u,r ...x),.,rtatio„H, Tho^- anHworcl tlmt h..y lm.l n„ o\yUon. to ,n«k.., hut tlu,y w.,ro now .ituat.,.! ho, that they ha.l H,K„.t all they wcro orth on thcr Ian. h, ho„H«H „n.l c-uttlo an.l that tlioy ^voul.l he poor, i„.1li«..nt „n,l r, ,1 Ln f they woro now a^ain, an 2 or 3 year, a,.,, ohliK...! to leave th 'ir propertv. This w nil rilo unavo.,,al, ..nn.p.enee, if they <.o„l., ,., no a.i«tanee an.l protLi.'.n ^ainnt the . ^l I . the,.. , , ti, t ,.0 pr..te,.tion uuh ,K,H.il,Ie, an ion^ an they liv...l .. neplfrat., fro,.. eaelTo her .!.« wonhl herefore .0 for their best an.l a.M ,0 their own Hafety, in f,.', ahnohuely nee J v :.. w""m ' I " V "'"'"' '^""T '"""""'"''^' ""•^'" "-^^ "' » -'»«''>" i-'-. whcro I : ] "K uo,^.l help an.l a««.t then, with a few nohlier. nn.il f,.rther„rranK..n.ent;„ro ,.a.I... or r.^tr , o the A Man. or Fort Or„n,j,.. with th..ir wive., ..hihlr...., eat.le an.l n...st ...'Iv n.oved p ^ erty .. a« to prevent further n.a..aereHan,l niiBc'Lief.; oIho, if they eonl.l not n.ake up their n inds u u.e w,th the.r reprom.ho« an.l con.plaintH. Ka,.|. prop.,si,ion was .liscu««e.l. hut it would be to, tedioiiH to repeat the dehat.'H in detail. Kv-'-y;- thought it una.l vinable an.l to.. ,lan,...r.,u. t,. remain in their present eon.lition with- out the ,«..Htan,.e an. snc.or of troopn ; the prosp..., of a g.-d harvest, ho .'lose at han.l, the onlv .neans, w„h wlueh th.-y are to .-lothe an.l f.....l then.selves an.l tlu.ir fan.ili.. .lurin., t o o, « w.nter, W..U1, not a.hn.t o abandoning «o suitable and fertile lan.ls an.l of throwing tlZ ' an.l the.r fanidien thereby into the ni..st abjeet povei-ty. ^ "ltInBCI^ c3 The ncc.,.s«ity of a ..oneentrate,! .eftl,.,nent was ...,n.vde.l, although .lis.M.ssion .-an high ror^ar.!- ug tins po„.t an well as on aec.unt of the tin.., harv..t b.-ing so n.-ar at han.l an.l it bein.f thertforo though .n,pos8.blo to transplant houses, hams and she.ls bef..re it, as on a.vo.n.t of the plaec whe,-e he settlement was t.. be n.a.l.., for .-v.-ry one pr..pos..,| his own plaec a« being „...«! von_.en ly l.„.ate.l ; t.. tins n.ust be a.l.le.l, that th.,v were t.. help in inel.'ing the setth-nu-nt, iti. pah8«de«, wlneh, thc^v- apprehen.1.,,1, eoul.l not be done before harvest-tin.e. TluTeforo they ,.t! pose.l an.l r..quc.ste. very urgently, that the sol.liers, whon. I had brought up. .ni.d.t ren ah, he.-., tdl after the harvest, whieh wo e..„si.ler...l una.h isable for n.anv reL.ns an.l tCorefo - n.e.l pe.-en.ptonly, ,ns.sti..g up..n it, as I did n..t want to l.,se tin.e/tbat thev should .nake up then- nnn.ls w.thout urth.-r .l.-lay in r..gar,l to one of the abov.-state.l p.-opositi,;„s an.l in or. eV eneou.-age then, to tak., the salVst an.l nu.st advantage.u.s st.,., I pn.nli J| ,|,n., to r..n.ain tee and ..s«,st w.th ,ny sol.l.ers until tl.o plaee for the settle.nent was inel.,sed with p.llisa.les, prov dc" hey we..t t., work .,n,..e.l.ately iK-fo.-e taking up anything els., an.l .-arried it out, where. L. h v hnully des.rtMl tnn,- tor considemtion .n.til the ne.xt .lav, whieh 1 .r,-ante.l ' On the next .lay whu,h was the last of May, the aforesai.l inhabitants of /.V,^« bro..ght as answer that they ha.l agree.l ,n,a,,i,n..usly an.l ,...n.e to the ...n.-lnsion to n.ako a elbined t l" m- t., a...p,u.s..., eh...r.ully an. fa.thfully regarding the spot and a.-rangen.ents, whieh we were to .ndeate a,., prm-r-bo an.l they s.gned i..,n.ediately the inelosed agreement; the plaeo was nisi>eeted an.l staked ..nt the same foren....... ' I hav., (o,.gotten to n.ention at the p.-opcT place, that s.ane savages, but only few, about 12 or 1.., ma.le the.r appearanee at the h..uso .,f J.u-ob J.n.n. Stall yesterday, b..t there were o,.ly two bachcnsor eh.es an.ong them; they said, that the other Sachems and .wages could not'c. ,ne K'tore the next .lay an. that son.e were very n.neh frightened an.l hardly dared to apj.ar, he as Ou -e weroso n.any soldie.-s here and the report was, that many n.o.o we.-e to follow. Afte"- 1 liad g.ven the... verbal pron.ises an.l assun.l th...,, that no harm should happen to them, tiiey be- ■MMMMMb— y 1 ^* f ?"! a • " t • f ."Mi' 84 Golmtial Settkmenls jn the Hudson River. mme a httle more cheerfnl and satisfied and promised to communicate it to the other sava-n-s the me evenn,,, m eo„seq„.nceof which about 50 savages, but few women and Id^t 1^" the^ p,e.euted themselves at the house of the aforesaid Jacol Mneen in the afternoon Aft f hey had gathered und.r a tree outside of the enclosure and about a stone's tnrow from 2e htdge I went to them and as soon as wo had sat down, they began according to thoir customs a oS poeeh through U.en- spokesman, which consisted, as the i.Lb.tants int^crpreted i to" o h. the rdat.on of occurrences, which had happened before my time, especiallv of t'e war w Led bet" -e n n Hn:d 'V 7^"'^"''" •"•"' ^'""^ '"""^ «*"^^ things having no reference to the tW.. •? . ""'''"■"'' '' ^"''^ ^'''^'''' "'"^ "" ^'"'^ ''^<^ ^«kcn place before my time and by killing several Chnst>a,is, the particulars of which we would not rc,,cat, because wher the peace was made they had been forgotten and put away by ,., (tbis i. J of thX ,s;om:t et nl'rihi;: ""■"'^^' V"'' •'"" "'*^' '''''^'' ".terproter, whether since the r^^oZ made, oi since my co.mng and remaining here, the least l:.rm had been done to them or theirs- t ey kept a profound sdence, I state,! to them through Jacob Jan.cn Stoll and upbraid da" for the murders, injur.es and insults, wind, I then could remember and which tL> and o 1. avageshad committed against our people during my administration, adding thereto fialyw .r: 1: 7:S^ --n- th.ir latest proceedings in the^«,.., to d'iscover the tSit the au ho s of ^vluch had md-ice.l me to come to the E<>oj>us this time, without as yet haviu<' .,uv des.rc to begin a ge,K.a war, to punish or do harm and evil to any one. who was i^m U.f he murderer would be surren.lered and the damages f,.,- the burne.l houses paid. To .: on the Ay,y>«,,, ,] at we did not own one foot of their land, for whi.-h we had n,.t paid nor ,li,l u^ desire o own it, unless it was paid for. I closed with the question, why then t; ;::::; spoiling for hght, that the murder had not been committed by one of their tribe but by a .^..W- savage, who was now living at /la.er.troo or about Uiere ; that the sa Z^ ,X As f u a th N ^^..rc .oneerncl. they had done no evil, they were not angry nor did thev desire or nuend to light, but tliey bad no control over the young men. I told fl.-em herl m ti" f match man u.th man, or twenty aga.nst thirty, yes even forty, that it was now the proper time for It, but It was not well done to plague, threaten and injure the farmers, thci.- worn „ ml 1 ^Ipei; ; T" "•' f- 'f '7 '"' ""^ "^''^^' ""'"^ ^" '" ^"^"-' ''-' - ""^"^ *^^ ' '^- compellcvl, to lay m return hands upon old and young, women and children, and try to recover ^ rS;:: d ^^° -«er.l, without re^u-d to person : we could partl^ and cLly d:t no^^ b^ killing them, capturing their wives an.l children, and destroviug their corn and beans- would no do ,t because I had told them and pron.ised, that I would do no harm o 1 m' now, but r hoped that they would inden.nify the owner for the burning of his hou.. in- J sm-render the murderer, if he came again to them and do no more e il in future. ' s g V «f • If'. 'it, h "it- t -n W JA^jeos. ' 7Jir fUockJiau.sr -* Thr Chiiirh ,(■ hiimnt/p/eiff ■> Tlie .\/ini\trr.s llmisr ■f The pari xrjinnitr,/ f loiiiltr,/ ■> Tlif .itiH-Kiii/r /hf/rmix, H/„Tr !/»• Om,m,.r a e,,lfnmnr,l «ll n, rwUslo Ih, s,,,„rnte r„rl,ltf,l n,„i .'' Thr H.msf ^hrrr,/,, tus, .S>n„lr oflhr .S,„U of .ymritri,- v,t! 1,1 li New Yorh Historical Records. 83 the conference I stated and infonned them of my decision, that to prevent further harm lieiiig done to my people or brandy being sold to them, all my ])eople should move to one place and live (dose by each other ; that it would be the best, if they were to sell me the wiiole country of the Kwpus and move inland or to some other place ; that it was not good, that they lived 6. neai- to the SwannekiiH, that is white men or Dutch, bo that the cattle and hogs of the latter could not run any more into the cornfields of the savages and be killed by them and similar reasonings after the customs of the savages to the same puqwse, namely, that they ought to sell me all the land in that \icinity, as they had previously offered and asked ns to do, which they took in further considera- tion, as the day was sinking and so we separated. On the first of June wo viewed and marked out the place for the settlement ; the savages came in the afternoon and their chiefs asked again through Jacob Jansen StoU and Thomas Cham- bers, that I would nut l)egin a war with them on account of the late occurrences, tliey promised not U) do so again, as it had been done, while they were dnink and requested the abovementioned men to speak a good word for them to me. I went to the savages with the aforesaid savages, when they reported this, and they offered me a small present of about 6 or 7 strings of wainp'inn making thereby these two requests: First, that they were heartily ashamed as well because of what had happened, but still more because I had challenged their young men and they had not dared to iiglit and that therefore they requested, not to say anything about it to others. Second, that they put away now all malice and evil intentions and would do no liarm to any- body hereafter. I ordered to give them in return a present of two coats and two pieces of duflei, together about four yards, and told them, that I too had put away my anger against their tribe in general, but that the savage, who had killed the num, must be surrendered and that full satisfacdon and indemnification must be given to the man, whose houses were burned. They answered in regjird to tiie first demand, that it was impossible, because he was a strange savage, who did not live among them, but was roving about the country. Concerning the second demand, namely, the payment for the fire, they thought, that it should not be asked from the tribe in general, hut from the party, who had done it and was now a deserter and dared not return ; as hv. had a house and land on the bank of the Kil and had planted there some Indian corn, they thought, that, if he did not return, this property ought to be attached ; finallv, however, they sjiid, that Siitisfaction shoiild be given for it. I?eti.re separating I stated again to them, that it was my will, that my people should live close to each other for the reasons given before and that we had never taken nor would ever take any- body's lano, therefore I asked them again to sell me the land, where the settlement was t<. be formed, whicli they promised to do. On Monday, tiie 3'' of June, in the morning I began with all the inhabitants and the soldiers of my command to !i5 under Sergeant Ur^itan and eomo experienced woodcutters to go into the woods and to help oad the pah^ades on the waggons, of which there were 6 or 7 ; the others I divided again into two art.es of 20 men ea.], under Captain-Lieutenant JVeaion resp. Sergeant Andrie. Zo^^renscf, do :t N^ere set to digging the moat and continued, as long as the weather and rain permitted Towards evening about 40 or 50 s^u-ages came to where wo were at work, so that I ordered six n.en from e.u.h s,p.ad to look after their arms. After the working had been stop,H,d they ask d to speak o me and stated, that they had agreed to give me the land, whid. I ha.l desired'to In^y . d on wh„,h the settlen.ent was being made, to grease m,jfeet, because 1 had made such a long ,H. ney to con.e and see ti.em : at the s,m.e tin.e they repeated their fonner pron.iscs, that they o,dd put away all the.r evil intentions and that in future none of theni would do any harn. to ^e Dutch, but that they would go hand in hand and am. in ann with then,, meaning thereb hat they would live like brothers. I answe„,d them becondngly, that wo woldd do the s me i tliey lived nj) to their promises. ' On the 5- and 0'" we .ontinned our work and the Company's y.ac.ht arrived. As I found my- df m need of several necessaries, especially gunpowder, of which we had not more, than what wa. m the measures or bandoleers, nor had the yacht received more than two pounds for its own use, and as we were nmch m need of a few five and six inches planks for i,uilding a guardhouse nd some carpenters to help us at our w..rk first and then to assist the inhabitants in erecting th r .hvelhnghouses, after the enclosure had been made, I concluded, in order to promote the ote and he other to go as quickly as possible on the Company's yacht to Fort Oranye and was still more fo ced and encouraged to go by a good south-e.tst wind, which blow all Thursday morning, and by a drizzling cold ram, which promised little prospect of progress for our work on that da> On the mornmg of the 7- I arrived at Fort Orange, to the surprise of everybody. The yac-ht did not arrive before the S'S the tide nmning down so fast, and I shipped on her or account of the Company ICO hemlock boards, 100 five and six inch, iron pins and ^. anker o brandy for the people working at the Esopu., as none had been put aboard or sent to me nor had 1 any for my own private use. On the 9"' was Pentecost. On the afternoon of the 10'" I left ag,«n after divine service and pass over for brevity's sake and for other reasons wl-.at happened there, as it has no relation to this subject I arrived aga:-, at the Fmpim in the afternoon of the 12"« and fonnd evcrylxxlv at his work and two sides^ completed. The wet and changeable weather had hindered the wo'rkers, as thev unanimously declared. ' J w>l ?i" 'I"i ' ^'; ]n "1 T ""'" ""■" '"''•^' '""'^'"*^ ''" "•^*""''' «"•' ^-^'•"•* ^'Mf'I>»en erected ^^ ith the h..lp of C 'a.s ^e liuyt.r and Tlu.nas ( %„nhers in the n<,rth-east comer of L encloMir e ^^Z^t '"^"^ '' '"' '"'^ '""' '' '"'' ''''''' '""''" '' '--'^^ ^i-'' ^-' ^-' -^ The 10- was Sund.,y a,ul after divine service I inspects with the inhabitants the land on the F.ojyu., which ha.l n..t been purchased as yet, ami found it suitable for about .5(. bouweries On the ] . . and IS"" 1 had palis.ules put up on the northside. This was harder work, because this side could not be made as straight as the others, which the plan will show Four <.arpenters came also on the IS'S engaged by Mrs. Je IluUer to remove her house bains and sheds and on the W^ three more, whom I had asked and eugage.l at Fort Or.,.,, to , bndgc ..vcr the Kil. They were also t,. help tlu- ...hors remove their buildings, f.,r which they had asked me before my departure for Fort Ornn.j,: ^ New Yorh Jlhtorical ItecorJ>i. sr Further, ns the anhal.itants were atill hauling palisades with their waggons and ho«es and therefore n.t yet ready to employ the carpenters inuuediately and as I had given then a promise at Fort Oraruj,; that they .hould ho en.ployed imn.ediately or eke receive free retun. traLporta- t'ou and dady wage, hesides, therefore I resolve.l to have them score some timber for a small house or barn at my own expense ; the ridgo of it w„ to lie on two bemus and the people, who couM I ot move tho.r houses so qu.ckly, were at first to be h,dgc.l there and afterwards 1 tho.ight to use it iiccord.ng to circumstances as waggonshed or stable for horses and cows, for I hacd, also the first one, I took the aforesiud resolution prmcipally to encourage the goo.I inhabitants, bv hazarding my own property together w,th the, rs, to make the settlen.ent and cultivate the ground and to fulfill mv former pronnse, although I was not obliged to do it at prose:., nor would be hi a year or two ami there- foie the biuldmg is made as small and plain as possible, for I thought more of employing the car- penters, who had con.e there at my request, and of the convenience of the people, than of my own |ulvantage When the timber had been scored and brought to the spot, my carpenter and others tohl me, that it would make only a little diifcreuce in the costs, if I had a small barn of 5 or 6 crossbeams ma,le, in case the ri.lge was laid on two beams, as I said before: I referred the carpen- ter s work to the opinion of my carpenter, Fredrick FkUqmii About noon of the 20'- the sides of the stockade were completed and it was only necessary to stop up a few apertures, where roots of trees had been in the ground : this was accomplished in good time on tiiat day. 1- u n. We might have marched on the 21" or 22^ but the wind was unfavorable and I let the men rest; some helped m breaking down and removing the Um^s ..i Thomas Chambers ^nA Jacob ./ufweii K^toU and put up six crossbeams for their barns. Towards evening of the 24- it began to clear up in the northeast and I ordered the Captain- L.euteuunt to march olT with 3G men, leaving 24 men under Sergeant Andries Lourensen in the guardhouse; before departing myself I ha.l some of the Sachems, who live near there, informed of my departure, but that I could easily return ; I reminded them, that, pursuant to their promises' they must leave the inhabitants in peace : the inhabitants would have liked to keep 8 or 10 soldiers ..lore, but I did not consider it necessary, if they would only be on their guard, for they count themselves 30 hght.ng men, besides the 25 sohlicrs and 7 or 8 ea.-penters, who too are wellirmed- tliey are therefore, in my oi)iiiion, perfectly able to }.rotect themselves On the 25'\ about noon, we lefl the Kil, the wind bei.ig fair and the soldiers embarked on ^lieCompanys yacht; we were two days coming down an.l arrived at X\^^ uYr.nhattam on the 28 The Lord be praised for His mercy and blessings on the successful executio.i of a matter wliicii every almost approved, as being necessjiry and honorable to our nation Thus done and delivered at the meeting of the Council at Fort Amsterdam iu li. NetherUind tJio last of June A° 1058. ' VA CKHTIFirATE, THAT EarMKN jArouSEN ALIAS BAJmOFfi WAfl SHOT BV AN InDIAN AT THE ESOPUS AND BKOUOIIT TO AMSTERDAM FUU INTEKM^NT. (IT" July IfiSS) The Director-General and Council of New- motherland certify and declare hereby at the .** 88 Colonial Settlements an tJie Hudson River. Z" LfZT^ T ' 7'T ""' f ^''^"""'^ '''''''''''' "^^ ^-'^''-' *'-' '•* '•« true ana CO rcct that the saul Harme,, Men, her late husband, was in the beginning of May last past wlnle sUinding i„ a yacht, whicii lay off the Enopm on the Northrivor abont 18 miles frol' U at ho d.ed mHned.ate y after and was brought here and buried a few days after In t4timonv whereof .e have s.gned this and confirmed it with the impress of our seal' Date as abovt "^ •■I 1 ^'i Lktter from Skkoeant I^uwrens at Esopus to Director Stutvesant: the Ix- DIAN8 RENEW THEIR INSOLENCE; A 80PrLY OF AMMUNITION IS NEEDED. Ilononiblo General, Petrus Stuyveaant, Gi-eeting ! May it please your Honor to send mo quickly orders, by which I can govern myself, because ^e ^vages here are beco.ning very arrogant and spiteful and have already killed a'^tine ^0 Jacob Jansen. ■ they are very angry that your Honor had challenged twenty of their men o %h ng^unst us and those, who have now returned from the beaverhunt, say, that,^f they harbel? bet they wo.ld have accepted the challenge; they talk about it a great dea every dTy and toTav about 50. savages are assembled ; their number is constantly i.Lasing, God o^dXlv;^^ U,e.r mtent,ous are : but the Almighty will vouchsafe us what shall be fS our safety : iTe'ref I aak, that your Excy. w.ll please to send quickly orders, for TAo^nas (Chamhers) and all the peon e from over the Iv.l have not yet come into the Fort with their dwellingB and T -annot ve'comS heni. I pray that your Excy. will please to send ordei. about it as Quickly as poss We or a.n opm.on, hat U is necessary, that wc should all be together and further, that tl e Hon- Geitra .•11 please to prov.de us as quickly as possible with a much needed supp y of amn.unition Zo„ M I rely and commending your Excy. to the protection of the All-Illgh, I am and remalin ' the 8'" of August ^ ''"'.^•"T f ''•"^'^"'"t «"d An" IfioS. ^*''^*"^ '^'•^""t „ AndEIES L0UWREN8. To the Worshipful Rigorous, His Ilonor Petrus Stuyveaant in the City of Ainaterdam. Minute of the Council for Fort Orange. Appearance m court of 15 Mo- hawk Sachems with a French prisoner, whom thkv desire to return to the Governor of Trois Rivieres. .ii,|ll Present Lmnrmtagne ^^''""'' ""''' ''"""'''•'> Pieter Ilartyera Jan Tomaaaen Francoya Boon Adrian Gerritsen Dlrch Junsaen Croon. ^. Before the Court appeared the eldest Sachems of the Maquaa, 15 in number, who brought Extraordinary Session held at Fort Orange on the 13'" day of August 1658. New York Hiiftorical Records. gg with them a Frenchman, Louis Parraget by name: they declared, that they desired to surrender hnu witii two other prisonei-s to the French Governor at Trou Rivieres m Canada in exchanKo for SIX of their ]>eople, wiio had been taken prisonerH by tlie French and tliat they were willing to make a general iHsaco with the French, asking for this purpose, that wo might assist them by lend- mg them one of our men, wlio could talk FroTich. The Court answered to this request, they were glad, that they desired to return the French prisoners and they hoped, that they (the Maquas) also would get ba-'- their people, but they did not know vhether anybody could bo found here, who would undertai h a journey. The aforesaid Maquas replied hereto, that at the time of the war against the siivages they had gone down to the Manhattans and had done their best to preserve peace, therefore we too were m duty Ijound to do the same for them, while they promise to exert themselves in future as medi. ators betwee.i us and other savages. The Court thereupon summoned immediately the crier and had it proclaimed, that if anybody would undertake such a journey, he should receive for his troubles one hundred .niilders Pursu- ant to this proclamation Jleruhick Martcmen offered his services to the Court, which pleased the savages very much and they expressed their joy by all kinds of gestures. The aforesaid Ilendrick Martensen was despatched on the 1«'" inst. to Canada with the Ma- quas, who promised to bring him back in 40 days. The following letter was given him : A Monsieur Monsieur De la Potene, Gouverneur des Trois Rivieres Monsieur. -^^ '* ^""^"^^^ ^^'■«"^'''- The Indians, which our people call Maquas and your people call Irroquoys, have come here bringing with them a Frenchman, called Louys Parayet, whom (as they have told us) they desire with two others to bring back there and surrender to you in exchange for six of their peo- ple, whom you hold as prisoners : at the same time they desire to make a general peace with all the Indians in your country and aa they dare not do it of their own accord, they have asked me mstantly to assist them with somebody, who knows the French language, to make use of him for that purpose : I could not very well refuse it for fear of preventing or spoiling the chances of so laudable an object. This is the reason, why I have sent this soldier, the bearer hereof, IJenry Martui by name, to serve them in this matter according to his ability. I hope your Ix)rdship will lind acceptable what I have done; it results only from good intentions and affection. In the meantime I remain with my dutiful salutations Fort Orange 15'" Aug A" 1658. Your very humble and obedient servant La Montaqne. Lettkk from Sergeant Andries Louwrens to Director Stiiyvesant: failure OF THE CROPS ; MOVEMENTS OF THE InDIANB. (The first nine lines arc gone.) The harvest turns out a very poor one, so that T/iomas, Jacci' and companion ha^•e b-oiight m only about one half of their wheat, while Comclis Slecht haa not gathered anything yet : it 90 4 Colonial i^ttlementa on the Hvchson River, M therefore be feared, «a tl.o grain begins to grow on the field through the continuous rain God n,ay prevent :t), th.t onl,- little grain shall be won this year. Con ining the X n^ the savages, they separated about two or three days after I sent the last letter. Itis ui among hen, that t ey would return in a day or two and go to war with the MoradZZ:^ God only knows what w.U co.ne of it. On the 21" of August two M,.,u..s Sachen.s can.e h" bu. cannot yet hear, what their intentions M.re; the soldiers here arl still in go.Kl spirits u health, excep ^e.....«. 6'a,«^.«. Herewith closing I conn, end your Excy. aTd family aft sincere salutations to the protection of the Almighty and remain ^ Great Acgojma, the 20'" of August v t? . ^ ■ , , . AnM668. ^ our Excy's fa.thful and obedient servant T n XT 1 1 Air , . „ , ^ Ani>hiks Louwrensen. To the Xoble Worshipful Wise, Prudent, Rigorous Ilis Honor Petrus Stuyve.ant Director-Gen- T;!!/" ^''^"■^""''' Curacao, Jionayro and dependencies, residing in the City of 1 21 Complaint against Chb.s. Davidskx, a nativk «k England, kok spbkauino a FALSK KKI-OKT AMONO THE IIlOHLAND InDIANS. (Albany City Kccords). The Hon'""' Commander Pltff. against ChriHtoffel David^en, Deft. Extraordinary Session held at Fort Oramje. on the S" of September A" 1068. m Plain iff says, that an .affidavit, made at the Enop^^s, ha« been handed to him, according to vluch Defendant came from the Manhat.ns in the yacht of E.ert Pels and, when t^ey w r! the H.gh ands said to two savages, who had come on board, that the Sachem, nieaning the Hon"' General, had killed at the Manhatans 4 savages and that he would come to the tSJp^. d ."L^ the following mght and break the necks of all the savages there, whereupon the s.3es o he MaTk ;;'"^,^''^f'"- F'— and committed a great deal of mischief. iCll^^^ PlaintifiE asks therefore, that Defendant be examined by an interrogatory. Interrogatory lield with Chrixtofel Bamdsen at the requisition of tlie Hon"" Commander in pres- ence of the Commissaries of the District. How old and where were you born ? Whether, coining from the Manhntam and while in the Highlands, he had not called out or said, that the Dutch had killed many sava- ges at the Manhatans in the night of the 23'' of August and would come to the Esopufi dur- ing the following night, to break the necks of tlie savages there. Answer: 42 years and born in Emjland. 2. Answer: No, but that he had said to the sav- ages, who came on board : I do not know any- thing about it ( Ntw Yurk Historical liecoi'tk. 91 I Defendant pleatk not guilty and produces two affidavits, one from TImd«riek van Dyck and one from Dirck Jameu, a skipper, who attest, that, while they were in the Highlands, two sava- ges came on board, who asked Ghrintofel Davich, whether the Swhem would come and kill all the savages in the Eaojym and the Highlands and VhrUtoffel Davids answered: I know nothing about it. Lkttek from A.vnuiKs van der St.uvs to the Director requestino to bk ap- I'OINTEI) PKKOKNTOR AND SCnoOLMASTEK AT EsoPUS. Honorable General Petrus Stuyvesant. The object of these few lin.'s is to riMjuest your Excy. most humbly, that your Excy. will plesiso to n.fonu me, wiiether your Excy. has not been informed in regard to the office of pre- centor, which was given to me by the Noble Lords-Directors of the Privileged West-India Com- pany, as yonr Excellency saw and read in the extract. I need the said position very much to supiwrt myself, my wife and child with decency, whereas the present prospect is very bad and besides I have suffered great loss here on the strand during the hist troubles, which brings us young people mii.-h behindhand. The inhabitants here would like to keep me in the office' to proclaim the Lonl'.; gospel according to my ability and catechise the children and teach them read- ing and writing: but because the Hon"'" General has spoken with them almut a preacher, therefore they dare not or cannot engage me for several years. I request therefore most humbly and sub- missively, that the Hon"'" General will please to assist mo in one way or the other that I may honombly make my way through the world by these means and with God's assistance • awaiting hereupon your Excy' favorable reply in as short a time as possible and commending your Excy after sincere salutations to the protection of the Almighty I am and remain Great Empua yo,,,- Excy" faithful and obedient servant An" 1658. To His Noble Honor, the Director-General PetntH Stuyresant residing in the City of N. A:ri»terdam. by a friend. Ll.nTER FROM SeROEANT AnDRIKS LorWRENS AT ESOPITS TO DlRECTOR STrTTESANTt TiiK BRiixiK swEPr away; failure OF THE OATS CROP: Stuyvesakt's farm. Honorable General Petrus Stuyvesant. This serves as answer to your Excellency's last letter of the 23" of September. The bridge has been swept away with the exception of one beam, so tliat it cannot be repaired and the farmers say, that it will not suit them to begin making a new one before winter. I cannot inform your Excy. for what i)urj)ose the sjivages brought the wampum to the Chris- tians, except in giving the statement, which they have made. i':| f 99 ,4 Colonial Settleimn*' on the Hudson liiver. I l.nvo spoken w.th Ja^era about tl.e foedinR of the horses- tl^y answered that they conid aoeo.n.nodato your Excy. with long fo"^° ^'^ tl'« first opportnnity and soe whe her he can agree with your Ex.y. about the rent of the farm here, but tfrZln wo^' be uf no service to him at present ; he will speak about it more in detailwith your Exc'e 117 I ease to in orm me by the first chance, how it shall be held with the barn for it sSs 'iust as at the line, when your Exey. left here. I have got people to mow reeds ani Zr^ntZ' len is willing to put up thenx^f; the reed.n.tters demand 30 stivers for mowing Z mil T expect your Excy" orders in this regard as soon as possible * ' The lion- (kneral will also please to remember our provisions, also bricks for the iruard ITZ ;^;:,;;:;;':i rri ™t'- "-'"' '-"' ' — -- >=»>■• '» «» "-""■ An- 1058. '" "" °»"'" "' AndBIES LurwBENeEH. m Minutes OK tuk Conux at Foht Obakok. ArrKNPANCK ok t„k Mouawks to INQ.IKK FOU THE l-KKNCHHAN, WUOM TUKV HAD naoiroHT ON T..E 13" OK Au m:HT AM. ASKKNO KOH AN INTEKPBKTKK, WHO COn... oo Wni, TUKM TO CaNAOA TO MAKE A PEACE WITH THE FkencH. CANADA Present Commissary Ldmontagne Jan Tomattaen. P'u'te)' Ilartijcfs Adriaen Gerritsen. (Albany City Ilecorils.) Extraordinary Session held at FoH Oramje on the &'" of Oc- tober An" 1658. Se,.„„<" »i- «... Second, that they had not heard, thoy had killed him. Third, they were willing to write to that effect. •md th,.n.r' ""' ?r'' T'''"'^'*'"" • *•'»* t'"^ Commissary had been appointed to look after this place and th..ref„re could not l,.avc it without consent of the Great Sachem ^ Ht-reupoii they asked, that we would provide them with a man, who understood French and N^ew York Historical Records. 93 ftlHo with a letter to the Oovenior of Canada. T\m was promised to them and Jacob Jiegyn, a Koldicr, offered immediately his services. lie went witli them on the 9'" inst. and tooii a letter 'to that effect. Minute of the Dikectok-Genebal's depaiituke fob the Esopds. (His second visrr thebe) (O'" October 1658) To^lay, the Honorable Dircctor-Genernl Petnis Sllwjvemnt left with abont 50 men for the Esop^ii,, to see whetiier the Indians had made good the losses canscd by them, according to their promises, gi-cn when the Honorable General was there the last time. Date as above. Proposals made to the Esopus Indians and theib answers. 1658, 15"- October. On tlio l.V October we called np and there appeared at the honso of Thomas Chambers, a resulont at ih^E.opm, several Sachems or chiefs of the savages, namely Pappequahen, Preuwa- inackan and NavhchamatU to whom the following propositions were made in the presence of Cap- tain Martyn Cr.,j>.-r, Schepen Pleter Wolphertmn, PieUr Comelissen van der Vem, AnaustL lleermans ami others : First, whether they were anthorized and willing to execute, what they should agree upon in behalf of the other chiefs of this place, called Em>pm, with the Dircctor-Ge'neral, the Sachem and chief of all the Dutch; to which they answered, that, what they did and promised, would be car- ried out. 2". They were then asked, what were the names of the other chiefs of the Esopus, for whom they answered, so that we might know, with which and how many chiefs we made the compact. Isewackenacm, Cackop, Pemiraioachijiid; Jahoeron were named. 3. Then the affronts and injuries, which they had done to our Christians, were again repre- sent (1 to them, as it had been done in the month of May. to wit: that they or their tribe had killed two horses of the widow IlidUr. That about a year or eighteen months ago they had wounded with a hatchet one Jacob Adri- oosen on the head, while in his own house, in consequence of which he is still blind on one eve iiiid they had also mortaPy wounded his little child. That since the spring they had burned his house and plundered his goods, also killed a Dutch- man on one of the skwps. That they had stolen and taken with them from the aforesaid burned house some duffels and shirts of Adriacn van der Sluyit. That they had compelled the farmers, namely Corrulis Bnrentsen Slecht, to plough their land for corn and had threatened to burn his house, in case he should refuse, taking a firebrand for that l)uri)ose and running up under the roof to fire the barn. That they had extorted at different times new payments from the Dutch, who had bought land from them and had paid for it according to the bill of s^ile and had inflicted many more threats, ailronts and damages upon our nation, which have been the cause, that the people have been obli-ed ill 1^ fi Hj i ^> i ot Colmiial Settkments on the Hmlson River. to pull down their ho«.o««n.l to move elo«o topothor «n.l tluit tl.o Dircctor-Oonoml 1..«,}kh,„ f..r..o<1 to .„eU.H., tl..a place b, pa.i.iuaei, will come into our land in the summer and when they b««, t u.t there m everywhere peace l)ctween the Dutrh and the Bavages, then they will con.e with all tlieir beavers to Stuyve^aneH land to trade thou ,md with nolnxly el«o; they give a beaver 4' They miy, that the Min.juaes Imd told them, the Dutch measured the powd..r by snuff- boxeB, they would 1h> very gla<], if it were n.easured to them by the handful, they would then brinir many beavers; they give a beaver. S'" They say, the J/.mywac* ha,en 70 strings of wa.npun., but they do n..t give this sniall strmg on that account, only that the soldiers should leave them in peace, when they come to this \)\: o and not beat them. '' As the foregoing statement ma.le by then .lid not agree with that, which they ha.l fir^t made to the interpreters y<*..oA Jan^en IJap and Thonuu, Vhav^rs an.l had asked, I should be informed «1, I askid them through the «iid interpreters, whether they intende.l to satisfy mo thereby and whether ,t was this, which they had first offered through the interpreters regarding the land • whereupon they answered, that one of their fellowH,.hief.s, called IWuap, the greatest landowner h«d gtmo to hortOmruje and that Vaelrop, who ha«l been here with them yesterday, had not come now, they coul.l therefore do nothing herein, but would como ng-ain with the said chief to-nu.rrow niorning and give a conclusive answer, which although I thought to bo a subterfuije only, to gahi nne either until my deimrture or until the arrival of other eav.iges, yet to give them fuirmeosun.., I allowed them this delay until to-morrow, notwithstanding that the wind was favorable and mv departure necessary. As the saviiges did not come on the 18<" acconling to their promise, I asked Jacd> Jamcn Hap and Marten Met^,hur (the m.ison) whether they would not go to the houses of the savages to recon- noitre, wiotl.cr they were there still and then to ask what conclusion they had come to, whether they would give satisfaction or not. They returned about noon and brought aa answer, that the «ud chiefs had matle game of them and had plainly «iid, they had no intention of giving satisfac- tion, as they considered what they had .lone of no conse.juence. Therefore I judged it best for the present to depart as B.>on as ,xjssible and to leave there until further resolutions and order the ensitrn Dirck Smith with 50 men and the following instructions. Instructions for Ensign Dirck SviUh First. He shall join to the ol.l garrison '>5 men from the military brought up here, so that th..y w. I number 50 men and he is to have the supreme command and authority over them until our further ordei-s and give out the countersign and put and keep everything in good order. OG Colonial Settlements on the Hudmi liiver. Second With tho assistance of ti.e inhabitants he shall immediately make secnre the inclosed place monnt a proper guard at the two gates and the guarfhouse in daytime as well as at .rid.t Th^^ZP '^'^"^ *" ^""^ "'""=^' ''"'■'^' "^'"" permission of Ja.ol> Jamen StM and Tho^n<^ th. T^'"^' fi^?" T^'"" T'';'.'"" *"'^ °'"'^''" •'" '•'"" "°* '^'' ''«^''1«'^ "g-'i^^t the savages, unless they beg.n first and hann the Christians, in which case he, with the advice of the ..TsoU nd Cha^nhers and tho assistance of the inhabitants, shall attack defensively, apprehend re^ and pursue the savages, as t.n3 occasion may require always being well on his guard and 'lookoutrto keep this place garrisoned by some men. "^""""1, lo Fourth. The ploughing and sowing shall proceed and be kept up as far as possible and for tho present only when a guard of about 20 or 25 men under the comma.id of a sergeant can be gven ccon hng to the decision of the inhabitants each on his own land or all workitg togetherto pr^ tect them agamst the hostilities of the savages; the inhabitants besides must take tl^ir a ms w^ them that in case of attack they may make a better stan.l against the savages Fifth and last. He shall, except during the ploughing and sowing, keep his men as close to- gether as possib e, without granting leave to one to run here and to tfc otliL there or detail, them. Thus given until further resolution and order at the Eso^us, the 18- of October S m -ffl Lkiter ok Jacob Jaxshn Stoll to DmEcroR Stuyvesant; the Indians do not 8UKKENDEB THE LAND ACCORDINO TO AOKKEMENT. Honorable, Wise and Very Valiant Sir, Mr. Petr,^ Stuyvesant, Greeting! I have at present nothing to write to your Honor, except that the sav.iges promise us daily with a good deal of talk, that they wdl come fi-om day to day and give us their decision and it does not go further Now on Uie 28 ■ October, they have promised me to be here at noon and announce ns their intentions,' as Monsieur Montame was here at the Kil and we did not think it worth while to detain the sloops any onger, because they lie so much to us, we shall not wait for a sloop, but send ,Iown a canoe to inform your Honor as soon as we have been informed by them. We trust, that pursuant to orders, they will ftnally give up the land, of which your Honor knows. In the haste I know at presen nothing more to write to your Honor, except to recommend your Honor to God', mercy and to send my sincere greetings, remaining Your Honor's faithful servant and subject Actum Great ksoinis t t the 28'" October A" 1058. '^^'•"' '^*^'"'* ^'^"''• P • •Tl!^' w"'"'r'.^'';,^^''*' '""^ ^""^ ^"''''"'' '"^ "°"»'- ^''^^" ^t^y^esanl, General for the Privileged West-India Company, at Manat^ns in tho Fort Amsterdam Letter from the same to the same: the Indians have made a conveyance of THE TRACT OF LAND, AS AGREED AND ASK FOB A RETURN-PRESENT. Honorable, Wise and Very Valiant Sir, Petrm Stuyvemint, Greeting! Whereas ou the 28- of October of the present year the Soc>p^^ Sachems or right owners of a Ntv) York Historical Records. 97 certain piece ..f land, whieli yot.r Honor well knows of, namely the lar^e tract spoken of bv your Honor, can.e to n.y house and have f^iveu one half of it as a present to me in recon.pensation o> what they nave done, saying they hoped, that now t]u,y need fear nothing and the soldiers would lay down their arms and hve as good friends ought, and that it is not always their fault but also the tault of those, who sold n.toxicating liquors to the.n, further that they were .ushamed now before other savages, who nnght upbraid the.n, that they had given away their land to the Dutch for fei^r and «iy.ng on the other side, that they had now satisfied the General and would discover by h.s grand present, what the heart of our Sachem said, whether he would not n.ake some presents to hem m return, whereby they could see, that there were no more doubts or dangers for the.n and whe.i th.s was do..e, they should make a present of la.ul to hi.n, as it is an established cu8to..i w. li the..i ; that should the.i be a sign of solid peace and they would do all possible favo.^ to us ether m br.ngmg a good trade in beiive.-s or otherwise, whereby they co.dd be of service to „8,' but weshould endeavor to be provided with everythi.,g; they would go to h.n.t n.any beavers in thejrmg or dur.ng the w.nter and would then pass by Fort Oranye and co.ne witi; their trade And that wo should not lie to them, b.it that they might firndy rely on o,.r word, as our Sa- che,ns ,nay now fir.nly trust to the.n a..d shall see, that after this thne we shall do no .no.'e har.n to the Dutch neither to their cattle nor otherwise, therefo.-e the la.id shall be given as a p.-esent to the Honorable Gene,-al in proof hereof, under the condition, that they request and would like to sec, that It shou d soon be mhaWted, so that they might be supplied with everything, not in the manner, m which as they say, the late Johan De Ilult^'r di.l it, who fenced in the lan.l and then let It ho un«se8. •^'''"" "^'^'"'"^'^ ^■'■"'•'•• All this talking has been done with dry lips. Your Honor may imairin.., how zealously we have m here with these kings, but we hope, your Ho.ior will remember his servants and give us something good for our lungs, which wo could apply ourselves, if wo had it Done as above 18 JA(X)n Jansen Sror.r, Thomas CiiAMnKRs. Di;ui!K Smikt, E.isig.i. ' ^i m m. 98 Colonial Settkmenta an tlte Hudson liiver. ExTEACr FROM A LETTER OF TUB D1REOTOB8 IN HoLLAND TO St0VVE8ANT AND HIS COUNCII.; THEy APPROVE OF THE PROOEEDINOS AT THE EsOPUS AND WILL SEND CLERGYMEN TO SUPPLY THE WANT OF PREACUEE8. 13'" FeBR' 1(J69. We are weH pieased w.tl. the connnissioning of the Director-General to the Esopr^ to curb pi'lTwrth'tho M Jir . '?' ''"^'' '""^ ""'''' ^''^ proceedings there, for the drawing to- Drrr„::r :;. ^^^^'^^ "* f « -"l-l^'tants is the safest and best way for their protection and defend ropuf "^ "■" r ''T '' '""'* ^'^ '^""'^ ''^ "" ''"''^•''"^ "»^ '" «» settlements of outlying r ^ , . .'""■' '" '^'^ ^P^'' '■°""""^' "^ '"''' «•«« t'""k, like your Honors that it is more reputable and safer to en,ploy, in case of a punishment to bo inflicted on this o ^ er riL T help o your own subjects as well as the assistance of sou.e allied savages. The mUer is 1ft altogether to your Honors to do on such occasions, the best and safest and^at the proper t." The report made by the Director in his aforesaid letter in regard to the bad condition of the pubhe church service in the open country on ,«.eount of the lack of preachers and th^ the Lme roubles may take plac-e m t!=e villages there, has been so conceived by us, that we hav^ onlXed Ins propos.fou to be we founded and of importance and therefore intend to look out here foj two suitable and p.ous candidates, who shall be sent there in due tin.e and occasion, in' v"d th ^ they are to be placed by your Honors, where they may be of service and needed. But as the Com- pany s trea.suryaud revenues are consumed and diminished by such charges, your llos ni.t n=:LStir;=l" ''' -' -"venient manner by the comiL^^ as wr:;: ;:: AcmoN ABOUT A Bridoe at Esopus. Court-Minltks of Fori- Orange, April 5' 1(559. * * * • # . Cor^u^lis Wouteraen ag' Mrs. Johanna de La^t, wife of Jeronimui, EhUngh. PlaintiflE demands payment of fl 275 for making the bridge at the Esopus, for which Defend- Limirhrptdir "-' ^'^'^ " '-- ' '^ '--^ ^-^^^^^ -^ ^- nar^X. untiiis::rD:^::f:;:i:r:z^ ^^^-^^ -^-^ - '-- ^^- - ^~i '^^"^ Court having heard the witnesses and r«ul their testimony, from which it ap.K-ars, that Defendant has been talking with Plaintiff in regard to the bridge, an.l not knowing wSr Mer contract may not have been n.ade between the parties, consents to adjourn tit c^l m.t oft;;; : ;:; " '"'""' '""^' "^^* ™ "^ ''^■^^'' ^''"""^ ^^^^^ ^ »- cai uTi^l^ New York Historical liecwds. 99 Extract from a letter of the Directors in Holland to Stutvesant; in re- gard TO copper mines in the Nevehsinghs and a crystal mountain in the Catbkils. 25'" Ai'RiL 1659. "Wo liavo lately been shown a small piece of mineral, which is sjiid to have come from New- Netfurland and which we found to bo good and pure eopi)er, so that we have thought it wf "th while to hear Claes de Rmjter about it, a person who showed that he was not ignorant of it and consequently demonstrated, that a copper-mine was said to bo in the iVW'«m/{'s, also that there was lying between the ManhattaiiH and the South rivfr a crystal mountain, of which he says he brought several specimens, as your Honors will be able to hear from him in detail, as he at least is going over again. Your Honors are therefore earnestly desired, to inform yourselves well hereof and send us, if possible, samples of the one or the other by the fii-st shiji, to ascertain here their quality and worth, as wo are sure that the poi)ulation tiiere will increase upon the discovery of such minerals and in consequence also the country will so much sooner gain in prosperity and influence. Gerrit Jamen Kuyper and Ahd ,!.■ Wolf have also requested us, that such lands and inin. erals might be granted to thoni (as we conceive situate near the Emums Kil in i.iid about the high CaUkil Mountains), as may be allotted to them there by Gerrit Baaneker and Ilamien Vedders. And as the aforesaid petition is not unreasonable but just and equitable, tlierefore we have resolved to direct your Honors herewith and to reeommeud tiiat the said lands and minerals be vested in these parties, as they shall sliow a;id elect, provided however that they are not owned and held by anybody else, aTid this nndcr such conditions and obligations as they are now made there by the Company and by which they have to govern themselves. * * * * « tt LEnEB FROM Skeoeant Andriks Laurensen to Dikectok Stityvksant on affairs at the Esopi-8. Lans Deo semper. I beg to inform his Honor, the General, by these few linos, that I have received the goods on the 20"' of May, 2 barrels of meat, one barrel t>f bacon, 50 j)ounds of powder, -J15 bullets, 11 nmskot-matchcs, 4 ells of duffels an.l tlie weights, (i kettles, and the com, when measured, was found to be 2i)i. I have heanl fi-om Andnes van drr Sluys and Jacob Janse?i Stall, that your Honor had ])roniised some presents to the Indians, that the Indians are said to nuinnur on that account. I have heard on Ascension day, that the aforesai.l persons have left, that the savages intend to build u fort on the land, which thi'v have given to your Honor, God knows, whether it is true. Grnnj,; ]V,Mj>h,d does his l)e8t to plough the laud and fence it ; I have lent him (!!) i>ound8 of bacon, as he needeil ])rovisious. The oats are in the ground, all which your Honor has sent, the spring-wheat came too late and the lan.l is fenced nearly all the way round, the ploughing con- tinues, since your Honor has sent the oxen. The oxen, in which your Honor is privately inter- ested, draw well. He has sold his cows l.y onier of your Hoimr. "l have delivered the iron and ropes, which your Honor had sent. No more at present, execjit to commend your Honor to the protection of the \lmighty God. Signatum Aimpiin, the 21"' Mav Aimo l(!5it. Your Honor's servant Andreis Laurens. rS ^^ Colonial Settlements on the Hudson liiver. Extract from a lettkr of t„e D.kector. General and Council to the Dmect- 0R8 IN llOLLANn; NOTHING 18 KNOWN OF A COPPERMINE IN THE NeVE8INOH8 BUT THEY WILL TRY TO GET INFORMATION AND SAMPLES. 23» JuLY 165S). ' ****** We learn with astonisl.ment from your Honors' Jotter of tl.o report made there bv aae. ih de Wdffm neither before nor since any conununications in this regard have been fJ^T.t to your Honors' orders and to send them to vo„r Ilc^.ors by these ships We ZrbZh n ^ then not fad to make inquiries and send your Ilonoi-s samples of the discovered mine.!fs. lE-rrEu OK Sergeant Andries Laprensen to Director Stoyvesant; „e kkports THE INIMANS ARE LISSAHSEIEU AND THE CROPS HAVE TO liE CIT UNDER AN ARMED Honorable, Valiant and Worshipful Sir ! Honorable Peter StuijvesaiU, Greeting ! the J.''Cf tl; Ir,;" ^'' ■"'""" •>•"'"• "--' -^-^ ^'- -vages intended to do . irh ns, as on tH. 2.» of July A lfio9 we were warned by a certain Ma^ua,'., ..alle.I Amiros to be on on guard because, he said, the savages about here were looking L for us. as it wasTiose o Inrve t.n.e, they intended to nn.rdcr „s ; also from another side, a certain southern savac " id tl e^ u^e and we ].avmg been warned, keep together go.l watch; besides we have l" 1 f.:' rL^ ^.y^..own mouth that he stated in presence of ,/... ^«,... , v..//, that he had n. at Lutl. S,.>^>u. not to come in here, because the savages intended to go to war. We h^ ■ .Te decided an,l have resolved with the farmers, to mow an.i bring in the corn all toget he Af e „ general consen had been given hereto, C..n.U. SIer!,t an.l M'k.n Jan..n went t<, t Ir own « Ids pZ t r " ' ^" r'"'""'"^' '"'^ '''"'"* "^'^""""'^ people, 77,^«., SM,r (r/lij guard n the conn ry, lu.td your lIo„„,, ,he (General, shall come here hhnself, for we were to ibv Cla^s .e Rn,j,.r that we may expect your Honor soon, f commend your T ..nor iVh 1 t o t « protection of the A n.ighty and remain your llonor-s faithful servant 1^ name ' Oreat Soojms, 4"' Aug 1659. ^ " • Andries Locrihsen. To the Honorable, Wi.e ..d V.,,. V.,;,,., «;, „,., ,,,.„,„„^ ,,^„^.^, ,,^^^^^ .,^^^^^,^^^^^^ ^^ lo/'f jYew-Am/iterdam Manhatans. New York Hiatorical Mecorda. 101 MlN.tTE8 OF THE CoURT OF FoKT ObANOK. AbkIVAL OF Major GeNEKAL WilL- lAM Hawthorn and Captain John Pincuon, i-boposino to take up land East OF Wappinoers Creek. On the 4'" A.i^ust [1659] appeared at Fort Oran^. before the Commissary and Magistrates Major-Gcnen.1 Wilha,a Hawthorn and Capt. John Phuihon wlio declare to l.ave eon,e here from JIartford to oimn friendship and correspondence with us, also to supply this place with cattle and that thoy had found a convenient place, to fac-ilitate it, at a village five BiOch miles from the JYorth river Last of the Wapjnuffera Kil. They intend to establish themselves at this place if it 18 not witlun our jurisdiction and if they would be allowed free passage by the said Kil t^, the .\orthr,ver. We answered to their proposition after having thanked them for their offer of friendly mt^rcourse, that we had here only subordinate jurisdiction under the Director-General and Conned of Nco-Netherland and therefore had no authority to give them a consent or permis- sion, wluch proi>eriy l,ad to come from the Director-General and Council, to which they assented f Lktteb OF Director Stuvvesant to Sergt. Lapbensen at the Esopus; bev. Mr Meoapolensis proceeds thither; increased vigilance recommended. Ilononiblc, Valiant Sir ! Your Honor's letter of the 4'- instant has been duly received on the 6'\ but has remained unanswered becanse I intended to come to the &fypu8 myself, on the following day, which mv nuhspos.t.on has so far prevented, as I liavo had since that time daily violent fever, which still CDutinues. As to the rumors, which your Honor mentions, we l.ave since learned from passengers, who came from above that everything is as yet quiet there and that they were only sensational rmnors and reports, winch God may grant ! meanwhile your Honor is strictly charged and rec-ommended o he wdl on your guard under all circumstances, as if they were true, and to watch by night and by day, to ho d together the soldiers, as well those who have been there bofoi-e, as the 15 who w..re se,, up from here last Saturday and to recommend in our name to the inhabitants, that they shall scatter . us httlo as jxissible and bo well on their guanl with your Honor and the soldiers - In case your Honor should discover any probabilities in the rumors or signs, that the salvages nnght attcn,pt sometlnug, your Honor will con.municato it to the bearers hereof, the reverend D' Meaa- ^V.v,.« and Ens,gn i>.r.i. Smith, upon receipt of whose report and opinion such orders sludl bo g.vcn, as wdl be found to be needed : wherewith closing wo will connnend your Honor to the ])rotection of God and remain Honorable, Valiant Sir Amsterdam in ^''"'' ^**°«'"'« affectionate the 11'" August A- 1(;59. P. Stuyvesant m 102 Cohnial Settlements on the Hmimn liiver. Lktter of DiKPxrroR Stityvksant to Seroeant IximissKN and others at the Esorns; Rev. D° Bloem i'roceeds THiTHSii ro take charqk of tuk conoheoa- TION THERE. Honored, Dear and Beloved Friends According to tlie promise, wl.idi I made, I have informed tl.e Lords-Directors last year of yonr juBt demand, to havo there a good, ortliodox an. lying hereon we commend you all, with cordial salutations, to G I's merciful protection and remain , ^ Honored, )ear and Beloved rriends Actum Fort Au,.t,vdam Your .dfectionate frieiul. Ill JSew-Nethfirlanil the [11'"] August A" 1G59, PKo..,sAr.s made «v the Eso.ts LvniANs and the a.nkwkks ok the D.:t.-h thercto. _ On the 1?" of August, Sun.lay in the c-ven- Answers made by us, through ,]ncoh JauMn and mg at the Exopus. Tho,n.,x Chambers in presen.-e of all of us. . The Sivchems stated, that they had no evil in- We answered in general, that we should n- tentions towards us an.l that there wasno truth port their statement to the Hon. (Jenerai and m tl.e reports ma.le to iis. that the Hon"'-' General ha. long ago desire.i and New Yai-h IlUtorical liecords. 2. Tlusy Iiad lutieiitly borne tlio blown, wbich civeU of us had often given tliein. 3. Tliey hud quietly Biiflered, thut our people bad taken away from them 4 com heaps. i. The Saeheum ubowod 17 staves of M'ood, witii which thoy signified, that our peoplo had at dif- ferent places wrongfully beaten and injured their tribe. 5. The Sachems said also, that they wore very willing to keep in peace with us and would pre- fer to submit to many things, that they also ex- jwcted, the Ilonorablo Cieneral would fulfill his promise as to presents, for as lonj^ as that was not done, they could not imagine, that the Gen- eral intended siuceroly to remain in peace with them. 108 intended to come licre, but that ho fell sick on the day before his departure; therefore it wiis delayed, but us soon as his Honor was well again, he will make the journey with God's help. (Endorsed) Report made by Domine [Me(jaj)ole>m8?'\ ufWH his return from Fvrt Oratuje and the Eso- 1659. PmrioN OF i.MiAurrANTs of Esoi'us, kkqckstino that tiik Rkv. IVFr. Br.oEM bk API'OINTED TIIKIK MINI8TEK. To their Noblo Very Worshipful Honors, the Hon""-' Director-General and Council of New-NetluTland, Show with due humility the inhabitants of the place, called the Exopm, that on the 17th of August the liev. ira,manm Blwm has preached at the place of the petitioners in the fore and afternoon, which has satisfied the petitioners very well and they wish sincerely, that they could obtam bun for their duly authorized minister. They rcciuest therefore respectfully that your Hon""" Worships will plejise, to consider this matter and effect, that ho may be appointed hero by the proper authority, while wo promise to treat him decently and in order that his Reverence shall l)e able to sustain himself and lu) more encouraged in his work we havo all resolved (subject to your Hon"'- WorBhins' approval) to make a good bouwery for him, provide it with a house barns cows and other cattle as proper, to tend the land, which your Hon"'" Worships shall plaise to allot to him, i>lough it and bring the whole in good onler, so that ho may cidtivate it himself or hire it out advantageously, aa long as ho shall fill the position of preacher here, but in cf.se he should leave or die, then this Iwuwery shall always remain for the support of the uiinister, then being here, and as the mnnl)er of the petitionei-s is as yet very small and the establishing of such a bouw- ery will be troublesome and costly for them, may th. iKStitionom therefore be'granted, that all who hereafter come to take possession of lands and bouweries here shall also contribute' pro rativ to the obligations of the present petitioners, who must now incur these expenses. We await a favorable decision hereon. /'opus, the \V^ of August 1659. Willem^Janskn's Jacob Janskn Stoll Thomas Chambeks. """''' JuEiAKN — ^ Bestvaai.'s mark I JL Janskn SiouTHNnoKoirrt mark ^^'^ Colonial Settlements on the Hudson Rivet Jan -^ Beoku8kn'« j^^„„ Jan Janskn IJIKCK 4. II„NR,c..8EN jJenriok ^ Cornku88Kn'« .uark MAr.„V8;4 ROLOKKHKN Pl^TEK -=^^^ D.KOKSEn's ...Urk AKLiiEKT A GOKBEKTBEN C0BNKU8 BakENTSKN SlkoHT. Statement REOARDiNa the fears of the people at Esopus and their reasons FOR ir; THKY ASK KOit A LIITLE BKI.r, FROM FoRT Ora^NUK AND REQUEST A VISIT FROM DiK. StLYVESANT. The inhabitants of the E^opus fear, that the savages have evil intentions, their suspicions hav- ing been roused by the gauses given here. Their suspieics were caused : P '"^ 1. By tlie departure of a young savage, wlio worked for Clapboard* 2. By a Mmiuaas. dJl "'' ' ""'"""" '""^' "'''° '"''' "'"'"' ""' "'° ''^^'" ■»"«" ""«'"''»' «» '"""''-" '!■» Ileasons. That General Stuyoesrmt had not k.pt his promise of giving them presents, as he had prom- sed. That some eompla.nts had been n.ade, but that bin Honor General Stuyveant had promised o come Inmsel to complete the conclusion of a permanent peace; as this has not yet bee " o^ they eaiinot believe that it was really intended, but to keep it in suspense and tL. all at o'^ atta(fK them unexpectedly. verskL'^were'tZm "' *'"' '^'"'^ """^''' "'" "^^'' '^' "" ^'"'^'^ ''"* ""'*'^'- '^"'^ «"- ^«'- enedtokl'llhfr'"'''''"'' ''''"^' '"'■'"°" "'' Indian and iH,inting a knife to his breast had threat- P„ 1. ^ ''^'\'".'" *f 7^' '" Pursuance of an order from the Hon- General Stuyvesant, to assist each o her during the harvest and help in hoeing the corn and that for the protectCn of ti.e inhaL Uinu and laborers some soldiers should go with the lalx,rers to the field to protect them, but some of them separated themselves nnmediately after the resolution and agreement had been made. The laborers who earn Ingh wages there, still refuse to join in an exi>edition or to do guanl- duty and all this falls on the shoulders of the few inhabitants. It is necessary, that some men were appointed, also a messenger, to hold some kind of a court, that everybody, no matter who, could be made to go along. «„.. '^•'^yf '''■''' f'**^ ^" «'-d«'- he given regarding the thalch-roofs of houses, in which people live and make fire without chimneys. i i' ° ""o » Clujiboard was a nickname given to Thoraiis Chambers.— Ko. New Yovh Historical Records. jqS That they iniKht have tho little bell from Fort Orange. That they might have a drum, l.wauso thero are i.ow 40 soldiers there, besides tho inhabitants. 2 or three little jiieees for a preticnt to the IridiaiiH. Tho Sergeant talked also of intending *o make a redoubt near tho guardhouse ; if tho IIou"" General consented, they would nuiko it of sods. Montiujnie asks for some muhkcts fuses. Jurriaen Bestvaal would like to have 2 or 3 more cows, a dwellinghouse and a farmhand Tho mhabitants of /%;«* desiro the IJon"'" General to come there, that son.e more lots may be surveyed, as there are several people, who would like to cultivate tho land, but they have no lots. Likewise tho people of Fort Orange desire tho Hon"'" General to come there, to settle some matters. Li-m-KK OF Skbokant Anpkiks Lackensen to Dirkctob Stuyvksant; Indian news AND REQUEST FOB 8UPPUK8. Honorable, Wise and Very Discreet Sir ! Honorable General Pieter Stuyvemnt, Greeting I These few words are to inform your Honor only, that the savages arc rather quiet at present I trust, the.r hasty undertaking has L.-en postponed: further, CU Davit, continues in his old tneks of selhng hquor and tattling, as I with other persons have foun.l a drunken s^ivage there, called I oenap on Tuesday, being the 18'" of August of the present year; then, your Honor ].lease to think of ua with victuals, meat or bacon, as it is all consumed and tho farmers are them- se vcs as badly off as possible. Herewith goes a soldier, Gerrit Veher, who has poor healtii Closing I remain Your Houor's faithful servant by tho name of Actum Great Fsomm . t Ol.l A * Aol/Vrrv AnDKIES LoUBISSEN. 21" August A" 1G59. In haste. To tho Honorable, Wise and Very Valiant Sir His Honor, General Peter Stuyveaant at Fort N. Amsterdam on the Manhatans. LeTFEB from the same to THE SAME : THE EsOPDS IndIANS ABE PBEPABINO FOB WAK. Honorable, Wise and Ver> Valiant Sir! Honorable General Pieter Stuyvesant, Greeting! Whereas we have heard from Mr. Abram Staats on the 29"> August, that tho savages had killed some people at Mespat there, therefore I inform your Honor by these few lines (as tho skip- per would not wait), that the savages keep all away from us, but they prepare themselves evidently for a war, for wo liave been informed by a certain savage here, that the savages are making bows and arrows day and night. However we cannot learu, what their intentions are ; we were further advised by Cit, that the Sachem Caelcop had said to him, he should move away from the strand 14 r 106 Cuhmial Settlemetitis on the liudmn River. r \- ' '4 if I •■i J'' n: truti?i ""'T' I'"\T'^ "'" ^r^""-''*' '^"' "'"'^ ^''« ^''^■'''^""' '-'1 '-"'^-'J. t» beat ns. How much truth .8 .n th.8, God knows. Plc^o send us some bacon or meat for the soldiers. In haste. Closing I commend jonr Honor to the protection of the Almighty and am and remain . , y. . r. ^'•^"'' l^o"0'"'a fuithful servant in the name of Actum, (treat Lsopua . , 1". Septbr 1(159. Ani;«ik8 Louuibbkn. To the Honorable, Wise and Very Valiant Sir, His Honor General Pieter Stuyvesani at ^VcM) AmnteriLin ou the Manahatwa. PboPOBAI.8 made IIY IIIK EsoPUB Indianb. BitioJt^ Sl:;;;z!"™' **'""' '"' ^'""" '"'' ""^" "" '«"^' '-^" ''- ^^"-^"^^ i-po- First ; that on the 3" of September they had been together at one of their Bavu^e houses and without arms, bo that we might not have any suspicion of them had Advised tlui 'Z^7u '"''"T' f '"'*"" '"'^ "•"'•"'"' ^"^'''"« ^""^ ^'-" -'''» ''-- «" J had advised, that they should reconcile themselves again with the Christians, for whi.-h purpose Third three years ago h«t fall they had been at the Manhatans, then they came here to the Es,,n., but they did not injure any one of th« But.: nor did any other harm and they 1 ^ C IS lans return to tUeir possessions and shortly after they made an everlasting compact vith te Ci ismnsand heJ/.,,...and toconfinn it, they hx-ked their am. together uith iron chain and «ud, who shall first break this, he shall bo made war against in common mav !rr ' T '^''^ "^''^''«"'' '''"'"^' *' '^^ P'^''^''^"^ ""-^ ^"^^ "" •»"••'' ''^" i"tontions. people may g, to work now as one faro is burning between ub and we may go to sleep on eitlu r s , ie with safety ^ud that formerly many news reports had como from othef savages, that tl o i, 7 would come to kdl then, and then this and that, but that now they would not'lis;^ to su^ tdk Fifth, tliat they cannot understand, why the Fort had been made here; that it would hav^. been better. If every one had remained .a his bouwery, for then we Christians wouhl have ! , enabled to harvest our corn better, while now it is spoiled and the hors 3 would hav. ,.,0" home more in one day, than what now has been carried off l>y the water Sixth, that they have been wondering, why we do not plough ; they had suspected us o' evil intentions but we should commence ploughing, whereas we need not fear an v harm from them through the'' " n "''^ ""■' "f ''r^' "-'='"■" '""'^ -" ^'' "- ^'- l'«»>'. -I'-l' for. 1 throng the guardhouse-g, nnds; that it was lucky, that the soldiers had beaten just a Sa.-h^n. „r some others for using that ; at ,, for if it had been barebacks,* they would have lusiily fought Seventh, they .ay, that ./.,.//. horses and hogs had destroyed a whole plantation and they guess, that w en hey drove out the animals, the horse, which L.h lost, m ist have fallen ni Btump, for , ,t had been shot with a bullet or an arrow, the bullet or arrow-Btick would have CZ found and they say, it died from the cutting open. * Young warrlora. New York Historkul Recorda. 107 Eighth, fhoy l)roiiglit wuiiipmn for tho horeo and (U!knowlwlg»>(l, that they laid killwl it ; 40 Ptriiigs of wiiito wiinipniii. Ninth, they ijring wiiiTipiim f.ir Jm-i'ili JanKrn'n liogs :uid iicknowlcdge, they had killed tlieni too; 10 striiigH. Tenth, WHmpum l.r ciiptnring our four Christinns; 3 Btrings. Eloventii, Wiiinpiiiii, that wo should dirliire oinwlvoH witirtfied ; 5 strings. Twelfth, \Vain])uni, thiit the Kolr>i). Wo consider of greater importance, what wc heard from Fort Orange lately, that If,, that in tlio latter part of July some Englishmen from Boston arrived there, among them two ( f position and distinction according to their commission ; they iiKjuircd for a fortniglit or 3 wevks after tho territory hetween the two places anrl having spied the land along the North liver n-.uier pretext of investigating and looking up, how and where the lines and limits of their f'(,]oiiy or Province may terminate, tl-,ey came finally, as they say, to Fort Orange. After the usual "compliments, they made amouj.- others a proposition, that they were willing and intended to make a village or settle- ment at tho end of tho Wapplngcr' s Kill. This Kii has its source some leagues inlan.rto tho east- ward and empties into tho North river al)ovo tho lliglilands, above 13 or 14 leagues from this place. According to the reports there aro g.md and fertile lands on either side of it and whereas there is no other way to it than along this North river, the afores.'iid E iglishmen proposed and requested to hayo unmolested passage up to ard down from if. Your Honors may easily infei, in your usual sagacity, what tiio consequences hereof wouhl be, that is, to get into our beaver-tnule with their wampum ami divert tiie trade; we can very well imagine, that your Ilonoi-s' advice and onler will bo, to resist their undertaking by all moans and prevent it if possible. Right Honorable (ientle- men, there will be no want of our inclination to <\t they may send some colo- nista with cuttle there overland, to crawl along in time -ad finally obtain their end ; yo.ir Hoimrs are most likely of opivdon, to oust and drive away tho colonist, wlio should settle there ; this would be feasible at first, if it remained so and they had no followers; in our opinion the best and sfifost plan would 1)0 to forestall the Englhh, by peopling and settling the lands with some good and • 8o ii> ti.e original.-En. f For the preceding we Vol. XII Col. Por., p. 249. -Ed. I ft 108 Colonial SettleTuenta on the Jlnd^on liivei: -it :=r::i:r;;;:— -:---^^ up n„„ „,, „„,„ „„a ,, , ,„ „„.^ „„„, ,,„„ - '^:;;,;: ■ I J ".««''■-•' doubt, but agisted ,>, the inhabitants an.l .itb O.,. b.eL :' 2: "^ ^Ji^rilf^:?' "" m^ntune to prevent if possible the n.i.ebief an,l w.., should T^J^ U J ^Z Z Pk...-os,.o.vs ok .n.K Mon.wK. M..:.. o. ..,.: Co.:kt ok Fokt C).....«, Sk„b„ „, ,651). Present e/. Lamontayne Jeremias van Renanelaer E.xtraordiiiiirv Session held by both the (!ourtH to hear the i)ropo8ition8 ....;.':,£;;:;r'Ei=t,Er:t5;zss:a;:;i;Kc='i,J''"~^ New York Jlintvncal liecordH, 100 of till) Maquaet this 6"" of Beptein- ber lti6!>. Arent van Curler. J'VdiuriH Ihmn. Dli'tik Jan»en ('roon. Andrien Iltrliertnen. Sander Lendi'rtsfn. Jan Verhtfik hikJ nil flic lute iiiagiHtriktot). 1. They wiy, thoy lm.1 i.m.lo tiu- joiiriioy, to truiit with iig in frionilHhip anrl give a Btriiig of wuiupum. 2. Thc-y siiy, that they and otiier Biiviiges .].. not like to see their tribe drink no nuicli liquor and give two Ix-nverB. 8. They say, we Imvo boon agreed bore, that wo had made an alliance; the Dutch say, we are brothei-8 niul joined toyother witii chaiiiB, l.nt that lasts only as long aa wo have beavers, after tliat no attention is paid to us, but it shall always be, as if we needed eat-h other. They give two beavers. 4. The alliance inado in the country, who can break it ? Jxt us at all times keep together what haw been made one. They givn two licavers. 5. We have to expect our enemiert, the Frenrh, and if wo drink too nuich, wo cannot fight; we request therefore not to sell any brandy to our i>eople, but to put tho bung in our casks. They give two beavers. 6. When we go away now, we shall take with us a gooairing our castles. They give a coat of beaverskins. 13. Come to us with 30 men and with horses to chop wood, carry it to our castles and assist us in repairing them ami tho Dutch can carry their wood-sleds into the country. They give a beavercoat aiul a beavci-skiu. 14. When any one of us dies and one of the Dxitch should be his companion, it was his duty to give to the friends of the deceased one or two pieces of linen. They give a beaver. la. It is not necessary, that you should make us now i)rcsonts in return. They give a beaver. Action taken on tho projiosition of tho Mohawkn and answer given to them on the S'" of Soi> tembor. no Cchnial SetUevimtB on the Hudson liivei: the circct, that ,10 doubt has armen ,„ regard to the hmthorhood between the Dutch and the Mn- 2 AVe expect here every day Mr. Stuyvesant, to confer with you and wo Bhall let von know when he arnves or so.ne of the Dutch Sachenm will con.e to you. ^ ' Then 50 fl in wampum were given to the Mcujuaea. ^^^ further action of the Magistrates of Fort Orange ou the Mohawk.^ propositions, Septbr 16, Court Minutes, whicl7t'rT- Tl !!"'":!;' '"'' ^''" ^'"'''''•"'' ''"^ «" ^''« «"■ ■"«»• *» ^^ten to the propositions r crefore the.r Honors have for the .,ke of peace aud the well-being of th^ ,.ountry decided to Jeremus van Renssela.r, Franri. Boon, Dirck Jansen Cro^m, Andrles Herhertser, mT Ar/n, m IM^' ExruA. r from a i.r.rvKn op Sthyvksant to t„k D.nncTORs ,n Hollanh: no nkws FltOM TRK t.O,.,S, lU-T RKINFOROKMKNTS HAVE HKEN SKNT TI.F.RK ; KyUH-MKNTS FOR CAVALRY RKQUIRKO; THE RkV. IIaRMANUS BloKM HAH ARUIVKl, AND Vi' ,S I-UO- nZ" "\r" '"'• '? '"" ^^"''''^^ ^ H^HTLEMENT ON WalPINOERSKIL AOA.N CROED. 17'" Septiir 1(;59. * * # M * ♦ » Since our last we liave had no news from the Bioniui ■ <> nr « ,i„..o „ :;:n7:;rt'^b^"^'^" T '"T '- "^^ ^^^'^ i~r2X;zr;: ll> n ;. "■" ?'"'/*■'"'' ""'^ '■' '^''■■" '"' ""^'""^' •"" ■•'» ^-""" ••'•-ado, nevertheh's those and other run.or.s make the out-lying farmers circun.spect and not without rea»^n, tin.id m place them on the.r guard ; they have therefore requested us through their magi t^e to ^1 yuled w.th some powder, lea.1 and small anns, also a dnun for ead. viHago tfc i t'^^tht t o ;ttr;:r : ^:t^'^ "' ^-^ t-"'^^- ^^^ ■-- ."-"^-' ^hem withfjLris:^^ ^ < les, as tai as our stores penmtted, giving each village 30, 40 or 50 .^unds of now.l.T «„.l 1 . el8— biislu'U.— Ed. 112 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River. 9(^ Zr^of h ojf "i ' :^ ^'T "' ^''^ ""' '"^'"^' ^" P'-P--'^ ---d out, until tl.e last nlr n? ^ T r 'P' V ^"' "t? *" *'" ''°"°'- "^ *''° Incorporated Company, wi.ereupon your Honor may iirmly rely, aa if your Honor were present in person. ^ I am your Honor's faithful servant Jacob .Tansen Stoll. I ne J'- 'l^rr*''' ^'"'i"' ""'"■ P''"''. *" '"■"^''^' "^*^ ^'^'^ ■* P'^«« «^ g««d ""°n for shirts, which 1 need : I shall pay your Honor in good wheat. This by the yacht ^^'^^^ Jansen Stoll. Actum G^rea< Esopus, the l?"- Septbr. 1659. To the Honorable, Wise and Very Valiant, His Honor General Peter Stuyvesant. Final Answer given to the Mohawks at their first Cabtle Kaghnitwaoe in VRESENCE OF THE CHIEFS OF THE THREE MoHAWK CasTLES, SeFTBK 24, 1G59. 1. Brothers, we have come here only to renew our old friendship and brotherhood and you must tell It to ,^ur c Inldren; our children will always be able to learn it from the contents of C wri ings, which we leave behind us, for they remain while we die. From them they will always see how we have lived in friendship with our brothers. Brothers, we could not brhig any doth Tor we could not get men to carry it ; but friendship cannot be bought for merchandisf, ou'r hea t ha always been good and is st 11 so and if that is of no vahu- to you, then we come not to buy frL d toThem" "' "' "--^'-dise and beavers. Three boxes of wampum wl giTen 2 Brothers, sixteen years have now passed, since we made the first treaty of friendship and brother- hood between you and al the Dutch, whom then we joined together with an iron chain. Since hat time it has not been broken either by us or by our brothers and we have no fear that it will ^ broken by either side, we will therefore not speak of it any more, but we will all be aJre .111 as If we had lam under one heart and in grateful remembrance of our brotherhood we gryou now two boxes of wampum. ° •' 3. Brothers, 18 days ago you were witii us and made your propositions to the Dutch your brothers, we did not give you a conclusive answer then, as wo expected Mr. Stuyvesant and pCi ised to inform you, when Mr. Stuyvesant should come. But as he luis fallen Zy sick, he cannot come for the present and we now tell you, brothers, that what we shall sav, weLy w tli t a^i honty of Mr. Stuyvesant, all the other chiefs and of all the Dutch and thei; children. Ve g"o the brothers as a present and as a token of truth two boxes of wampum 4. Brothers, we now say for once and for all times in our own behalf and in behalf of all the Dutch diy, the roads being very bad to go over, that you henceforth must have no doubt of our alwayl remanimg brothers and whenever some tribe or other salvages, whoever they might Z so. It, but t^ll thein they he, and we shall say the same ; the brothers shall .ly of you the same thi„« .f He are able to help you, but we cannot compel our smiths and gumiiakers to repair the musketi New York Historical Records. ii;{ of onr brothers without receiving pay for it, as tliey must earn a living for their wives and chil- dren, who would otiierwise perish from hunger ; or tliey would remove from our country, if tliev received no wampum for their work and then we and our brothers would be very much embar- rassed. "We give you hereon two boxes of wampmn as a i)re8cnt. 5. Brothers, 18 days ago you requested us not to sell brandy to your people and to bung our casks. Brothers, do not allow your people to come to us for brandy, none shall be sold to them ; but onlv two days ago we have met 20 to 80 little kegs on the road, all going to obtain brandv; our chiefs are very angry, because the Dutch sell brandy to your people and alwavs forbid it to our people, now you forbid it to your people and if you desire us to take away from your people the brandy and the kegs, then say so now before all these people, but if wo do it afterwards, you, brothers, must not be angry. They were given two boxes of wampum. i>. Brothers, we give you now as a present this powder and lead, which you must well take care ot, so that, if you want to attack your enemies, you may use it and divide it among your youno- men, with which we give 75 lbs cf powder and 100 lbs of lead. " ° 7. Brothers, we see that you are very busy cutting wood to build your fort. You had requested us for horses to haul it out, but that is impossible to do with horses, for the hills are too high and steep and the Dutch cannot carry it out, because they have become weak from their march 'to this place, as you may see by looking at our people ; how should they now be able to carry pallisades? But as the brothers sometimes break their axes in cutting wood, we give you herewith a present of fifteen axes. 8. Brothers, as some of your people, also of tiio MaUcamUrs and Sinnehm occasionaly kill our horses, cows, pigs or goats, we request you, brothci-s, to forbid your people doing it and we give you two beavers' worth of knives. All the foregoing propositions having been made tlie same were courteously accepted by the chiefs and all the people standing around, also that the brandy kegs should be taken from theni. As we had made our projiositions, a letter was handed to us by the negro-servant of Mr. La JfontaffM, expressly sent after us by his Honour. AVe learned from the letter, that some mist-hief an.l fighting has taken place between our i)coi)le and the Ksoj>„.s savages; we immediately com- municated the news to the chiefs and the people around us, wiio listened to it with great astoni.'^h- mcnt and said, they were very glad and we had very well done, by making it known so promptly, because, when now the J'^opw, or other River savages should cou'ie to thcMu with presents and ask for a.ssistancc, to light against us, they would kick them and say. You beasts, you ])igs, get away from hero, we will have nothing to do with you. _ After having atten.Ied to this matter, we rcjuestcd the Jf,r,pau's to release from captivity their eight J'Wiich prisonera luul to bring them back to their country. They answered, that tliey must first deliberate about it with their Castles, that done, they would inform us by two or three of their chiefs. They complain bitterly of t!ie Frenchmen, because the Fr,'„r/i do not keep the peace made with them, but French savages attack them, whenever they are out hunting and thrash them, because parties of disguised Frenchmen are always among them". We were further informed by a Frau-h prisoner, that the wreck of a small vessel was said to have been found on the island at the mouth of CanM/u, of a sloop rowing there with (i or S men and the Frenchmen said and insisted, that it had been the bark of Jun Pow. This for informa- tion. Wo received also a j.ackage with letters, brought by a Mmpi„' «°d the Magistrates of Fort Orange and Bel,er^oyek Village having received several complamts against the insolence and injuries done to the savages by £ ~ andT"!; ''""• r'"!? "•' "' ?"' '^ ^ '^"'^'^^^^"^ ^"^'"^' ^-^''l '---th,'in onlcr to t^n to , / ""^ '"f ? ''"""^' '^'"'^ ^'""^'^™"« *""««' ''» '•'^^'^''"ts within their jurisdic- tion to molest any «vva..e, of whatever tribe he may bo, under pai.i of arbitrarv correction Thus LmTER FROM Ensign Smith to Dibecx^b Stuyvesant enclosing a re.>ort of the RISING OF THE EsOPUS LvDIANS AND OF A COLLISION limVKEN THKM AND THE SET- TLERS ; WAR IS DECLAP,ED. Honorable, Wise and Very Valiant Sir, Honorable General Vieter Stuyvesant Greetino- ' remain Your Honor's faithful servant and subject ' accordingly. I Actum Great Sopez 22" Septbr 1659. ■^^"*''''' SMrru. To the Honorable, Wise and Very Valiant, His H..„or, General Pieter Stuyve.ant at To the Honorable Director General Puter Stuyvesant '^' '^"''""'''""'^ the Hon- General's letter on the 2..'" I ,ux3,..m^ mv llf V/ ^ , '••-' 1^--^ '>"ma.. Clabhert, Jacob Hob, a carpenter, Abrahaoi by name, Pieter Drrcky^.\ his man, ii..r< PeW boy, Lewie,, the Frenchman. At the tennis-court near the strand thoy allowed themselves to be taken prisoners. Thoinas Clabbert was exchanged for a simige,«nd a soldier came back, who run away during the night: ar.d ten are still in captivity and they have actually declared war and do not want to know anything of peace, as the inhabit- ants can testify. We have still an Indian prisoner and so far, thanks to God, no one else has been wounded but two and Bmrtk.^ son is killed. The wounded have recovered rapidly. I cannot write any more f,u- the time is too short. His Honor La Montagnie h.« sent Kit Davit with a M,uiua^ Indian from b„rt Orange, to hear how matters stand here and will assist us, if your Honor approves. I have been ready to come with my men at any time, hut no yachts have been here. I remain Your Honor's servant till death DiKCK SoHMrr. To the Noble Honorable Director General Petrns Stuyvesant this is to be iriven Anno 1659 the 29"' Septbr, Manathaiu, Letter from Viok-Diwxttor La Montaonik at Foicr Or^noe (Albany) to Di- KKCTOH StUYVKSANT WITH I'AKTICULARS OF THE TROUBLES AT THK Esol'US. Copy of n letter from the hon"'" La Montagnie in which he com- .Tliairat th ""'"^"""^'^^ '""'^' <-"tlemen. I regret sincerely, that I have to inform your Hon- of affairs at the Lsopus. „„ ,f „„ jreadfui occurrence, which has taken place at tl.e E^opus * ChamlMrs. Honorable, Valiant, Worshipful Gemlemen. 116 CUonial Settlements on the Iludnoti River. last Sunday the 21" mat. about two o'clo.-k in ti.e afternoon, when of thirteen well-armed men one was killed one mortally M'oundcd and eleven taken prisoners, to wit the Sergeant of the Fort, Thomas Chambers, Jacob Ja^^en SloU badly wounded, Ah-ahun Vo.borgh, two farmers men, six soldie.-8 and Uxmes the Frenchman killed. I cannot write your Honors all the particulars this tnne, considering a north wind just begins to blow and I cannot detain the yachts here, to inform your Honors of what >s necess^try. I expect to-morrow the men sent from here to the Minnas, Nv^.0 went there w,th considerable presents. Captain Abraham Staet^ shall leave here immediately after their arrival and inform your hon- Worships as well by his journal as by lette.-s, what has occurred here. In the meantime your Hon- Worships ought not to allow any weak parties to and at the Esopii^M, for the savages are there with more than four hun.lred well-armed men an.l have taken possession of Kit Davifs house, where they keep a good watch and a look-out. I shall inform your Hon"" Woi-ships by my next letter according to my promise and as in duty bound. Jneanwhilo I remain ^ Your Honorable Worships most humble and obedient servant K, ... ^ (signed) La Montagnik. tort Orange 26'" Septbr l(i59. I have previously askc.l your Hon"'- Worships for a barix-l of powder and 7 boxes of fuses wh.cii 1 hope to receive from your Honoi-s soon, as they are much needed here. We have a suffi- cient quantity of lead. ii' 1 LicriKK FROM Jacoh Jansen Stoll, Thomas Ciiambeks and Evert Pelts to Di- KECTOR StUYVKSANT KEPOKTINO THtJ LATE CONFLICT WITH THE InDIANS. Honorable, Wise, Very Discreet Sir. By these few hues we intend only to inform your Honor, that on the 18'" of September 1659 we or the Ensign received a certain letter froni the Hon- General, by which we learned that the Hon General directed the Ensign to get ready with 18 men as quickly as possible and leave for the Manatam. i,o«-,ver on the 21" of Septemlwr 1659 at about 10 or 11 o.'c. p. in the inli'ib- itantsheai-d a great commotion among the Siivages a,.d as the state of the savages is somewhat alarming the Ensign ordered and directed Sergeant Amlrks Lourixsen to go outside with 8 or 10 n.en and to see, what the matter was. Meanwhile Ja,ob .lamcn Stoll had come with his gun to he guardhouse, although he was undressed to go to bed, and with hiin all the inhabitants an.l as the Sergean had sent back a soldier, to receive further instructions the Ensign said, that some inore men should go out, whereupon Jacob Jansen r^A\i,.\, Please let me go, which having been u..ne was tlius reported to the Sergeant by the sohlier an.l the Ensign ordere.l, that we should trv to get the Siivages here into the Fort, because they made such terrible noise outside. Then the aforesaid hergeant and Jacob Jan.ca St^U s.^nt ont to the s.ivages, .the savages perceiving them hred imL.ed.ately at them, we replie.l, one savage, who had helped himself freelv to brandy was killed by the Sergeant, another was ciptured. We have since been warned, that they will" roast and burn tlu; soldiers pursuant to orders. Therefore, your Honor, we inhabitants have concluded to inform your Honor as siKJedily as pcLssible of the cruel uprising of the savages, to a.ldiess ourselves in a friendiv manner to your Honor with the request, not to reduce our garrison in this precarious state of alfairs, but we hope m New Ywk HtHtorical Kecorda. ]i7 it will be increased and wlioreas it has pleased God, to visit the Hon"'" General with sickness, we will on our side not fail in either giving advice or making pallisades, which are nece»«ary for 'this settlement ; we hope however, that God Almighty will not leave your Honor, our highly honored Master, in this condition. In haste — Closing herewith we commend your Honor to the protec- tion of the Almighty and aie your Honor's faithful subjects and servants. In tho names of all the inhabitants of Oreat Eiiojma, in whoee presence this is signed. Jacob Janskn Stoll Thomas CnAMBtits EvEET Pels The mark of Pietee Diecksen -V y made by himself. In my presence TV /^ J 7-. 1 „.,.,. ^ , . AnDEIES L0UEI88EN. Done Great Enopus, the 29"' Septbr 1659. Declaration made by iNiiAiirrANre and soldiers at the Esopus, that Ensign Smith did not order an ArrAcr on the Indians. Wo, inhabitants and soldiers, who have been out with tho Sergeant and with Jacob Jansen SMI, desire to declare and attest, at tlie request of our Ensign, that the Ensign did give us no order to light or to beat, of which we will bear witness and testimony, espeeiallv Jacob Jansni SUnitenborgh, Tonuia Higgens, Gisehct Philipsen, Evert Pdts, Jan Artsen, Berent ^'lermenncn, all inhabitants and also tho following soldiers, Jl/artm //of man, OiUis de Necker, Aid Dirchscn, DIrck Jlendricksm, Michad Vreey, Joorin Metier who have all been with the Sergeant and Jacoh Jansen IStoll. J(^ the mark of Jan Artskn Smtf -^ the mark of Jacob Jansen Stoutenboeo ^ the mark of Tomes Uiogens Gysbert PniLLiPSEN van Velthuysen -^ the mark of Berent IIermensen tfi the mark of Gillis de Neckee Abel Dircks Marc.ks IIermens K ^ the mark of Jores Metser Marten Hoffman iv'^vciioiEL Ferch I H 2 tlie mark of Dirck Hendricksen. i Letter from Ension Smtth at Esopus to VirK-DiRECTou La Montaonie at Fort Oranok; progress of the war with the Indians. To the Honorable Mr. de La Montagne. I inform your Honor, that I shall willingly obey W 1 r.8 Colonial Settlements mi the Hudson Itiver. he Hon • Genera 8 order in every respect and that I have received a letter from hi8 Honor the Gene,.] on the 20- 7-' to come np and I have been ready to leave with my men, .hen the inhab- .tants. httle and b.g, al who were here, prevented me by prayers and a report of the General (?) and ^Jcm>h Jamen Stoll and Toms. ChMcrt had been on the atrand and had heard, that the vachtB had gone np the river, they overtook one of the yachts and hired it without my knowledge so hat . conld .u)t go along with my men. Whereas his Honor the General is very angry herc- w, h, herefore I request your Honor, Mr. La Moniagnie, to write, if the hon- Mr. Mj^tagnie w.Up ease These people, numbering 18 or 19 men, went to the strand guarded by a detachment of eight 8old.m under the Sergeant's command, altogether 17 or 18 persons, able-bodied n.en, to dispatch the letter to the Hon- General. Coming back toward the Fort they let then.selves be taken P"8oners, without making any resistance, to wit Jacob Janscn, Tomes ClaUert, a carpenter, / teter Hdlebrantsen PxeUr de Buer, the boy of Evert Pelts and the Sergeant with 6 soldiers the i-ascally savages have long bad this in their mind. It has been done thron-.h the liquor, that comes hero to the Lsopus from Fort Orange, for wo are very badly off at present, obliged to be und3r arms day and night and there have been here so many savages of all sorts an.l we Imve .kir- mmhed w.th them continually for twice twenty-four hours, for they have openly declared us war and will not hear of any peace. The grain is all safe yet, but great damage has been done to the ^attle ar.d horses; God be praised not more than two men have been wounded and one killed We «innot tell, how many wo.mded and killed the savages have had for they attacked us fiercely. Jacob Hah a house was fired by brand-arrows and it burned do^vn and they fired numberless brand- in-rows into the cornheap and the barn, but the Lord has protected it. May God grant us delivery. Herewith I commend you to God's protection. Written on the 29'" Soptbr Anno 1659. Your Honor's servant T 1 J , ,. . . DiKCK Smit. I have order and direction f , om the Honorable General, to send off Kit Damds. His Honor La Montagme must be guided by his own pleasure and opinion. *:;- ':,! m I, Letter from Cornklis Baeentsen Sllx^ut and other inhabitants of Eso.ts to DiKE(nx)u Stuyvksant; the setflers ark besieged in the Fort; no blame CAN BE ATTACHED TO EnSION SmITH. Does your Honor, Petrm Stuyvesant, Director-General of Ne^o- Netherlands know, that we are m great danger to be surprised by the savages at any hour, for they have kept us in the Fort full eight days so that nobody dares to go out, and they make great endeavors to fire the F<,rt Ja^d> Jamens house has been burned down, but his grainstack and barn have been save.l by us with great trouble and danger and there aro already taken and still kept as prisoners ainon/the savages eleven men five soldiers with the bergeant and Jacob Janaen with four others and Loawiea has been killed with ray son Jan. Therefore we sincerely request your Honor, that you please to eave the Eimign here with us, for if he had not been here, we would all have been murdered and the Lns.gn has given no orders to create this mischief, but I believe, that it was brought about bv nobody else, but by Ja^ Jansen and the Sergeant ; therefore we sincerely ask your Honor, tha't you will please to assist us, for else it is impossible to hold out here. Three of your Honor's hoi-ses have also been killed, which were shot below the Fort and eleven belonging to other farn.em, also several cows ana I might write more of the situation here, but your Honor shall hear it soon I New YorJc Historical Jiecords. hq I Leg of your Honor not to think ill of „.y v,.riting, if I should not have shown you the proper respect, please reee.ve .t .n good part. No niore in regard to this, than to conunend you to God's grace and to greet yoii sincerely. •' CORNELIS BarkNTSEN SlECHT Jan Jansen this is the mark ^^ of Jan Bboebsem this is the mark ^ of Wilm Janben thia is the mark '^ of Heyndkick Cobnelib this is tlio mark -^ of Jukian Westval this is the mark ^A^ of Matyb Roeloffsen this is the mark ^ of Dikok de Gkaeff this the mark 4. of Jacou Stoutenbukoii Paulus Jcrcksen Jan Aersen this is the mark -4p of Barest ilEHMEvs. This letter is to bo delivered to the Honorable Gentleman, to wit Uis Honor the /Jirector (Jeiieral of New-Netherland, Petrun Stuyvesant, at the Manatis. L>rrrER from Sergeant Andb.ks Lourissen to Dikectob Stuyvesant. (Oc.obeb 3» 1C59) Copy of a lettc.-, written by the captured Sergeant Atulnea Laa^Usm, to the Hon"'- General at t!ie instance of two Eiojnis savages. Honorable General ! I inform your Honor by this savage, that matters at the Exopus are in a bad c.uud.t>o,| ; it ,s besieged by 5(.U to (iOO savages, so that nobody can go in or near il I am a prisoner w>th ) men, Jacob JanaenU dead with 3 othe,^. H E»opus receives no assistance, I am afmul, It wi..' have no good end. Our people have taken one prisoner of them. Your Honor's servant Received the 12"' Octbr lfi59, Andbies .Laurens, Sergeant. Sunday before noon, but the savage said, he had been on the road for 9 nights. Declaration of certain Catskil Indians, as to the origin of the collision with Ti.K Indians at the Esopus, dibeoted to Vice-Directou La Montaonie blt WITUOL'T DATE. £001/ alias Eixjumicane, Machach Nemeno alias Maechschapet, Catskil Indians, make the fol- lowing declaration and explanation of the tii-st o-vploit and its consequences at the Fmpvu. They say, first, that the Fsopru, savages, eight in number had broken off con.-ears for Thma. 120 Colonial t^Ulements on Oie Jlitdson River. lit- tl hi Ummhera, there lia,l been iii.io of the.n, but one went away mid tl.ey wore at work until towaruiK)n Thomas rep'iod, " When it i^dark." The evening Imvingeo.ne. he guvo a hirge bottle with brandy to the savages and tho savage, sai;], " We thank you, tnat you have gi ven im so n.nch brandv." Then the savage.s Ejx>ko io each other, « Come let us go to the liquor-house an.I .Irink there our brandy," but the savaire. who is now a prisoner in the Fort «ii "--wered "No, it, namely the brandy has been given tome." Said the othere, " T>. .■ ■■. v..i- ■ . ,' " - '• they drank lustily out of the bottle, because they had no goblet or laddie .n the nieandinc w'' mi the bottle had been passed around once, the savages began to qua ,.i, among others one or wo savages who wero i)resent and had iw. cause to light said to eaci. .,thor, "I will g„ away la too small to tight against them." So these two went away and .< savages remained drinking there was liowever one drunken savage, who twice «red ofT h- gun charged with jmwder only M.ey began again to is n-.u , prisoner, said, " We would not kill the Dutch we have done them no harm, why, ther, .„ ...i they kill us and we liave nothing to fear from other sivvages.' - Yes, s.iid tiie other savage, that is true, but I am nevertheless so heavy-hearted " So they continued drinking tmtil the b.^ttlchaJ passed twice, when the aforesiiid wivages^iid again "Come, let us go, we shall surely be killed, may it come from whatever side it pleases, mv heart is full of fears." Th.;n this anxious savage did not want to drink any more brandy, went off and hid his goods at a little distance, then coming back he drank once more, when they heard the bushes crackle aa the Dutch came there, without knowing who it was. ' Then this 8av.i2e went away and said, " Come, let us go, for else wo shall be killed " and the other lan away and the rest laid down together, whereuiwn the Dutch came and all of them fired into them and shot one salvage in the lica.l and captured another. One savage was moving about intoxicated, whereupon the DuUh fired at liim continually taking nearly his dress from his body • then they surrounded him and wanted to take him prisoner, the savage .alleil out, "Come kl'l me, I am not afraid": the Dutch crowded around him and began to tattle among themselves but Neio /oi'k JlistoHcal Jhvmds. 191 ncanw u tlu, suv.ig., c.-apcd, tl.on tl.u DuWh looked all over mul conld not find tl.o «.vago : then I.e DuU^ ,,.n ,.,, to the h,„ nn.l found tluT- u ,l,.„nken ..vagn H«lcop, who... they e„t into ho j/mifi ran tlii.'ii nauk to tlic rort. Hhot d^r^ ^^'""'"': •' ^.";T ,"^""' ''": '"'^" '''"' '^"^ '" ''"^ '"-'"^ ^'"' '^ »'»tchot, one has Ix^ea Bliot dead, the Sergeant is still Iivmg with two others. Fighting continued for seven days, night and morning. This is to be given to the Honorable La Montiuftue at Fort Oranye. Extract from a i.KrrKR or the Direotoks in Holland to Stuyvesant: Mkivn SURKKNnKUB THK ..APttOONS...,. „P StATK .-IsLANn ; No NEW COLONIES TO BE ESTAB- LISUKI) IN JNeW-NkTIIERLANI.; van l.UU CAI'ELLtN DEAD. The 9"> t.f October 105!). Honorable, Prudent, Dear and Faithful. By th,. Shi,, "7. Tromo^>* nrriviK] here in safety on the 11"" of last month, wo have duly re- oe.v.Hl your letters with enclosures. Although we had defer«>d answering it to the next oi.irt,^ n.ty, yet as among other passengers of the ship " de l.lefde "f, going by way of Curacao, cZeUs M,lyn comes over in her, we thought it especially necessary to inform you herewith of ht agr men , made with hiin by ,ks for the surren.lcr of the patroonship over the colony oi Slat, n ■ iJaTd ^vlnch he has reconveyed to the Company under such conditions, as you may fearn f o, tl n! nexe.l copy of the contract. Wo ,lesirc and wish, taat its contents bo stri,rly followed an 1 u „11 fo mer charges and animosities, whatever they may have been, shall not only bo buried in e , ..bhvion, but also bo entirely banish...! from everybody's thoughts; also that all po.iblo „ d "d assistance bo given to am an.l his p..oplc, especially in the restitution of tho money, atXas t on in behalf ..f Dan.l Mlchlehen, formerly master ..f the ship ^^m..o.Nederland..he FotuZ^ uiid m all other matte., and respects: for wo have found it necessary and best for tho Conu^.y'; You will further learn from this contract, that by revoking these privileges, given formerlv wo express our intention not to allow henceforth the .-stablishment of new c.l.mies in tlmtZ Z) npon su, I a fo.,tii.g; for they are very .iisadvai.tngeous to tho Companv. Althou.l B„" Z <^ra.Me>>, who lately die.1 had i.sumed tho title of Patr..,.,. of lun-I.la.d wo oe Hn 7 hcultios in tha, because his Honor had never been autlu.ri.ed thereto: for there is no real ami s entirely without prece,Ient, to sustain his position on tl.o private ag.-eement made anZ . "d into hero with Comehs Melyn, who is now involved in a lawsuit ab.°.t it with the lieiL o ,e "r:;:::"' ^ r^^^^ «^ ^^^ -"• '•^'-''. -'-••' >- "o..or is said to have madoi L r^: o ^tv ages. Especially the latter event makes it untenable on account of the eonseouencea for «imo title, no long comiivamo can bo allowed, but it must b. prevented and resisted by pfoJ * * * » f I i 1 ' I. c. the Faith. l(i t I. c. the Love. } 1. e. New-Netherland Fortune. I 139 (Munial ^tUements on the llmlmn Jiiver. m pKOl'OBmONS MADE BV MoHAWK SacIIEMS. Extraordinary ScsBioii held at Fort Oramje, tlio 10'" of Oo- tolxjr 1(J59, to lit'ur soino prop- ositions to be niado by two Ma- tjuiU'H Sacht'ins, who arc M;nt by and spoak for ail of them. Present J. LaMontagnf. JeremiuH van liensselaer Fnineiit Boon AtuJriea Jlerhertscn Dlrvk Jannen Crmm Samfer LeenderUen Jan Verbeeck Arent van Curler Vo/ckerl Jannen. 1. They say, it is very wronp, that the Dufrh scold the savages so much without roirard to tr.be, and that they .all them "dogs" and "nwcals" and thoy say even now, " Yon too are an JLmpKs dog. Tliey give a string of wampum. 2. They ropiest, that the Duk-h shall do no harm to any Ma^iuues, Mahioander or KaOikil savages bnt that tiiey live with them as brothers. 3. They have advised with their four Castles on account of the fighting between the Butch and the hm,j>n>< salvages and inquire, whether wo intend to go to war against the E.opus or whether we here would keep "- •"""'•• «"" "- I'-blica- Honorable, Worshipful, Wise and Prudent Sir, Ilonomble Director-General of NewNdher land, I'etrus Stuyveaant. I beg to inform your Excellency herewith that on the evening of the JJO"< S"-" I have received by savages a letter dated the 13'" inst., the contents of which I have well undei^tood. As to the Jhghlandludim,, they nmnbercHl 110, as the Sachems siiid themselves at Thomas SiamberB^ house Ihey say also, that the Esopus savages must deliberate 3 days more, before they can give a defi^ mte answer; we ex,>ect also upon the statement of these savages, to get back our prisoners in 3 days, if they keep their promise, but we cannot rely on it with safety. On the 13'" we have s^K>ken with some savages here under the Fort, who called out t. U8, they would come ,4)01. us JV(?w York JliMoiical Iteeorda. jo.-j will. 400 men to fl^l.t HcKnniinK o..r«.lveH. wo culeavor to ke..,, «ood watcl. an.i k...,.1 onl.r I.. n.«.rd to Mr LnMnrrtaynie, I l.uvo had no n. •« .i„ce l.i« llonor'^ depun.ne; tiL huvuk . o. other popic There m .« yot no .•hanco for tilling the land, for the tanncrH ,lo not like to en.lan^rer tlu,r hor«o8 and wo do not now know ^uy n,o.-o to write to yonr Excy., except that wo are all .n good health, which we ho,H, is also the caw, with yonr Ex.y. and n.nain Actnn, Exopus ^""^ ^''^■''* '"""'^'" ^,':"'"" the 20 8"" 105!). "^^'^'^ ^"""• To tlio Honorable (icneral J'etriia Stui/i;e,sant at the Manhatana. Lk^tek from V,cf>I),„ErTOR La Montagne at Fort Oranok to Ensio.v Sm.t,. • iMoHAWK ANr. MoniOAN DELK0ATE8 ARE SENT TO E80PU8 TO AKKANOE AN Ar' I1I8TI0E. Copy. Sir Ensign ! Tho8o two chiefs of the Maquans and one chief of the Mahikamhrs go to the t.opn., to ran«.n. the ..aptive (JhrintianH and n.ake arrange.nents for an annintice, thcretbro yonr Honor wdl not n,oloHt the s..vage«, as long ,« the negotiations last, l.nt be upon your guard and do no trust the salvages. Meanwhile write U8, what luis occurred there since the departure of the Hon"'' (Jeiieral, to advise him thereof. ' . . I, , „ Your Honor's good frieiul and gcrvant At J'ovt Orange (,. „^,j. 21" October A° 1059. i sr l-A MoNTAii.NE, ( oninnssarv at Fort Oraiajf. On the 4«'> of November another letter of tlie same tenor as above was sent to the siii.l Ensi-m at tlie Esopm by a Sachem of the Mahikanden, called Nitavioret. Extract from a letfer of DiuEcrroR Stuyvesant to the Dirkctors in Holland • HAD CONnmoN OK TUE IX.UNTKV : SI^K Ol.' EsO.TS : FAILURE TO RAISE VOL! NTFFRS • StUYVESANT rROCEEI,8 WITH KEINFORCEMENT8 TO THE EsOVUS ; 61EOE RAISFU Copy Honorable, Wise, Prudent and Very Discreet GentlemeiL Gentlemen! The very precirions and dangerous condition of the country, which is so that uccordu,g to the judgment of the .nost 8ensible and best n.iude.l people it Iwis not been u.ore' dan- gerous for years co.npels n.o to lay it before your Honors and iuforn, you of it by a circuitous route over Ne..En,jland as well as over Virginia, hoping that one or the other letter n.ay reach your Honors before the sailing of the summer ships — I 12-4 Colonial Settlements on the JIiul) i f If ;i(:; On the 22" or 23" of September we received by an expressly hired yacht from the inhabitants of the Jimpus, the letter marked A, by which your Honors will learn the inconsiderate beginnin-r and from the letter marked B the sad consoH and after having made some arrangements there, I received on my return late in the evenin- the letter marke.l B, from which your Honors may learn the result of the inconsiderate action committed the night before agaii:st some drunken savages. Theso woeful news came very uiiex].ected to me and were so much more distressing, as we were unpr..vided with soldiery, to assist the garrison at the Eym as .puckly as they desired and their bad situation rc.p.ired, in which we have however not failed to do our duty, as is shown in my answer to that letter, marked C. On the following day, the 30<- of September, I called together the IJurgomasiers, Schepen and tlie (aptams of the trainbands and stated to them the distressed condition of the Exopu,, an.l that succor and relief were necessarily required, which for the present could not be given except witl. the a.^istance of the citizens. They were unanimous in their a.lvice and opinion that bv beating the drum a sufficient number of men could be got for the service or as volunteers if the savages, who might be captured, were declared j.rizes. Although this advice nsedea of the present distress and situation of the country and may ni low Z17 tenance and protection of the country to dei>end on the body of citizens. * * * * AV'o wrote your Honors detailedly in our letter of the 4- of September of the pretexts of some Ener by two Makikan,... We learned from this letter, tlutt /oi^eC l!" written to Mr. Z«.^„,a^;., ^o should make an armistice with the savages, if poliWewl dwect,ons Ins Honor gave us. The two aforesaid savages brought with tltm 2 s .u" ti.L o ^v^mpum from the Ma^.a.^,, one string from the Mikan.lersX from the KatsUs TZZZ of wampum as an offering of peace and armistice with the E.opus savages. The afcux.aii ™ .rough w,th them al..> an offering to the F.opn. savag.., to im.ke thent agree ,o I i'S s and the two J/a/.W... have been with the Fsopu. for 5 davs an.l ot the «r.t of 1,. 1 ey e..ime ba..k to us and brought with them 2 prisoners, a soMie'r and a free man. Tl iit^^^ name is P.t.r Lamertzen and that of the free man Peter Himrant.en and some .V^:!;::: ti: !«; New Yo?'k IIi8t'ical liecorda. \21 with the prmmers. The Sachsma ca,m at the imtance of the JIaquaas, Mahikaiiders and Kut,- A-ils, U) axk uajor an armistiee, to which we agreed for an long a time as it shall j>lease the Ilmi^' General Tlieii tlio Si.vages told us, that wo might till our lands and sow again and do every- thing, as wo had done it before this. But wo are nevertheless on our guard and expect the Hon"'" (leneral, as do also the savages. Herewith closing I commend your Exey. to the protection of the Almighty. Your P^xey's humble servant TIT' -NT 1 1 TT DiRCK SMrrii, Ensiirn. () His Noble Honor ' " Petrus Stnyvesant at the Manathana. (Ensign Smith wrote ft letter of tlie s.inu! tenor to Vice-Director Lainontagne at Fort Oranoe fAlhnnv^ nn thp sanje day, for whicli see N. Y. Col. MSS., Vol. XIII, f. 52.) v^rangt (Aibnnj) on the Lktfer from Ensign Smith to Vice-Directob Lamontaonk at Fokt Orange: i'kooeess of affairs at esopus. The IS'" November 1059 Honorable Worshipful Sir. Honorable Director Lamontiigne ! I beg to inform your Honor herewith, that I have received a letter dated the 21'» of last ntonth, as well as that I have received to-day a letter dated by your Honor the lO'" of November but the bearer hereof, Nietonnoret, Sachem of the Mahlkanders, would then not wait so long that we could write to your Honor, but he engaged another Siivage to carry tiie letters the next dav but the savage never came to fetch the letters and toe behave ourselves as friends hut th^y show themselves as rascals; it is true, we have got back 2 prisoners, but they keep the boy yet and have killed all the others; it is true, we have made an armistice with them, but none of the principal Sachems have been present. Wo respectfully request, that a yacht may come here and that she fire ;{ or 4 signal shots, when we will come to the strand with a guard. We have been twice on the stran.l with sol.lie-s, Imt did not discover any yachts, which astonishes us much and I request your Honor, that His IIotu,r the General may be informed of this letter and we wish, it were other- wise, than what our condition now is. Closing I commend your Honor to God's protection. Your Honor's humble servant To the Honorable Mr. Za?nontat/ne ' "^'^" Commander at J'ort Oranye. MiNDTES OF THK Cot'RT OF FoRT OraNOK. ExTKAORniNAKY Sf-SSION NoVBR IS"' 105!) TO CONSIDER A LETTER, RECEIVED FROM THE DlRECfOB-GENKRAI,. The Hon"" Members of both the Courts nwt to consider a letter from the Hon"'" Gen- eral to the Courts dated the 12'" !)"", in which the General sjieaks of retaining the Esopus sjivagcs. 128 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson lUver. About tins matter we are still uncertain. As to speaking with the KatsUU and Mahicanders, we have come to the conclusion after due deliberation, th«t it is not necessary, as we do not know whether Ins Honor the General shall be able to carry out his plan, pursuant to his letter, for in ca.e the General could come to the desired agreement with the savages, as he writes, then it would be unnecessary to exclude the Esopus savages from the MahlTcand.rs and Katskils at this time the ^dT T' '"' ""^ ^^''""^ '"^ *"''" ^''"^ °" "' *^'" ^'P""'^ ^" «•'«" ^P^"'^ ^'th By order of both the Courts. JoHAjjNEs Pkovoost, Clerk. Lktter from Director Stuyvesant (in his own iiANDWRrriNo) to Ensign SMmi AT TiiK Esopus: instructions for the tukatment of the Indians and oedkrs TO capture if possible 12 or 15 of them and keep them as hostages. Monsieur Ensijrn. As the bearer, Derek Smitt, intends yet to make the trip to the Esopris, although it is uncer- tam, whether the weather will permit the voyage, we did not like to lose the opportunity to send .Vo,i directions for the officers of the Company and the freemen, all according to tne enclosed list MJSKles to recoimnend to you, what you have been told by the Honorable Director, namely to trea't he savages as fair as possible until a better opjxjrtunity comes and to trade with them now and then for maize and venison, when they come themselves and desire it * * ? and to tfive them some goods in return ; but meanwhile you must be well on your guard and not allow tlie savajjes to see or get information of the strength of the g^arrison ; you must therefore not let them come farther into the fort, than Thoma,. ChamherH^ house between the pallisades and allow them aa little communication and conversation with the free people, as in any wav ,>08sible and if it should ha,> pen, that some should remain in TlwrruiH Chambers' house en account of bad weather in such a ease you must remain there yourself and place there some other competent ,>erson, who understands tlie an,:;,.age of the savages, so that no conversation can be held between the savages and our people without your knowle<.^ge. ^ As to the order left with you at the departure of the Hon-'- General, to keep some savages in the^fort, we still wish it earned into eflfect, but agreeable to the verl^il instructions yon must pro- ceed herein with caution, when you can persuade 12, 15 or 20 together to come, for it would not be worth while to begin with some 5 or (!. We would further consider it advisable, not to carry out this project, until the river is open again, unless ,t should smt you to make immediately on the evening after the capture of the savaL a sally and attack the nearest village of the savages : we must defer herein to your own disc-retitn We ho,>o to send you, as soon as the river oiK3ns, some more troops fur assistance. You must I^edT:me. ' '""' "' ^""""'' " '""^' " ^""'"''^'^ '''' "^^^«'""S «^ *''« «-- ^^ the 11"" December 1659. I. New Yorh Historical Recarda. 129 Lktteb KitoM ENsi.m SMrr.i to DiKECTOB Stuvvesani'; kepoets thk pkooeess op AFFAIRS AT THE EsOPUS. The 17'" X"", from tlio Exopm. Noble, Worsliipfiil, Wiso and Prudent Sir! Honorable Director-General of New-Netherland. I beg to infonn your E.xcy., that we have ha^'-- stated by your Honors regarding .1, wo^h cisiSi^Ll-T i«.d.„„ the North t. ,r advice, to anticipate this nation: therefore th. ir coming in and settling must above all be prevented and hindered by whatever means it o.u be done witl^ ^^ * Now Amstcl, now New-CMtle, Dol. See Col. Doc, Vol. XII.- i:„. iS*4 ],' m *4! 1% VM Colonial Settlements on the IluJuon Eiver. !1^: out difliuulty, as tlicre is no otlier passage to that place, tha!i „long the Norlhriwr. The Emjlhh govermnent here in this country is, wo believe, not in a position to care for or trouble itself about ''^ "■ ^'"^l* "^'"'"s »";(-conunodation fanning implements are going over now) towards spring, for which we shall also cail uiwn tho Tolish nobleman Lnleni Bac/rio* imd others for help and assistance, that henceforth ;lio expenses, which the Company incurs in bringing over such people, may become a source of profit. We intend also to look alwut for some young fellows of 15, 1(5 or more years, whom m-o shall not bo afrai"'<'''s»f"ll.v at this |.,Ti.,.l l,y Fxiiifj Frc.l.rio of Donr.urk. with the nHsUUmco of the 1); ,1 ajrmnst Imrlos Ju.stavus ..f Sw.dr,, .,,.1 Poh,,,.!, s.ems to have brought U,. DuttVin o c ,^r " , „ rt , with I'olaii.l mi.l put this notion int.. tho lieiuU of the Diructori -ICi) '>»o cio, ( r (onn( < turn New Yuih Historical Records. 181 win- our last, apparently and without doubt hindered and kept back by tlio unfavorableness of the ter ; they cannot be trusted however, which makes us keep on our guard, draw in the separate dwelhngs and surround tiio distant Dutch villages with pallisades ; we have not been able to conio to a conference with tlie Emipm savages, aa is shown by the written report of the Hon"'" Director- General under letter II. Meanwhile other savages, who are at present our apparent friends, inform and warn us, that the Emima f.rc decidedly bent on war; they solicit urgently help and alliance from othur tribes ; the separate bouweries of the Colony of Jienseliierswyck and the imminent lack of bread stuflF, in case it should be destroyed or fired, before the grain was threshed, eomi)el us to abstain from hostilities against the Ewpus savages and their allies for the present and to await a better and more suitable time, which yom- Honors may find in detail in the aforesaid written report and the copy of a letter on this subject sent by the Hon"'" General to the authorities of Fort Orange and the Colony of Rcnselacrsxoych, here annexed under lit. I. On c; more we request your Honors respectfully, to consider quickly and timely their own interests, the preservation of the country and the safety and welfare of the inhabitants and send us over such orders and means, as the ep..'losed list calls tor or as your Honors shall deem necessary and serviceable in their wonted wisdom ind far-seeing observation. There is no question, that if the countryman in a new country cannot i>lough, sow and harvest without being molested, or the citizen and trader may not travel unhindered on streams and rivers, they will both leave and transport themselves to suJh a govern- ment and dwelling places, where they shall bo better ])rotected. Letteb from Ensign SMrrn to Dikectok Lamoniaonk on affairs at Esoj'us. The 28'" X"" 1659, at Esopus. Noble, Wor>hipful, "Wise ana Prudent, Honorable Mr. l)e Lamontagne. I beg to inform your Honor, that his Honor the General has oeen here on the 28"' of Novem- ber and that he has taken away the grain which had been threshed and he went off on the 3d X'". Oa the 16'" X"" a yacht from the Munathann arrived here, by which [ received several letters from the IIou"'" General, also a letter to the Com-t of Fort Orange, which I could not dispatch sooner than by the bearer hereof: and after the departure of the yacht several savages have been hero and they brought with them 2 dwr and 2 or 3 turkeys, for which we traded with them and we treatetl ihc::: f.->nd!y and his Honor the GeiuTal desired to have a letter sent to your Honor, but I had no eh.ince to forward it and I have received your Honor's letter on the 27"' X'"^ and uudei-stand, that your IL.nor's letter was to be sent to the M<»at<'><, but after the dej.arture of the Hon"'" ({cneral nothing of importance has occurred here, of which I could make a special report to his Honor, except that 7 or 8 savages have been here. AVe remain however watchful, as wc have l)een Ixiforo. I wish a happy New- Year to your Honor and whole family and remain Your Honor's faithful servant To His Honor D„jt,K SMnn, Ensign. Mr. De Liinumtagna ( 'onnnander at J lilt Orange. 132 Colonial Setthinenta on the Hudson Jiivei: LkTTKR from the 8AMK TO DlBKCTOU StUYVEBANT, ON AFFAIK8 AT EsoPUB. Tlio 28'" X'" 1(J59, at Aaojms. Noble, Ilonorablc, Wise and Prudent Sir, Iloiiorablo Director-General of Neio-NctLrland. I bog to inform your Excy, that I received to-day by a Maquaas a letter from tlio noii-^ Moningn. a /.,. Ora.,e and thac I have forwarded the letter, destined for the Court at Lt Orange, by th^ sainoj\I,ujua,u,. I further inforn, your Honor of the (K.ndition of K.opu,. After the departure of the last yacht of B.rck Schmidt on the IS"' or 10- X-', we have talked with tho savages '"h jhey j ..nised to con.e again to s.ipply us with meat and corn, which they did tho n^t day w.th 2 deer and 2 or 3 turkeys. Our people bought theu. for wau.pun. and traded ou h key fo. a sn.all box nil of powder, upon which they insisted eagerly, apparently to discover, whether we were well u.teut.oued or not and when they had received tho su.all box of powder the^ said, wc were now good, and pro.nised to come henceforth every day with Indian corn, but they staid away .»ul forgot to return and the savages still live at their places and we hope by the help of God Almighty to lead them w.th good words and inducements until the proper occasion, which the pnng wdl ,nd,cate w.th God's help and I and n.y men are still thrifty and in good health and I Hnn ' , T"' A t '""'"■ "'""'■ ''"' ^"■'"''" ' ^ ^'"^" '^"^ '"^ ^'^'^^ t° S^' it together for your Honor s cloth. As to the nussing b.^., I have got back three of them and shall look about for the rest. I do not know to write any u.ore to your Honor this time, but t<. wish a happy New- Year to your E.xcy. and tho whole family and remain • ^' "^ Your Excellency's huml)le servant DiRCK Shut, Ensign. eral I' yZ, ^"/f ' ^T'^'f ' 5'^ T^ I'™^-'^' ^^' II""- ^''^^rus Stu^emnt, Director-Gen- eial ot jyew-JSctherland at the Manatham. Letter from Abrauam Staas of Beaverwv, k (Aluanv) to D.nu tor Stuyvksant- DisiwnoN OF TUK Esoi-LS Inuia.ns ; THE Mohawks ..rom.sk to make i-eack with' THE Canada Indians. Honorable, Valiant Sir. nro ^^'■'■•' ^'^''^'^^ ^^■'■^'"■"^ happiness, prosperity and goml success in the New-Year, these few lines which i; w '.H ■"/•l^".'; '"•■""' "" ^'^■^"'■'"'" "' ''" ^'"' y'^''^^ "»^'""« '^l^^-l '"'« —red, veU-known Mafukarulers s..y, that they do so. in order to carry oul their intention,: so much better and are watch.ng for the chance of a surprise, when the D„t.h will not expect it and then to k. 1 every body, whom they can. They have also stated to the aforesaid ^falnhtnder. in plain Zt:T\r7^fl ""' "?"" "" ^'"'■' ^" "^•'-' "■>• '""«'-"• "■' '■- ^^-^^-' -b- -e ho..se on I t" !V *" ' '"'-''■ ^'"" ""''■ "^''" ««"^«"i«"ce, to get some necessaries for their ■,' . 'In 1 ^''V^T""'" \ •'""•' ^'''"" ""■ '^"'^"''' '"^■"^'^■^ "' J"-*'^^""' »''">' ^'"^-^ ""t l'^'«" tl".'.-e .'f nl, an.l say, that they mostly go out to catch beavers. It is also asse.-te.l, that the Slnnelc^. a.-o N^ew York Hi»torical Mecorda. 133 at war witli the Minqvaes and Iiii)er Indians at tho Soiitl..^* Ab to the coming of tlie French, whom thu Maquaen have expected bo long, it in again all quiet now. They say, they will bring back to Canada the Freiu-h prisoners in the spring and then make a solid jjcace with tho Fmirh We are all in good health for which God tho Almighty bo praised and thanked for His mercy.' We hope from tho bottom of our hearts to hear tho same in regard to your Hon'''" Worship, which would please us very sincerely. Closing herewith I commend your Hon"" Worship and fainily to the protection of tho Almighty with our cordial greetings. I am and renuiin Your Honor's Innnble subject and very obedient IG'* Jamiary A° 1060. To the Hcmorablo, Valiant, Rigorous His Honor Potrm Stnyvemnt, Director-General of N. Netherlands Curacao and tho islands thereof at Fort Amnterdam, Sir Leiteb fkom Vice-Diukctor Lamontaone at Fort Orange (Albany) to Director Stuyvksant: kei'oktinu prooress of thk affairs at Esorus. Honorable, A'aliant and Worsliiijful Sir. It havmg been reported by several savages that the Dutch on the Esopna had attacked the F^opm savages, killed and captured many of them, among whom three Sachems, I waa induced, (m order to ascertain the truth) to send a Mwpiaes there on the 23 X"- last past, with a letter to the Ensign. This savage arrived here on tho 3" instfint, bringing an answer from the said Ensign which IS here inclosed, as >vcll as tho copy of my letter. Tho said savage brought among other letters one from the Hon"''' General, directed to both the courts, which I communicated to them immediately. After they had read it, they were greatly astonished on account of the rascality of \\xi had told him, what he had said here, to cause a continuation of the alliance, namely, that the Jlapiaas and tho Dutch were brothers and bound l.y one cliain since a lung time : if this chain were broken, they would all be very much distressed and weep like children. Hearing however that tho said savage has arrived here or in the Maquaas country, wo shall examine him in regard to this matter, as your Honor will see by the answers of the two courts, here enclosed. Wi ****** hear so far notiiing bad uf the savages, they behavo themselves more civil and modest, than they have done formerly. At Fort Orange IC" January A" lt>60. Expecting your Honor's answer I remain Your Hon"''- Worship's humble and obedient servant Lamontaone. To the Honorable, Valiant and Worehipful, His Honor Petrus Stuyvemnt Director-Gen' and Council of N. NcUicrlumi at Fort A imterdnm. * See Vol. XII. 'iiii i;i4 Colonial iSeUlemaUfi on (he Jludaon liivei: :VJJ Lkttkb fhom Enbkh* Smitii at Ewm'us ti) DiurarroB Stiyvkbant: aouic i-ukva- lknt: heavy b.Nuw-m'ouiiu. The lit" of Jiinimry lOflO, » Kpoj-v.^. Nolilo, Woi-Bliipfiil, Wise juiu i'luUent Sir. HDnoriiblo Direetor-dotuTul of New-Ndhedaiul^ Potnix Stiii/iH-nant. I beg to inform y,.ur Kxt-y. tlmt .,n tho 28'" of Docoinltcr a i%«rt^« from Fort Omruje sent by bis Honor Lam,mta them there, tbat must b.. carric.l out with special caution. I consi.l.T it oxiHMiient, not t.. attempt it w.oner, than when the slo..ps begin again to sail and wlien we can assist you from hero with men, provisi.His and annumiition of war, unles.s, as I siii.l in my f.irmer letter, y.)u beli.-ve yonrselv.'s suffi.-ienllv strong, t.> make, .lire.'fly after taking tbem, an attack on ll.J nearest village of tbe savages, wbi.:h we mu.it leave t.. your ..wn discreti.ni. Wo hoiw and wish, that at the receipt of this letter you and your men will .again be fresh and hi New York Historical Ueaonls, 135 in go()jmii. IFoMonildo, WnrHliiiifiil nnd Prudent Sir. lI(.nonii)le Mr. Ddnmoiitiujiie. I inform your Honor, tlmt tliis flavago arrived lioro from tho Mamithm on tlio 4"' innt. aMe, that with a eiumgo of tlu) weather we Bliail roceivo Buflieient victuals. I d.) not know of anything more to write to your Honor this time, e.veopt that wo are constantly on our guard as fonuerly and connnend your Honor to the protection of the Almighty and remain your Honor's Hunthlo servant DiROK Smut Ensign. To the Houonil)U', Worshipful, Wise and Prudent ilis Honor DelaitwntMjiie, Commander at Fort Ordiujf. Pkoi-osai.s ok DiuwnoK Rti-vvissa.nt kkbpectino -iirK meariirks to hk aixiited AOAKVSr THK IIOSTILK I.NDIANB Ar TUK EsOl'fS A.Nl) ANSWKKS oK TUK CoU.NCir, TO I'UK.M. Propositi.. lis luiide to thii Hoihiraiile Council iiud tho PurgonuisterB of thia City. Houurahlo (Jentlemon. Nohody, unless he ho a stranger or a now arrival in Xew-Netherlarul, can ho i^'nomnt of the injuries, massacres and murders, which the savage barbarians, natives of this count n, have from time to time connnitted and iidlicted, contrary to the treaty of peace made and several times renewed and their fair promises, ufxjn the Dittrh Colonists and iidiabitaiits of this tu'wlv opened lU'ovince, iu)t to menli(Ui the nun-ders in tlie time of the Honorable Mr. AV-,//" and thedreadlul inassacro in our time in tho year 10.55, during which about 50 to 60 were slaughtereil and killed mostly in cold blood, besides tlmt ab-uit one liundred souls wore taken prisoners, whom we had to rausoiii from the barbarians' hands at a high ]irice. More ihan 20 Christians have been unexpecttidly killed at different times and places in an.l aliout their houses and isolated dwelling's during the twelve vears of our adaunistratiou. ¥ .-J h 136 Colonial Setthmeida on (he Huhon Iiim\ P' fi It is too (]re.«lf..l an,i unhmmbl., f.,r a nati..,,, loving l.onor an,| liberty an.l dolivorc.l by the blej«.„« of Go.1 from S^anUh tyranny an.l in.iui. tio„ , Yonr Honor, are awaro of what al la r; i'::;; r i" ' ^""^ ••' *''° ^-""^'"^ ^^' "-' •-^"-- -^ >•' - therefore ..;. cC; HR t .. .t,l fro«h n, your n.o„,«ri..s, to troub!.,yo,.r Ilonorn M-ith dotailn, wi.ilo in n.y proH.nt prop ^iT'in rr r'fr " '^"""""^^"'" ''^"^^^'^^'""^ relation wl.; ha« p...U ow we lav ow for ho greater safety of onr g 1 inhabitants, honor to onr nation and the publie weZ such munlers and ,„as«.eres n.ay in fntnro be ,,reventcHj an nn.ch a« po.mblo, for which I «„.u Z your Honors' good adviee an.l then faithfnl assistance. The boldness of the Kmpus In.lians, fi,-st in capturing 12 or 13 M-ell-armwl farmere an.l hoI o guat. part of the af.,resaul prisoners, contrary to pron.ises and after receiving and keeping 1. ..lie e,l ranson. ,s, with snbn.ission to better reason and wiser jndgn.ent, to., ignon-hn'o d unbearable for an honor an.l liberty loving nation and it is therefoie n.y op .ion, t. co id m ^n of the suffere. ,„.,nr,es an.l the restoration of the almost ruine.l //. Ja J ropnt Uion (as o notv age cons,.lers hnnself now a. go.,d as tw.. I)nt..hmen) an.l on ac.-ount of the ertility of the laLs (direct y ready for the rl..nghwitl^ "-« - '-'- -<1 -ttle.l with ITrt^ each top.-odnce every year as n.uch grain, as all the T^.M a.ul ^J/,vA villages in ^wX^ ^^««^ together are as yet able to proclu.-e) that it is necessary to n.ake War on i^ZZl^t us.ng all .mag,nable n.ea,.s to get the advantage of then, and to cvrry it on againsti 1 n a v.'g 1 ous y as i.oss.ble ; when with what forces and n.eans, thereto n.y proposition^ demand Jo^r it. - ..rs' consent or better advice an.l judgn.ent. ^ After calling upon G.,.l for I'.is assistauce and blessing, an.l confessing our ains, which are the .uses of all general pun.shn.ents and obs...les t.. all .lesin.ble res.dts, the'followfng'con de^ion an.l means M-oiild be necessarily rcjuired theret... *' ''""'*'"*'""'""* We are .-redibly infV.rn.e.l by verbal an.l writte.. reports of the ..ontinued sinister and deceitful .tent..... of the aforesa..l ^V.. ba,-baria,.s to n.ake pea., with us an.l to bo in readheH blow and attack our peoj e ..ne.xpectc.lly, when they are in their fields, .bile son.e ev. da t say, they wonl.l have ,.o Dutch ,.n the E.oj,us, except one h.mse o.. the bank of the Kil, p ,vi. e them w.th the necessj.ry coin!n.,.litie.s. ' _ As violence is encountered by violence, so cu..,.ing n.ay be ..ppose.l bv .......ing a,..l th.. ..nen.y des.r.ng to ...ake only a pretc.le.l p,....., n.ay be diverte-l, allured a-.-f e,.trapp^^.l with s. n.ch ...on. just.ee, as we have pa mfnl proofs of their .leceit an.l c.-e.lible reports of \ti.- f en ss m of the n.ui-ders committed by them under the p.-etcxt of peace I believe, s,.bmitting however to wiser j,..lg,..e,.t a,..l better inf..r„.ation, that a diversion i« necessary an.l u.uler cover of it a,, expediti..,., which n.,.st be entn.ste.l to l.u few, whetZ ". ess ul or not; the., we n.ust .nake war a,.d carry it on first agai..st the /;..,... tribonh.ne , t^l dwell.ng places an.l wherever th<.y ...av r.^treat to. 140 l^l^r't ' f; """'■''"'^; ,'" ^''""•"' '*'"" *''^' """•■'• "'" '•'-'"'-"•' ^^'^'^ ^-"1'^ J'-IP "...1 hlcssing 140 to 150 resolute .nen, s..l.liers as well as v.,h.,.tee.-s, wonl.l be re.p.ire.l an.l ,.e -essary f . , fe S:l fnm.: '" '" """'" "' ''^ ^''*'^'^'"*""'^- ^''^ ^^ ^''«--'ty is, .here t g^ It is true the II..,.-' Co.npany h.s i„ its service h. this p.-ovince idxu.t 200 n.en and ,nore but your II..nors kn..w wel , that they an, scattered here a,..l there according to the situation an i iL u..avo.dable .l.....an.ls of the country, so that M-e cann..t get t.>geth. , , :.ere an.l at the ^V.,.; , no o V, . Neto York Ilidoi'ical Itemrds. VA1 I u ..u H, It Ks, M. n.y j.uIgn.onf, ....ns.denng laf. trials, not u.lvi«ablu Hum to -Ic^.nvo at uuc-o Hn^ and other ,. .cen of .lu.w Kan....,., so that u,,ou one or the other oc.easiun wo would have no .o rs .nnnedur..lv read,. The tronl.le. and .lilli-uhie., which wu have hud to ^et Kon.e n.en for the ehef ot o,.r people on the A^^.^.v, when the Hon- Con.pany'H Huldl.T. had l„.en nent to the t^athn^er, «ro of u lato date and well known ,o vour Ilonorn all, whieh relief wonld been gi n oa«.er, H.H,ner and w.th less tronhle, if we had had a n.o.leratu nun^ber of Jdien, at hand lor th>B reason .t i. necessary, to prevent in fnturo snch inconveniences, that these principal places, nt le>i« tins .sland remain Garrisoned by 50 or .!(. soldiers, so that in c;.,o of a disastriim icon re fresh snc^.r nii^ht be sent to tho K.,,>u. or in case of more and other savages risin,, the fotnli t tT\ ^ t '"■"; ^'r'™""'^'" "^ '^'" "''""''"-'^- '•'•--f-- I l^'^'ievo it is Necessary, o enlist >f pa^il.Ie, (.0 or 70 soldiers more, without .listinction as to nationality, at least for L time and until wo rece.vo assistance from tho Fatherland by fresh r,. , nits, for k is, uccordiuK to n.y ,>oor judgment, best and most expedient, to recent the allronts, done to us, by niakim. with all possible force and means an ajr^ressi vo war lirst against tho 7&.y>„, Indians and afterwards a..nnst tlioso who may have assisted or countenaiicesibIe,uniI they give the slightest provocation. It is notorious and everybody knows from .■xperience hat the munlers and massa-Tos committed on Christians in this vicinity from time to tmio liavo been the result of the isolated habitations and have never happened, u"here 10 ^r 12 persons have dwelt together in a kind of village, which to prevent as much as possible in future It IS necessary to renew an.l execute the well-intentioned order of the Lords-Diivtors and tlu' placut resulting therefrom, of tho Director-( General and ("ouncil, to discoiintcnanee all separate habitations and farm-biiildings as well .n L.n,j-I4a,.l as at other places, to exhort and if p,Lible give some assistance to these people and encourage thorn to live together in villages or form new scttleiuents on tho most suitable an.l best places an.l secure the same, further to prohibit bv post- ers and warn the Indians, that they must in future not come into or near siieh villages witl. their arms, under penalty ot losing them. 3. It cannot bo doubted, that, if tho farmer should be compelled to leave his village and fields or run consideral.le risk to have his horses and cattle killed in tho open country, which cannot be kep m the stables a,.l w.tl.in the villages during the summer, veiy pernicious Ineo.veniences, as poverty, ammo and finally desolation ami complete abandoning would be the conseouences To mT" ' 1 " 'w-^'I nr'T!'''' '\ " ""' ""'■■ "^"""""^' '• '""!' *'"^ ^aforementioned reserve-detach- " ment of about 00 to .0 soldiers here and in the neighborhoo.l, besides those, who are ivnuired for an aggressive M-ar on the Lso^, but also to have a mounted guard, to patrol and make rounds on this 18 ^ A ■lfl:J l;!8 Cohnial SetllementH on th'i Jlndmn lihier. w«1 Mi Iff it' % ami on Long-Ida.ul, in the ncif,'lil)<)i-h()0(l of tho vUliigcs and sottlenionts now aad then for tlie, if possiljK^ bettor protection of tho animals and hibo.-ei-s, who liavo to plough, sow, mow and woric ontsidu of tho villagoa every day; tho following propositions may answer, to execute this so much bettor and with the leant inconvenience. We must consider, that as long as tho state of tho open country is so unsafe and as many will bo compelled to Icavci tlioir habitations and fields, the inhabitants^ tho villages and hamlets as well as of pallisadoed settlements will be very unwilling, many even unable to raiwo the tithes now duo, of which as yet very little has been i)aid and very little may be expected for the present : also whether (in oi-der to have ready in an emergency, besides the before required force as fou'idation, some more troops, footsoldiers us well as horsemen) we shall propose to the .magistrates and inhab- itants of the villages an e.\enii)tion from tithes for a period of 5 or G years, provided that each ke(?p m readiness 0, 8 or 10 men, according to their situation, subject to tho conmiaud of tho Director-General and Council, either for attack or for defense, as tho necessity and tho situation of tho country may require, even if we had to prorniso them proper pay in case of ww aggressive war and relief and iiKhjmuification according to the articles of war, if the service in thelictivo troops was iiroloiigeJ. 5. Whereas the mounted service', necessary for the abovementioned reasons, but also more expens- ive, rccpiires more incenti\-e and encouragement, I am of opinion, that it is necessary to keep with the foot-militia, a few horaimen, at first 12, 10 or 18, and in order to incite others, to estaulish a general stable and provide this during the winter with fodder and 2.') schepels of oats for each horse, the balance at the charge of those who desire to keep there a good and suitable horse, to be used ill tli(> public; service, if ueeessicy recpiircd it: if such a horse be shot in an attack fn'.m om- side, one-half of its loss shall bo borne by the commonwealth, the other half by the owner, in whose option it shall be, (o do servic.i in pc^rson, to put another suitable person on it or to let one be chosen by the Director-General and Council, on condition that during an aggressive expeate as above. Answer of the Honorable A'iai.iii/.t )/<■ S/7/f IL"" IVhniMry 1000. ^o the i.ropo.-itions of the Riglit Hon'"" Di- rector-General, written by himself. On tlie first ].roposition ,/.■ Slllr agrees with the opinion of the lion''"' (tJneral, adding how- ever that no mention ..ught to be made of it, before wo shall have liear.I the result .,f C>i/,,y,„V plan. As to tho second, he thinks well of it and the sooner the better, that nobody of tho Hcattered settlers shall be in.lulged, but they mu.-t be eonstraineci and if nece.s,sarv a.ssisted to i)ull down On the third ,1, .Sille also agrees with the hon""' (ieneral, but he tliinks it is neecs.sarv, to keep liero 100 or more soldiers, so that, in case an alar::i was caused here or there in one or the'orher vil- l:ige,each pla.-e might be assisted with sonu! s,.ldiors; he thinks it further a.lvisable, to bring together a tile of hor.-enu'n under the command of ago,.,! coqx.ral a;i.l horseumu, to live in or near the stable, to watch it an.l that good fodd,.r is provided at the Companv's or the countrv's expense, of winch they would hav,; to take good care as well as of the arms and that these might be enliste.1 and employed not only as horsemen, but also as dragoons. i \ Ntio Yo)h UiHtorical Records. 139 Regarding tlie fonrtli, he would not find it advisable to remit the tithes for a period, but to fiivni tlieiii out and to buy with tiio proceeds as niucli corn and long fodder or at least short fodder as it will pay for, for the horsemen may well be told, where to make hay, as theie are about here 01: Lomj-hland sufficient public meadows and I think, that, if we were to rely on the fanners they would in case of need or danger do their best to bring away with their own people and horses their own property and save their wives and children, instead of defending their villages. To the 5"' d<'. SlUe says, tiiat the cavalry stable must have nothing in conmion with the stable of the volunteei-8, for then some might think, that the cavalry-men must serve them as servants, feed their horses better and taive better care of them, than of others, they would spare also their own horses and ride every day and overexert the cavalry liorces and ruin and break their horse- e(piij)ments, from whence often (piarrels and squabbles would arise. The stable of tiie vobmteers must also have a good superintendent, as above said, but no eon- nexion with the cavalry-stable and then they must be em])loyed, as the lion"'" General Sivys. The riders or dragoons must be enlisted for cadet's pay and they must go, one fourth of them every four days, into the stable, not onl) to mount guard there for 24 hours, but also to clean all the horses and the t.table and provide tlicm with water and feed. As to the recruiting, to get more men, it seems necessary, that the Suwlisk sergeant should be dispatched by the first opportunity, to go to the Swedish (piarter on the &'out/tnr>.-r and eidist there as many S„WrH and /'V/(;,.v, as he can get for our service, for those, who are not fit for sol- diers, are fit for i)easants and it woidd cause a reduction u{ the Sw,'dish (piarter, while it would strengthen us here.* It seems to me further, that, when tlie rejiort of eidistments l)eing made becomes known among the people, a tax of the -to'" i..Miny for assi»tan<'e of the recruiting and maintenance of the levies could easily be levied, also a tax on cattle for the time until a firm peac.s is made between the bar- barians and our nation. Done at Fort Amsterdam in New-Netherlaml, dale as above. NlCASIl'S 1)K SlM.K, Councillor. The propositions, made l,y the Honorable Director-General verbally and in writing in the meeting of the !)"■ inst. have; been seriously con»i(lerid by me, the undersigned, and I find them to CO itain in substance : First, a short relation ..f the injuries, massacres and nninlers (•diumitted bv the cruel barbarous natives against our nation, whereby the legality of making war „. s;ivages lias been raided, I think it is T.ecessary, becau.^e we ' s™ Vol. .Ml, p. 2117. \ 140 Colonial Settlements rni the Jlwhon lUvei: n are at a] times responsible to their High Mightinesses, the Lords-States-Qenem! and our I^.,.<1.- PrnuMpals, to mvest.guto strictlj, not whether the Indians in general, but whether the &opn, Indi- ans luive given us sufheient and legal causes for the war, for we could not justify a wish to punish the ^,.^.. Indians for deeds, committed by others. It is said iu the propositions, that the boldness of the ^..,^,r., savages .s unbearable (as indeed it is) first in taking prisoners 12 or 13 well-armed farmers and soldiers, ,n attacking the settlements and further in cruelly executing as they did, most of the aforcsaul prisoners, but the cause for these their actions has been omitted, to wit, that the people there very thoughtlessly and without having any lawful reason for it at the time, attacked some of them with an armed force, killed one anly to tins might be, that they therefore ought not have captured so many men, attacked the settle- Tuents and executed the prisoners so emclly, but to this again it can be sustained for their side and ^-.th good reason, that they c.uhl not but presume and know, whether this was not a general desi-Mi of all the inhabitants at tlie Ji.opus to kill all the savages ; that they therefore have en.lcavored^to mflict all possible damage on their enemies. But, it may be said, besides this, the sava-^es have given us stil other reasons, namely, by shooting Jlarmen Bamhoc, so that he died shortly after- ^^rds by killing several aniiiials an.l other affronts. What ivp.nls the wounding of llarmen Bamhoes, we are told, that it was done by a savage, who does not live among them, but goes hero and there, j-et when the Honorable Director-General went with a party of soldiers to the E^onus m May I0o8, to demand of them the murderer and at the same time a compensation for the suffered damages the aforesjud savages knew liow to make excuses as to the impossibility of apprelien, wlii..h n..v..rth..l.ss has be..n .leferre.l to better times ami opportunities f.,r ..iir advantag.. ; that now ..ur .■.m.lition ,loes not a.lmit it can be mferre.l, I believe, fr.nii the foil. .wing: Your Honors know the pretenses and the right, wl,i..h .„ir ,K.iglib.,rs of Man,htn,l b..lieve to have .,n the roiupany's indisputable lan.ls .m the S„u(h river a.i.l .bat tliev p..r.sist in th..ir (.r.in- lons, n..twithstau.ling, that y.mr Hoii..rs' deputies have de strate.l the .•ontrarv 1,. ih..,, v..rb- Hlly and ,n writing, V.,ur ilono.^ al>o know wbat our neigl,b.,rs ,.n the iNortiriiave trie.l an.l Netv York Historical Records. 141 will doubtless still further endeavor and attempt to obtain. These cannot wish for a better oppor- tunity, if we are involved into a war witli tlio Indians, to invade, the one on the South river, the other on the 3WA river, tlio territories of the Hon-'" Coinpan/ ; besides, no reliance can bo placed on the neiirhboring savages, who are not bound by any government or laws (even though the peace with them might bo I'enewed) and it must be taken int.* considemtion, that tliough they may not openly declare tliemselvcs our enemies, they will yet assist oacli other secretly as much as possible for which instigation from outside will doubtless not be wanting. The answer to tliis could be^ that wo must gtuu-d and provide against all this by recruiting soldiers: this would serve our repu' tation, but where shall we get so many men, since in my opinion we require for this purpose not ojdy GO or 70 men, besides tlie soldiers, who are already in the service, but at least one hundred to 150 more- the Honorable Director-General has liad an experience of the dilHculty of getting men here, as not six persons presented themsel-cs in the most pressing necessity for assistance of the besieged inhabitants of E.opu.,, notwithstanding that the drum was beaten for several days. I believe, tliat, humanly speailands. It must be further considered, that our people will imt sow much and conse,iiiently will harvest little, if wo begin the war so suddenly, wlii.-h would by its continu- ation cn.ate great distress and laiiiine ; therefore it is best to jwstpone it, until we are supplied with the requirero\ isions and other necessaries. ;!■"" It is iM.t advisable to begin, according to my upinion, until the neulv surveyed villages and bamb'ts have been propeHy fenced in anat advantage over us by surprising us unexj)ecte(lly I rom hoHowa and bushes. AVhereas, further, we have in our last letter to the Lords-rrincijials askeK(l.AKi: WAK ACiAliNST 'IIIIO EsDlTS InDIAVS, To UK COMMKNCEI) IN TinC KAI.r, AM) MKANWniI.E To KNMST MKN. 12"' Ft'br. Present in Council the lion'"" Director-General Petrux Stuyremiif, ^Mr. yirasiMs rl' Si/ff and the two burgomasters of this city. Tho foregoing opinions were read and the worsbipfid burgo- masters asked, whether they had also given their opinions in writing; to which they answered excusing themselves, that they had no authority to do so. They were told, that having been requestwl to do it by tho Director-Goiiend and Council was sutHcient authority. Finally after many IA.\S ; HOKSES AMI UNDS WANTED. 1?" FeUKL'ARY 16t)0. The negroes, whom the Lords-Directors orldiers' bag,.^, ,or it is .pite evident, that in order to possess tlis country in peace and revenge tlie freq-icnt affronts and n.urders wa shall be forced into a lawful offensive war agan..t them. An important service would be done to the Con^pany, to us and to the country, If among the expected negroes some experienced men, who have been some time In Curacao, were * * » M. For the greater security a.ul protection of the outlying farmers in the country, we have found It necessary, to engage some mounted n.en ; we therefore need Tor the service of the Company and of th,. torntory some good and well traine»^'^°'^»"y el'iPIH^J; '""ong them three or four good n^ares; all for account ****** On acco,mt of the troubles with the sewages we shall be obliged to recruit and reinforce with over 1.50 freemen and the necessiiry ho.^.mon our large garrison, whicli we must .naintuin against then., nun. ber>ng now alx^ut 200 men, if with God\s h. > an.l blessing we desire to attack the salvages an,! p.-otect the fanners in the country. To carry out this, we need funds : if your Hon- or s treasury IS well provided, the., yo.,r IIo..or is .-equested to accommodate us with 12 to 1500 pieces of e.ght for account of the Con.pany either by the galiot or by next oppoitu.iity LKrn.;.t kuom E.vs„;.v S.M.nr at Eso.-us to D.iiEcTo.t Montaonk; affairs at the E8no..ta,nr. I infonn vour Hc.nor hi'M^^uth, thxtJ,u:ofrm Iheumn^en arnved he.-e on the 19'" inst. to .....so... the \.,y ..{ Fv.rt l\h m w nch he se a.>.l ...m...,...,,! yonr !I.,....r t.. the p.-otectio., of (Jod Al.nighty a..d ren.ai.i v.mr ir.m.^-'s serN ant Fo the ir.)no..ab!.^ M.-. D,/nnio,if,u/n,- n,.-^^,^ «,., r^ • '. oi.iii.a.Kli.r at J'ort ()rtitioner, might be of any service m T .r,ua U yn^r \\ orships, he will endeavor zealously to do it to the Siitisfaction and pursuant to your Hon Worships' instruction.s. Expecting hereon your Hon"» Worships' favorable decision i remain ^ Your Riglit Honorable Worships' humble servant 25'" February. (1(5(10) ^- 'Oaklet. Whereiis we have at present little to .lo for the Hon-'« Company's yacht and yachts can al-.-ays be h:id here tor hire for any extraordinary occasions, it is resolved, to let the yacht to the petitioner and to demand ^or it a reiusonable hire, certainly not less tlian six guilders for each day. _ rhe i.etitioncr, Xavhu:^ VarUth, was summoned before the Couueil and the yacht was let to him for MX g,.ild.rs per day, the rent to begin on the day of his departure from here and to end when she arrives here again an.l has discharged her ,.a.go under the express condition and obliga' .on, that he sha 1 give free passage both ways to the Caj.tain-Lieutenant, who is to go to Vlroinia to see, whether ho can engag , some soldiers there and that if the siiid Captain-Lieutenant should get some men there, he shall take as many aboar,:, .as he conveniently can, without charging any thing to the Company for it, but he shall not be obliged to wait longer than one day or two (after he has informed the Lieutenant, that he is ready to sail). The petitioner .accepted the yacht under these conditions. Done at Fort Am,(u;lam in Xew-Sctliedund. Date as above rKOn.AMATION Al-l'OINTlNO A DAV OF OKNEBAI, FASTLNO AND I-RAVKK. Respected, Dear, Faithful ! Whereas it has pleased the Almighty (Jod, the just judge of heaven and the whole earth to visit U.S, or at least many of us, justly for our sins, the <.iuse of all punisiiments, with hot fevere, heavy <.ol.ls, g.d.liness of the hea.l an.i many other dis<..8e8, the province in general with threatened invasions and attacks by our neighbors on the territories, streams and rivers, long possessed by us, with rumoi-s of war and its immediate cousuqueuces, murder and arson by the savage barbarous New York Historical Eecor^Is. 145 .mtivo8co.n.,uttud hcroaa wdl asprincipaUy o« our friends, countrymen and fellovv-inlmbitanta on the L^j^us wh.cli though tho righteous but not lc«a mercifid God )ia« n,itigate,u4enla„i in ^\ ydlcaiand, the 23^ of Feb- ruary A" ICGO. , t vu Commission of Nicolas Vableth and Bryan Nkwton as envoys to Vieginia, to tX)Nl)OLK THK DHAI !! OF GoVEKNOK MaTHEWS. TO I'KOIVJSE A I.KAOIIE, OFFENBIVK InD DBFK.VSIVK, AOAINST TUE InI.IANS AND W KK.QUE8T l>EKMIS8ION TO ENLIST SOLDIKRS IN ViKiUNu. Also theib Instui.otions. .1 rf "!'■'!* ;?7~!' *"' ^'"•'"'^ "''■''"'''■ ^'"'*^" "'-'' Mightinesses, the Tx.rds State^General of tlie United ^ etherla.uh mA the Noble Lords-Directors of the IncoriHjrated West-India Company, -to EnfeHiBl^lZ"''' ' " ''" ''^'■"' "'" *''■'"'• """^'" •'" ^'^'"' ^'^" "' » Pl-'y "f >V"rd«, which caunot bo rendered 19 I i»lli 146 Colonial Settlemente on the JIudsan Itiver. Department uf Anuii^dam, Director-Gencral of New-Nctherland, Curngao, Jionayro, Aruha m<\ Its dopendencioa, together with the Honorable Conndl, To all, who «l.all .ee this or hear it read Greetn,g. Krum ye, that now ^ heforo actuated by a sincere and upright affection and desiron. for the prosperity and welfare of our nn.tual subjects, to continue with the government and admin' .strat.on of our neighbors in Virginia in good neighi>orly corresj.ondence, ,,eace, union and com- merce. We have, upon th-3 sad an.l unexpected decease of the Honorable Satnv.el Mathews, late (Tovernor of \ irgmia, deemed it best for the public service, to commission, qualify and s.,nd thither as our repre8ontat.ves, as We herewith commissio,-, qualify, authorize and sen.l Our very dear and lui hful S.eurs I\^co/ae,\ arleth, Conmiissary in the service of the aforesaid Lords-Directors here and Bryan A>-.>,ton, Captain-Lieutenant of Our Company, to address themselves as Our trustv envoys to theR.ght Honorable Lieutenant-Governor, Presi.lent and Council otViroinia and after condohng the de^ith of the aforesaid late Honorable Governor ,Samnel Mathews to renew not only the former old friendship, correspondence and neighborly intimacy, but also to propose a elos/r union offensive and defensive, against the barbarous Lulian natives, the enemies of both our nations eonie further and surer footing in regard to commerce and trade, on the basis, which Our mutual Gox-ernmentsand their subjects in Auroj>e enjoy, besides this to request permission an.l consent (which IS especial y recommended to Our CaiHain-Lieutenant) to enlist there a detachment of 05 to 30 free men as soldiers, for the reinforcement of Our Company. We request by this Our Commis- sion and credentials that the afores^iid, Our beloved faithful Mcolaes Varloth an.l linjan Nuotim and their servants and baggiige may not only be receive.l, hear.l and believe.l in this capacitv but also granted and given, acconling to the laws of nations, free and unmolested passage an.l i-epas. sage, while We promise to ratify, approve and value what Our aforesaid envoys may ,1., contn.ct negotiate and resolve upon with the Honorable Lieutenant-(}overnor, Presi.len't and Coun.-ilof Vir- gmui as if ,t ha.I been .lone an.l resolve.l upon by Ourselves. Thus done and given under Our usual signature and seal, at Fort Aimterdam in N. Nttherland the 27'" of February A° ICCO. Instructions for S' Nicolaes Varleth an.l Captain-Lieutenant Brian Nuton First to touch at KyeMan and snlute Colonel ClaJ^orn an.l learn from him, to whom you Mill have to addre.s.s yourselves now, M.e Ho..orable Governor being dead, t.. get a speedy answer also to request his advice, counsel am' help for the greater security of the yacht. 2. Having been informed by Colon.l Clahom, to whom to address yourselves, and having deliv- ered the credentials to such per.o.., you will request a speedy .lispatch, l^s the service of the Country ana 01 the Compciny demand it. •' 3. Having rec-eived an answer and consent to engage some men there, which is especially recom- mended to the Captain-Lieutenant, you will try to get gcH..l and resolute men an.l Inu.ng them as many S,'ot. as po.ssible, bearing in mind not to engage more, than you have a chance to bring with you in the Company's yacht and the yacht of neynlje or .ny other vessel King lea.ly or which could follow within a very ^hort time and altogether not more than 25 or 30.' 4. If during the meeting of the Council or the enlistment of the men after the business lum been T7 , T'.T' •iV'' Tr "'■ '^ ^■°" ''"^''^ '"^ "'«'* ^«'- «"«-' «■• *'- «'■-■•' .V'>" "'igl't cross over U^ Maryland, ,f feasible without ,00 much loss of time or danger and in.p.ire, as secretly as pos- sible, whether any preparations against our people on the South river are being made the're New York Ilisloi-ieal liecords. 147 In proposing and nofrofiafing a closer corrcsponrloDco, an oflfensivo and defensive allianco agaiUHt the barbarian., in case the (Jovernnu.nt of Virginia inclines to it, yon will not conchule it absoh.tely and hnally, only Hnhjeet to approbation and revision by either Bide, to bo exelmr.ired within SIX weeks and the following innst be bo-ne in mind regarding it : I. In case of an aggressive war the lawfulness and approbation of the war. II. Not to demand nor promise more succor, than what the condition of either country may bo ab e to spare, one hundred good resolute men certain, fifty more accr rding to the situation of afthirs. subject to the judgment of the party sending it. III. The demanded succor to be m long ,w the necessity and condition of the part", demanding it requ.res, under oath to a. . in the pay of this party and to be commanded by no higher officer tha"! a (.a,,taui-L.eutenant and 8ul>altern officers of their own nationality, but when they are in anoth.-'r government, to obey, after having taken the oath, the orders of such a Q.ptain, Major or Colonel as that government may see fit. i > j "- ^-i, nil. The demanded succor shall not bo kept alone in the field 1 y either side, but witli them if not more, at least not less, of the succored nation. 6. You will propose with all possible persuasive reasons a mutual correspondence and unmolested eonnnerce and traffic, back and forwards, of the yachts, as both nations enjoy them in the Father- land, with goods and wares from their own countries and places. In case upon the death of the Governor no other has been chosen in his place and the Council nught therefore make delay or take e.xceptions or if the Council will not meet for a lony time for which you may not wait more than 8 or 10 days, you will take leave in proper form and request (If you see any inclination and hope for the aforesaid closer union and correspondence) to annoint a more convenient time towards the fall. ^ ^ 8. Finally in order to accomplish everything bettor, if you should learn, that S' Tleermans who IS ^Kv\\ a...j,m.nted with tlu, K.ujUxh tongue, is still in Viryinia and about there, then you will send lor liim and let him serve you with his assistance and tongue. Thuo done at Fort Anutterdum iu Nexo-Netlierland, the first of March 1660. Tbeatv of pkage renkwki> wmi the cniEFs of MARSErrvoi. Axn RFrnKAwicK QUKENS COUNTV) II A.KINKASAKy (IIacKENS.^CK, N. J.) T„E IIl.aiLANDS, IS'ajHK UN VA(-k\ StaTEN l81 AM), IllMACllENANCK (IIaVEKSTHAw) AND WlECU(iUAESKEOK (Westcuesikk County). To-day, the 6"' of March 1660 appeared at the City-Ilall before the Ilononible Director-General in presence of the Council and the Burgomasters of this City the following Sachems or chiefs of the savages in this neigh ijoihood, to-wit: Meautinnemin, alias Tapausayh, chief of Mars,>pingh and liechkawyck, f ikt J' 148 Colonial iktUementa on tli« Hudson liiver. Oratam, chief of IIackin]((t«acl-y for himself aiul tho cliief of tlio Ilif/hlan,/s, Meltano, former ciiiot' o( Najech\, now chief of Staten-lni md,, Oori-wpin, brothor and ropreeontativo of tho thiof Rumachenanck. uliaa liaverBtroo^ Ackkhotujh, ono of tho chivln or councillors of WUchqi'dexkeck. The aforesaid chiefs were a«ko!n(ja had not come witii them, whcniiiwn Omtamtj, cliief of tho HackinKa»ackij, -Mswerwl that the chief of thu Wapplngs did n..t com.', booauso he had no dispute with U8 ;ind that the chief of the Woppings interi)retcd the return of the child and tho present* ip tdo to iiini for it io, M if at that time the treaty of peace had been renewed and consolidated and that he and they altogether were willing to continue tho i)eaco fonnoriy concluded. Whereupon they were answered throutrh the interpreters CWt tie JiwjUr, Cl^i d^ Norman and Wni'rhifjh, an Indian understanding and i>eaking the Dutch and Indian lai -^iiages, That we, too, arc willing to continue in pofico with thciu and tho Ho/)/;//),/* under th.' followv- ing conditions : 1. That Meautinn«7n.in, alias Tapousagh, chief of Marxfip. ,yh shoukl Ixs included, because lu'il . .-r ho nor his people had over done much harm to tho Dutch and if it should happen, that any harm was done to him or his ])coplo, it should bo considered as having been done to us. This having been said to them, they answered that they were well satisfied with it and that they jointly promise to keep tho peace, but that they did not speak for the Indians of^ry/w^ nor for the liareiani/K, with whom they declared, they would have nothing to do. To prevent, tliat no more mishap.sor murders should in future take place between onr people and them, no Indian should come with his arms into our fort or villages, but they must deliver them at tlie gate or at the tirst house of the village or settlement, to which they came and they would be returned to them, when they left. They answered, that this was very good. 3 Since it has been noticed, that some Dutchmen surround and press hard and occasionally inconvenience the .savages, who come here to market with peltries, fish and other wares, they shall, to prevent this, come hencefortli to no otiicr places than to near tho former beaver pith and to the neck {/loo/d) near tho weigli-house, except if coming with firewood, with which they may go, where they please. Suitable houses shall be built at tho aforesaid i)laces. They were well pleased with *his. 4. That henceforth no war should be commenced for any i)rivate action, but if a Dutchman should hapiwn to kill an Indian he shall again Ikj punished with dojith and if an Indian happened to kill a Dutchman he should bo delivered to the />«AA and also Iw punislMxI with death ami if any cattlo are killed, they shall he |>aid for with double their price. In order that the peace may be the k^tter kept, all the savages, comiirised in this treaty, st all bo hold to assist in hunting and s>u-rendcring a nmrdcier, if such a murderer, be he a Dutchman or a savage, sliould fly and run away after having committed the murder. The foregoing 4'" and 5" points having been comnmnirated to them, they declared themselves i>erfectly satrsHed with it. (i. Whereas our descendants for many years can sec and i.now what we now talk over with them Ntw Ywk IIitiorioalJif.iords. 149 and oonoludo, wliieli thdr doioe,.da.ita t-Rnnot do, Iwchuso thoy rnn noitl.cr ro.d nor write, it would bo g(KKl and noceBstiry, tlmt thoy leave muw, of tlicir cl.ildren with uh to Iw ediicftted Thoy a.iswi.rwl hereto that they would l«ive rn.o cl.ild licro ini.nediatoly, whioh they had witli them, ami would bring more U|>on «oino otl)CT occasion. After the for^j^oing \ml \m>H agrood n,K>n with then, to their iwti«faction, they were a*kod. whether .l,oy had anythi.^? nior« to aay, wherenpon thoy annwered wiU. a counter-..nc«tion, why .\iu„^„uro wa« not also |>re«ent, wl..en«s he was uUo a chief and tiielr friend. Thoy were told that 01. a.-.>.u.t of some ehargt. n.ade aK«ii,«t him, ho .sd been i.u,,rim...e.l, hut that ho should Iw hrou^'ht and i-eleased, if the Sachenm TapovmgK Oratam ami Mattano and tho otl.erH would onguKo thei.,«elv.o8, that ho or i.is people sho.ild do no more Kami to us or to ours or in eaao It should happen, that they would then deliver U.e evil-doer into our luinds, to which they all ai.Hworetl : Ves. ' Sau.oemir^w bro.igl.t up ...d informed of the foregoing, whorou,.,,,, ho answemi that he was gia.1, that tho pe*<-e wa* renewed, tlmt hi* heart would Iwncefo.th bo that of a Dutchman and 1«3 would live with them like a brother. Thus they left satisfie.l and tho Saehem« e.,gaged them- BolvoH, to mforni all their savages and it was ma.lo known to the noighborii.g vilhigos by the lii-ing of a cannoi iJoiio at Aimt^'daiii in JV. Natheilaiid, date as above. ExTIJArr FROM A LKriKB OK TI.i: DlRFXTOKS IN IToLT^AND TO DlRKOTOR StUYVKRANT : Esopus Indians mist uk PtNisiiKt.: no Enolish sKrrLEMUNr can be i-kioutted NKAit Four OiuN'i:. O'" Mmmi IfJCO. * * # • ^ • * • # After wo had written so far, the ship ^' Spherannnu] r arrived ],en., by which wo roco.ved yonr Honor's letters of tho 29- of October an.l 2.1'" „f D.rei.iber of last year with enclosures ; ia AhoHt the R,„p„. them our attentioi. in the first place is called to the sad and unexpected occurrence sa»a«e,. ..t tbo E^opux, between the savages and our p,.ople there, which we fear and aro also told by other people has been caused and begun bv our men. This is reallv unbeamble con- sidering that i..noi.«nt parties are mostly suffering therebv and lose often their lives .u.d property as It WIS seen in the previ..,,. general mass,icre by the salvage, of which t,« our peo.de were more than the c^use, eaiHJcially tho late Fiscal van Dyck. And as such deeds and petulancy by our people, originating in licen. „usness a.ul intoxication, nn.st not J>e connived at an v longer, your Ilimors will tlM.n.ughly iufonii themselves ia this regard anrtunity to carry it out To .lo this with tl.o lofist da..gor and the greatest safety, we submit to yonr Honors' consitleration, wliether the Maqum and otlKsr friendly savages tlrere ct>..ld ..ot U; jxjn*«aded iM.d instigated against the hm>ims savages, to piinish tliem U.rough these auil humble and n-duce thorn, eiU.er throng' the I J'* SMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) ^t ^<° 1.0 f^^ I 2.5 I.I •^ 1^ III 2.2 us 1^ 12.0 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 ■^- 6" - ► ■e-»l Sdences CorporatioR 4 ^^ .•V ^^ % v ^> ^v

^ptnyh a Kil, but even aoove or back of Fort Orange, in order to ruin and cut off so much ™"K:he T"" °'"' ^'^''''l''!'^'' *''« •••^''««"« '^"^ t''° i»«'«nee. quoted by your Honors as to Engiuh above Fort tlio manner in which we fared with that nation on the Fresh river, are so forcible orange^ and well-founded that not the slightest encroachment or possession by them in tins direction must be allowed there. And if this has been done in any other way and without our knowledge, then youi Honors must immediately dislodge such unlawful usurpers and if neces- sary proceed against them by force, as we are very sensitive on this i>oint in consequence of the former expenence. \ our Honors must in the same manner oppose the Mar^/land people, if they should want to settle on the South river within our boundaries, first notifying and warding them, that they abstain from such usurpation and it they pay no attention to it, then p,x,vent them by Mction as before, for the Company's right to that river is indisputable, as wrll by virtue of first l.osse8sion as by pnrchase of the lands from the natives and lawful owners themselves. To check and prevent snch usurpers the better, we have resolved that the ship "St. John ", which will come there from Cura^, shall be employed in place ot the little vessel "Diemen": it is. as we have written your Honors before, very suitable and therefore your Honors can make good use of it on such an occasion. * * * # ^ ^ MlXUTE OF THE APPEARANCE OF CoCTHEOS CHIEF WARRIOR OF THE WapPINOS SENT 15"> March 1660. '''' """" ^'"''''' ^'''''^''^ ™ "^"^ '''-^'^'- ''"'" ""•' ^''■'^"■ Present in Council at Fort Ainnttec'ion and remain '^°™»«"'i On board the v tt , » . yacht "de llaen » ^''"' ^T ' "^^^^f^^^^^ Friday, the 18"« '""''L . March 1660 ^- Sttyvesant. Let the free and the Company's negroes keep good watch on my bouwery. Monsieur Comelis van Ituymn Secretary and the present Council at Amsterdam, N. N. ''if LE-rrKB OK SeCBCTARV van Ru^kV to THB out SKrrtEMENTS, WAHNmo THEM AGAINST eDKPR.SE. The foregoing letter of the Honorable Director-General having been received and read the It Zl^J^ir '' immediately iuformed by the following letter of the state of affairs Good friends. This is to inform you, that our people have captured a party of E^opuB Indians last Thum- day and nuule a sortie agan.^t them. You are therefore earnestly reconuneuded and directed, to be on your guard and keep a good w>Uch continually, that you n.ay not be surprised and attacked by the barbanans. T.oistmg you will do this I commit you with my salutations to God's protec tion and remain "di«uh.i, Amsterdam m N. N. v ar .• , . . 22^ March A" 1660. ^ "'"" "^'^''tionate friend C V. KurvKN. Proclamation of wak against the Esopcs Indians. Whereas Director-General and Council of New-Netherland, after haWng r,nffcn,d many mas- ^ores, affroncs and unbearable injuries cx..nmitted from time to time by the ^ajm. India.;, find themselves compelled, for the sake of maintaining and protecting their subjects^ to begin a war offensive and defensive, against the aforesaid E.opu, savages and their supporters^ the good inlmb- itan s of th.8 province, are herewith informed of it, that . verybody may be on his gnai^ aad keep good watch, travel cautiously and in company on roads, streams and riveo., especially are all skip- IK'rs and shipmasters hereby warned, directed and ordered not to s^il up or down the I/orth river except m comixiny of three or at least two yachts, well and properly manned each with at le««t six able men under the penalty formerly fixed. Everybody is warned of the danger. Done at F&i-t Orange, the 25'" of March 1660. laders. Bttlers i^e the e and mend NT. New Yoih Historical liecoi-da. MUSTER-ROT.I. OF TIIK CoMPANT AT THK EsOPPS, 153 ..n.^1 r " Tu'\T"'''^' !"T: "' "'' ^'"^^"* ^•""■•^ ''''' ■■" ^■^'^'-^«-'^A service in tl.e com- pany of Ijis Aoble Honor, the iJirector-Geiiural. went to tlio Mannthea went to tlie Mana(hen by order of tlic Flon. Geneial, because lie waa wounded. I8E. : the Sairs lurs- i, to !ked 3tec !<. went to Fort Orange gone to the 3fanaihea nas- find I'ar, mb- eep iip- ver Bix 90 Dirck Schmitt, Eneiffn I'aulus Jansen, Sergeant Crhtiaen Nisiten, Sergeant Paidua Cristiiwim, Drnnnner Jan Pitirssen, Corporal Jonas Rimtsaw, Corporal Goilfried CUutz, Corporal. Urhanus di^i Graef, Corporal JVoel ReijHft, Laneepesado Joris Metzer, Laneepesado Mareua Jomsen, I aneepesado JelUs Buttein, Lancepesade. Jacob Buirham. JeUim die Neecker, Cadet Dominicns Siehmnts Carrel Garret Framois die Gardoiis. Jan Laquire Marten Warnen 2[arten. llarmsfn, mason Adam Bremen. JIarous Jlamm^n Jacob van Campen Franmis Hey Gerrit Aitellen Fieter Litmbertz. Ahell Derckfien. Michiel Verrie. Jan Joris Adrian van Duinkercken Walraett die Mont J(U'4)b Meloen Ihrck Iletuh'i.vks Andrict IIan«iii Derek die Goyer Jochem Ilendricka Valentyn Clue«»en CasjHV Laitter Coenraedt Ham Berent Janxen from Oldenhurg Joris Esias van Acker 164 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson liivei: gone to the Maruithea 1 I Willem Crocger Jan Graeffa Jap. from Amersfoort Tomas Tomasaen Paulua Tomasaen Jwob Daniels Gerrlt van Campen Jan Jurn/ae7ui Steenman Marcva Jloemoett. Adriaen Vamier Jan liho, Eiigli!t at tho Green. liuxA, J.at the signal of three shots may bo more easily hoard, if flre. V. Haviel, Secr^ IW LwtKK FKOM EnsIOX SmITU AT EsOPl'S T<. DiKKCTOR St.TYVKSANT : TUE Indians AKE OKOWINO INSOLENT. Noblo, Worshipfnl, Wise and Prudent Sir, nonornblo DirectorGceral and Conncil of NewNotherlnnd, I bog to inform vour E.xcy herewith, that wo have asked tho savages very civilly to return the arms a.,d the wampnn., which they ha.l taken from our men ; wo have expected them patiently from one day to the other ms they delayed and promised ns from day to day to bring it, but now we hear, that it is only trickLrv and that they try to delay us, as yesterday afternoon wo have conferred with them the whole after- noon and had a parley, for they kept themselves in two parties on the other side of the Kil so that the evenmg surpri.sed us and tho last answer, which we receiveil, was, that we might hang the captive savages and they challenged ns to fight, which creates anxiety and uneasiness among our farmers, to continue with tiieir tillage and out-of-door labors. We shall nevertheless do our best to ...mtmne with it near the Fort here, but if it slwuld happen, that wo have an opportunity to attack them once, we have n.. .lonbt hut we .hall bo successful and wo shall then be more at ease with our out of-door work. AVe have also mart Ai xU'rdain, Manalhann, 168 Colonial &tlletiientH on the lIitdHon River. m Extract from a lkttkr of the DiKKcnoHa m Hollanp to Stuyvksaht: tiiet IIAVK Al-l'OINTKI) ItoKI.OKK SwAKTWOIT, Kll|.:UIFK AT Esoi'im AND GRANT KXTRN8ION OK TIME, IN WHICH TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW «»N0EKNINO 8K1TLKMENT8 TO JekoN- IMU8 EUHINO ; Kev. UloM AND TIIK VJLESriON OF UAl'ITHM. It]'" OF Al'UIL !««(). ii? ;■>» By tlic ship " de gtiUUi Jiewr ", by which we Hcnt you a. duplit-ato of our last letter, we informed your Honors brieHy, but caiKX-ially, tlmt besideH the two (.reiu-hern, D" Worn and M^n.i, als.. some books were sent over, whieli wore to Iw given to them, to make use of Cur the iml.lic Bervice; this must bo strictly adhered to : before their departure wo had sounded Imth the aforesaid i.reaehein Formulary of bap. in regard to the old formulary of baptism and whether their Reverences might ti»m. i„jvj, m,,,,^, jouijta ,„j ty „gj„^ u^ ,,^ ^^.,|j^.,^ j,^^.^. ,j„|,,^.^,r,.j negatively, as being indif- ferent to it and they both engaged themselves to make use of it in the exercise of their clerical duties. * * * « it ^^ *♦♦»#* One Rocloff Swarthout, who now comes over with some young men and farmers, to sottlo at the Enopm and engage in agriculture, has jHititioned us hero for the office of Sheriff at that i)la«!c and although it is premature in our opinion, we have granted the aforcsai.l request to encounigo the man and promote justice, as soon as a court is established and have engiiged him in this quality provisionally on the usual emoluments an.l such further salary as may be granted him in due time subject to our approval ; this for your Honors' information and government. Jeronimm ElMmj and his wife, the widow of the Hon'"" Jolumde Ilulter have informed us, that his predecessor, her late husband, had bought a j.iece of lan.l on the 7%>«« and erected on It buildings and barns, which were i>ul!ed down, when the ha!)itation8 were drawn together and a part of the land was taken into the fortifications there, whereby they suffered a great loss. They request therefore, that they may not be subject to the genend onlcrand that the time be extended and especially, that they may have two years, in which to cultivate the said jnece of land. We have consented to their request for the reasons adduced above, so that the aforesaid general order concerning the cultivation of laud shall have i.o effect as far as these ixjople are concomed ' 'M Commission ani> instklctions ok Koelofk Swartwout, api-ointkii Sheriff at Esoi-us. The Directors of the Incoqwrated West-India Company, Department of Amst<^r<1am, lK>ing especially directed and authorized to manage the affairs of Neio-Nctherland, make known that where:w it is necessary for the promotion of justice in the village on the Exopus that a Buitablo nerwjn perforin the duties of a provisional Sheriff, for which one Ihmloff Swartwout has been proposed to us, who has been in that country a long time, therefore, placing confidence in the capability, piety and Jitness of the said IM off Swart mo ut we have provisionally ai.pointcd and commissioneil, as we herewith appoint and commission him Sheriff in the aforesaid villa-o on Ihc Exop^is, giving him full power, order and authority to occupy this position in the «ii.i place and in that district, to attend to and jwrform the duties according to the usages of the Sheriffs here in the country and the instructions, given him or yliicli may in future be given, to bring to trial all New York Ilidorkal Records. 150 who obstnict nii.l hroiik politiciil, civil uiid crimimU liiwH, onlinaiicos »n-^i4- Urit /-^' «cA^ -) <- -^"^ '" r>vv-Vi 'vvvv'r '^'-v -^ ^4^ *^>-^ (^ 4>/*;^ ^irvC-^W w^6v-C ^i» >»J^ v^ ^>^-^, ^VH.JV »*-«-/ jv- <*c^3/ ^« J. ? ^ -^ / ->r>4-. U ''--►v ^ /i^rw~> '■ ;^^:^ 0s' !-'' New York Hiatat'ical Jtecorck. 161 Letter of the same to Vice-D.rectob Lamontaune at Fort Orange (Aibany)- INFORMATION RF-« teen sent thence to the Aesopus, and what and how much each received as enlistment-bounty .1 l Tr T" ''f P''"^ ^"^ '"'J'"'*' '^ P*''''"^' ^"* cautiously, at every opportunity! whether tl.eJIak.kauder and CatsklU Indians do not assist the F.oj.us and if possible, di^over the oTinHnl of the runners, that we may make use of it in duo tiuie; your Honor must also, at all occasions admonish the Sachems of the JIahlkander. and CaMvVZ. to come oftener and remind them o^ what has been proposed to them au.l what they promised us, to wit, that they would not favor the &oj>us sav^es and would noi allow them to remain among them nor give them any assistance. Herewith goes the letter of confirmation for the Commissaries, who with your Honor are to attend to the public welfare and the administration of justice in the place for tlie followi.u^ year of which your Honor will make use at the proper time ; wherewith etc. ° ' On the 15'" of April 1600. Letter from the Magistrates of Fort Orange and IlENSELAEitswvcK to Ensign feMFTH AT ESOPUS, Wnil PROPOSALS MADE UY Cai^KIL AND MahIKAN InDIANS IN REOABD TO THE EsoPUS. Monsieur Ensign. Your Honor may judge from the inclosed propositions, made by the Katskil and Jfa/ukander savages, what the chances are to make peace with the E^opus, especially .is we hear only good-will expressed by the Mafukanders and the savages in this neighborhood. And whereas the J/a/u'- ka>uhrs go thither themselves, to bring the matter to a favomble end and fear that being with the Esopus savages and communiaiting with them they might be crptured or killed in a fight or other- wise, therefore they have asked us for this letter of ..fc conduct and ro.p.ested ako, that your Honor will please to defer any further hostilities until orders from his Excy. the Director-General with whom too they are to confer in this matter and closing herewith we wish to commend youi- Jlonor to God s protection and remain your Honor's Actum, Fort Oraiwe r»i i- » r' • i ^, . „. ' . ., •' Obedient Friends this 21"' April ItitJO. r . xf ^A ^ ■ . . '^^^ Montaone After closing this we Franooys Boon, Jerem.as van Rensselaer liavo resolvwl to write to the Hon. rxoneral A van Ccrler by tlie next sloop as the savages are afraid J^.^ Yoruaeck, Sani.kr CoNRAEiyr. ' of going to the Manhattan. ai m ^V- 162 Volunial ISetilemenis aa tlie Hudson Itivei: vr * ' Propositions iiiado by tlie Chiefs of tlie Katsklh, in the name unci on behalf of tlie Enovm Chiefs and in presence of some Makikan Chiefs. They say and offer to surrender the whole Esojnis and the lands on and along the Kil alto- gether and to abstain from and leiive it. Also to make restitution of everything, which they may have taken from your people, wam- pum, cloth, cutlasses, ploughs and other articles. Also to surrender against ransom the unfortunate Christians and reconcile them with wampum. They request, that you should on the other hand release and deliver the captured Eaopus sav- ages. Finally they ask for a firm and permanent peace for all times. Done this Slst of April 1G60 at Fort Orange. Proi)ositIons made by the Mahlhamler and luitsHl Chiefs for themselves. They say, that they are very well inclined to peace and request that Mr. StuyvcsaiU will nuike peace with the Esopus savages ; they offer to make a large present of wampmn to Mr. Stmjvi-sant as token of their gratitude. They request also, that this may quickly I)e written to Mr. Stuyvesant and to the Esapug, that an annisfieo may be made there mitil Mr. Stui/nmnfs answer comes, and that in the mean- time the Katskil savages may have free access to the Em>pu». Extract from a i.t-rrKR of ])iRKrroii Stivvksant to tuk Dirkctors i.v noi.i.A.Ni): TllK E\GI.IS1I 1'K(),IKCT r, for the sak- of our own reputation and the public welfare we shall not only refuse, but also offer all possible impediments and resistance anwrcck of our honor and oath by intentional forbearance; the subsequent occurrences shall be communicated to your llonoi-s in due time. Meanwhile we request your Honors as before for the sake of your own interests and the welfare of this countrv and its good iidiabitants to give us in good time such assistance in troops, ammunition .and giwds, as your Honoi-s may think, we need in tlic dangerous situation of the country and not to juit an'v hope in the weakness of the En4jlUh government in Europe, and its disposition to meddle in atlfiirs here; Xrw-EngJaml does not need her interference and assistanc-e in this matter, for she is conscious! that her power overbalances ours ten times and it is to be apprehended, that thev will in this mat- ter make an attempt so much sooner, as they see and trust that during the presJnt monstrous con- Nt^n York Ilidorieal Iteconhi. 163 ditiini of tlie EnijViM/i govermnci.t no conntenimiidiiig order will bo issued from tliiit side; but wo will willingly submit our speculations to wiser judgments and hope the best. Tlic distressing situation of tlio country luid compelled us, before wo received your Honors' peremptory order, to draw tbc out-lying fanners together in settlements, to be at once delivered, as far as possible, from murders of single persons, as your llonore may see from the enclosed placat* No. 0, which is now daily carried out. Wo could wish, that the before reported single nniider had remained the only one, but your Honors will have learned with regret from our last letters and enclosures or may learn from the hero enclosed duplicates, that it has not been tiie case. Irritated i)atiencc and our own good reputation have forced us to an active revenge ajid war against tlie Esojn/fi Indians, the success of which so far gives us hope of a favorable final result under (idd's gracious help and blessing: we captured by a stratagem 14 or l.j of tlieir most prominent men ; two or three sallies have since been made against tlioni ; the expediticms of our military would liavf better results and the barbarians would be sooner conquered if they stood firm : how- ever none of all the expeditions was quite without a result, if the reports of other savages can 1)0 relied upon, which wo do, bocauso it is confirmed from various sides; they are said to bo willing now, to lay their heads into our laps, to which wo are as yet not willing to agree nor shall wo soon accept it, in order to give a sliarp les.son to otliers, nnkws the apprehended and threatened invasion of so-called Christian neighborsf places us in a different situation. As soon as we liave done with these witii (nxl's liclp and blessing and if no other inconveniences arise, wo intend to pay a visit to the NeuineHmk and Rarltan tril)e.s, among wIkjui most of the perpetrators of all the single nnirders keep tiiemselves, should thjy persist in refusing to surrender the well-known murderers • meanwhile wo pray God for a successful resnlt and your Honors for all ])ossible and much-needed assistance. From the enclosure No. 8, your Honors may infer and can consider and wcigli in your far- seeing wisdom the continued claims, reqtiests and projects of the EiujUnh from BoKton. or the Mmsarkmetts Colony, whicli although they were answered to the best of our ability and informa- tion regarding the matter and will also be resisted and defendeil by us, as far as wo are able, still, as wo exi)lai!ied to your Honors above, as their power is ten times greater than ours, we shall hardly bo able, ejwaking humanly, to hinder them in their jiroject, if it is taken up in good earnest, which wo and many others presume — will be done, unless wo receive without delay and loss of time from your Honors assistance and help in the shape of troops and means: our former letter via Xtno-England recites our necessities. *»»»♦# Our beloved, faithful iV7c/W,M T'^-t/'/«i!/t and Caj)t. Lieutenant ^/-yaw Newton * * arrived liere 2 or .'5 days ago. What they acconiplished and tlie answer of that Govermnent (ofViri/iiu'a) your Honors wi'l find in their letter and the resolution marked No. of the enclosures, also the reasons, why they couUl not allow us to recruit men there for a reinforcement of otir company. » * « # # # ' ♦ This is nn O.dinnncp for the CMtHlilinhmont of villiifrps, pRsseil Fchriiiirv Otii, 1000, for whirh see " lM--. t Not only ti" . 'I'lisli of Uie Ncw-Eiinliind I'roviiicfs wt up claims on |iiirt.s of Npw-Ni'thorlnnd, lait iilso Mitryliiml uiiiler i.orr linlliinoro tried to pt posscsHioii of some of the Dutch tc'rritory on the Delaware about this time. Sec t'ol. Doc, Vol. XU. p. 847. — B. K. 164 Colonial Seitlementa on the HvJison Jitter. ri Lettkb from Ensign Smith at Esoptm to Dibectob-Stuyvksant : all quiet: neoo- riATIONS WITH THE InUIANS. Noble, Woreliipful, Wise and Priideut Sir. Honorable Director-General and Council of New-Netlwrland. I inform yonr Honors here- with, that 1 iiavo received tlio goods and your Honors' letter on the 23" of Ai)ril, also that on the 11'" inst. 3 Miru'kqum savages arrived here, who asked to make peace with us on behalf of the Esopus and they brought us 11 fathoms of wampum ont of their own means, as a present they said, because they came as strangers to talk with us: as it is not in our power to make 'peace with them and we do not know, how your Honor intends to act in this matter, we have given them m return 3 coal« of duffels and they promised to come back the next day with muskets and tlie swords, also the wampum, which they had formerly taken from us and to bring with them the Sachems of the Esopus and they have been here twice agiun, but all they ask for, is only peac^e and I have directed them to your Honor at the Manathans anermiHsion to go and get married and when he comes back, the work shall be continued with all diligence I do not know of iinything else to write your Honor this time and commend your Honor to the protection of the Almighty and remain your Honor's humble servant Act. Acop^^s, the 24'- April 1G60. j),,«,,^ j-Mirr, Ensign. To the Noble, Very Worshipful, Wise, Prudent and Very Discreet, the Honorable Director- General and Council of New-NeiherlMnd, at Fort Amsterdam in N. NethrlaiiJ. Sir! I inform your Honor, thai, after writing the foregoing a KatA-ll Sachem, called AWsd- enm'!,, a'-"v..<| here with a letter of the lion-'-' IMamontayue from Fort Oranye, which I send herewitii to your Honor and the aforesaid K.e.sie Wei, K"e« t,'. the Eopns Sachems to make them come together and then he was to go to the Hon'"" (k-neral, to make a permanent pi^ace and they offer to the Ion (ieneral all the E.,pu>, ..ountry and propose to return ev.Tvthing, muskets, cutlasses, ••loth and wampum and make large presents besiclcs and they call only 'for peace, peace and await your Honor's mercy. Closing herewith I remain your Honor's hnn.ble servant Act. Ai'.iopux, 24"' April t.,., y ^ . ^ • J>i:k(k Smiti, Ensign. To the Noble, Worshipful, Wise and Pru.lent His Honor, the Director-Genera! of NewNeth- erland Mamitham. New York Historical Records. 165 LirrrKR fkom Director Stuyvebant to (En8ion Smit..): with dikkctions fok tiik NKCKVriATIONS wnil AND TKEATMENT OV TUK INDIANS. Iloiioniblc, Viiliant. You may infer from the enclosed inBtruction, for what purpoBO Claes Jamen Iluyter, tlic bearer liereof, is sent tliithor; if you eim get the better of the ^Empua eavagea upon his or other reliable information aiul re]>ort (but after Claea de Rmjter's departure), then you are liereby coni- maiided and dirui;ted to do it at tlie first favorable oeeaBion, which offers, in quietness and with all possible safety, especially if you have any hopes, to get a great advantage over them. Wq leave this with God's help and blessing to your pleasure and discretion. If some ^Empm Sachems or savages should come M'ith the bearer, Claes de liuyter, to yon to ask for au armistice, then you will treat tliem friendly and say, that the peace must be concluded hero, that you can oidy do, what you h.ave been ordered by us and if then the chiefs desired it, you mu.-.t let them go and como unmolested, but if they are willing to come to the Manhntlians with Claes de linijter, then you must not prevent them, but ratl«jr give them one of the Council as a proper safeguard on the yacht. At the re(piest of Junuii (?) Ildni, made to us, wj have given him iiemiission to bring 20 or 25 scheiMjls bread corn from the Acnopus. Postscript. If the bearer hereof, Claen Jamen liui/ter, should be necessary for the better execution and promotion of the exploit, then you may join him to your present force either as guide or in another (•aj)acity. May 5, 1C60 Instructions fob Claes de IIuvtf,r, sent to tiik Esoits -m negotiate with the Indians. Instructions for Claes de limjter lie sliall go aboard of the Company's yacht and proceed with it to the Rwpus ; if he meets any savages on his way there, ho is to tell them, we had been informed, that the Minqua.i, Mahy- eand£>' and other Sachems asked for peace with the Aempus Siivages and that he is therefore sent to ppcak with the chiefs of that tribe ; if the siivages shoidd say, that thoy were going to the Man- hattans, then ho shall answer, that it was good, but he wished, thoy had como to moot him and go first with him to the Aesopus chiefs and to hear, what they had to say and whether they thom- polvos iuskod also f(.r peace; by such moans or under such pretexts h(^ shall try to find out from the savages, wiiero the Ar.stipua chiefs and sav^igos are and whether tliere was no chance to have a talk with them and hear from their own mouth, that the Aesopiis siivages asked unanimously for peace and he is further to state, that if they did not demand it unanimously, tliey need not speak of peace. By such pretexts and under promise of a small present ho shall try to find a savage, to bring him to the Aeaopua sjivages, if he considers it advisable and safe for liimself ; else, if jHissiblo, lie is to inquire and liud out, whero the Ataopun savages are ami make thereof as full a report as j)ossible to Ensign Dcfrk Smitt, but to nobody else at the /I and this one sjivage went thence, to fetch tlie &u-hems. but ho returned the same evening and brought no Sachem with him, which aston- ished me very much. Then I went down to tlio strand on the 1 2'\ to dispatch the yacht, for I had seen, that the yacht could do no gowl for the service of the Company, for since Vines Ih limjhr had sjwken to the savages, wc liii\e not been able to lay hands on a'savage, while we could do it before. We stopped it however on account of our sowing and i)Ioughing in conformity to tlie order of the ITon«"» General and if we can reap any benefits from this j.lacc, we shall imt nc.rh.c.t to do it and the skipper of the yacht shall give a full verbal report „f the affairs to your Honor. I have to inform your Honor in regard to the spring-corn, which we sowed, that ThonuiK Siamliers has 100 schepels of barley and peas in the ground and Jnrnjaen ]Ve^fpl,ahn, your Hon- or's farmer, has in the ground 100 schepels of spring-wheat and barlev, as well as peas and oafs and ConieU.'f Barentscn Sc/ilerjt f.O schepels of spring-wheat, nine of peas and a few of barlcv and the Widow Stol 45 schepels of spring-wheat, 12 schepels of barley and four of peas, s.. tjiat alto- gether 320 schepels of spring-grain have been sowe.l ; T/iomu.i S,-l>„mh,rH has al:o sowed 75 sche- pels of winter-wheat and Cornelia Barcntsen Schh;jt 20 schepels of winter-wheat and it has come up nicely in the fields and we shall not bo hindered in the ploughing and continue with it everv day, as your Honor's orders direct, but I cannot write your Honor with certainty, where the sava- ges keep themselves. Written in haste on board of the yacht, the 12"' of May ICGO T„ i.i.« XT 1,1 TtT 1 • f 1 TIT. , ■,, , Dkkck Smiti', Kn^iifii. lo the JNoble, Worshipful, Wise and Prudent ° His Honor the Director-CJeneral of New-Netlverland^ at the Manatham. CONFKRENCR nETWKEN T.IK DlRFXToU-f JnNKUAI. AM) CoiTNCII, ANM. TIIK eillFFS OF HacKINKASAOKY (N. J.), XaJACK (NVAIK), WlKCIIQ,Al:sKKp{ng tribe and of ]iin savages. 4. Ho says, tliat when before tliia tlie peace wan renewed with tho other abovcnanied Sachems, the chief of tho Wappingn was not here and he comes therefore now and says, that he, like the otherH, accepts tlie continuation of the peace, as aforesaid, and promises to keep it. The answer given to the fiivst and the last propositions, covering tho same ground, namely the continuation of tho peace and that they would not do us any more harm, was, that they may rest assured, that we neither would injure them and tliat it was well, that he, who had not been here before at the renewal of the peace, had come himself and confirmed what had been previously transacted with tho other savages on the 6"' of March, lie was told on the L"' point, regarding the re(juest for peace by the Esopus Indians, I. Whereas no Esopus chiefs liavo come, how shall we know, that the Esojms Indians make this request through him. II. That tlie Etrnpux chiefs had before this frequently declared to us, they, the chiefs, were quite willing to continue in j)eace with us, but that the young ])eople always wanted to figlit and they, as chiefs, had no command or power to punish the barebacks and young people and we see no occasion and safety in making jveat-e with the chiefs only ; therefore it would first be necessary, that he first and above all informed the Empvg Indians, old and young, Sachems and barebacks, liereof and if they altogether desire peace, they must come themselves. To the third iirojMjsitioii, regarding his statement that five of the prisoners and a squaw were of the WappiiKj tribe and of his people The following answer was given. 1. That we are not aware of it; the Mapus and that we consider and keep as our enemies all whom we find or catch there. That nevertiiele?s, as proof of the affection which we have for the Wapphujs, we would give the squaw to the Sachem of the Wajphujn as a present on the condition, that he should command all his savages not to trouble themselves with tlie affairs of the Exopun nor to come there nor let the j:'fi()puii savages come to tiieiii. YV'iiereupon he accepted the squaw. Done at Eort AiuhUT' dam in .V. Netherland, on tho dav as above. 168 Colonial ^Itkrnenis on the Jliulnon Jin voei'. (I w> CONKEBKNCK I.F.TWEKN TriK DlUKCT„K-r.KNK,KAr. AND TMKKK C.UItF8 OF TIIK Moill- CANS, WHO A8K JIIAI' J-KACK MAY UK MAOK WITH TUK Esoi'US InDIANH. 24"" May. Prusont the Honorablo Director-Oonenil, Olaea Je Jiuyter and Jan Darech as interpit^tt-rB. Ty-day appeared in tlio Council chamber throo Mohican elfiofs, namely Ji»kuvla8 alias Aejijcn (Little Ajh)) Appanu't and Whereas it was stated, that they came as envoys, they wore asked, whether they came for themselves or in the name of otliers. They answered in substance, that they ean.o in the name of the 7tio/>«* Sachems to ask for Ijeaco, bec^iuse they were no lonfcr.r willing to nuike war, but wished to live as friends and that they would leave the L^upim altogether and convey it to the DittcJi. They were asked, what security they brought with them or could show, that the Sachems desire pe.«,.e and that we must also know, whether the savages generally wanted peace t.n, and would not go to war any more, because the Sacheu.s liad declared, that they cannot punish theni but must let them do as they j)k!ase. The Sachem Arpje jmt down two strings of wampum, saying, that is as securitv, that the Sachem, barebacks, young an.l old, wpiaws annn(l of powder Nota: tho eight strings of wanipnni, given hy thcin, wore found upon counting to amount to in light money fl 13S.5 wliic-h is in lioavy money H !»2.3.5. For this tho cash hook of tho Receiver liiiijven haw lieen duly debited on the 20'" of May. Douo at Fort Avinknlam in jV. 2^etlierland, on the day as above. Resolution to tuansi-out to Cukacao all blt two or tubkk ok tue lately cap- tubed EsopLS LvniANs. May 25, 1000. It is quite evident from tlio propositions and tho talk of tho savages, that wo shall not obtain a firm and stable peace with the Fxojms savages, unless the captured J-^xopus Indians (of whom the eleven here and tlie otiiers still in prison at the /.wy^^.i; are all bold and liurdhearted fellows and the most inconsiderate of the tribe) are released or they are de]irived of all hoj)e ever to get tiiein back and they are forced to a solid peace by force of arms (with God's blessing), llaviu" coiisid- ercd this, after several serious delilM'ratioiis it has been unanimoUHly decided, that to release them, would not only tend to create disregard and contempt of our nation among neighbors as .veil as our own snltjects, but also the neigbl)oring barbarians and especially the Esojnts savages would glory in it, as if they inspired such great awe to our pecjple, that wo were afraid to rouse their anger and that wo had no courage, tu treat, acconling to their merits and as an example for others, llie jirisoners, among whom there are some, who have dared to murder our people, captured by them, in cool blood and with uidieard cruelty. Hence, we have for tlie abovestatcd and other reasons judged it to be best, to send the aforesaid Indian captives to Curaau) by the first good ojjportnnity and at the expense of the Company, to be employed there or at ISonaijro with the negroes in the service of the Company and to keep here only two or tlirce of the aforesaid cap- tives, who have murdered our ])risoners in cool blood, and to punish them at tlie jiroper time in such a manner, as sliali be decided upon, in tlio meantime to continue a defensive and offensive war against the J'M/jni.t savages and inflict all j.ossible harm nixin them, until such time, that we can obt4iin a peace with them on favorable conditions. Ainntirdam in .\'. Sdlitrhuul, on the day as above. Lkptkij fkom Diukctok Stiyvksant to Exskjn Swru at thk Esoprs; JfonicAN CEIIKKS SK.Vr HACK KUONf TUIO JlANllAnANS To EsolTS, AS TUIC DlBECTOK DKSIKKS TO TKEAT wrrn rni-; Esopi s Indians inKKcr; tuk nusiiLriTKs against the Eso ITS AUE TO UK KKNEWKI), AS SOON AS TIIK EnsION SKES THAT TllEKE AUE NO I'lIANCES, THAT TIIEV WILL SCE KOK PEACE THEMSELVES. Ilonoral)lc, Valiant. Since our last letter and your answer to the same we have not heard anytliing in regard to the state of aflaii-s at the ^Enojnt.s which has rather made us resolve to send the Company's yacht 22 170 Colonial Sdthmmts on the llwlson Itiver. to tliu .Ksopm, to eiirr.y up tliii Mahumukr cliiufn, wlio Imvo Ikjoh horo to ask for pence with tlio J-:si,j,u.i IiidiuiiH. Wo liuvo 118 }ot not boon uIjId to conio to u eoncliiHion, iK^ainm' tlii-y (K nmii.l till! rult'.iso of tliu capturod njivagoH: in tiio nuantinu) we have ifffiml tiu-in l)ac'l< to the .Awy,,,^ Kacii.-.nH, t<. toll flu in, tiiat if they wanted ]K;me, they tiiiiBt a*.k m poiHonaiiy either hero or at Fort Onimfe, where wo would Hond a ropre.H.-ntativo in tliat cane. Von will theretore allow these Mahicawler ehiefH to go and come nini.olested, also thu Aempus ehiefs and wivages, at* long aH the J/,f/, are with them ; hnt n8 bimmi oh these liavo left and hid go(Kl-bye to you, then yon are strictly charged to annoy and harrass, aa before, iit every manner the .U'sopui, navages and all those, who may eome to then, or are with them ; if you hIiouKI re.piire thereto now or hereafter a great(>r numlwr of soldierH or any ammunition of war, then you will inform m; we HJiall not fad, U> assist you awording to our nu-ans. Nineteen soldiers were sent us from the Fatherland by the hi«t ship '',/e Mrnxmnn " and a greater number, up to one hundred nuMi, is .■xpected bv the next ships ; may the good VuA bless our just canse atul grant us a good hihI desirable HUeeuss ! Wo are mtorme,!, that soldiers as well as freemen are altogether too conHdent and run out in small i)arti(s now and then and dare to go on the strand, as if there was no danger or no more savages : wo war,. and conunan.l you therefore, to prevent and stoj) it and to allow no small iiartiusof men to go out, but to attack at every possible occasion with the greatest caution and courage, beat and i>ursue tlio Ai-sojnis savages as far as sliall 8<,'em advisable to you an.l not to trouble yourself about any armis- tice, unless you receive from hero or from Fort Orange express orders thereto. Six soldiers are going up for tho better jirofection of the Company's yacht and as safeguard for tho Mahikamkr chiefs; you may keep them there, if mressary or" send down in their places some disabled or sick men, but do not leave the yacht witiiout proper protection duriu" her stav there. " The 25"" of May 16C0. Lkhek kkom Ensio.v Smhu to Diukctor Stiyvksant; uk uki-okts a kaio on an Indian vii.laok on luii Esoi'is ano ns kksult. The 30'" of May 1(500, at the Aexopus. Noble, Worshipful, Wise and Priuleiit Sir, Honorable Director-General of Ntw-Nitherlaml. I have to inform your Excy., that 1 have received the letter and the j.rovisions sent by your lI of O.^toher IC^.O^as he was n..t sati.slie.1 with his pay an.l as I can spare him, I have discharge.l him .>n the Is"' „f May. ('i.)sih.' I commend your Kxcy. to the imjtection of the Almighty and remain your Exey's. fait'htul servan't I'iKcK Smht, Ensign To tho N..l)le, Worshipful, Wi.se an.l Prudent, the Hoiu.ral.le l)ife(t,.i-( Jencral of AVw-AY7/t- erland, Petrus Stuyoeaant at tho Mannt/ums. CONFKBKNCE IlETWKEN TIIK DiKK.TOR-GenkrAI, AND CoiNfll, AM) THK CIIIKKS OK JIackknsack and IIavkkstraw. An aumistick is okantkd to rnu Ehopls In- lUANS. a'' June (10(10) Present in Council, tho Right llon..ral)lo Director-deneral, P,tniH Sluyivmint and Mr. Nha- .1/11.1 ./(' Sllfe. At the meeting ai)])eared OrtUamy, chief of Ilai-khihmrk an.l Cunrnppin, chief .)f llarerKtroo with somo other savages. 1. The chief Orntainy says, that .luring the last rencontre at the F^opus -i or 5 days ago, when only the chief PreunuM'ktr was killcl, about 20 Ksopu., savages v. ere together, wl... all wished to live ill peace. 2. lie sjiys, that the Kxopm chief .Sfutmrkeuamo, who was with them at (irmoenrpa and on Sia- ten-Idand yesterday, was very sad upon hearing „f the death of the aforesaul chief Pr.umaecker 172 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River. A and that i-o siuliloiii y departed thereupon, wh;>rcas he did not know now what to do or not to do, but lie had left in haste in cider to see, whether lie could .J,'» that is soldiers or fighting savages, who camp by themselves anse.l ; liuw had called for peace an■ "^'--^ y"' """O'^' letter, d.lo.l tl.o *. »v t-c .oKl.j„,d h.,vclK,,r,l .l,dr »„„c,„e,„ „„l ,1,,,. „v„„„l, tl.a. tl.,,.v l.d d.^„,« jT Thirdly they promise, that neither they nor their children shall do any har,„ to ,.. or .,. our animals, much less commit any thefts or mischiefs. whin^r """ P77'^,^« '^''"^ "*" ^^'"'t .your Honors ordered in the letter written to u. to all „f which they assented and w^re satisHcd with, but they n^juested, that a small piece of land n . be granted to them for their habitations an.l plantations and that at a great distance They req,,ested also, that your Honor sh.Mld .on.o here by the ii,-st opiK)rtn'nity briM.ri,.. a^.g a good .nterpreter, who un.lerstands their language well, as whom the • nam 'on :,;] d Tr« .;;,.,, order then to conclude with y<.ur Lonl.ship a finn, inviolable an.l eiernal peac • t , a 1 the ne,ghb„n„g Sachems shall appear .ogether at this place, to n.ake the peace m, „.,..I,'f .^ a.id surer. Herewith com.nending your H, ,• to the protection of the Abnightv, I a.n M.. ., loth T ,, "^ '""•"'"H-raKle Worships' humble servatU '' ^opus, the 12'" June 1060. i. , ^ JJekck t>Mirr, Ensign. KACE Resolution tuat the D.rk.tur rKorKEn to imk Esonrs an,. .■on<.l,-„k a 21" June. "■"" '""■■ ^•'"'■^''"• enend should go there, as soon as the ship "./. Tr..n,r has sailed, in or,ler to conclude, if po. bible, a i.eaee on the formerly proposed conditiot.s. Date as above. -■'i New York Historical liecords. 175 Lotek from Vice D'u. La Montagne at Fokt Okange to Dib. Stutvesant and Council ; Indian bkokeks ; Mohawke and Senecas cut off a Fuench fort. Ilonorablu, Valliant ami Worsliipful Gentlemen. Having left jou, gentlemen, on the U'" of May last I arrived here Friday the 21" of the same month at night since which time I have had no opportunity, nor even leisure to answer the objec- tioim made by Mr. van Ruyven to my accounts. On the Monday following my return my wife's sister wa« by an accident mortally (as we then thought) wounded, Tuesday the Commissaries met to dispose of more than forty cases and a petition by the principal traders of this place was handed ,1, agam.t the placat issued by his Honor the Director-General and Council and since republished annually, that only Indian brokers should be admitted to carry on the trade After the bench had taken this into consideration, it was ordered to call the whole community into the fort, to learn their opinion on this matter. They assembled on Wednesday and having been heard individually they expressed a dififerent opinion, viz that it would be better, to give the enonrous amount of brokerage, which went now yearly into the pockets of the Indian brokers- about liftv thousand guilders- to Dutchmen. As this oj.inion went directly against the request of the peti- tioners, tiie latter, increased to twenty-five altogether, presented Wednesday a second petition, repeating their former demands. Friday the other, small traders, also presented a petition signed by fifty-four persons and now tliey began to .cold and call each other bad names and threats were uttered: Saturday tiie Court was convened to deliberate how to settle this matter, in which the parties were so bitter and hostile against each other: the Court could not come to any conclusion and on that account was adjourned over till Monday, when the Court, having assembled, decided to deny the petitions of either party and ordered that in accordance with the i)lacat neither Dutch nor Indian brokers should be employed during the trading under a i.cnaltv of 300 guilders and suspension from their pursuits for tiie time of two months. Since that time I have been obliged to go into the woods with soldiers to prevent misliai>s and to see that the ordinances are observed. It comes very hard upon me, as I have no deputv sheriff, ami it has gone so far, that 1 must fre.iucntly remain over night in the »-oot letter that the /iw;;(M savages desire peace; i)cloie we come to contirm it, we judge it advisable and also necessary, that the tun s:.va,-cs. who arc .-rom -v letter ok the Director and Council of New-Netherland to THE DlREC'lOliS IN IIoLLANO; I)KFENI)IN(t THEIR COURSE AGAINST THE InDIANS AND OBJECTINO TO THE Al'POINTMENT OF EoELOEK iSwAKTWOUT AS BIIEKIKF AT Esoi'US Dated SS'" June 1C60. It is only rumored, tliat during tlie distressing occurrences and (mexpected conflicts with the savages on the K^opus as well in the last general massacre some acts have been committed by our nation, either prematurely or rashly, whic.li had been better left undone, but in investigating tlie matter tlioroughly, sutficient proof could not be foun.l to j.unish, as an example for others, this or that act as the cause of these massaci-cs. We have informed yonr Honors before this in detail regarding the general massacre and could enlarge on the occurrences at the Esopus, wliich however at present time does not permit and it woul.l also be unneces.sary, as we liave, in our former letter of the 29'" Octbr., reported the circumstanci'S, origin and j.ro-ress of it in detail, to which, if we have given any cause, we are not aware of it ; the barbarous tortures, which they suffered at the hands of the savages, overbalance their deserved )MHiishment and it is therefore not necessiiry to make further inquiries, as to liow they and we have fallen into the ditch, but it would lie better to think of means how to get out of it and fill it up. If concerning the subject of the Esopus, yoii W(,uli Empun Indians tbrotigh the M,it is licst, to stand as far as jiossible on our own feet and to pray the good (Jod for a happy result; He has so far blessed our work, that the Fmpm Indians have themselves and tlirtaigh neighboring I New York Historical Records. 177 tribes asked for peace several times, to wliicli we Iiave, for reasons shown in the enclosure No. so far aijsented that an arniistice has been granted. Your Honors will be informed of the further issue by our ne.xt letter. We have been very much astonished by l.o appointment to and the delivery of the SherifFs place at the Flnopua to one Jioeloff Sioartwimt, as well because of his minority as on account of his unfitness for the place, especially, when a court Bhall bo needed there, which, as your Honors say, is iis yet premature, as there is for the ])resent no court of justice there and it docs not appear,' that one shall be there in a long while for want of inhabitants, fie to sit on the bencli. Anyway, if in the course of time this should occur a man of greater age, capacity and esteem is required to take the Sheriffs place ; it must be one, who at the Siuiio time is able to attend there to the duties of Commissary for the Company. The secpiel of your Honors' letter informs us of ti.e concession and grant made to Jeronimm BMngh, who married the widow oi Johan de llulter, that contrary to the general order he may leave his land untilled for two years. Regarding his petition, we have to say that it will not only cause a great delay in the cultivation and settlement, but your Honors liave also been deceived and mis-infonned, as well concerning the extent and location of the land, as that one part of the Bfime land was comprised or brought within the fortifications ; the contrary can be made as clear ya daylight. As to your Honors' extension of time, if it should go into effect, then not one bouw- ery can during that period be made witliin the fortified settlement to the great inconvenience of the farmers, who came over in this ship, and of others who might desire to settle there, whereas otherwise the lands would have been taken by tliem at a reasonable price, to wit 10 or 12 guilders ])er morgen, tlie same for which they offered their land here at their departure leaving verbal orders and powei-8 of attorney behind in regard to them, to convey them for that price to others, who should like them : this would have been done already, if tlio war with the savages bad not delayed : 12, 13 or 14 good bouweries can bo made out of this land ami the houses may be jtlaced in and near the settlements for the greater security of all. It wouki bo very expensive and inconvenient for the Company to begin a new village at a distance of a mile or one and a Iialf miles, before tbis first one was proiHirly established, but in order to sustain your Honors' concession, as far as the situation will permit and to guard as much as possible the owners against losses and complaints, we shall treat with them in this regard with all possible amity and friendship, eitiier by i)nying't!ie land from them at the aforesaid price or else, which is e(piaily good, but somewhat remote' to leave them in their places, that, when in the couree of two or three years a new village should be estab- lished, they might bo cultivated or conveyed to others according to tlieir wish * * * * * M. Pfc-rmoN OF DiKCK Jansen and Loikens Lourensen fou favment of hire for THEIR sLooi", WHICH was ised for ihk i-mi-iu service at the Esopls and order THEREON. To the Noble, Very Worshipful Honorable Director- General and Council oi New-Xefli>-rlaiid. Show with humble reverence Dircl- Junxtvi and Laurens /.aitren.'.r/i, skippers of the yacht 'de ArenV\ that they, the petitioners, being with the same near the Faojyus last year, with the 23 I 178 Colonial Settlements on the Hxuhon River, intention of continuing their voyage to Fort Orange, Jacob Uap deceased, and Thomas Chambers came on board there with letters to your noble Worships, compkining of the great inconveniences, created there '7 the savages and demanding of them, that, as the welfare of the country was deeply involved, they should quickly return and deliver the letters, which they did and they brought down at the same time two soldiers; that they were quickly dispatched by your Noble Worships to the Esopus, which they executed also, and that they have been in service with their yacht for ten days and have had to nuike the trips, without taking in any cargo to their great loss aiid whereas the farmers are not willing now, to pay them for the aforesaid service, saying that it should be done by the country or by your Noble Worships, therefore they are compelled to ..ddress themselves to your Noble AVorships and respectfully request, that your Noble Woi-diip^ will please to order that their aforesaid services and the transportation of the two soldiers be paid with such a sum, as your Noble Worships shall deem equitable and fair ; doing which etc". Your Noble Worehips obedient servants (signed) LoURKNS Iy>CKEN8EN DiRCK Jansen. The question having been put, the following decision was rendered : Before we cim dispos*! hereof, the petitioners umst prove, that they have been hired by the chief-officer there or upon his orders, else they must apply to them, who have engaged them On the 29'" of June A" 1660. ■* ill! kr Ohukk for the tbansi-oktation of tuk captuked Esopus Indians to Gukacao ,„.,, ^ AND AGKEKMENT FOK TllEIK I'ASeAOE. 29'" June. Whereas a resolution was passed on the 25'" of May, to send the captured Esopus Indians to VuruQao, for which an opportunity presents itself now, as Nicolnes Varttth and Jac(^ Backer intend to let their ship soon depart for Curagao, therefore it is resolved to make a contract with them for the passage of the said savages, for which the Hon"" JVicasim de SiUe and Secretary Cornelia van liuyven are hereby specially authorized. Date as above. In pursuance of the foregoing resolution the Honorable Nicasius de SUU and Secretary Cor- 7ielU van liuyven agreed in presence of the Hon"" General with S' Varleih and Jacob Backer, that for each savage should be paid as faro thirty-si.\ guilders beaver value here or thirty guUders in silver or goods at current prices at Curasao. Date afi alwvo Appointment of Marten CRE.iiER and Oloff Stevenson van Cortland, to ac- ^,. T , ir , COMPANY the DiHECTOR-CtENERAI, To THE EsoPUS. 5'" July, Monday. Present in Council the Honorable Director-General, l\trm Stuyvesant and Mr. ^ioasius de Sille. Pursuant to the former resolution of the 21" of June and the promise made to the E»opu» savages, to make a peace with them ujjon the conditions proi)08ed to them by the interi)reter daen Jamen de liuyter and accepted by them according to a letter of Ensign Dirck Smith and the 1 New York Jlieioricxil Hecords. 179 verbal report of tlio said interpreter, requesting only that the Hon"'" Director-General should him- self come witii a good interpreter to conclude the peace and to let them have a small piece of land at a great distance, which they might plant and after due consideration thereof and reflection upon the importance of the matter and weakness of the board of Director-General and Council, they have unanimously decided and resolved, to send thither with the Honorable Director-General, one of the active Burgomasters and a former Burgomaster of this City, namely the Worshipful Marten Oregier and O! of Stevenson van CcrUandt, to assist the Hon""* Di-Stwjvemnt, Director-General of New-Netherland and the Sachems or chiefs of the Indians of the Esopus. 1. AH hostilities on either side shall cease and all acts and inju- ries shall be forgi>tten and forgiven by either side. 2. The E'uni8hed by either side to tho satisfaction of the injured party. They are not to come armed into our places nor on our land. They are not to drink wine or other strong drinks in the neighborhood of our Louses or settlements. • The mediators are security for the concluded treaty. » . # » * ♦ Minute of thf, return of the Director-General and party from the Esopus and journal of the DlUEC'roK-(ii:NERAL on his .lOlK.NEV. The Hon. Director-(ienenil, accompanied by the Pnrgomasters }fm'ten Cmji,)- and Oluff Stevemon, who had left, pursuant to a former resolutiim of the o"" of July, on the 7"" of the kuiio i *4 u 1.S2 h I Ml £■ ■|:* Hi: Colonial Seitlemente oh ih^ Hudson River. month, arrivo.1 horo aRaln on tl.o 81- and delivered the following roi.ort, entered unjni«. On tho T'" of July wo left pursuant to ti>o resolution and on the 0'\ Friday, the chief of the IlujMamh ca.no aboard; through him we sent two of his sav.iges to the Eaopm, to inform the »ivagu8 of our coming. Tho 11"- „f July, Sunday, wo arrived at tho Esopm and sent again soino wivagos to tho Eho- pm siiv.;ge., and informed them of our arrival and that if they desire« again K,nt out; they sent word, that they should come to-morrow, Tuesday ^ 13 do ; no Sm-hom has been heard from, but 10 common savages came, who said, tho I'A^omiH bachoms won d not come on that .lay, but primps to-,norrow or may bo, they would not come at all ; nevertlielesa we sent again a savage to them. U"- (k),- when up to noon no Fjtopux Kachcni nor any news from them had been heard from we called iKjfore us tho chiefs of the Maquaa,, 3 in ,mml.er, tho chiefs of the Mahm.,uier», also .i ... ...m.lM3r, .he chief of the \Vapping, and tho chief of Ihckimjhmcldn, also one of the deputies trom ktaten- Inland and ..lade the following stateme.it to the... : Fi.-8t, that they all knew very well, that we had given ..o'cause for tho war between us and tho Enopux savages, but that, after their having killed one of ..ur people a.,d b..rned 2 or 3 houses the year before, we had nevertheless forgiven it and renewed tho ,)eace promising each other that henceforth no war sho.ild be beg,,.,, eve., though a ma., might be killed, b„t that the muideivr sliould be surrei,dered and punished. The ^^;>,.* savi^fcs have ..evertheless, now about 10 months ago, taken prisoners some of our iwoplo firepux savages stay away, without once co,.,ing to us or speak- ing of peace. ' I I'i'^tl'c aforesaid chiefs informed, that they all could see now, that it was not our fault, but tliat the A»(.»!M savages were trifling with us us well as with the,... And as it did not suit us, to rciain here long waiting for an ..ncertainty and as further the M,up,am and other chiefs were ti.-ed waiti..g a.,d would like to leave as n.uch as we, \ .•e.iuested hen, all to take ..otice thereof and to inforn, all other chiefs and savages, our fricds, of it a.,d to the.,, """ ""' ''^ ^ "^ theuiselves any more about the Enopu, savages nor to let them live amo.ig Yet to give them fuJI measure, I had them informed, that we should wait till eve.,i.,g and if tUey did not come then, we would leave during the night. •-h 1 Nev) York Hiatoruxd Jiecords. 18a Towardrt evening of the 14"' of Jul} four of tlio EMnpHu chief*, to wit Kitlcop, Seewaekaenamo, Nenhahetoan and i'amlji/rawai'/i. appuanxl ut tho gato oi no aettlement of Enupiu. Ill prcHeiuo of tlio helow named fiiiefH of tho Maqumm, Miiuiuaaa, Atahieaniierg, Cat^kUn, WapphttjH, IlackinkimMikinyfiH, and tlio represertativea from Najack and Ilnoertttnx) oho of tlio Mitii/uaan chief, mllud (hulerinhotj/upui took the word in tho uaiao of tho otiierH. Iliti firat propo- sition was in mihatance as follows : that tho /isajnu) navagea had coino to them, tho Minqunas, complaining, they were engaged in such a terrible war with the Dutch; to which the answer was matlc. You have iirst done or coninanced it, it is your faidt, therefore wo cannot give you any assistance uiKin your complaint but we will, as far as is in our j)owcr, solicit jxiace for yon and help to promote it ; for the present, made by tho Eiiopus savages when asking for help, he lias now bron"ht in return a i)resont towards tlie i)eacc, which he iwk«i for them ; he says, that if they could not . '(tain it, tho h'lopun sjivages would return home crying. We answ sred hini npon tho foregoing titatcincnt through our interpreter, that not only the Minqutta but also tho Mahicawhrs, Maijuan, Catskiln, Iltyhlanden, Ilackhighiatiks and other surrounding friendly trilKJa had asked for peace for tho hmpun savages and that out of regard for tho requests made by our friends, we were quite willing to treat with the Exopiix, if wo could feel assured of ^Hjace; after this had been represented to them once or twice, the Maquaas, Mintjuaun and other bcforemcntioncd chiefs were asked, whether they would bo bail, that the Esopus Indi- ans should not again begin, as they have done new. Whereupon the MaequaH chief Adoy/iwatijue proposed and said to tho Esopua savages: The whole country is now assembled on your account, (who have always quarrelled and begun war,) to solicit peace fpr you and to conclude it. If this shall have been made, do not begin again for your lives, for if you begin again and do not heed us, wo shall most surely not intercede for you another time. The Alinquaim chief took up the word and admonished tho Enopits savages in the siimo manner, tliat they nuist not begin again nor that they should kill any horses or cattle nor that they should steal anything, but they must buy or earn it and live with the Dutch like brothers. After a little consultation and talking among each others the Minquaas chief continued his profKisition to tho Eaopua savages: You harm us Minquaaa and tl»c Macquaaa every time; it is not your land, but it is oure, therefore do not begin it again, but throw down the hatchet and trample it into the ground, that the hatchet may never again be taken up. lie gives thereupon string of white wampum. Tho aforesaid ilacqucus taking the word spoke to our Dutch people of the Enopun and admonished them in his manner, that they too should not begin again and that they should not box the ears of tho Ewpiu Indians and then ridicule them ; thereupon he took the hatchet out of tho hands of the Esopan savages, threw it down and trampled it into the ground, saying Now they shall not begin agiiin for their lives. The Etopu8 savages continued then : Now, wo liavo let the hatchet be taken from us and trampled into the ground, we shall not take it up again in eternity. After the foregoing discussion we answered the Esopan sjivages through our interpreter, that we were willing, at tho request, uiaile in their behalf by all the aforesaid chiefs, our friends, to conclude a treaty of peace with them on the conditions previously communicated to them by our i'llerpretcr Vlac.'i tie liui/ter, to wit: 1. That they must return all the muskets, wampum, duffels and other goods, given by our people for our prisoners and taken by them, notwithstanding which they shamefully murdered the prisoners afterwards. .i¥i m 1 J* I' ^^^ Colonial SettlementH on tlie Iludmn Jiiver. 2. To coinpenaato for the danmguo done to us and tliat tlio jicuco may Iw kept hotter, tlu-v imist reinovo from the I.iiuIh oa t\\v>*iC»oj>m to some diBtanco and convoy tho land to us, witlu.iit bei'ij^ ullowcd to plant thero again. 3. Tlu,y should not do any l,arm cither by killing ho<wiirki/, Jfirmpi/n and Cuiuirem'. The aforcmiid having been accepted hy them, tho peace with tlio Jimj>u8 Indians waa concluded umler the following stipulations. CoNFKRKNCK HELD AT FoUT OuANOE (Ar.BANY) BETWEEN THE DibEOTOB-GenEKAL _, „ ^ ^^" ''"K yKNKCAH. Present tho Hon. Director- ( Jencral and tho genfemen Propositions made to ns by the of the two courts here. Slnmcha at Fort Orange, tho 25'" July A- inCO. They say in the beginning, that it is now some years past, since they liave been at the Man- hataim and brought i.resents there, without having received any i-etuni for it, not ev u a pipefull of tobacco, whereupon they give three heavers. Secx^ndly, they Siiy that, a year or two ago, they requested, that tiiey should receive a blanket and a piece of cloth for one beaver, to which they got no otlier answer, than that we would tell ihem, wlicii tlio ships came ; whereupon they give throe beavers. Thirdly, we have only a little request to make to you and yet what we ask for is, as if we run against a stone; they give thereuix)n three heavers. Fourthly, they say, wlien we were at the Munhatanx we Imvo concluded our friendship with a chain and united each others and this is now for a renewal of it, giving three beavers. Fifthly, they say, let us have one mind and if you make a request to us, wc shall listen to you, whereupon they give three beavers. Sixthly, they say, we are now engaged in a great war and winnot obtain either powder or lead or else we must have beavers and a g(,od soldier ought to have iwwder and lead instead of nothing • they give thereupon tbi-ee beavers. ' 7'". They sivy, we thank you, that we now receive everything as a present, caps, socks, slioes shirts, cloth, whereupon they give two beavers. ' 8'\ They s,iy, now number of Shmekes shall again coino and rtviuest, tliat tliey may barter their l>eavers at pleasure and that they may not be locked up by tho J>ut,h, but that they nuiy go with their beavers where they please, without being beating, when they want their beavers to go to another place to trade ; thoy give three beavers. 9'". They siiy, you liavc taken us and the Maajuawi and Mahikanders with you to tlio peai-o conference at the Eioj>,iH, now you should return the captured Esoims savages; thev trivc two small beavers. "^ *' Nev) York HUtorwal Records. 166 10"". Wo are very wdl jilouscd, that yoii liavo miidu jksiico with tho Kmpwi, wo have 8oiiie- timuH to iiiaku iihu of tlio road, it in vury good, that hrotliura livu in |M)acc. 11"'. They wiy, yoii aro tiie i;hiof of tiio wliole (■oiintry. to wiioiii wo ail look up and wo havo aHkiMl a |)i«!L'u uf cloth for oiiu huavur, 50 haiidn full of waiiiiMiiii for out) huavur, and <'<0 haudti full of puwdur for ono boavor, but you havo JMiuii Bleeping until now and thuruforu wo now wako you up again; thoy givo throo boavern. 12"'. Thi-y Bjiy, wo nuiHt work hard to fetch tho bcaverH through tho encniy'i* country, there- foro wo ask, that wo may obtain nuich pow'-T and lead, for if tho oiieniicB ovcrjMiwer U8, where ohall wo then catch tho bo.ivors ; thoy givo two beavorH. 13"". Thoy Kay, thoy a«k, that honcoforth it nhall Imj fixed, that they bIkiH receive 30 hand« full of blan to the Mahikatulern, wherefor they lament very much ; now as yo.i are bound to them by a chain, you too ought to be torry ; they givo 1 beaver. IS*"'. They request, that tho Director-Cieneral should warn all the Dutch, not to beat tho Iiulians any more, else the Dutch will say, we do no? know anything about it and that we with our beavers may go where wo like without being beaten ; they give thereupon 1 beaver. Answers to tho propositions made by the Slniweus diiufs. Dated 20"' July A" ItitiO. 1"' proposition answered : It is true, our brotlicrs have been at the Manhatana 2 or 3 years ago and nnide a treaty of friendship with us, which we slialkalways nuiintain, as wo liave done so far and always will and l)ecanso the tobairo was ftirgotten at that time, we give them now a roll of tobacco, that, when they return to their comitry, they may remember their friendship and keep it as firndy, as if they were bound to us by a chain. 2. Wc have made jHsace with the I'jsopu% at tho roqwcst of our brothers, the MucqiKtai^, Mahihin- (lers and other friends, so that we and they may freely and safely use the roads and rivers and we give you tlio hatchets, which we now lock up and you are charged not to kill any horses or cattle, when you go away from here. 24 m i" Y .11 , -^1 1111 ill 186 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson liiver. 8. Our brothers, the Sinnekm, have thanked us, because we have made peace with the £80pu8 • wc now request tliein, that they too sliould make and keep peace witli the Macquaaa, so that wo may also uso the roads to them freely and safely, as both our brothers do here. 4. As our brothers complain, that they cannot get enough powder, we give tliem now a keg full of powder, but they must not uso it against our brothers, the Macquaaa, only against their distant enemies, where they have to bring the heavers Troni. 5. The brothers complain, that their beavers are locked up, when they come into the houses; wo have forbidden our people to do so three days ago and the brothers may go with their beavers, where they please. G. Brothers, if any Dutchman beats you, come to the Sachems and make a complaint or if any- body of the Dutch keeps or locks up your boavei-s, they will see that you get them back, 7. Brothers, it is well, that everybody goes now with his beavers, where he likes, and no brokers tihall henceforth be sent, but everybody may go with his beavers, where he likes and you are there- fore directed not to listen to any broker, but strike them on tlie head, bo tliat one cannot see, whore his eyes stand. 8. The Dutch cannot consent to what the brothers request, that we should give so much cloth wampum for one beaver, as it has to come a great distance over the sea. or Lkask of a Farm at Clavkrak. (Fort Orange Records. Vol. NotBrial Piipers, 1600-1070.) This IT'" day of August IfifiO appeared before me, DhcTc van Schelluyn,; Notary Public etc Mr. Abraham Staats, merciiant at Hcvencycl; party of the first part, and Christofd Davidn and Ileixinck Eet.% farmers, parties of the second part. The .s.iid Stoats declares to I'lftve let and the said David^s and Eets to have rented from him a certain bouwery, belonging to the lessor, situate and lying at the Claverah for the term of three consecutive years, beginning on the next first of Octoiier and to end the last of September 1063. ******** Rent 150 fl a year during tiie first two years and 200 fl the third year. » ♦ » Petition of Rev. IIkrmancs Bi.om and Rev. IIenrious Selvnis tor an allow- ance FOR BOARD AND LOIKUNGS, WHILE DKTAINKI) AT NeW-.VmSTKRDAM ON TMEIK WAY TO THEIK PLACES OF DESTINATION, KK8I'. EsOI'CS AND BROOKLYN ; ORANTEl), Thursday, 2" September (IfitlO) Present in Council the H(m""» Director-General Petrtis Stuyrcsant, Messiros Nicamm de S'dle and Johan de Dcckere, Councillors. To the Right Honorable Dircctor-Genend and Council of New-Netherland: Whereas we, the undersigned, have left liome in tlie service and employ of the Right Honor- able Lords-Directors of the Ini-<)riM)rated West-India (^oinpany. Department of Amsterdam, to preach the Holy Gospel and by God's grace have safely arrived in Xeio-Ndhcrland, but could Neio York Uiatorieal Records. 187 not be imiiiodiately forwarded to our places (to wit Esopua and Brooklyn, where we were ordered by their Lordships to taico cliargc of tho divine service and proptigate tlie Icnowledgu of Goii) ex^-ept upon a proper and solemn order of your Honorable Worsliips and have especially at the Manhataiis, where wo took up our provisional residence, waited with sincere desire for the time and opportinuty of being forwarded and introduced into the service of the church, Therefore we, the petitiouers, request with all respect and due reverence, that your Hon'"'' Worships will please to take upon themselves the payment of our expenses for board and lodgings, accoi-ding to the laudable instructions given by the Hon*"" Assembly of the XIX and delivered to us, the petitioners, with new signatures by tho Lords-Directors, reading: Artie. XV the preachers etc*. By doing this, your Hon"'" Worships will oblige the petitioners and animate them in their 8ervi(!e of tho Word, in tho meantime they hope for a favorable resolution and remain Your Honorable Worships' faithful servants (signed) IIekmancs Bi.om Pastor at Esopus Hknricus Sklyns Pastor at Breuckelen The foregoing petition having been received and road, tho following decision was made : For as long a time as the petitioners have been hero at this place from their arrival until this day one beaver per week shall be allowed to them for board and lodgings. Date as above. Extract from a i.fnrKR ok the Diukttoks in Holland to Pktrus Stoyvesant; THEY HAVE KEl'EIVEl) THE NEWS OF THE I'EACK ON THE ESOI'HS WITH PLEASURE, ON AlXOtTNT OF THE CONSEQl'ENT REVIVAL OF AOKICIILTURE AND AUE ASTONISHED OVER THE oaiEanoNs to IIokloff Swartwout's appointment AS Sheriff at Esopus. 20" Sei-tur 1060 » » * » » * We have been pleased and gratified to hear of the good success, which your Honors liave had against the JCmpiM Lidians, as it is in our opinion a matter of great importance. Fo?-, if the wings of this barbarous nation could be clipiK'd in such a manner, that they are kept without the jwwer and danger of doing harm then, it is certain, that the cultivation of the soil shall be undertaken with greater zeal and better result and shall increase directly more and more. And, while, as we have said kifore, we trust, that your Honors shall not be disturbed by the Englitih ncighboi's and conscipieiitly shall have the hand^ free in that direction, yet your Honors ought not to neglect to pursue and bring to a successful end the results g;iiiu>d from the said ExDpHs Indians, so that then the Newemnk* and liaritarm tribes may be taken in hand with so much more safety and brought to rcaaonable terms or perhaps be reduced and made tnidangerous. • ♦*»#« Wo are glad, that tho Eimjni^ savages have asketl an as well dir»>ctly as through others, as it is a sign, that their courage indeed failed them ami we had grown more awe-iiuspiriiig Bwpu*. to them. Tho motives, which ca\ise July, in which we find nothing but the substance of the conditions of peace entered into and made with the Eiopus savages; we can therefore only say in regard to it, we hope and wish, that it will and may tend to the welfare of the country and its inhabitants. ' ( OrDKR OJT a PETmON OF THE WIFE OF TlIOMAS HoOOENS, FOR PAYMENT OF A H0K8E KILLED IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE DUIUNO THE LATE EsoPl'S WAR. (23'' Septbr IfiOO) The petition of Marritje Iluylerts, wife of Toims Ruggem was taken up and read, who demonstrated, that during the defense ag-ainst the Exopux savages she had loaned a horse to Ser- geant ChriMian Niesen by order of the Ensign, for the service of the Company; this hoi-se having been killed by the savages, she asks for payment for it. Everybody's opinion having been asked, it was answered : Before a decision is given hereon, tlie petitioner must prove, that the horse belonged to her alone and after that has been done, she irnist have it appraiswl by impartial men, not aivording to what It was worth at the purchase, l)ut at the time and under the circumstances, when it was iilled in the service of the country. Date as above. PEXmoN OF SUKfiE.iN GySHEKT % AN iMnoiMII FOR pAYMENT OF HIS BILL FOR AITENIh ANC'E ON A SOLDIER, WHO WAS WOUNDED DURING THE EsOPUS WAR; (iRANTED. (SO'" Septbr 16G0) ^^'P^' To the Right Hon'"- Director-General and the Hon"'" Council of New-Neth- rrlo ml. Shows with due reverence Gognh-n vnn TnJrurch, surgeon at Fort Ornng'-, that a sh.irt time ago during the war with the &oj>us Indians he, the petitioner, has treated one Domhdcm, a boI- fiii I New York Historical Mecoi-ds. 189 dier of the lion'''* West-India Company, who was brouglit to Fort Orange by the Hon"'' Director- General himself on account of his severe wounds, he having eighteen different wounds and whereas he, the petitioner, cannot be credited by the lion'"'' Receiver for the amount of his fees tlie sum of which is 80 fl. in beavers according to the account rendered, without your lion''" Wor- siiips' order, therefore he requests with all respect, that your Hon"'" Worships will please to direct liis Honor, the Receiver, to credit him, the petitioner, for the amount of his fees either on the account of his former patient or that of the Hon"" Company, as your Hon"'" Worships may decide, so that in due time he may have the benefit of it; not doubting which he remains Tour Hon"" Worships obedient servant (signed) Gysbert van Imborch. The foregoing petition was taken up and read and after everybody's opinion had been asked, it was decided, as follows : Fifty guilders in beavers are allowed to the petitioner on account of the Company for curing the aforesaid person. Date as above. Extract from a letter of the Director and Council to the Directors in Hol- land: Rev. Blom has been put in charge of his church : Seko'. Andries Loir- RENSEN returns TO HoLLAND WELL RECOMMENDED. 6'" OcTBR 1660. ****** The two preachers, lately arrived here, D" Jilom and Selyna have been put each in his place, in accordance with your Honors' orders and their nomination. The former Sergeant Andries Laurens, who goes over in the ship " KiickaJboom ", has re- (juested us for a letter of recommendation, that the balance of the monthly pay due him, 94 guild- ers, might be paid to him by your Honors in silver-money (as he said, he had no other money for his travelling expenses). Considering his good services at all occasions, in war and in peace, wo could not refuse his request. We would therefore respectfully ask your Honors to accommodate him in this matter. Report of Director Stuyvfj5Ant'8 visrr to Esopus and Fort Orange, It'" November (1660) It was statwl at the meeting by the Hon"'" Director-General, Petrus Stuyvesant, that his Honor intended, to go from here to the Hopvs to morrow if the weather was favorable, to accel- erate the threshing of a quantity of grain for the Company and make arrangements for completing the retloubt there, preparing tiie dwelling of the preacher etc. Date as above. On the 10'" Novemh«T his Honor sailed in the yacht of VIodder and returned hero on the 27'" reiKjrting in substance as follows : First, thii tliere was little hope at the Esopiis to get from there a quantity of grain before the winter, because the fanners there had as yet threshed nothing or only a little. I 190 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson liivei Sofoi.d, that tliis had iiimlo his Honor resolve to take a trip to Fort Orange, to see whether they liad more in store tiiere, but that on account of the sudden frost lie had not been able to get more ihuii 150 8chejH.'ls. Thinl, that his Honor had also met there some of the MacquaM chiefs, who said, it was their intention to make an expedition with a number of men against the KlnTuihxk. Indians in a short time, uiHMi which statement liis Honor had proposed to them, in consequence of the request pre- viously made to ns by his Honor, the Governor of lionton, rather to try and make i>eace with each other etc and that he had finally i>er8ua CoUNClI, TO TUK DlKKCrrt)K8 IN HOL- LAND; FKAUa AKK KNTKRTAINKn, THAT TIIK I'EACi: WHll TUE EsOPUS InDIAMS WILL NOT LAST LONU. '. "" DkcEMUKK KUiO. Matters licro are in a reasonably (jniet condition as well in regard to the barbarians as to the neighlK)r8, at least we neither hear nor learn of any tmubles, though some people believe, that the Empm eaviiges will keep the peace no longer, than until they see a deci.K'd advantage': against this wo keep gotxl watch and an eye on tlio sail ; they are quite bold and sjiucy in their talk and liave as yet not delivered the promised corn ; the Sa<-lu.ms plead in excuse, that on account of the war they could plant little or nothing; which stands to rciison luid therefore we have loss insisted upon it. We h.ive not yet attondc-d to the y.'wrmid-,', Indians, because the Sachems and the greater part of these Siivages make the excuse, not to have had any knowledge of the nuirdei and at the same time show the impossibility of apprehending and surrendering the delinqnetifs without plac- ing themsi'lves in danger of being miu<,^icred by th.-ir relations. ' They have asked' sevend times and also made presents, that the matter should 1k> adjusted and forgotten this time, which wo have so far refusetl for giKul reasons and have insisted, that they should surrender the murderers or at least some of them, while we take in consideration the uncertainty of the result and that the war would be very injurious to the newly commenced plantation and through fresh complaints would delay the increase of population : we hesitate therefore to give them fresh causes for it and to coiniwl them by force of arms to an act of probable impossibilitv. LkTTERFBOM SkROEANT ChKISTIAN NyfifiKNTO DlKKCTOB StUYVESANT ON TU ESTATE or AKEAIIW AT THE Esol'LS. 1 Noble, Very Worshipful, Wise and Prudent, Honorable Director General. I inform your Honor lierewith, that I liave duly received on the 12 X'" by Wlllem Moer, the skipiwr. the goods sent t.. me and that the nH)f of the house on the strand is ready, my .piarters have also laxm prepared, as they ought to be and as your Honor ..rdercd it. I wonhriiave sent your Honor some wheat, but a sufficient quantity had not yet been threshed, but I slmll send a New York Historical Records. 191 party of it by the first opportunity. I comnicud your Honor to the protection of the Ahnighty. In haute Your Honorable Worships' most Enopm, 1600 obedient servant the 13"" X"". Christian Nybsen. Council Minutes. Indian Conference at Fort Orange. Proj)o8al8 made by the chiefs of the Maquaa in presence of both the Courts, this 22* day of January A" 1661, at Fcn-t Orange. They say first, that they liave travelled over the whole country and have also been in the Sin- nekits country and they intend at present to go to the Southrvver, to bring presents tliore and in pa8Hing here, they give us notice of their passage and of their intention to go through the Roj>u8, because the E>ioj>uh savages had said, that wher the Maquaa would go to the Smdhriver and would pai^s there, they would kill them : they mean to show hereby, that they do not fear the Ikopiis savages and present two* fathoms of wampum. Second. They will not call upon the Enopus savages in passing there, because the latter have said, the Ma^um were the cause, why they had lost so many men in the war against the Dutch. They present a be't of wampum. They say Hnally, that the chain, by which they and the Dutch are held together in brotherly friendship, shall not be broken by them and they thank the JIou'"° General for the cloth, which ho gave them, when ho was here. They say, that they came too late into the country, their people were alreiuly out on their expedition and like madmen did not want to return. Hereupon tiiev present a belt of wampum. The members of both the Courts thank the Motjxiaa for the continuation of their good feel- ings and for having called in piuising ; they present tliem with 5 pounds of powder, 5 staves of lejid, a dozen of knives, some awls and a roll of tobacro. Letter from the Maoistrates of Fokt Orange to Director Stuyvesant; PEACE negotiations AMONG THE InDIANS. Honorable, Valiant and Worshipful Gentlemen. The rci)ort brought by several wivagcs of the Hiyhhiiul iind Northern tribes concerning the mortality at and around the Jltinhiifmis has creatt'd such a fear here, that we could get the bearer hereof only with ditticulty, to send him down according to tlie yearly custom. He comes therefore so late. The chiefs of the ^f(l(in the mayne land, which is callinl Arther Cu/lhca free from an y ingagements : secondlv if free, then whither or no he will be plese ' ' ml i i' i _' J 1 5 Extract from a lettkk of Dibecttob STirvvESANT 10 the Vice-Director at Cv- RACAO, RKCAI.LINU THE EsoPLS I.VDIANS, SENT THERE ON A FORMER OCCASION le"- April 1661. ****** As the i5(oy??M savages have kept quiet and behaved well since the j.eace lately ma.lc, thev sug- gest, that we would still more oblige them and show our good will and favor, if we wouM ivlciise now and then one of their transported friends. Your Honor will therefore plexse to send two of them, of the better sort, hither by this or the iir.^t opportunitv hereafter and with proju'r treatni..nt give them hope, that if they behave well the others too shall be reluised and sent bick in due time. * * » » « • New York Iliatwical Itecorda. li);-) Lk-hek fkom John Stickland to (Brian Newton) askino whetheb the colntry ON TiiK Aoiitkr Cull is open kor sktilement. Worthy Sir. After my duo respects p'sciiteil vnto you these few lines ur to iiitreate a eourtcsi of you, that you wouhle Ik) plused to speako with tlio liouered goueriior and iorde Stevennoti to know of liiin, if that plaeo wliicli is called Arthor Cull bo free to bo disposed of and whither or no he will giiio incoragenu'iit to a Company of tho iiiglUh nasioii there to settle themselues, if vpon a vew made they shall take satisfaction and when you know his niinde herin, that you would be l)le!iscd to return ino a few words in answer by this bearer Sameoell Matthews and accordingly my self with sum other frends, who haue an I that waye will address ourselues: I shall trubble you no fuihlcr at p'seiit, but to iiitreato to pardon my bowldnes and so rest your loving frend to coinand John Stiklaiul from huntinyton April 'i'J : l*i(51 : The foregoing request, made to Captain-Lieutenant Brian Nuton, was handed in and com- municated by him to his Honor, the Director-General, who produced tho same to the Council. After duo consideration it was resolved, to reply to the said Captain-Lieutenant, tliat he might in- form tho petitioners, that they could safely come to view tho piece of land in question and if it suited them, further orders would bo given on their request and propositions. 2'' June 1661. Ai.lotmknt and distribution ok lots i.\ thk Esoi'us. WHierciis his Honor, the Director-General, has been informed by several letters, that dilTereut persons had conui to the Esojjus to build there and are now only waiting to have proper i)lace8 assigned, therefore his Honor and retinue proceeded thither in the galiot New-Amxtel on tliO 2ti"> of April and returned on tho 5"' of May, after having enlarged the settlement and allotted and distributed parcels of land to different parties imder the following conditions: The lots were distributed by lot under tho condition, that every one enclose its breadth on the outside with good, stout and suitable pallisades. As tho cross lots have a length of 14 rotls on the outside, which is too much to bear for one person, whose parcel might by lot fall on the border of tho giinlen, therefore the said 14 rods shall bo enclosed by the owners of tho four cross lous together, each marking '.\\ nxls. Subject to the foregoing conditi(m the following persons drew lots : Kej)! open Jlendrick Marttinunn JIarinen Ilcndr'uk Jim Janx'nt, from Aineiifoort Jacob liarenUten Jiin lAmtman Jar.ii}) Jiiiisten No. 1 2 8 4 6 6 7 WiUem Jansen Pieter van HaeUn Matthij^ lioi'Uffs Jitn Wil/i'mxe Anthonij Creupel Gerr-it Jansen van Campen 8 9 10 11 12 13 After tho enlargement of tho sottloment had been completed, liis Honor gave the following notice, which was then published and atHxetl, to the iidiabitants of tho E»opm and those who claim any land there. Notice. All Tnhabitants of tho settlement on the Exopm now called Wiltwycl- and all others, who have or claim to have lan.l in that vicinity are hereby commanded and directed, to have their cul- a| ti Jf 106 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson lihrr. tivatecl nml uiicuUivated land Burvoyod by tho Hworn Rurvpyor within tiio time of «ix montlis, uIho to Iiavo it marJvcl and .lividod by proper signs and to ask and recoivo upon showing a ciTtiticato of survey, signed by tlio surveyor, a iiroper deed and pnM)f of ownersliip under penalty of eoiifis- cation, so that tho rest of tho land, whieh might not ho covered hy the .leeds after tho survev, may b(, .listributed by Direetor-General and Council of 2Xew-Nctherl,n,IH)INTMr,NT OK MAOIHTUATKS KOIS Wir.TWVOK AND TUKIR OATU ; A HOCSK FOB TUB MiNisriou ouDKUKi) TO UK arir.T. Wherciw the settlement in tlu, AVy>„.v increases daily, it has been cotisidered necessary to establish there a small bench (,f justice, as Commissaries of which his Honor, tho General, hiu, chosen Erert /»,/.., Coniel!t< JiarentHon SleclU and Albert llcjmanM A\>o.s,', ;vho took tho follow- ing oath as Commissaries : We i.romiso and swear in the presence of tho Almighty and Evorpresont God, that wo will ho true and faithful to the Dircctor-Cieneral and Council, now in otHce or lu^reafter to be a-)p-.inted umler tho authority of Their High: Might: tho Lords States-General, and the Lords-DiJectors of tho Incorporate.! West-Iiulia (^ompany. Department of Amsterdam, as our Masters and Pafoons, that we will hold them an.l their (,rders in great respect and obey them, tliat wo will administer good law and justice to tho best of our knowledge, prevent all mutiny, strife an.l ,lis.,r.l..r and assist m preventing them by all our power, that we will maintain and exercise tho Reformed church service ai;d no other, obey the instructions received or hereafter to be receive.l and finally .lo everything, u lii.h gijo.l and faithful uuigistrales aro bound to do. S.> help us ( Jotl Almightv ! After tho preecling had b.rn accomplished, his Honor, tho General, gave als., s.ime orders eon.-ermng the erecti.m .,f the pivacher's hous.., which done his Honor left sp..,..lily, as ho had received information of the arrival of Uvo ships from Fatherland and returned to this i)lace as before mentioned, on the ")"' of Mav. ' Instbuctio.n- foi: tuk Coukt ok Justicf in 'Wn/rwYCK. P. frm SfuyreHant, m behalf of tho High and Alighty Lords, the State -General of tho rn!t,d .^,th,-rhn>.h, an.l the [...r.ls- Directors of the J'rivilege.l West-In.lia Compat.v, Director-General of .\..•«•-.^-M,r^/;,7, I nrarao, .l/v//«jr, and /lomii/m an.l .Icpendencies, t..getlier with tin- Hi-h Co, „. cil, r,. all who shall see, or hear this rea.l, (iicting. lie it known, that their l!,..; ,rs, h..pin- an.l wishing nothing else but th," prosperity an.l welfare ..f their goo.l inhabitants ir..n..rallv am? par- ticularly that of the resi.i nts in the village of l(7//«v/c/{', sitnat.'.l i,, the lu.pu. ; ai'i.l d..siri„„ that th.s may be effected '., u preserve,! with more love, pea.-e an.l harmonv, an.l t., show to .....h inhabitant .,1 the af.,resaid village, an.l prove by deed its effects; so is it, that "the aforesai.l Din-ctor- General and Council, eonsi.lering the increased [.opulati..!. of sai.I vi'lag.>, re.olve t.. favor its inhab- itants with a subaltern court ..f justi,.e, an,! t., .,rgani/... it as far as possible, an.l the situation of 1.0 c.untry will permit, in conformity with th.. customs of the citv of A,mtpoiiited hy tlioiii in this coun- try, profosnorrt ot'tlio Ueformcd rfligiuii, as it is now proafliud in tho riiitod NctliorlandiHli ohurc'liex, in conl'orniity to tin word of (rod, ami tlio ordiTrt of tlio nynod of Dordrecht ; whicli court of jus- tice for tlio i)rcrtuiit tiiiiC, till othorwiso hIuiII ho ordained hy tho aforoHuid Lords-I'atroonu in their authorized administration, shall consist of a Sliorif!, hcing in loi-o, who Bhall Runiinon in the nanio of the Dircctor-CicMciiil aiid ('oiiiicil, tlui appointed Sclie|Hins, and preside at their mooting ; and with him throe SchojHiiis, who for tho present time and ensuing your, lioginning with the last of May next, are elected hy the Director-ncnoral and Council aforesaid, and continued after they shall have taken their oath, Juh rl /'I'/n Corniix Itarcntnin Sli'ijhf, i\ni\ ''Jlhcrt Ilryinun-i /iotm: Before whom all cases relative to the ju'lice, security and peace of the inliahitants of Ksojnts, so too all suits between man xnd man, shall he brought, hiiard, examined and determined by dctini- tive judgment, to the anvMit of fifty giii'ders and below it, without appeal. Ihit on liigher sums it shall he left to the diiicretion of the i.ggrieved to a]>peal to tho Director-General and Coui;cil aforosiiid, provided that he enters the a|)pe,d in due time, and procures bail for the prosecution and expenses of the la\>-siiit, according to law. If there be a disparity i)f votes and opinions on any occurrent allairs, then the minority shall coincide with the majority without contradiction. I'ut it 'S ])ermitted to those who adopt another opinion or advice, to have their sentiments and advice registered on the roll or ])roto('ol. I'ut they shall by MO means piblish out of court Aw'n- udvice, or cominiiiiicate the same to the ]>arties, under iirbitrary (■.rrectiou, at the discretion of the bench. The SlieritI shall, in conformity to the first article, prcsid(^ at the meeting, colle.'t the votes, am! act as secretary till further orders, or until the i>opulati(PU is increased. But, whenever he shall eitlier act for himself, or in behalf of the rights of the I>)rd?-I'atrooiis, or in liolialf of justice ill the place of the Attorney-(t(!iieral, iii all such cases ho shall Icavi; his seat, and absent himself from the bench, and in such cases he shall not have an advisory, much less a casting vote. In all such casjs, one of the oldest Scliepeiis shall preside in his place. Whit ill tho aforesaid artich is decreed with regard to the Sheriff shall take place, in a similar manner, with res])ect to the Schepens, whenever, in the aforesaid court, any cases or ipiestioiis might occur b('tween them as parties or others, nearly allied in blood to the appointed Schepens, as when a brother, a brother-in-law, or a cousin is coMcernet', viz. : in tho first and right line. All iiihaiiitants of jhe KiKipioi are, till further orders, either from the Lords- I'atroons, or their higher magistrates, subjected and may be summoned before the aforesjiid Sheriff and (^ommis.sa- ries, who shall hold their court, in the village aforesaid, every fortnight — harvest time excepted — unless necessity or occasion might otherwise re(piiro. To procure the good inhabitants of Wtlt'rijck a civil and oa.sy administi-atit.n of justice, the Sheriff as ['resident, and the Sclu']>ens of this court, shall, for the better conveiiieiicy of parties, ui)pear at tlie appointed day and nlac on the fine of twenty stivers, to lie disposeil of by tho col- lege, when they shall havo been informed by the court mesocnger, (pialitied for that purpose bv the I)irector-(ieueral and Council, at least twenty-four hours, of the sessions of tho eouit. and double this sum f >r the President, except by sickiuMs or absence. If they ari'ivo too late, or after the stated hour, the penalty shall be six stivers. Xo extniordinary sessions shall, at tho expenses and burdens of the partii j, be called, except at the re the Director-General an.l C;ou.,..il, to be, if .le.Mm'.l ,!s'.f,d an.l necessary, confirme.l. approve.l an.l .■omman.le.l by the Direetor-tieneral an.l Coun.-il The af..resai.l Sheriff an.l Schepens shall furtluT take care, and are ..blig,..l t.. s. e tb.' Invs of ..ur I-atherlan.l, and the ordinani-es and plaear.is..f the I)irect..r.(}e,u.ral an.l Coun.^il alrea.ly pul^ bshed, or which n.ay be publish..,l, in future, carefully exc^ute-l an.l kept in strict ..bservance and n..t to p.,r.mt that, un.ler any pretext, anything shall be done contrary thereto, but that the trans- gressor shall l>e prosecuted according to law. Tho aforesai.l Sheriff an.l curt are n..t p..r,nitte.l to enact any ordinances, placards or similar acts, or publish an.l a(hx thes.-, except by ,>revi..us .■onseut of the l)irect..r-(;enenil an.l Co.mcil Tho Sheriff and Sehepens shall further take care an.l be h..l.len, to assist the Noble Lords- Directoi-s as Lords an.l Patn>ons of this yr.n.N,il.>rland province, un.ler the sovereignty of the High an.l Mighty Lor.ls the States-CJeneral of the Inited I>r..vin..-es, an.l t., aid to n.abt.dn them in their high junsdictwn, rights, domains, and all their other ])re-eminences. Whereas, it is customary in our Fatherland and other well regulated governments, that annu- ally some change takes place in the magistracy, so that some new ones are appoint...!, an.l s..in,> are continued to inform the newly appointe.l, so shall the Schepens, now confir.ne'-c oiWilt inijrk on the Eiopiis, to serve there in the capacity of Schout in accordance with tliis rominission and the Instructions, already given to him or hereafter to be given, as a good and faithful S<;hout is bound to do. We therefore command and charge all and everylxMly, to acknowledge the said RiU'lof Swartmmt as such and to afford and give him any help and assistance, when called upon, ill the perforniauee of his duties. Date as above. m i 200 Colonial Setthments on the Hudson Hi ver. m 1»i Council Minute. COKNELIS Melyn's REFUSAL TO SURRENDER THE SOIL OF StATEN- ISLAND TO THE We8T-InDU CoMPANY. Oonielh Melyn was summoned and appeared before the Council. He was asked, upon taking 2^^^^r^^Tr^\ Lords-Directors and the said Mely. regarding 6^..L.V.^a.^ on the 13 June 1059, whether he had m his care any records or documents concerning said ishind and whether he was wdhng to deliver the san.e to the Director-Gencral and Council, agreeable to he sa.d contract and further to transfer the said island for the behalf of the Incorpomted West- Ind.a Company, Department of A.nster,l.n, except the land, house, and lots, whil he has now or may enter upon hereafter, on the aforesaid island, pursuant to s»i 1 contract The saul ComeUs Mdya answers substantially, that he is willing to deliver the said records and docuntents ,n h.s care to the Director-General and Council and does so directly, by uZ.1 over the papers spec.hed below and declaring, that he has no others concerning the aforesaid islancf le says .„ regard to transferring and conveying the s.aid island to the lion- Incorporated West India Company, excepted the land, houses and lots, which he has there etc», that it has never been intended by hun, but only that he should give up, surrender, convey, ced; and transf.v aU com- mand authority junsdicfon, pre-eminence, prerogatives etc% which belonged to him i„ his capacity as Patroon of the ...d island: he requests however, that a new deed of'ownership for the^ d island may be issued to h.m, as he has surrendered the deed given him for it by Mr K!eft It was replied that, if it had been the intention to leave him in possession of the whi' island It would seem no to have been necessary, to make the condition, that he should have and keep iul himself and h.s heirs as free allodial property the lands, houses and lots, which he has oi 1 e further, if the whole island belonged to him, what -had the Lords-Directors bought then from the heirs of Baron ^a;^ der Capellen, who have now re-transferred their share to the' lion"'- Companv Coni^Us .l/./y;. acknowledged then, that he had made over one third of the said island \o Baron van der CapelU but that he had still great claims on the island, .is far .is the other two thirds were concerned he did not intend to resig.i his title to them, but it looked as if the Hon"- Lords-Directors had undei-stood it so. „n1 r\' iT""''^ Corndls Melyn ^.^ then informed that he was ch.irged for his own passage and that of the servants, whom he had brought over, like all others, who come over at the ex pens! of the Company, as it says .-.i the aboven.entio.ied contnict, that he and his family shall be broughl over at he expense o the Co.npa.iy according to present custoni, which means Ihat the advanfo fare shall be refunded here in due time. Melyn contended, that he ,„,d the Lords- Directors ..Iso had understood ,t to mean, that he and his people were to be brought over free this time, witho .t refill. Img he .idvanced fare and that, as he w.a« granted exen.ption f.-o.n duties on goo s d ^ at 1000 gu. ders and has not brought so much from Holland, he m.iy deduct the rem.iinder here in paying the duties. ^ It was resolved after divers discussions pro et contra, to send a copy hereof to the Noble Ixjrds-Directors and not to proceed any further in this .....tter, until a better explan.ition of the aforesai.l contract has been received from tlie Lords-Directors. Date ..s above. (23- of May 1601 \ The i.apers, which CornrlU Mdyn surrendere.l .is concerning Staten-hland were • A petition of Corn^Us Melyn to the Noble Lonls-Directors and tlieir repiv to it! bv which d.lT3"5uly "S *" ''''''"''' ' ^°'"^ "" ^''''"■^'^''''^ "'"^ '-^ acknowlclge-l .is its Patroon, Another petition of the said Melyn to the Lords-Directors, of the IS'" February 1641, sub- Neiv York llidovical Records. 201 iiiitted after his release, having been taken a prisoner by tlie DunkirA-ers, in which lie requests permission, to go to lYcw-.Vet/ierlaud with his wife, children, servants and some animals in the Company's shi])s. Two extracts from the llesoliitions of the Lords Directors, dated 18'" and 25"' February 164:1 which renew the consent formerly given. ' A title deed, which is the conveyance of Staten-lsland to Cormlis Mclyn, issued in pui-suance of the aforesaid consent and signed by the IIou"'" General WUlem Kieft, dated I'J'" June 1042. Lettee feom Roeloff Swartwout, Sheriff, in the name of the Magistrates of WlJ.TWYCK, IN Wlliun HE ACKNOWLEUOES the RECKll'T OK INSTRUCTIONS ETC. AND RE- QUESTS COPIES OF ORDINANCES ETC. To the Ilonoruble and Valiant Director-General. We of the Court have received on the 0'^ of June your Honor's letter, inclosing our instruc- tions and orders; the Sellout has also shown us the document, which your Honor has sent to him and henceforth we consider him our Sellout and officer, as directed by your Honor and the Ili-h Court or as will bo directed. " This village is at present in a good condition, only when Claes dc RuyUr came here, we do not know on what errand, on the 13"' of this month of June about nightfall, about 120 Liva-es came into the village and as tricks were ])layed on them by firing off the giiiiL of the dischanred soldiers some of them were found to be unfit for defense, we deemed it necessarv immedialely to l.ut some burghers on guard for the night for our security ; else we hear iiothini,^ but that everv- tliing is well with the Indians. We further learn, that your Honor has forbidden us in the instructions, to make in our capac- ity as Coiiimis.saries any ordinances, placards or orders, we therefore re.piest, that vour Honor will please to send us by first opportunity some j.lacards, ospeciallv concerning drunkenup.. and others, which your Honor will please to send for the public welfare. Lastly my salutations and be everybody commended to God's mercy. Actum, U"- Juno l„ ,i„. „„„„. ^,f f,„, Commi..sarie8 at \V>H,r,i.h, A" l.iOl. bv me, your Honor's obedient servant To his Valiant Honor. i> ,,,, ,.., ^^ ,^. ,. liOLI.OtF SwAunvoiT. Director-treneral PieUr StHi/i'€sant at Fort Am»tcrii,:m. Ml-STER-RoI.L OF THE OAKRISON AT WlLTW VfK. List of the garrison on the Em^nis, now called WUtwyck; the 15'" June 10(11. Chrlxtian NicHSi'n, at present Commander dan J'iernnen, Corporal ,/onaJi Itantzou, Corporal Ilendrick from Vtrerht 20 202 Colonial Settlements on tlie Iludsmi liiver. Hendrick the Rider Heiuli'ick Corneliasen Hendrick Martemen Andries Noorman Gerrit At telly. Cadet Vonract Ildym, private soldier, desires his discharge. Paulus Thomassen O err it van Campen Vdrnelin Ilinmendorp These have been discharged : Frederick Claesnen Mir/e/i. Ihirmnen, Ciidet Jaenb Melone Jan tlie Brabaiiter, Cadet Christian Andriesen Morten Warners, Cadet I'ieter Jellixncn Thomas Thoinasnen, (Jadet Adriaen Vornier JelUa Bottien, Lance-pesade Jan Ha melton Pieter van Ilalen, Cadet Joanniji Lehlein Andries Bartnts, private soldier Jan Westh uysen ,/(,„ liroersen Arriaen Vorhert Miehicl Verlrwjge Jan Gerritxen J'aulus J'uulsm Jacob liurhannsen These ask for their discharge : Jan Lootmun J,„-is Met-er, Scotcimiaii [f) Andries Bomtz desires to remain in the service, while Wilni Croeger, Scotciiiiiaii {i) Hendrick Cornelissen desires to be dischargeil in his stead. they are both hero ' /ii RePOET made by ClAES JaNSEN DE RuYTEK of TIIK KEBULT OF HIS VISIT TO THE EsoITS INDIANS. does Jansen Ruyter, who had been sent out to the Esopus to ascertain, how the Esopits savages behaved, rei)orts, that they will not allow him to come to their village, but that some came to meet him, who among other speeches said, that they had forgotten, what had passed during the war, but they wanted their captured friends back, to see whether the heart of the Dutch was goo.l and they requested, that the savages, who had been recalled \'nm\ Curacao, might be delivered at their arrival to Oratam. Uouu at Furt Amsterdam in Aeio-JS^therland, 10"' June 1001, Letter from Arent van Cihi.kr to Dire(tor Stuyvesant, requkstino ai'tiioritv TO I'fliCHASK A.NI) SETn.K A OKEAT FLAT HACK OF FoKT UuANlili (8c'n lONECTAII V). Very Worshipful Sir. When I was last at the Jfn/ihatans, I spoke to your Honor about souk; friends, who are very anxious to acquire and cultivate willi your Honor's approbation and knowledge liie (iruat Flat, which your Honor knows; there are already or 8 families inclined to it. Y'our Honor coii.sented tliiii and promised me a docuin(nit from your Honor, which was to assist in tiie purchase of these lands, but nothing came of it on accoimt of tiie daily occupation of your Honor, so that your Honor New Yorh Historical Records. 203 promised to scii.l it to me. As I fear, that tlie daily business of your Honor's administration may liaye driven it out of your Honor's memory and as tiie way is opened now and the savages are .jiiite willing to give it up for a small price, especially on account of the poor trade, whidi turns out very had, therefore the parties desiring to acquire it have resolved to send the hearer hereof. Philipp IhrnlnrkKi'ii Jirouw<:r, iis express messenger, to remind your Hon'''" Worship of it, for it is high time (if your Hon"'" Worship should please to give consent), that they provide them- selves in due time with hay and food for their cattle and also make a road tliere. Your Honor will please not to be in doubt about the population, as it is done here mostly by the jxjorer people, and least of all that one piece of bread shall be eaten, before the next is earned. It would there- fore bo better to look out in time for getting there in a good manner, for afterwards it may be too late. I do no doubt, as your Hon'"" Worship is also foiul of farming, that your Honor will with your Honor's inborn urbanity consent to the fair recpiest of these people. They are rpiite willing to furnish the money for the purchase of the said lands out of their own ])ockets, until it shall be decided otherwise by your Honor. Closing herewith I pray your Honor's decision will please to l)e favoral)le to these people in their good intention, as far as possible and conclude by commending your Honor to the grace of (iod, wishing a ha])py, long and prosperous administration while I shall always be and reniain, ,, ri , , ^'''' Your Honor's most humble servant j/('n.i. Jienselaerswyck, l^"'-^"-l««l- A. VA.. Cim..R. P. S. It your Honor should need 3 or 4 muds of oats for feed for your Honor's horses, please to give me an order and I shall send your Honor some of my own. Your Honor's tervant 2.1" Juno. Received and read the foregoing letter from S' Ar^nt van Corln; dated the 18th inst., con- taining in substance a request made as well for himsclt' as in the name of some others, to'have permission for the cultivation of a certain great plain, lying back of Fort Ora,„j,' inland, and con- sent for the purchase of the same from the lawful owners atid the establishing of a settlement there. After due consideration Direc^tor-deneral and Council gave their consent and granted the request, i)rovided that the lands, which the petitioners desire to buy from tiu" lawful ownei-s, be transported and conveye Col'NCII. TO THM CoMMISSAKITS AT FoUT OuANdK IN AN- SWKK TO A KKMONSTKANCK KKOM l^KVKltWVlK (^.Vl.UANv) AdAINST THK SKlTLliMKNT ON Tuii Ghkat Mohawk flat (Sohenkotaoy). Honorable, Beloved, Faithful. Your Honors' letter of the 12"' inst. \m» been duly received by us on the 24'" : we find therein little worth answering, except what your Honors mention only with one word regarding the dam- 204 'itl 111 Colonial Settlement on the Iludnon River. age, whieli miglit be done to Bcverwyck, if the settlement on the wellknown Great Plain nea- the Mohawk country should be undertaken and wo are astonished by what follows, that the reasons given to you eannot be repeated and iliat they must be deferred luitil tlie arrival of the Director- General, who as yet is not sure, when lie will come. We think, that they can better be given in writing, than by word of mouth ; this was also proposed before now to several persons of your Honors' board, who made oral propositions especially concerning this matter. Your Honors may easily imagine, tiiat written propositions are better discussed and defen.led than oral ones and your Honors are therefore once more reijuested to communicate to us in writing by ne.\t chance the presupposed damages and grievances, in order that such a change or a continuation may be ordered with so much more ojuity, as then shall appear to be for the best of the public welfare. Honorable, Beloved, Faithful. This serves only as invoice for the accompanying 100 lbs. of powder a.'d the enclosed pla- cards, which your Honors must publisli on receii)t thereof and ailix properly; the merchants mu.st also bo informed, tliat they have either to come down them.^elvcs, or direct somebody, to see tiie cases and packages o, led, which they send away, so that the Comi)aiiy may not be defrauded of the duties any longer. With cordial salutations we conmiend your Honors to God's protection and remain. Fort Aimterdam Honorable, Beloved, Faithful, in Ncw-Ncfherlaml Yaur Honors' afTectionate friends the 2i"> June ICCl. The Director-General and C.uncil of iV. N. 1 . E.XTKACT I'KOM A Ll:ni'.|{ (iF Stc VVKSA.NT TO TllK 1 )||;K(nl s AND (pTHK.K I.MUANS oK KVII, DKSKi.NS, .NoTWrmSTA.NDI.VO •riii-, vv.wv. r.ATKi.v madk, msdssEs tmk Mii.riiA liCKsrioN a.\!) comi-auks ]\'kw- Enoi.a.vi) iNsrrn-ii.i.Ns wnii tmosk oi' Xi:w-.\i.;Tiii;KLA.Nn ; Swaktwout is at LAST AI'l'OI.NTKU SuKKUK OF KsolTS ; ((I.NDnloN OK SmATK.V Isl.A.Nl) KIC. L' l" Jhlv ICiOl. "Wo have informed your Hdiiors in detail by our last letter of last year, what the result of (he war with the />v and X.iusimk savages have since that time kei)t (piiet, wi; are nevertiieless not without fears and anxiety, that when they see an opjiortunity they will take advantage ..f it to strike a blow an.l revengJ themselves ; wo are, indeed, almost ciinstantiy wariiecl against them by nther savages .-iiid are made very uneasv and circumspect; wi> have nevertiieless found t.m-selves obliged (as well by your Honors' urgent re- commendations and al)solute order.-, as by our own iiiahility to mnintain so niiiiiv soldiers without a subsidy U->,\\\ Fathirlaiid) to (lischarge a large number of them, (mM grant that it may turn out to the best and without danger: the proverb says " Necessity has no law" and "Who obeys orders, does well," therefort! we hold ourselves blameless, if inconsequence of the dismissal, as ordered liy your TTonors and nce-sifated by our situation, some unexpected mi.'ihap sliouhl befal your Honors' territory and its inhabitants. Tn the meantime wc shall not fail to make all possible elIort> to protect the same with the jiower and means, which (Jod and your Honors have entrusted to and left us. Keio Yorh Historical ItecorJs. 205 "Wo might reply much to tho motives and reasons, wliieli your Honors quote Cto wit, that in time of necessity, soldiers might bo enlisted hero for a short time, as the French and Enylish nation always have done, who never emj)loyed or maintained military in tho establishment of their colonies), but will not do it to avoid unpleasant feelings and reproaches, while with your Honors' ])crniis8ion we will state briefly in regard to the first, that tho deplorable experiences have shown US as well in the rencontres with \\\o English as M'itli the savages, that no or at least very few soldiers can be enlisted and taken into service here in an emergency. As to tho second point, namely, that the Frany has engaged itself by tho Exemptions to protect us and receives for it tho export and import art of them reply, '• We have not learned any trade nor farming, the sword must earn us our sid)sistence, if not here, then we must look for our fortune elsewhere;" hence some disduirged soldiers, enlisted in the Fatherland, will come back bv this ship. ****** Far be it from us. Most Worshipfid (Tontlemen, to slight your Honors' atit'iority and to disajiprove the choice, made by your Honors, of liii-toff Sicurtwimf for Schout at X\w E.-nipus ; we have only delayed his installation until a fit opportunity should ntfer and the arrival of vour Honors' further orders, for we mistrusted his capabilities and kept the j>lace vacant so far. In pursuance of your Honors' special request ho is now appointed and we leave tho result to his be- havior and suitableness. We found in yunr Honors' last letter and tho enclosures belonging to it the c(mtract made with the heirs of the lato Frederick van us boy and said, "Kill one of the Dutchmen's horees," and when the boy refused, the Catskil savage wild, " What are these Dutok dogs to nie, 1 1;- i not afraid to kill ouo of their horses." CojniissioN OF Tiklkman van Vleeck to be Suekiff of Eekgen CN. J.) The S'" of Septonr,er 10(U. Pctnis Stiii/i-es(inf, in behalf of their High; Might : tlie Lords States- General o( thcUnitcd Netherlands and the Noble Lords-Directors of the Privileged AVest India Company Director- (ienoral of Ncw-Xetherhtud, Ciinicai), Andia, /iomii/ro and dependencies with the Honorable Council Greeting: Know ye. Whereas for the jiromotion of justice in the village of Bergen, situate on the west side (if the North River uf Xeir-Xtih, rlitml i\ suitabl(^ |>erson is rcquircMl, to attend there to the dutii's of the Sellout's otHce, for which place one Tiih inun vaa Vleeck, Notary public in this citv, has bfcn proposed. Therefore we have, conliding in liis .ability, piety and good parts appointed and (-(immissioned, as we hereby apixiiiit and commission the same to be Sellout of the aforesaid village, to hold, have cliarge of and serve in the said olHce at the aforesaid j)lace and the district thereof, pursuant to the instructions, which he has already received or may hereafter receive, to bring to justice accordingly all breakers of all political, civil and criminal laws, ordinances and placanls, to tine, execute an.l. ^tT T"""" '" *'"; ?"" "^ ■^ the Conuttec impouered by the Companie. 27(3 w York Iliatorical Records. 209 PKopoemoNS aokeed upon iiy tiik Committee in the name ti. heiiai.fe ok the CoMPANIE TO be rUKHENTKD To TICE MUCH UONOU" OoUEKNO* Ob' TUE New- Netukblands uy those, wiiobe names ake buusckibed. 1. Tlmt if ft Church or Churches of J'.'iujUnh ehftll ho planted in tlio ])laco p'ponnded they may ho allowed hy the Authoritio of the high and mighty Lord:) & States (xeneral of the Uuitwl P'uinces in the Netherlands in Europe And w"" the app'butiou of the Bowiudhebbers of the West India Compauie to enjoy all such powers priuiledges and liberties in the Congregationall wav as they liaue enjoyed tlieni in New-Knrobation afiresaid according to all p'sent and future orders, graunts and agreem" or deuisions of all such lands so bought as shall be made by the Enylish alone amongst themselues by p'sons Intrusted and empowivd by them for such afaires. 5. That noe Inhabitants be put vpon vs by tho Duch but that we have the sole power of disposo- ing our lands aa- , .. Every perticnll, Nevertheless, Consideringc the abovementioned Deputies .c verv desirous to obtaii-. anv Answer for to Relate vnto their principals, is Resolved to .:'.o this fofloweinge provision , <• An- Bv/er : Because there is no difference in the fundamental ...nets of the "Worship of f iod betwixt rcse and tho Churches of New Englaml as onely in thr :.uelingo of tho same Tho Director Gcnerall anwor, Auth.resent vnt,. tlu; I)irect..r (Jenerall and Counsell for t., be Electe.l out of the .amo the ]\ragistrates f.,r that ^•eal•e and t., Contirmo them, tho wluch shall be .puilifiiMl with sufficiant p..wer ct authority for to mak,; an.l t..see api.r.)- bated and confirmed by the Director-Generall ,fc Counsell all such Gr.linan.-esas th.-y shall fin.lo good for the benifitt of theiro townes or plantations, Accrdingo to the same t.) .loo Pught & JustK-e, tho Appello beinge Reserved vnto the high Court, in Conf.,rmite of tho Gcnerall Onler and Exemptions graunted vnto all the Iniiabitaim of the X. Xct/urfaiu/.. Kew ^Wk Ilistorieal liecorda. 911 Tin) t'.tiirth iV: Sixt pro[)08itions wcro t^rnntod. Conncriiingu tho fifto i)r«)po8itioii, lu.iio of i\w Townott in the N. Netherlmda aro troubled with Tnhabitancc, tlio which doo not Lyko her or her Magistrivti's, boingo ruswvtMl that they doo iii»t admitt any Iiiiittititaiioo without approbation and acknowledgement of the Direct' (leneral! & Coiinsell and givo their oath for the Attirniation of Fidcllyty. Tlnia enacted in the Kortrew named Amnti'rthim, att tho Court kept by tho Lord Director Oouerall ic Couiweil of tho iT. Netherlands, a dij ut supra. Signed P. STtTTVE8A^fT. Agreed with tho foresaid Reeordea. Snlxscryved C. v. Ruyvbn Becrotary. Translated by mo Salomon L\ Chair, Notary pub. ITifl Honor, the Conncillor J(>Art7i (/*! 7)ccA«r'' refused to givo his opinion on tho foregoing propositions of tlie J'kyllsh Committee, because tho said propositions were addressed only to the lion'''" Director-CJeneral of N>'w Nitherland and lu.t to tho Noblu Director-Gunerul and the Hon- »rablo Couuuil, as it ought to havo been done. A dij ut supni. OkdINANCK op TItE DiUFXrroit-ftENKKAL IMPOfllNO A LAND TAX AT EsoPUS TO DK- FUAY TUE EXPENSE OK UUtMllNO A MlNISTElt's HOUSE THERE. (Sec Laws uf Ncw-Xttlicrliiiul, |m(,'C9 413 mid 41H.) ORniNANCE FOR THi: OIISKRVANCK OF THK SahIIATH, PREVENTION OK FIRES, CON- STRl'CnoN OF FENCES AND HOUSES, AND FOR KEEPING IN REPAIR THE PALISADES AT AViLTWVCK, P.\88ED IS"" NoVHR. lOtll. (Ibidem imgo 415.) Ordinance for thk construction of a new road at Esopus, passed 22'' Novbr. 1661. (Ibidem pngo 420.) Ordinance for the speedy collection of the arrears due on the house and salary of the Minister at Esopus passed Novb. 24, 1661. (I'>iJcm [Kigc 421.) 819 Colonial iiettlementa . n tlio Jliulmn liiver. Aooou^^^ or trr kxoibb ih tiik villaok or Wiltwvok, wn I 1|? Excise of tlio wino and Un'r, n lago of Wiltwijck sineo tho 24' fol 1. HmdruTc Jor/wwn 1. Pieter lUUehmntz 1. AeUtert Gysxhertz 2. Jaooh Hurhdns 2. Oorii Forchn 2. Walmrfdii Mont 2. Jan Jiarentz Timmerman 3. Hai'oit Ocrritst'ii Griiies Wesitrkampn Jan Jansen Brahnnder Jan Lainhertz Joannen I^hlein Jan Ji(irent2 Snyder Mich id Verhnnjyen Jan Pi^rasen Wouter Aelbertz Thotrnm Swartwotit Pieter va/n IlaUn, 4. d<'jen 12. Ifuyhreeht Bruyn 12. Ilendriek Janxrn TMoman 12. ylm/< PieUruen Tack 12. Miiith'hx J'rinctn 12. IlV/z/t Janxen Stoll 12. i/«w Ko- and HKNT to I)oHIN£ Ui.uM at EhoI'UB. Foht ObANiIK, U)'" NoVKMIlKIt ItUll. Til jmrHnaneo of ycjiir Honor's order f liavo cnllwl iij)on Amleriea Jltrberttien, the Coiistaltlo, for fiOOO l.rickH ; lio Htatfd, that lio hail iimio and could not got any, no that I have been obliged to purchaHO thuni to (111 your Ilorior'n on]or : 1 bouj;lit 3000 from "iAmicT Jacob schepel of wheat from Thomas Chamhem 70 from VonuJlit Slecht 80 from Jacob Ila^ 23 List of those who have SrnsCRTBED fob the SUPPOBT of the PBEACHEB IlAKMANfS B LOOM. Tfiomas Slamhfr (Chambers) Jacob Jnnaen iStoU Cornells Skcht WiUem Jiinsen Jacof> Jaiisen StoutenI>er stantially told, that the petitioner must make it appear, that he had been euiployed by the chief otHcer there or upon his order, else he must apply to them, who had ungagcccting the Ifon'''" Director-General during last anfmnn, according to reports of several people and had resolved to speak to his Honor about the docmneiit given to S' Arent m 1 ) 'i II ! ji I'. m'' n b i -nl 216 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River. vroc(.'ed to the Election & Confirmation of the New Magistrates is to advyse with the deputy of the old Magistrates presentinge the nominations before them, which the most fitted men are for that office, whereout in part the premisses nuiy be deducted. These twoe poiucts beinge amongst your Propositions the Principals, wherca1)outs at the last meetinge the differancy (to our liemembrance) was left it the P)earcr yo\ir Present messenger »t agent Jaloi Greijorie beiiige not further Instructed, wee shall brcake oil for the Present, only wee thought it meete for the Furthei-ance of the matters in hand to ac(piaiiit yow it those it mav Con- Berne with the oath of Fidellity which in the iirst place all Inhabitants, secondly all Magistrates and military officers, every one in his j)lace are to doe, Soe after our love it Respects wee shal Rest AmHterdniii in the N. Nethcrlandti Your Lovingo friend, this 11'" of March 1602. A Coppie of the Oath of Fidelity to be done and Subskrybet by those that are to Come and to Settcl vnder the Governement of the Prov- ince of the N. Netherlands. Woo doc in the Presence of the Almighty God heeroby acknowledge, declare and swcare, that wee shal be true and faithful vnto the high it mighty Lords the States Generals of the Ynited Jithjlcq Provinces, the Right lloniu)urable the Lords Bewinthebbers of the West-India Comp?, theire Governour & Counsel in tyme P)einge all fittinge it due obediance accordin<'e as other Inhabitants of this Province in duty are Pound to doe; that wee shal not acknowledge anv other Prince or State to have dominion over vs, So> longe as wee shal live and Continue in this theyre Province and Jurisdiction off the ^V. Nitherhindx. Soo help my (or vs) the (rod .Vlmighty. Oath for ilagistrates. I, N. jy., doe wel it truely gweare in the Presence of the Almighty and Everlivinge God to be true it faithful to the high and mighty Lords the States Generals of the Vnited Jhlgieij Prov- inces, {he Right Ilonnourable the Lords Pewinthebbers of the West-India Conipi', their (lovermmr (fcneral it Counsel in tyme ISeinge, that 1 as Clioosen and Contirmcd ^fagistrate for the towne of N. N. shal maintaino the true it Protestant Religion, soo as the same accordiugc to the word of (lod is declared ami in this Province is Professed, that I shal vse my best and vtniost Endeavor for the Sui)ression oil Mutinis, Sedition, Conspiraces or Invasion whatsoever I shal lieare, may be Prejudical to the abovementioned high & mighty & honnourable Lords it their Government here Established, as also to tlie welfare of this Province in general as to the Particular Towne. whereof I was Chosen ; that I accordinge to my best Skil as one of the Magistrates Chosen by the afore- said Towne Shul vse «fe Exercyeo good and Eipial Admini8tratit)n df Justice, without favour or MlTection, hatrerh,n,l not knowing for the present a better way to slop it, au!lM„ise the said chief t..gether with the Sa- New York lUdoriml Itecords. 219 eliem Maitrnnvck, to soizc the brandy Jiroiiglit into tlieir country for salo and tlioso ofTering to eell it and briii^r them liuro, that tlu!y may be piiiiiHhed a,s an example to others. Tliis is the document, given to the Siicliems pursuant to tiie foregoing resolution : The chiefs Oratam. and Mattaiw are hereby authorized, to seize the brandy brought into their country for sale, together with tliohc, who bring it and conduct them hither. Done at Fort Am- sterdam in M. Nctlicriaiul, tho 3u"' of March 10(i2. i !;■ PETmox OK AuOTr van Cukleu fok a. sitrvky ok tuk okeat Flat behind Fokt Tho 0"' of April (1062.) ' To tlie Noble, Very "Worshij)lul, his Tloiicr the DircctorGcdicral aiul tue Honorable Council of iSiw-Ni'tlurlioul. Shows with duo reverence Arcnt van CarUv, that ho eum siiin (and his friends) had received pcrniission by a certain resolution of tlieir Honors tho I)irector-(veneral and Council of New-Neth- evland,i\Aietitiouer chm /*' t — J^i^ Petition ok Puii.ipp Piphkuskn Scui vi.imj anp oiiikrs fok leave to i-lant a vil- LA(,E Ar TUi; (iliKAl- KsOlTS. To the Nob'e. Worshipful, his Honor the I )irector-(ieueral aiul the Honorable Conn oil of Xeir-Xetherhind. Show will' ill respect PliiUpp Pideriien f^rhtn/l,;; Voirk, rt Jii)is.elve8 therefore to yoin- Hon'"'" Worships witli their humhle request, that your Hon""" Worships will [ilease for tlie henetit of the province to order a survey for a new village and fannlands on tlio (Ireat Ewpiis, in the most convenient locality, which may be found and to have it laid out in iis many lots as the area of the land may admit and whereas the alwvi-namcd petitionei-s are the first undertakers and settlers, to enter upon and cultivate the aforesaid lands on the Jt.ioj>iifi, tliey respectfully recpiest, that your Hon''"' Wor- ships will please to give and grant to each of them forty to fifty niorgens of land, at and near the spot, where tlie new village on the I'^oj/us shall be laid out: the petitioners promise, each for himself, to enter upon their allotted lands innnediately, to fence, l)lough, sow it, to bm'ld on the lots in the village houses, barns etc' and to furnish the cattle, necessary for such bouweries; that the petitioners may also receive title-deeds m (Jchita forma ior the lands and house lots, which doing etc they rinain Your Hon''''' Worsliijis Very obedient servants Pnir.ii'i' PiETEnsK.v ScniYLKit VoLCKKKT Ja.\s);n GoOSEN GEKUnsKN _ Andkies IIekdektsen. The fi'" of April (10r,2). After the foregoing request lind been taken up and read, it was resolved, to lay out a new settlement on the Esojntu and to accommodate the petitioners, as nnich as occasion shall i>erniit. Date ii8 above. t«. Lease of Lot >7o. 4 i.\ 'ihk Xew Vii.i.aoe at the Esopits. (Fort Ornngo Ktciirils. Vol. Notiiriiil Papers, i(iO(t-ltt7(t.) This 4"' of ifay lfit>2 a]>peare(l before me DIrek run S^'hiUayiw, Notary Public etc. Jan TJwmmsen and Volrhrt Jamai, partners, parties of tiie fii-st jiart and Ifirrltt I'onrkr and .Jmh Gerritsen of Olilcntniry, farmere and partners, as paities of tlie second part. The said Jan 'I'hom- asMn and Voh'kcrt acknowledge to have let and G< rrltt I'o'u'h- and Jan Gcrrltmn to have rented the lessors" lot of land No. 4, situate at the Axoj>ii.s in the newly opened village, known to the les- Bees, uiuler the fDJlowing cnnditioi.s : The lessees are to enter n]i(in. Use and cultivate the saiil land from miw to the first of Mav 1C03 without paying rent tiieret'or. The lessors ]ii'iiiiiise to furnisli tn tije lessees (hiring this season as ninch nats fur seed, as the lessees can conveniently sow upon the land, on coiulitiou that the same quantity of oats shall be returned to the lessors at the etid of thmise to pay as rent during tiie said four years 4.^(1 fl a year in beavers at 8 fl or in grain at the marl witnesses ^ Abram Hiaats ) Volckkut Jansen Gekuit T(K'ki;n The mark \ of Jan Geriutsen of Ohli iihcry. T). V. Sciielluyne, Notary Public 1662. Like leases arc made by PhiUpp PictcrKe Schuyler owner of lots 1 and 5 with Bnrent Unr- memc. Soptbr i'f. "' 10 '"^^'^ P^^'er by the .aost vote of the most .neoto and el U f^r Jc r vn"" "r'"'' " '^"""'^^' '" *''^'>- ^''"" ^•"■"•'^ ,» i "'^'""rt'^>^^'t"'>iit Ivetormatioii orai)npiilo t(i Miif Sum. f .. .,ii i t i i- Mini NfTi: OF CouN.u,, REjEtTiNo T„K PETrnuN' OK .TriuAKN Tlxm^skx to kkk June 15, 1602. tavkkn at Esorus. P A O ler The jK.tition of Jur>,>rn Tmnimn was takc-n up and yc-m\ «-1„. ,.,,», Therefore it is decreed : The r«pie.<( X,w.N,t/,erland. ^ OU;- IfdU'''" A\'or^lli|,^' .-(TV.IIlt, Cmristian Nikkskn. New York Illstoriad liecoids. 223 Tho Directr>r-({enernl and Council considered tiio expeiiHcs, wliich the petitioner must now nnd then necuasariiy incur iu tiio (ii8clmrf,'e of his dutiua and m ti.e siuno have been attended to with j^Teiit dilij,'('n('c and vifrilance nince lii.s iipiiointnient, it m decided, Tliat tlie petitioner wliali liencefortii receive 2U guilders monthly pay. Date aa above ("9"' June lGtl2). Extract FUf)M a leitek of Dirkutok Stuyvesant to the Directors in Holland • ON TUE MILITIA yUliSTION ; THREATS OF Esol'US InDIANS. 15'" Jui.Y 1002. ****** To avoid your Honors' displeasure we hardly dare to write anything further in roj.ly to what your Honors say about discharging of more soldiers and that the inhabitants are bound to defend themselves, after what we have formerly in detail oxi)lainelaces, in that wo agree with your Honors. We promise ourselves and in belialf of their subjects to y'our Honors, that they will iu)t be found unwilling to do their best lierein acconjint; to their powiTs, when necessity ami the circumstances rwpiire, tliat the military i.iirsiie the barbarians: t.iir former letter on this subject intimated only the reluctance and unwillingness of the inhabitants, to attack the savages in the (.pen field, and in relieving or bringing hel]) to other outside ].laces: we do not remember, without desiring to contradict your Honors" better information, that citi/cns and inhabitants in the Fatherland were held or compelled to it. It is desirable and woul.l cause us less anxiety, if this your Honors' territory could be governed and maintained without militarv, at least with less, than wo are keeping now, but it must be presumed, that tiie p.irties have little dealings or interests in this country, who inform and report t,.yoiir Honors otherwise, and that they wire le.ss for the keeping or loss of it. Your Honors have' seen fn.ni tlu^ list .sent over last year, how many soldiers remainetl then in the service and how thev were distributed, iiainelv i)ur- suant to your Honors' former onler 10 or 12 at Fort Ormuje, Vl toVt at Fort Altemi on X\x^ South river, indeed few enough in our poor opinion considering the nmllitude of barbarians, who visit the distant places dayly, 2.-. men at the Fso^ms, whom we have reinforced wiiiie writing this bv or S ,1,0,, f,-on, the garrison here, on account of warnings from otiwr savages, that the Empus sav- ages had threatened to attack sonio of our people there during .seeding time in ivvenge for the savages sent to Curacao, men on Statai-hlan,l fur the safety of the'few inh.ibitants'^there, the balance of about 70 to 80 remain for tho reasons, given in our former letter, here in garri'sou : some of these have been discharged since and several iiioiv will be sent home (lis<'ha,-ged by the ships, now alxmt to sail, so that not more than Co or 70 ivniain here in garri.-;on a.-, ,. reserve trt.op lor any arising emergencies; all together they do not number over one himdred and twenty live military persons. We leave it to a farther seeing judgment, wliether this present distribution of Boldiers or sometimes agreablo to circiimstanees a still greater scattering (especially when the potash maker shall come to get the number, promi.s.'d to him, from this gan-ison) is' not more a bravado, than a nece.-^sity. If your Honors had from your ouii experieiie, a perception of the t: '!ckm 224 Colonial AScllltrmeiits un t)ie I/inkoH Jiiver. si intorestfl, Ioshph, siuldcn attacks, iiiioxpoctod munlors, maiislauplitors, difloront ineondiary fires, Imiv (M-iu'd to tlio inhabitants hoforo and during onr tiiiio. :is wo, .your Honors' faitlifnl otlicore und'.r.xHl inlial.itants liavo expcrioncd tiieni a.id if your Honors know, timt ti.o wild ijarlmriana liavc so hr ordy iHifM hold soinowhat in ,-Iiuck by tho (Lead oftho fow soldiors, then wo trust, that your Hon- ors woul.l with us dtHjni it l>otfnr to tM,. ti^.jr torrit..ry and its inhabitants, to think ..f sonio eon- ven>ent means, whereby for their gicator security a larger nund.er ofsol.liers eould bo maintained tliai. to reduce and discharge the small number at a greater risk. Twenty five men more or less w.l! not make tho public treasury ric'ber or p.K,rer by ,:^ tl.wbich if drawn\nd .•ollected fr,.m tho i'eo,.le wdl add httlo to the taxes, connidering that the same will give us respect and advanta-re in tunes of need. Anyway 7 years ago, when tho rethiction of the Smedixh forts on tho Sonthrujer was undertaken a groat ' dated ;J()"' Juno last wherein they state, that tho Maquas have been there in ?,ray last and plundered one of their trad- mghouses, kdling also u number of Indians and cattle, contrary to ih,. treaty of peace made be- f ween the J/,7y,/„,y and the Xorthern savages at Fnrt Onuuje last year. They re.piest in substance that we assist their agents Capt. GardM,- and ^Y,llh^,' to get «Uisfaetion for liie sustaimHl .lamages and that the peace between the said JA/ywa* and the Xorthern savages be renewed. Jt was resolved, ^ ^ To contribute eyerytliiug to accomi)Iish this and to carry it out. Date as above (I'i"' July Ititjii). * .\ Copy OF PRoposriioN-s Madk vnto tiik MAQrKs Anocsr tuk !•• 1662. llv Tiio.MAs (Jakiwku a XATiiA.siia.r, Wai.keu with the Answeks to tmk samk THE DAV and time Auol'KSA V KI. AT FdKT OnANdl.; OK FFORTT A'eUINAU. 1. Q. Tho first Proposition made ^■Ilt(. the Mnqiux was wheatlier the l'hujU»h liad not always bin thevre frinds which had more Espcshaly Ajared in three jiirticulars. New Yorh lliHtoriml liecoi'ils. 225 flrrt wliiMitlior tli.it tl.cs Thirty or forty ycures jxwt tlio JuujlUh Imd not bin tlun-r frinds not wronging' tlii'in any wuy. Bucoiidly tlieyr tVin.lslii|) had Appwin^d in de.iiall ihaffrench A j.aaaigo tlirnugli tlio A'/ij/Z/Vt Country to.Hj^lit with llio Jfii>jit,)i thirdly it lia.l AppouriMl in laboring to niako A Peaso for th Mowhoha with Northern In- iliaiK's nut holping tlie Nortlieni Indianea tliough tiic M,iv«.'/(, l„.t tlmy l„i.l joaloimio* we wi'iir/'/v ,«•/ it wjw true itixl our liititds wore liko/z't/jcA ineim liuiuln. fi. Q. To A O'" query whi.'li \xm wheather tlmy woul.l now Returne fl.r |.riH"ucrs tlmt weiir by tluMu tiiken of the Nortlicru lu.liaues .t giu.^ the Nortliern ludiaues witiHfaktion IW tlmno tlmy lm perform.! the last That this is A true relathm we ar witiu-s.-.-s whose Names are viul.Tvrritten. T1I0MA8 CiAKIINKK. Natii. "Walkkk. I' A TlU-E Ri:i„VT[0N OK TUK MaQUES CoMINO to PENOBSrOTT FF.)KrT AND WHAT TMAV DID, nv TnoMAS GakD.NKK, CoMANDKU oI- TUK SAMK. The la,«t of Aprill one Thonsan.l sixe hundred sixty twoo the J/yr go.^ds or Cattell A: gave vnto the Truke Master fowar or fitte girdles of Peage, telling him that thay w.-are theyr Asure.l frinds A- Att.-r A fayer Tra.lr of what thay desired (Joutrary to theyr former proniisea (.'ompeled the Trnke Master "t.. go .inwue the Neiii York lli»ti>i-i(:al Jiaordn. 227 River with tlicrn, till! tlircc iiicri llicii left, iu Iho lioiino ffuriii^' t(i utiiy wlimi tlieyr Miwtcr wiw (Juried Away in tim Nij^lit thmi^rlit ti. imiio (,\.iiio (li.wiio to tius t'urtt to iiiiuo IiiforiiitMl VBof theyr Coming hut wear HMri)riw(i hy tim way of tlui Muijion it liopt tiiro dayt«» jn-itiontTH. Till} Tiiinl of May wixty two tiio wiyi'd Muqiun ("ami; to rrisi'(| flio Indiaiii'rt tliat wear vnditr tiic Prutention of Buyod fortt and woar Com tliiT to Tnulo uliicli w.'ar to tiiu NiimlM-r ol* ono liuiidri'd men woniun mid Childron mid liaiioing Kmli-d tliryr i)inHnLM AI)ont tlio Iiidianes in flicyr hiirprirtHai! : tiiay Canui mid duHiorcd Trad.; of vh aw tliay liad dono Abono at tiio Ikhiho: liaudng iicforo Hont liomo onr ini'ii tliay iiad taivcii prisoners: Tliong with gri'at diMcord About tliem Amongst tlieinHelm-B. Now altlioiigh wo well liiiow tliay had broken the peasi^ made tiio last yeare at Foiit Orange by the I)i,rh,'>< iielpe we oiierlooked tlie 8ame it knowing that we eoiild not reeoner tho priboiiers thay had taken A: that All our goods vp the Kiner was at tlioyr dispose thonglit it not (itt to ofend them Anyo wayo but to preseruo the sayed lionso tV: Tradeing goo.ls A- therfore According to the Mo.juews desier we Traded with them for jirouision it goods in friiidly nianer tho Mtiquen Sagi- mores in the niene time promising great friiidsiiip to vs mid gineing vs a i.resentof Moose Skins & Poago ife wo ill requitall gano the Mlli"' ilonorahle AVorships always lt»"' Anifust 1 1- » 1 .• ■ 1 .. , j^„ 1,.,..,'^ obedient and iaithful seivant In haste RoKI.OKK SwAUTWOtlT. X..!h'';il?^i;"*''''"^''''''' ^•''■'•^■"'••<'^='"^''^'' '""' "'^''I-" Iligl. (^...ncil of Fort and City ri LkHKU n.,M iUKSAMIOTOTnKSAMK; VKKAIKS AT T„K KsO.TS ; KV.LB AK..,NO FKOM ■rnK r.M.iMiTKi) sai.k <.!.■ r.iijroK to thk Indians. To the Noble, Very AVorshipful his Honor the Direetor-Goneral and the High Council. Your Honors' servant 7?,W,^' ,V«,„.,„.„„/ ;,por,s in behalf of his Magistrates aned by the.u, they e^ en say upon being .p.estioncd " * * *•■ ijlie-ible) * ^ * to Mil li,p.or; others with the sn.all s, .1 .( Jn.Xa, Ho.k, r are of the .levil, who has taken hold ot several soW.ers not m.ah to the advantage of the inhabitants. Jiy, Jm,.Iiant.ou has taken special liberties, after ho had been exun.ined by th,- Court in the eZt hal ''",:';:^"';;"f '"^- — •• -' <1- ^'■'^i^trates to show cause, wh^vas your Ilono,.- senant lad seen ,„.,, hauUon, eo.ne „ut of a citizc's house, where some beavers wel-e t.adcd that even.ng for brandy ; we co,.M get no inforn.atiou tVon. bin.. RanUou went the s.me night or early he wanted to leave that he had come the if the sava "fc'^'« believing e„ort..d . H ,1 '^ 1 ' 'IV "'"'" , ' "' '•""'^^'1"^'"«' »f ^vl"if «•^■eral sonthe.-n Tndiar.s had eported to then., that lus Honor, the Ge,.eral. was angiy and would eo.ne with two h.mdred • One who < oalil ikh talk Diitdi. — Kd. } m iVW York lliatorwal lieconh. 229 soldiers to make wur npon them and this seemed to coiifiriii it. The wi\ agcH strengtliencd tiieir fort immediately and i)ut a good breastwork around it ; they also sent out tiiree messengers, one to tho IlUjhhimh, anollicr to the 2rininiiicln and a tliird to tlie CafA'ilti, with the latter one was sent to go further to tlie Mdhicamlirn, to int"orni tlicm idl that the matters were, as before stated and that they liad j)Ut more reliance into the nc^gotiations, which the siivages had had with the T>irc!ctor-CJeneral at the liouse of I)" lUoni, wlieii tlie peace was renewed and a j)resent promised to tlicm to be given next year. Ji'iintwiu was again asked by tlie savages on the next day whence he had came and he answered, that he; iiad come from tiic Fort at Wi/twyck. lie was once more asked on the third day, from w'^ere lie had conu> and said, that he had come from tlie ru'W village and after having found iiim willing t.) tchtify, they let liim go and quickly sent a savage after him to get information from us, whethiu- we had sent him, but as soon as linntsuu arrived home, .after having been absent six days, he was inmitMliately arrested liy the Magistrates. The savage me.-isen- ger informed us, that he iiad h.id as large a jiackage of things as one man can carry ; in it were two pieces of cloth, gunpowder and lead, with a imII of tobacco and j)ipe8 and according to the savage's statiiuient he has received for it sonn; lieavers and other skins and some wainiimn. Thev had intended to ki^'p him a prisoner until spring. Another savage said in going by, to Jwn the smith, wlii.m lie nut in the woods, that JiaiUsou had iieen killed, when he came tliero witii brandv. We do not know by wiioin he was .sent and F despair, that, anything will b(' dom^ in tins matter. The greatest mi.schief, which we have to expect herefrom, is caused by the contrahand-traders, who try to swallow up this place and sell a pint of brandy for a eehepel of wheat. * * * * * (a sheet missing) By close examinations of tiie boy l)y the /tnojni.9 Sachems this has been lirought to light. The ,A*(>^>(W saviigcs are still busy to get at the truth and we tlo not know, what tho evidence of tho other sjivage will be. In the meantime it is said of them, that the. E't>2. (Jommissaries, which certifies RoKI.OKF SWARTWOL'T. Tho pieei^ of cloth, promised to the. .WnijiKt.t by the iron'''" General, has been given to him and he was very well satislied with it. .\iiotlier piece was proniiseil to him lor his further trouble. In haste. I{k%'k.nik ami Kxi'K.NDiTiHK ill' iiiK viM,.\(;i ny Wu.TwveK, KMcr.uniNu TiiK niii.n INK OK TUK MI.NISIKk's IIOISK. Incomo of Wittin/rk Vlllaj;ii. From Ra.'S morgoiiH. Tlic lanil |my8 (I li.lO hi. per inorgmi iiifjpii- itr!, wliicli ciiinpuliMl j^ivi'M a total of Tli-1 luiiiHo lotH, not payiug laiul tax, liavti bruu{;lit iu Tho oiitlayM for tlie MiniHtor'ri liou»o. Brii'ks, tili'fl, lime, lioanln, wuiii!/K nodopen 11 Jacob BdO'hanii 1 2 fiirrit van Carnpen 13 Ant/iony Cruepd 14 Albert Gerrdsen 15 Mecrtcn Gysbert 16 Dirck Adriaen No 17 Mathjs Capita 18 ./(//( Laniinci'sen lit Ca>'iitcn de Noorman 20 Barent Gerrelsen 21 the riuirehyard 22 Jan Barcnuen, 23 24 AUh'i't Hcipnanscn 25 Juriaen Wedvad 26 Nicolacs Willem Stuyvesant 27 Albert Gy.sbcrtMcn 28 ljcric>\: I'lacsen 29 Aert Jaccf>sen 30 Jiin Schmn 31 Aert I'lderscn Tach. No 1 Thoman Chambers 2 Ei'crt Pels 3 Balthazar Laser Stuyvesant 4 Prea^lier's house and lot 5 Mrs. de Jlulter 6 Jacob Italy's little bonwery 7 Ja^'ob [Jap's second bouwery 8 Henry Zeewant ryyer (Waiiii)iininiaker) List of the old lots, before the place was laid out. No 9 Andries the Weaver 10 Jan the P.rabanter 11 Jan Brouwcrsen 12 Mi chid the firet 13 ]itirhid Vcrre 14 Jan the Smith 15 Andries van der Sluys 16 hou.se and lot of Gcrtrey Hansen, lying opposite to Nos. 6 and 7. New York Historical Records. 231 CoNTBACr TO DO FARM WORK AT SoHENECTADY. (Fort Oriiiige Records. Vol. Notarial Papers, 1000-1676.) Tins 2ri"' of Soptemhcr Ititi'i Jan BarenUen Wemp and Martin, Mouverensen engaged Ilen- drik Arentsen, siigiirbaker, to serve tlieni in cultivating, plougiiing, sowing, mowing, tlirasliing, winnowing, chopping wood and every tiling else connected with it, also in doing all other duties, which may bo assigned to liim at their houwery, lying at Schetmvhtedc, which ILndrik well knows, for the time of one year beginning on this day. Jan BarniUen Wcmp and Martin Mouvcrensen promise to pay him for his services 3oo i\ in beavers at 8 11 the beaver or else in grain or other merchandise at beaver value, deliverable to said Ilcndrick here at the " Fuyck " or to his order. Jan Rarentscn binds hiuiMilf personally for the payment of the aforesaid hire, a.s if it were a per- sonal debt. Date as above at Colony Jien8scla(.'rsiuyek. The mark Af^ of Maktkn Mkuvkkknsen The mark I ^ Aj of .IanBakkntsen Wemp IIendbik Akentsen. Appointment of Magistrates I'im tiik Vu.laoe ok Bekok.v. 10'" October 1002, ^[onday Present in Council tlieir Honors, the Director-(ieneral Stuyvexant and Mr. Johande Dcakere. The nominations made and delivered by the Schout and Schepens of the village of Benjen were received with the rwpiest, that the Director-General and Council will please to select from them the Sche])ens for tiie said village for the c(jming year. The Director-General and (Jtiuncil have therefore selected and contirmed as Schepens for the Siiid village EiujcUki'I Steenhuijucu, Oo^t Gerritsen and Canper Stcinmets is continued as first C3wi«cpen. Done at l^\irt Amsterdam. Date as above. OkDI.VANCK AOAINST TU E lU'lvNINO OF STUAW AND OTHER REFFSE COMlllSTini.ES IN THE Village of Wii.twvck, passed 16"' OerouER 1602. (See Laws of Ncw-Notlicilanil, page 4;!0,) Petition of the Magistrates of Wiltwvok for a sfpply of powder and lead. To their Honors, the Noble Director-Gcncnd and Higli Council of ^Veio-jVi't/urland. The Schout and Commissaries of the village of WUtvujck request, that their Hon"''' Worships will please t« send by the bearer hereof, AU>ert Ilyvinmcn Roim one hundred pounds of powder anA88ED 27" NovEMUEi: 1662. P™™>, ,„■ T,„ Mac,,,,-,,.,,.. ,»■ I!,.;,.,,:,, .,.„„„ ,„ „„ ,.„„„,„,, „,,,„ , ,„ ,„„,.„,^ of ir!i;i^S;/'" "■""'""■"'• '"" "'^"- •"■■ "'»■■ ■■• "' "» ' '.'•'.■ ' -i. Sliow with due reverence the Schepens of the villaifc of Ihn,. » tlr.t h.,vi„„ , 1 . i i found it ad^sabh. each for himself, U, pn >ose it, L learn whaf :: '^ „ i , W l^ ^.^'^ ZU k T ^^-i^ ^""' '^•^-'■■"■' -' '--for (n..rs hoi, and blessed word o la" .1^ teacher, t, such a t„ne, when the Noble L.r.l.s-Di.vctor.s of the Incorporated Wc.t b C I pay ^all begm, according to the cust-.n. of ,1,.. .onntrv. to lew tithes.' Af,. belt penl h d nia th^e projections, the below n. , persons have' voluntanlv ...dared, that H. S^i ' .yealycontnbut,on; the sum to be paid by such volun^arv offerings may l.e calculated ^417 llt^^^^^^^^ ^"'^ °- ^-'^ -""^^ »''- t'-'""-' i"--c their 1 rospcnty , among the others, who stated no stnn, there are some verv willing, some vcrv dull New York Historical Records. 233 those, who arc willing, aro the majority and declare, that wl,t;.i a preacher comes, they too would do their best according to their circumstaiices, like the others. Whereas the petitioners do not know, whether the people of Ilacrdmnm* come under this juriBdiction ; therefore the petitioners cannot report, wliat they would do, l,ut the Schepeus find it advisable and very necessary, that the village be provided with a preacher and submit to the mature consideration and decision' of your Hon"'" Worships, that it might be n.-titlcd to the Xoble L.,rds-Directors, our Patroons, by the next ships. Your Hon""" Worshii)s kno'v, with what enrage lo village of Iier,jcn has been established by the communUy and that the same has maintained itself at great expense to the inhabitants, with- out any trouble to the Lords-Directors. The couunnnity is therefore of opinion, that their Noble Honors shculd take that into consideration and therefore assist the village of B.rtjen so much readier according to thdr discretion and to send one over for one or two years at their expense; during that ^ime the land wHl with G.id's help have increased in value, so that then that which the good hearted community will liberally give, can be taken for assistance. Awaiting your Hon''"' Worships' decision hereon the petitioners remain Your Noble, Honorable Worships' humble servants Tielman van Neeck Machghyel Jansen Herman Smedman Casper Steinmei^, List of the voluntary contributors, with the im promised by each. Tielman van Neeck fl 50 Micliit'hen Jamen 25 liar men Svudeman 25 Caaper Steininets 26 Jan Sfhulten 25 Muh h'lf 2\'iin!sfien 6 Jan I.ubhern n 6 D/'rck iiirritsen 20 Jacob Li, n dcrtitrn 25 Jan the Euglislinian 6 Paulm J'.'etersen 25 Willem Jansen 10 Joosf ran Lhnlen 10 A< Irian I'oxt 20 List of those, who a -.'. willing, but give Jan Siram Ilendr'n'k Teiin ismn JUrik TcunUsin Emjiihert Stei nh uytien W\>\in\- Pieter lindolphmn }i< ' / inen Ed ma rdtt SiLhidas Varlit 30 uouwc Jiarmens 6 Jacob Sergiant 8 Arent Louirrens 10 Jan Cornell's 3 Jan Cornilis rtf >'i/eck 10 T/iomas tlie cooper 3 Curm Us Ahrahanis fi Claea Pieteraen Cos of Oemoenepa fjO Evert Cue risen 13 Dlrck Classen 10 Jan Lcserecht 6 (icrr'it G< rr'dsen Claes ArcnUen 8 n 417 e no specified sum. keeping it at their discretion. I.ourtns Andrim Clae-ye Teiin ,'ssen, the widow of Ji'ornein Tiunlssen, Refused have Tijes l.idibersen, llnntriik Jansen Sjajer, Frerick the (■dlihier. ♦ .Miiisiiimi. 284 Colonial Settlernenfs on the llmhon River. I K-riJioN OF Inhabitants of Hhkukn ani> Cominii-aw against fencing in cer- tain LANDS ANU OKDKK TIIKKEON. To the Noble, Very Woi-sliipful tlioir Honor, the Director-CuMieral iiml Coun- cil of Ncw-Nethe)ian(t Show with duo reverence the inhabitants of the villages of Brrgai uiul Oemoentpo, tlmt thoy, the petitioners, have seen, that the Sellout van Ykvck, Cmpar SUinmvIs and ILtrmeii Smceman have fenced in a parcel of highiand, situate at the south end of the village enclosure, in the best part of t!ie jwisture, which they aiipropriate to tiieniselves : it is alsc said, that iSIr. IS^kUolm Var- leth desh'es a piece of highland, situate at the north uf the aforesaid village back of Ilohmcken, which, if it is done, would tend to the ruin and destruction of this village, because they would bo entirely deprived of an outlet for then- cattle and nothing but u marshy underwood woidd remain to tliem, where already tliree or four annuals have been smothered ; hence there would hardlv b.- any pasture left for the draught beasts, for the Mhirql-aghoue people are also fencing in their land, so that this village will be enclosed in a fence all round. They therefore respectfully recpiest, that your Hon'"" AVer. IJps will please to make some provision and guard the connnon interests of the aforesaid village and of Gemoaicpn. Awaiting hereupon your Hon'''" Worships' favorable decision etc. (Signed) Anoi.iMi ltAiini;.-!Ufo.hall appear with Thlnmn mn Vhu ferryman at Jia-'j. n over the .\or(/i Iliver, has informed us in a pe- tition among other points, that Tidw van Vle.rk the Sellout and /'.'/< y, /«Tk upon his i)etition by the order of the 22" Decendier 1061, should be"^Kurveyed and that the surveyor shall make a report of its situation and area to their Honors, the Director-General and Council. After that directions will bo given upon the petition. Date as above. OUDEK I.V TIIK CASE ol' WlI.I.KM JaNSE.V, THE BeROEN KEKKVMAN, A(;AINST TIIE SCIIOI'T VAN YlEE(-K. Pursuant to the order of the 28'" Dechr. Wi//r,n Jmmn, ferryman at BcrqcL, appeared on one .-ide and the Sellout nan Vlerrl' and En,jclha-t !se who would not j.ay him etc. After hearing the parties, the Sellout was directe.l to assist the ferryman, that he may obtain the ferriage earned by him and if he should forget himself and act unbecomiiijjlv, to report it to the Director-deneral and Council, who will then issue such orders, as occasion niav recptire. Date as above (4"' January 1008). Letter from Thomas Cuamhers and other mii.itia offipers to Director Stuy- VESANT, COMI'LAININO THAT TIIE (TVII, MAOISTKATES OF WlI.rWVCK MAI) FILLED DOWN AN ORDINANCE I'UIU.ISII EI) UV THEM. Noble, Ilonornble, Very Worshipful, Wise, I'nideut and Very Discreet (ioutlemcn, Honor- able Director-Genenil and Council of Xeir-A'd/i, r/anif. ♦Vc-. the undersigned militia officers of the village of Wiltwyrk resjwctfuUv report to your Ilon"'^' AV orships. that on the .W" of May of last year we have been appointed otlicers of the militia by the president of the Court for thisxillage. kWrf l\'h. m the name of Director-Ciencral and CoHiicil of Nem-NctherlamK not knowing, whether this a].poiiitment was approved by the Director- Genera! and Coun.'il. After the savages have had several gatherings here with their khite koyimj, i i' • ''i y' < I ■ I 'A- 236 Colonial SettleineiUs on the lludaon liioer. Mule wo dul not know, what, tl.ey .uight .itte.npt, we l.uve not dared to omit calling together the I-eople on the !"• ot .lannary uf ,hi. ^ear and tried to keep good o.xler to the be.t of our knowl uige; we .end herewith a copy of an ordh.ance panse.l hy the n.ilitia olHeers, whi..h we publlKhed ."HO on the .. ^^■thout unr kn..w]edge and we do not know for what reason, bnt they have 6nn,- "oned u. on that account on the IS-'^ and we appeared, re,ue.ting then, th t they wo 1 pU . o ... up aga,n our ord.nanee. This ,hey refused ,u ,io an.l we L ^U^,U,o no ean^y o I •' - '■ "- ';f ;; m tnuc of need. The eon.e,p.eneo Is, that so.ne people begin to ban e an.l .say, that w.. pnbbsh ordn.anee,s to be p.dled down by the Court. There! , re we resne.Tt v ..que.t your Hon- Worship, to be sustained in this n.atter, else we shall not TL ' ; ^ .K^ o ac,u.t ourselves ot our duties. Awaiting your Hon- Worships' ft.rther or^or^VZ^l U7/.;:; Vma-a. ' ""■ ''^'"'^' ^I---''l^J"-''il-' '-'•-le servants this IS'" of January 1603. lie lid rick Jocheimen C'lriuiis Ba/;ii(titn S/tr/it Tlie mark ^ of J'icter Jacohaen. Paid. Noble Honorable, Very Wo.^hipful, Wise, Prudent, Very Discreet, their Honors, Ne^^X^ "^ ^V.«,..V../.v./a« - • ""■"' '»- '^ """- « m New York HiHtorival liecovda. 237 It irt ordered, that ovory one, who rnoiiiits ^'ii.ird or reports at tlic place of rendezvous, rniist have his own wide and haiidariuH, under peiiidty of contiHcntioii of the aniiB, wiiich ho may have borrowed from another and he shall besides pay a tine of twelve guilders. IIS Nobody shall in being relievc.l from or mounting guard or marching, be allowed to load I _ iiiiiHket witii ball, wadding or paper, nor to disciiargo it at anv windr)w, gable or weathervMiio under a penalty of six guilder and reparation of the damage done; but in di.scjiarging their mus- kets, tiiey siiaii raise it above man's height under a like penalty, to prevent thus all mishap. If anybody desires to remove from here to do his l)usine8s elsewhere, either at the Manhatunn, Fort Oramjf or some utiier place, he shall notity tlio Musternaster of his departure, under a pen- alty of twenty-fivo stivers. 9. Nobody shall be allowed to mount giuird or ajipear at tli(! rendezvous, while intoxicat- d, and having rei)ortcd nobody shall curse or swear or profane Ciod's holy name and sacraments, under a ]ieii!ilty of twenty-five guilders. Thus enacted at the meeting of the Citizens' Council of War it. the Village of WUtioyk, the iirst day of January Anno 1««3. (Signed) Th&maa Chamhem, Ilcndrkk Jochemsen, the mark ^\ of Pichr Jdcobtn'H, Conuiin Barcntsen. Slecht. This was also published. Everybody is lioreby informed, that musk.'ts, jiowder and lead may be bought at Woitirr the baker's and further, if no more is to bo had at Wouter the baker's, pe(,>i.le may come to the otHcers of the trainband, who will inform them, where they may buy it for money. Done at Wiltwije]i\ the '2'' of January ICtiS. (Signed) I'.y order of the ollicers of the trainbands of Wiltwyrk Village Matiikus Caitio. Mustermastcr. LK-n-KK FUoM TllK M.MilSrUA ins OK WlI/lW V( K TO DlKKCIOli Sir VVESANT ; ha.nokk OK 8KI.I,l.\(i I.Hilolc To TllK InIIIANS ; THE NKW \ U.I.AOK ; KKASo.NS FOU DlSACI'KOVINl! TllK rUKCKIUNO OKUINANCK. To the XoIiIcWtv "Worshipful High (Council of the City o( Aiiist- rdum in Ni ir-JS\thvi'l(UHL Siiow with proper Nilutations aii.l \\ i-ijes tor every bodily and spiritual blessing both the Commi.ssaries of the village of )IV//-ry.y{' liie goo.l order and well being of this village so far. The Almighty, the God of us all. may grant peace to this (■oimtry, but it is to be feared, that unless ]>rovisions are made for it. esiiecially at this place, the abuse carried on here in the sale of liipior to the savages will ]>ri'Vent it, for it has eoiuc .piite in vogue now at the new village, .so that the savages have thrown each other into the tire and upon the report of il we iii.iuiivd and f m ^88 ^blonial IStUlnietitH oh the IholmH River. W^ t<..iml at the I.ouho of Low,i,y Dvho, a Wull.x,., living in the now village, li.ilf an anker. .f dlHtilled wutcT, whicli liad not ben. iv,,..rtf6 li.^rhan., for the liquor distilled here i« not to the taste of the savag s, whieb is tor the advantage of the savage, an.l to the K.ss of the n.untrv and dthough the eitizens do not pay any attention, nevertheless through the deelaratiou it can be a.r..r.aine,g the autho.-ity uf a..y n.agisfate. The Magistrates ti.ei-efore had the plmv.nl pu.le.1 .l,.w., on the 8'\ to .vview then,, and they saw i., the eighth section, that r.o one shall mu.mt gua.-d with a bo.Towed n.nsket. else he shall forfeit it and pnatine of l'> guilders. We the (•o..,.,.is,.aries of H7/^,.yc^, disapprove this abuse of making ordinances and request yo..r Hon"'^' \\ ...-ships' advice. Closing herewith we wish to your Very AVo.shipful Hi-rh Council a hajipy and peaceful New-Year and remain " ., „,., , Vo.ir lion'"" Worships' obedient Actum ^^dtwyrl^, ^^^^.^,,,^^ the 24'" of January, The C.mn.is.s.ries of WiH,ru,-l; ^^"""^^♦^^- Ev..:kt1'p.,.s Tjkkck C1.A88KN DE Wirr. This is the mark y^ of Aliikkt ('V811EKT8KN. Which attests your Hon'''- Wi.rships always obedient servant m xi T7- ,■ .T RoDl.OKK SwAinwoiT To the Vahant, Honorable High Co.ncii at th.'ir ollice in A%in-AmM,rda,a hi yac-Net/u^,- (ana. Nomination a.vd a.toint.mknt ok Maoibtrateh voh Wn.rwv.K. Confonn to the onlinances and coinn.on c.ston., the ('onmiissaries of the village of WUtwi/ci proposed at the election the below-named inhabitants of this village TAo,mi!< VhamlMTS jan Aersen Smit Mr. Gyahert v Km TIIK MtittE Hl'KKIiV 8ErrLK.MKNr OK IIIK SAME. (See Liiws >■' New-N'cthdrlund, [mftr 4'J7.) Extract from a i.eitkr of tiik Directors is irdi.i.A.vn to Director Stuyves- A.ST; TIllY AIM'ROVK OK TlIK I'UOI'O.-JKI) EnoMSII CVA ScuTIA ; NKrF.SorTY OK TlIK AcyiTSIIIoN OF THE MolIAWK COUNTRY ; 1M.MKNSE UEAVER TRADK OK THB Senecah. (i>6"' Makcii 1(!(;;{.) Tiiiis fur in answer to tlio two letters, nijjned liy the Direetor-tJeneral and ('ouncil and wo come now to Director Sfin/vcmnt'.i jjrivate letter, wherein we note above all the re(|iie.-its, made by some of tlio Ktujlish neiijhbors, for permission to settle in eon.-any'H jiirisdictiim iiaek d Sfnttn- hlnntl on the U'nrituns Kil; we have likewise seen from the enclosures, what your Honors have answered. We are well ])leased with it, considering especially, that it will serve us as a stroiij,' outpost against the liarltan and .Xtvcxink savages. We could have wished therefore, that the project had been carried out and »'very eilort to have it continued must he made. As we understand the matter, tlu- priiicijial obstack^ was the appeal in criminal and capital cases, as adultery, fornication and similar otl'ensi's, wliidi they punish according to the law and word of (iod ; we do not object so much against this iiriiici]ile, although the law.s of our Fatherland close their eyes to them, as against giving them ab.sdlute disposition of ail criminal eases without ajipeal to us, which right wc do not like to .surrender entirely ; however, in ca.so the coming in and settling at the aforesaid place by tlicM' peojile is of such an iniporf.iiice to our nation there, then we would ullow, to facilitate the matter, that in audi otl'eiises, \\liero extra- ordinary jiroceedings are taken and whore 0(UKse(|uently the crime is eonfessetl, the appeal be waived, but this cannot lie allowed in cases of ordinarv lu'oceedings and wliere the testiinoir makes .'».•« '■ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (iiAT-3) 1.0 I.I 2.5 2.2 - lis iio 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 M 6" — ► PhotogTdphic Sciences Corporation » 23 VVEST MAIN STREET WEDSTER.N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 "^^^ ^^- ri>^ i/.s U r. 240 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson Jiiv&i'. it dubious and uncertain, as your Honors will easily perceive ; besides that their laws in punishing such offemes art- against the maxims of our Fatherland and should therefore only be jmictised among their own people and not mi such of ours, who should happen to settle among them. Your Honors will do well to insist upon this point in further negotiations with them, but onli/ so far, that the project may not he hindered in its progress. Your Honors arc therefore hereby author- ized to treat upon this matter with the English people in such a mannei', as shall be found most advaTitageous for the welfare of this State and its inhabitants. The dissiitisfaction of our English neighlwrs in Nno-England and Nova Scotia with the Maquaes savages and the consequences likely to arise therefrom, in case they should attack each other and the JUaijuaea should be vanquished, together with the speculations on such events, arc well understood by ns and we can therefore easily fall in with yoru' Honora' advice and oxiinions, which consist principally in that we ought to try to persuade the Ma^^uaes by all possible' means, that they give the English the satisfaction, demanded by them, even though some goods and mer- cliandises must be sacrificed for it, provided that by such an occasion the Maquaes country could be acquired for and conveyed as property to the Compar y, whereby the English and other neigh- bors could be prevented and estopped from the great beaver trade, which our people carry on there with the Sinnel-us savages. If the dissjvtisfaction and the probability of aggressive move- ments between the English and the savages eontinne, which we do not believe, anyway not hope, your Honore must carry this out and these lines may serve as rules. » » » # « « r i' i t 1 ) Ii| sftf Appointment of Magistrates for Wiltwyok, 5"- of April 1C03, Thursday. Present in Council the Hon''''' Director-General Petrus Stuyveaant ar.d Councilloi-s Nicadus de Sille and Johan de Deckere. ****** The Director-General and Council took up and road the nomination made and sent in by the Sellout and Commissaries of the village of Wiltwyck on the Esopits and from the nominees selected and confirmed as Commissioners there Thomas Chamhers Gyshert van huhirgh Actum at Fort Amsterdam in Neio-Netherland. Date as above. 4' Dki:i) to Hknorkk Cornelissen from Holstein for land at Esopps. Petrus Stuyvesanl, Director-General of New-Netherland etc etc. and tlie Council testify and declare, that we have on this day, date underwritten, given and granted to Ilendrick Cornelissen from Ilohtein, a piece of land situate at the Esopus in the village of Wiltwyck, bounded on the East by the Kil, on the We.st and South liy tiie meadows lying under the village, containing in these irounds between the Kil and the meadows two morgeiis and five hundred and sixty rods. Under the express condition, that he, Ilendrick Cornelissen, or his heirs and assigns shall acknowl- Klii r New Yat-h Historical liecords. 241 edge the aforesaid Lords-Directors as his Masters and Patrons under tlio sovereignty of their High : Might: the Lords States-General of tho United Netherlands and ohey their Director-General and Council here in every respect, as it is tho duty of all good inhabitants; also that he further shall agree to pay after tho expiration of ten years from tho date l-.ereof a titl>'' for the benetit of the Lords-Patroons and such other taxes and imposts, as shall bo deemed necessary to levy upon all inhabitants for the revenues of the country. "Wo constitute tho said Ilendnck Cornelisaen here- with as tho real and actual owner of tho aforesaid parcel of land in our stead and place and give liim full power, authority and special ch.arge, to cultivate, take possessioti and make use of the said parcel, as he would do with his other lawful property, without retaining for us, in our quality as aforesaid, any claim or protenoc thereon, but relinquishing the same for over, promising furtlier to keep this conveyance inviolably and to carry it out according to law and equity and sign it with- out subterfuge or reservation, affixing thereto our seal in red wax. Actum Fort Amdwdam in N. Netherland April 25"- 1663. P. Stl'yvesant. By order: C. v. Royven, Secr^ Herewith we grant to Ilendnck Cornelissen from Ilolatein or his heirs and assigns besides the land granted and given in the foregoing patent and o\\ the siime conditions another small par- cel of land situate at the Esopus contiguous to the parcel described above containuig together with the swamp, meadow etc about six morj^ens. Fort Amsterdam in A'. Netherland, the 7"' V)'" 1663. P. Stuyvesant. By order : C. v. Ruyven, Seer''. ■ Pt-rrnoN of Cornelis Bakentsen Slecut for a grant of certain lands at the Esopus and order thereon. To the Noble, Honorable, Very Woi-sliip- ful. Wise, Prudent and Very Discreet, their Honors the Director-General and Council of New-2^etherland. Humbly shows with duo reverence the nndei-signed Cornelis Barentseji Sleeht, an inhabitant of the village of WUtwyck, that your Hon"'" Worships have graciously granted and given me last autumn a certain parcel of land at the Fsnjnts, lying near the New J)orj) (new village)*, which said piece of land is really good soil, but too far for my convenience and as we are now old peoj>le, we would prefer living near to the church, the more so as my wife is the midwife for the village of WUtwyck. I therefore humbly and respectfully request, that your Hon"'" Worships will graciously give and grant me a>^ my own the remainder of the lands, which are laid out for Thomas Cham- bers to complete his number of acres out of the land, formerly bought by mo from the savages, for which I have l)een obliged to pay tho tax to build tho minister's house: a little piece of land is lying close to it, called in the savage tongue Wichquanis. I ■vould like to get during the year out of this remainder of the land, bought hy me, my subsistence for next winter by breaking and 81 Now Hurley. — Eu. r • I i ■ n > • -A IB''.* i i I- i 243 Golonhl Settlements on the Hudson River, cultivating it and from the other piece of land, called Wic/ujuanis, the hay and fodder for my cattle. If your Hon"" Worships should be pleased to grant me for the benelit and advantage of my children the aforesaid piece of land lying near the new village on the Etopiis, then I would accept it gratefully, while I have no doubt, that your lion"" Worships will please to grant me the foregoing petition, whereupon awaiting your Hon"'" Worships' decision I remain Actum Wiltwyek, Your Honorable Worships' servant, this 31" of March 1663. Counki.is Bakkntsen Slecht. The foregoing petition was taken np and read and after the question had been put, it was ordered, That disposition shall bo made of ihe aforesaid land, as requested in the petition, after the same lias been surveyed and a report made by the surveyor. Actum at Fort Amsterdam in New- Netlierland, the 12"> of April 1663. Taking up again the preceding order, it was decided to direct Thomas Chamhera and he is hereby directed, not to take possession of or use the land, iietitioned for by petitioner, without our special order and consent. On the 19"' of April 1663 Petition of the Oveksekks of thk new villaok on the Esopus, pbatino that MEASURES may BE ADOITED TO PACIFV THE InDIANS AND A MILITARY FORCE BE SENT FOR PROTECTION AGAINST THEM. To the Noble, Honorable, Very Worship- ful Director-General and Council of Ne^o- Netherland. Show with great humility your Hon''* Worship' petitioners, the Overseers lately appointed by his Honor, the Director-Oenoral, for the early fencing and enclosing of the newly maue village and lands on the Esopus, the progress of which they, iis interested parties, desire sincerely and would like to see promoted, that they have repeatedly considered tiie threats of the Siivages, who say, that they are willing to allow the erection of buildings, but that no fortification must be made, which, if it should be done, would show that we had evil intentions; these barbarians say also, that the second large piece of land was not included in the treaty of peace made with them in the year 1660 and ihey will therefore not allow, that we sh.iuld plough and sow it nor that our cattle and horses shall pasture upon it, before they are not paid for it. Your Hon"'" Worships' petition- ers are therefore compelled to address themselves to yt)ur Hon"'" Worships and to petition them most humbly, that your Hon"'" Worships will, as before this in the cases of Wiltwyvk, New-Ilai'. lem. New- Utrecht and other places of less dangerous location and less consecjueuce, also graciously please to assist- this new i)laee and village with a few soldiers and ammunition of war, at least un- til the settlement has been put into a proper state of defense and inhabited by a good nundjer of people. We also request, that the gifts promisetl last autunm, when his Honor tlie Director- General and the Secretary were here, may be given to the savages and that they receive some satisfaction for the second large trt^a of land, so that your Hon"'" Worships' humble petitioners and faithful subjects may remain without fear and molestations tVotti these barbarous people and with some assurance for the peaceful, undisturbed and unhindered continuation of the work just •'»P New York Illittorical Records. 843 beg'iH, for !f rumors and warnings may bo believed, it would be too nnxious, if not too dangerous iin undertai{iiig for your Hon'"' Worsliips' humble petitioners and faitiiful subjects to continue and advance tlieir work otherwise. Awaiting liereupon your Ifon""' Worships' favorable decision wo are aud remain bound to pray to God for your Hon"'" Worships' good health and praiseworthy administration and rest Your Honorable Worships' Actum WUtwyck, _ humble petitioners and faith- the 7'" of April ' ful servants A" 1663. Alaerdt Heymansen Roose Jan Jocsten The mark id of Jan Gbrretssn. FErrnoN OF the propkietobb op the new village to the same effect as the PKECEDINO and FOR FREE PASSAGE TO THE NEV/ VILLAGE TIIKOCOH WiLTWYCK, WHICH THE LATTER NOW REFUSE. This petition is word for word the same as the preceding, except the following addition at the close : Wo also request, whereas there is n.' ; nvenient place in the settlement to cultivate garden- fruits, the fields being too far and inconvenient, that to each of the petitioners a convenient lot may bo granted for a garden in the lowland on the Kil, also that they may pass and repass free and unmolested, without hindrance or obstacle with their cattle, baggage, wine, beer and other effects to and from tho strand through the village of WUtwyck, for the Wdhmjck people have already dared to mawe a search in the aforesaid new village. Awaiting hereupon your Hon*"" Worships' favorable decision etc' as above. Your Hon'''"' Worships humblo petitionei-8 and faithful servants. VOLCKERT JaNSEN* Philipi' Pietersen Schuyler. Jan Thomas. GOOSEN GERRETSENf. The lO"- of May lOfi.S. The foregoing j)etition8 were taken np in Council and read atul it was resolved, that to pre- serve the peace a considerable present should bo made to the KiojpKS savages at the first ()p{X)r- tunity, to wit, three or four pieces of duffels, some n)uskets, powder, IcaVl and some mercer's or Nvremheryh wares. Actum at Fort Amnterdam in New-N<;therland on tho 10'" of May A" 1663. P. Stuvvesant. NlCASIUS DE SiLLE. Jieverwych, tho XXMI April A" 1663. * Douw. t Van Scliaick. »" It s IJ' " 1 1 i 244 Colonial Settlenients on the Jludson River. Letter from Director Stuyvksant to (Vioe-Diheotob La Montaonb at Fort Okanoe) ; A surveyor ooks to subvey and lay out lots on the Great Mo- hawk Flat (Schenlctady) ; a pledok to bb signed by settlers, before they can obtain lots. Ilonomblo, Dear, Faithful Sir. Tonr Honor's favor without date lias been duly received by us and we have seen from it, how far the proceedings against the fugitive delinquent Andrlca Ilerbertaen have progressed. Your Honor will please to send over by first chance the officer's complaint and the proofs and documents relating to it, tiiat we may make use of it and decide upon according to the circum- stances of the case, as it sliall be found necessary. Your Honor will learn from the enclosed extract, who lias been selected and confirmed by us as Commissaries there for tiie ensuing year in place of the outgoing officers. Your Honor is hereby autiiorized to discliarge tlie outgoing Commissaries with proper acknowledgments for their jja^t services and to instal the now ones after they have taken the oatii and to inform the citizens thereof. Tlio enclosed ordinances must be publislied by your Honor immediately after receiving them aii.l affixed at the usual place, so that noliody may have reason to plead ignorance in this regard. Ui)on the request of some friends there the swoni surveyor Jacques Corteljmi comes up now, to survey and lay out the well known Grwit Flat, but as we liavo been informed from another -ide[ that a few new beginners have taken the liberty to sell strong liquor to the s,.va-c3 there, contrary to our express order of the 0'" of .\pril l(!(i2, wliich wc; again send herewithfor your Honor's information and observation, we have directed the said Corteljou, not to survey any land for any oIU^ unless lie signs previously in presence of the Commissary and two deputies tiie enclosed pledge; the pledge signed and a report thereof made by ;> our Honor to the surveyor, the same shall survey anil lay out the land. 0"' May 10(53. "We, the undersigned proprietors of land on the Flat, called promise he-^ with that we shall have no dealings with the savages, whatever name they may have, on the said Flat or thereabouts nor will we permit t!iom under any pretext soever, neither directly nor indi- rectly, under i>enalty, that, if we or one of us should lieri.after happen to forget this our promise, we shall pay as fine without any resistance whatever the first time fifty beavers, the second time one hundred and the third time forfeit the land allotted to and obtained by us on i' ■. aforesaid Flat. This we attest by our signatures at Fort Orange the Anno 03. Extract from a lettkr ok Vkk-Dirkctor La AfoNTAONM-: to DiRE<-roB Stuvve- sant; the sktilers on the Great Flat (Schenkctadv) refuse to sion the Aiiovu i'LED(iE. 19"' May 16(53. As to the proprietors of land on the Great Flat, wo sent upon receipt of the aforesaid letter an express messenger thither, to warn them of the surveyor's arrival and that they must come to Tori Oramj,; pursuant t<. your Hm.'"' Worship's onlcr, to sign the pledge. They refused this and sent a w.'ittcn answer, which wo send herewith and tn wliiili we refer. New Yoi'k Historical Mecords. 245 Letter from the Maoistrateh at Wiltwyck to Director Stuyvesant ; massacre at the esopus ; the village destroyed. Noble, Honorable, Very Worshipful, Wise, Prudent and Very Discreet Gentlemen. Your Hon''''' Worships' favor of the SO"" of May last haa been duly received by us on the 4"' of Juno and we have according to your Hon'''" Worships' order contained therein, informed the Sachems of your Hon''" Worsb'os' opinion on the 5"". On the 7"" foUowins,' an unexpecited, sud- den attack was made by them and pitiful, lamentable murders and arson has been committed by them agaiiist us. They took a good time to strike, for the village was almost bared of men, who were pursuing their necessary occupations in the fields. They have burned 12 dwelling-houses 'u\ our village, murdered 18 persons, men, women and children and carried away as prisonere 10 per- sons more. The new village has been burned to the gro\md and its inhabitants are mostly taken prisoners or killed, only a few of them have come siifely to this place, so that we find about 65 persons to be missing in general, either killed or captured, besides these 9 pereons in our village are severely wounded. We are comiielled to inform your Hon"'" Worships hereof, your Hon'"'" Worehips may judge in Mhat misery and need we are. We doubt not, your Honors' utmost pity shall bo extended to us and wo will speedily be succored by soldiers, with ammunition and cloth- ing, for the inhabitants have been mostly robbed of it and are almost naked in consequence of the fire and the robberies. Relying liereupon we will in the meantime do our duty for the preserva- tion of oureelves. We commend your Honors to God's protection and remain Your Honorable Worships' obedient and faithfid servants Actum in Wiltwyck, Tjerck Classen de Wrrr. this lO"" of June 11)03. Thomas Chambkrs Gysbert van Imbrogh. RoELOFF SwaRTWOUT your Honors' faithful Schout. List of the soldiers and SErrLERS, killed, wounded or taken prisoners by the Indians at Wiltwyck on the 7"' of June 1663. Men. Barent Gerretsen murderet in front of his house. Jan Alberts (t in his house. Lii'Kten Dirrick CI on tlie farm. Willem Jan sen Seba « before his door. Wiliem Jansen Ilap (t in I'ietei' van IlaeVs house Jan the Smith « in his house. Ilemlrick Jansen Ijwraan It on the fann. Thomas Chambers^ negr > II on the farm. Hey OlferU II in the gunner's bouse. Soldiers. Ileudrick Martcnsen on the farm. Domimt'ux in Jan Alhertt^ house. Christiaen Andriesmi on the street. K 1 I" i I"* ■1 I h !f 246 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson Miver. WoMKN. Lichten mrrecFx wife burnt, with her lost fruit, behind Barent Gerritaen'a house. jVatfi/H Cajnio'8 wife killed and burnt in the house. Jan Albertten's wife, big with child, killed in front of her house. I'ieter van IlaeVa wife shot and burnt in her house. CniLDBElf. Jan Alberts' little girl murdered with her mother. Willem /lap's child burnt alive in the house. Taken Prisoners. Master Gysberfa wife. J/cster Douwes. Sara the daughter of Hester Douwes. Grietje, Dommelaer's wife. Femmetje, sister of IfUletJe, being recently married to Joost Ariacna. Children. Tjerck Claessen de Wit(s oldest daughter. Dommelaer's child. Ariaen Gcrritsen's daughter. Two little boys of Mattys lioeloffsen. Killed in the New Villasre : Men. Marten Harmensen found dead and stript naked behind the wagon. Jacques Tyssen beside Barenfs house. Derrick Ariaensen shot on his horse. Taken prisoners : Mem. Jan Gerntsen on Vdcherfs bouwery. Of Louwis du hois Of Mattheu hlanchan ... . Of Antoni Cnipel Of Lambert Ilnyhertsen . . Of Marten Uarmensen . . Of Jan Joosten Of Barent Uarmensen. . . Of Grietje Wesiercamj? . . Of Jan Barents Of Michiel Ferre Of Hniderick Jot-hema . . . Of Henderifh Martenaen. Of All>ert Heymana Women. 1 Children. 3 3 1 3 4 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 2 Women 8 Ch'n 2e 15 ( 'i-VKKi Ifew York Jliatorical Jiecords, 247 Of Michiel Ferre Of WUIiiii llap 1 Of Matty* liodoffnen 1 Of AUtert Gerretucn 1 Of Zivhien DiiTick 1 IIoii8«38 burnt in Wdtwyck. 1 Of I/atm Caroluaen 1 Of I'ieter van Ihiel 1 Of Jacob Bwrhana 2 Of Barent Gerretsen 2 Of Mattya 1 IIOUBCH 12 The new village is entirely deBtroyed except a now nncovoreU bam, one rick and a little stack of reed. Wounded in WUtwyok shot in the woodH. " in hia iiouse. in front of liis houso. in front of his house. in front of his house, in the house of Ai^rt Pietersen Tark. Jlenderick the Director-Genonil's servant in the street in front of Aert Jacobsen. J^aulus the Noorinan in the street. Thomas Chambers Jlenderiok Joclwrrmen Michiel Ferre Albert Gerretsen Andries Barents Jan (lu parck (I Petition of Oiiristopiiek T)Avn>fl for pkbmission to re-enter on land on tiie Eso- I'CS, FROM WHICH HE HAD MEEN DRIVEN BY THE INDIANS. Monday, tiio 11'" of Juno 1663. Present in Council his Honor, the Director- General Petrus Stnyveaant and the Honorable Councillors Nica»iu8 de SHU and Johan de Deckere. To the Noble, Very Worshi))ful, the lion orable Director-Cieneral and Council of New-Netkerland. Shows with great reverence Chrislofel David-i, that the Connuissary and Vice-Director Jo- hatuu's DychiHin granted to petitioner in the year lfi.')3 a parcel of land measuring about live or 8i.x inorgens, situate on the £iioj>u6 and that this grant was approved by your lion''" Worships, as may be seen by the records. This parcel of land has been inhabited and cultivated until the time, when the savages began their war against the Christians; then petitioner's dwelling on the said land was burned by the s.'»vages and he was compelled to fly with wife and children, to save their lives, and to abandon everytliing: since that time he has very poorly subsisted himself and family on a sterile, scantj' place in a barkhousc and whereas petitioner cannot support and pro- vide tor his family there, he addresses himself to your Hon"" Worshijuj with the humble request, that your Hon'*" Worships will out of commisenition allow and grant to jietitioner to take again possession of the aforesaid piece of land, to inhabit, cultivate and plant it and that a title-deed for tlie same may be issued to petitioner in communi foruM ., doing which he remains etc Your lion"'" Worships' humble servant In my husband's name Maria Meertkns. 248 Colonial Settlements an t/ie JIudmn Hivei: Tho foregoing i)etition Imving been road ami tlio quoBtion juit, it vis onlcrud, Tliat potitioiior inw to govern himself according to tho judgment pronounced airainst him on the 9'" Juno 1059. Date as above. I' < 1 ClKCULAKS TO THE TOWNS AROUND NkW-Am8TEK1)AM, NcmfYINO TIIKM OK TMK EsoiM'S MAS8A0KE. Worthy good friends. We have just been informed by a letter from tho I'Jsopiis, that tho savages have suddenly attacked our people there, burnt some houses and killed and captured a number (.f people. You are thei-eforo hereby rcpiested and directed to be on your guard and to keep good watch, not doubting which I remain Fort Am,terdam in .V. I,'. y,„„ f^j^..^ the 12'" of June 1663. c. v. Ruvvkn. A letter of the foregoing contents has been sent to all tho neighboring villages. Worthy, good friends. This is to inform yon, that according to trustworthy reports tho neighboring savages have had no part in tho Enajms affair, but they desire to continue in peace with us, upon which we thor- oughly rely, because they have been already scared by the Sinnekm, who long ago have threat- ened to make war upon them and therefore they will not draw two enounes upon themselves at the same time. Hence we cannot believe, that they will /.lolcst us, but in the meantime we will nevertheless recommend you to be on your guai-d and keep gowl watch. If you do this, you neetl not fear, with God's assistance, any danger from their side. For greater safety we send lu;a'with two soldiers and commending you to God's protection wo remain witli greetings Actum Fort Amsterdam Y^ur good friends in New-Netherland, tho n,^^^^^^ ^^ ^ 1^" J""« 1««3- C. V. RUVVEN. Tho foregoing letter was sent to the people on Statcn-hland. Instruction for the Magistrates and military oFFicERb at Wiltwvck. Provisional orders, by which the Commissaries, the officers of the trainband and tiie Com- mander of the military have to govern themselves. First they shall keep on a good footing with each other and live in harmony and take no steps, except sanctioned by tho majority and if time allows it, recorded in the book. 2. Wliatever they decide upon by a majority of votes, the community shall be held to carry out promptly, recusant parties shall be arrested immediately and either be punished or w^nt off by next chance. 3. They shell immediately with the assistance of the comnmnity and the Company's officers repair the palisades around this stronghold and close all gates, except the two sally-ports and the cattle-drift. _ New York HiHtorical Jiccords. >4i) 4. Thoy must not go fur off into tlio womlo in Btiiitll ])urtii!g, but take good euro, tlmt of tlio few jwoplo left no more iiro Icillwl or tiikon ]iri8otior8. 6. Whenever they decide, to Hund out a piirty either to look for and wive tlieir euttie or to con- vey Boniothin^ to the strand, it is left to their own discretion [how to do it], but a few men on horseback nniHt ahvayn kcc|> near tliem, ko that they may capture some wivaf^cH, but until further orders and succor are received, in no case must tlu-y leave the high wootls or the ojhju field and go into Boino midonvowl, narrow passages or defiles, even though they might see or hear there Boiuo savages, that they may not bo deceived and taken in by an ambush or treacthery of the savages. C. In order to induce the freeuuMi as well as the servantn of the Company to do their thity, they are hereby promised, that as soon as delivered from this trouble, they shall receive a fair com[)cn- sation, to be decided by impartial men, for the horses, which might be killed in the military service or in an attack; all free pco[ile, who may have been wounded or maimed in an aggresHive attack or in the defense of this place shall bo cured at the public expense and in case of mutilation receive such relief, as if they were Company's servants. 7. Vntil further orders the following persons are hereby appointed to deliberate and decide n])on what has been stated above anil what else may be necessary, namely the ("ominandur of the mili- tary company, VhriHtiaoi Nii'sxen, Tlumuis VhamhevSy one of the Commissaries and Captain of the trainband, further the Schout and the three Commissaries together with the Lieutenant of the trainband lli'iulrick Jochemnen. Whatever these may decide upon and project and carry out for the welfare of the eommnnity shall bo considered by us, that it was well and maturely wcigliod and considered and resolved upon and carried out either unanimously or by majority of voices. The iidiabicants are hereby commanded and directed to obey them and execute their ordera. Thus done in haste at the village of Wlltwyck the 14"" of June 1603. P. Stuyvksant. \i the rcmo orilun* Huiuhlu to tho tiino and i-ircmnBtaiicoH and Booing tliat I louid do notiiing fw tho HiTvii-o or advantugu of tlio uoniniiinity t.r of tho plut'o, I ro«olvud with louiu of our friond« tlieiu to come and viidt your Honors, to 8ee whether tho forty-five captured women and children cannot ho ransomed with tho aMHi^Unco of either tho M<>ut an hour oran hour and a half aflcr mo, and was still miKsing much to our fojir, as he had only a Hmall crew, who might have run away. This not only made me resolvo, but in furt eompolled mo to give up my intention of visiting your Honors, to make some ftrrangoment« there, and delibenite tho lK«t means with our iViondr.; in going down tiio river .... Long roach upon CAw* Bon/uitj/i .... tho fourth tide liaving now run down this incieasoil my caro.s and anxieties regarding a suqirise, whereto in the meantime came my very uneasy thoughts that the first three yachts having missed mo and Ijringing tlio pitiful tidings to tho ManhataitM, would throw everything into dismay there and causo much anxiety and care for tho yacht, its cargo and tho sn-.all crew, which I had with mo i.nd whereas tho necessary relief for tho afflicted people on tho K^opm must have boon on its way from the Manhatim and as according to tho report of your Honor's messenger, many volunteers, who to tlio nmidwr of 50 or fiO had (.fFered themselves were by your Honors' measures prevent. 1 and held back from assisting their friends at the J'^u>jhih, therefore I was tho more obliged to change my first plan and to go with aaeii Tymen'a yacht and some of tho men, sent by y<' r Honors, to tho Man- hatana, to make tiiero airaiigements as well for relief as for protection. Thia letter is oidy to inform your Honoi-s hereof and to recommend further very earnestly, that your Honors will do everything possible to induce Ww Maqunit and -SVmvtM to help ua get the poor women and children out of tho hands of the barburians. For this purpose wo send your Honors tho articles of tho jieaco made with tho Enopiw savages, which they have broken so munierously and villain- ously. Your Honors must further have as good a care of tho safety of those i)lac'e8 aiul tho surrounding bouwories as possible and as wo are informed, that Fort Orange is Ured of soldiers and destitute of proper means of defen.se anil hard to repair, wo would consider it advisjible, that the Company's stonebuildirig only be fortifietl anpu* and taken the other three to ]>nitiH't VlaeM TyMtmn^t yM-\ii, your lloiiora are herehy uiithorizud to eiilint othura for tliu main- tuiiaitcu of jiiitlcv and th« Mtfetjr uf the i)la(:u, if tliey eait Im enguged at a fair niontiily |My. To the Iloiiorablu Muntbcm of tho Cuurtit lor tlio village of lieaverwi/ck and Cohmy Jiefuieluer»u>i/fk. LffTTKR FKOM THK MaoIHTRATKS AT Wtl.TWYCK TO DlRF.CTOR StUYVESANT ; KKPOKT <>N TIIK PKOOREBH or ArFAIKX. Nol)io, Honorable, Very Worwiiipfiil, Wise, Prudent and Very Diwroet Gentlemen, flon- oralile Direetor-Cieuerul imd Coun(!il of New-Nethi;rlaiul, Your J Ion*"'* Worships' favor of the IS"" of Juno has l)ccn received by the undersigned to- day iins' order f lie desired three ( opies, inforitiing your Hon"" Worships further, that w»( have lost to-day Michel Firre, one of the wounded, and yesterday a soldier has been wounded near tho redoubt, wh'!." fet''hing water; otherwise we are still in tiie wmie situation, except that the savages rove all around the fort and show themselves (H'casionally. We rcipiest humbly and earnestly, that your Hon'"'" Worships will remember, to send saddles and bridles, pistols niul saddle bags, because they can bo of great service to tis. We thank your Hon"'" Wt)rships for the present assistance and trust that your Hon'"'" Worships will continue in their help by further succor, that we may above all harvest our grain with safety, if the Lord God will let tho same prosjuT on our fields and take care of it and that wo may carry on farming in greatiT jw^aco after the jmrsuit and defeat of the savages, which, we trust in (Jod, will be doue. In the meuntime we shall do our best, as the opportunity for it may offer remaining Your Honorable Worships' Actum at Wiltwycl; humble and very obedient servants, the K!"' of June Jt!ti3. The mark ^A, of Alubbt Gtsbertsen. T.iERt'K Classen de Wrrr Thomas Chambers Present Jioeloff Swarhoaut, Gvsuert van Imbrouoh CHRISTfAIf N1K88EN HkNDRIVK JoOHEMaEN. Resolution to makf war om the Esorrs iNniANs anii to employ the Mohawks UJ THE RECOVERY OF THE CAPTIVE WOMEN AND CHU-DREN. The Director-General and Conncil of Neno-Netherland repeatedly and serionsly coriJo found necessary and recpiired ; to request in the meantime tho Maqmuii to rclc.se and ransom ou:- u-ihappy captives, if b - offcrin-r to them a sui.able present they might get the said prisoners out of the hands of the /%.«.y savagcvand to advise the luisban.ls, parents and relations of the abovementioned women and children.^hat each of them do his best to ransom hi-^ j.eople withont knowled-je of the Director-General and Council and all will be assisted secretly with some merchandises. Actum FoH Amderdam in A'ew- jyetherland_ the 17'" of June 16t53. Appointment or Commissionkus to koktifv Commitnipaw. Monday, the IS"' of June 10(53. Present in Cv.nncil tlu'ir ir,.nors Director-General I\truxSl,nji^,mnf an.l Councillor Nknintis ae SiU*'. They listened to t;.c verbal rcpu'st of II,irm,n Smeemnn, NUholan liavlier and Fytjv lla,'. vum, Widou of MU'hld Jaim'H, to enclose in consideration of thes... .langerons times their settle- ment at UcmonuiHi with long pMii«ides for the safety of th.-ir houses ami I,arns and tliat for thie purpose one a.s well as the other should be compelled to contribuU) pro rata. The Director-(Jen- eral an.l Council prais. and apj.rove the request and appoint her. with as c..minissi..ne.-s to hasten this necessary w.)rk Gerrtt Oerrilmi, Harm.n Sw.yman an.! Dirr/i- ('/,„, rAciiUE8 Cornelis. After having rcci'ived and read the foregoing ])etition, the following decision was made: As sfniie ot' tlie ])ctitioners pretend not to have anything else in view, than agricultural pur- suits, they are allowed, to cnltiviUe the said Flat. \fc would not have given permission other- wi.se on account of the perils, which are likely to arise there, if tnide with the barbarians were allowed and tolerated at such a distant place and whereas we have already been authoritatively informed, that some people have dare.! and are daily taking the liberty to trade there with the 254 Colonicd Settlements on the HuJsfm River. savages, therefore the Director-General and Council adhere to their order, made at the request of the petitioners on the e"" of April 1662, for they do not intend, to eatabiisli one place, to ruin tliereby another or even the whole country, and Director-Genbral and Council refer therefore to the ordinances made regarding this matter. Thus done in Fort Amsterdam in New-Netherland- the 18'" of June A° 1663. '^■8 :,1U' Letter from Director SruYVESAin' to Vice-Director Lamontaone at Fort Orange; means adopted for the release of the captured people. Honorable, Dear, Faithful Sir. Your Honor wm informed by my last hasty and therefore badly written letter of tlie terrible condition of our people at the Esopus, especially of the women and children in captivity, whose release and ransoming out of the wild barbarians' liands we not only pray and demand of our good Lord, but would also like to see accomplished and promoted by all condudve means. We have deemed it necessary for that purjwse, not only to recommend it most earnestly to your Honors by the foregoing letter, but also to depute for ite better promotion from our Counf.'il the Hon"'" Johan iish the matter and accomplish further, what we liave recom- mended to his Honor per memorandum, given huu in writing. We iiave no doubt, that your Honors will allow him to make u«o of your Honors' aid and advice, relying upon which we com- mend your Honors to God's gracious protection and remain with cordial salutations Honorable, Dear, i'aithful Friends 19"- June 1663. y^ur affectionate Friend. To both the Courts of the village of Beverwych and Colony of liemdaerswyck. Postscript. I mentioned in my last, leaving it to yonr Honors' discretion, the repairing of Fort Ormige or its destruction, to enclose the Company's stonehoiise as a place of retreat witli less expense and for the greater security. I still leave it to your Honors, but we desino to recommend «nd direct our deputy to send n* by first opportunity 3 or 4 of the liglitest eannons, to xue them at disUnt outlying places here, where they are much needed. Date M above. Your Honors' affectionate friend. Honorable Gentlemen. These few lines are simply to say, what was forgotten in tiio preceding letter, nam.3ly, that yachts, coming down from above, must touch at the Kiojim, to g«t news from there, under a penalty of 50 guilders. Done at FoH Aimterdam in 2/su}-Netherlaiul, the ID'" of Juno 1663. To the . . . &X, F -t Oranye. New Ywk Historical lieooi-iU. 255 Instructions fob Councillor Johan de Deckke, sent to Fort Orange on public bosinkss. Memorandum foi his Ilonor, Johan de Bechere, Couiicillor of NeityNetluirland, commissioned by the Director-General and Council to make a journey to Fort Orange. "With the advice and knowledge of the Commissary La Mmtagne and the deputies of the two Courts he is to try in pursuance of oar former letters, whi3tl»er the release of the captured Christians can l)e broiight alwut through the Maquaes, but if possible without making engage- ments for a new peace with the treacherous Eaopm savages or promising to give the least presents on behalf of the Director-General and Council, except to the J/aryt/ae* or Smnekm after deliver- ance of tiie prisoners. 2. To inquire of both Courts what number either of volunteers or perhaps for continued service miglit be obtained in tlie village of Beverwyck or the Colony of Renselaer&wyck, if the oppor- tunity should come, to make an expedition against the Empus savages. If he can get a dozen resolute men for tliat purpose, his Honor is authorized and qualified hereby to engage them at the usual pay of 8 or 10 guilders per month at the usual rate of Ifi pieces of wampum for a stiver, to provide them with tl»e necessary weapons and send or bring them to the Esopus. 4. If the release of the prisoners, either of all of them or the greater part, cannot be effected bv either the Maquacs nor Senecas, lie sliall with the aforesaid advice try to induce the Mdquaes or Senecas to capture some of the Esopm savages and surrender them to us, tiiat we may recover our prisoners, or at least a few of them by these means, oa condition that they receive for each prisoner such a present, as his Honor shall agree upon in presence and through the mediation of the aforesaid deputies from the Courts. 5. To get as much information as possible, cither through the Maquaeg or througii tlie Senems, of the situation and condition of the prisonei-s as of the strength of the Fnopita savages, the loca- tion of their forts etc*. 6. To consider with the aforesaid Courts or the deputies therefrom, as his Ilonor sliall deem ad- visable, whether 10 or 12 faithful Maqitaes ■voiild be willing to enter the service of the Di,-ectur- (u'lieral and Council for 2 or 3 months and make an expedition with our men against the Knopus savages, to get some prisoners by these means. 7. To report and give information as quickly and exact as |X)68ible upon every occasion as well of his doings, as of the state of atfairs at the E»opn« luid what our people there may reijiiire. 8. Khialiy to request the Courts, or with help of tlie deputies of the same, some merchant to ad- Ili r „ I .0$ 256 Colonial Settlemmta on the Hudson liiver. vanee a sum of three or four thousand guilders, half in goods, half in wampum, either in form of a loan or perlun)s at a fair rate of interest, if it cannot be returned within a year, for which the Director-Gei:era] and Council offer to give as security not only the Company's pre erty, but also their own private ones. Actum Fort Amsterdam in New-Netherland, the 19'" of June A° 1663. Rkpobt of thk Magistrates at Wiltwyck on the massacre coMMrmcD iiv tue Indians. Noble, Honorable, Worshipful, Wise, Prudent and very Discreet. We, your Honors' faithful subjects have to report, pursuant to the order of the R' Hon"'" Director-General, in the form of a Journal, that in obedience to his Honor's order, received on the 30'" of May last, wo caused the Indian Sachems to be notifi-jd on the 5'" of June, to be prepared to expect the arrival of the R' Hon"'" Director-General, to receive the promised presents, and to renew the peace. This notification was communicated to them through Ciipt. Thomas Chamhers, to which they answered — "If peace were to be renewed with them, the Hon"'" Director-General should, with some unarmed persons, sit with them in the ojien field, without the gate, as it was their owu custom to meet unarmed when renewing peace or in other negotiations." But, unmindful of the preceding statement, they surprised and attacked us between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock in tho forenoon on Thursday the 7'" instant; entering in bands through all the gates, they divided and scattered themselves among all the houses and dwellings in a friendly manner, having with tuem a little maize and some few beans to sell to our inhabit- ants, by which means they kept them within their houses, and thus went from place to place as spies to discover our strength in men. And after they had been about a short quarter of an hour within this ]>lace, some people on horsel)ack rushed through the Mill gate from tho New Villa>'e, crying out — " The Indians have destroyed the New Village !" And with these words, the Indi- ans here in this Village immediately fired a shot and made a general attack on our village from ' the rear, murdering our people in their houses with their axes and tomanawks and firing on them with guns and pistols ; they seized whatever women and children they could catch and carried them prisoners outside the gates, plundered the houses and set the village on fire to windward, it blowing at the time from the South. The remaining Indians commanded all the streets, firing from the corner houses which they occupied and througii the curtains outside along the highways, 80 that some of our iidiabitants, on their way to their houses to get their arms, were wounded and slain. When the fiames were at their height the wind changed to the west, were it not for which the fire would have been much more destructive. So rapidly and silently did Murder do his work that those in different parts of the village wto not aware of it until those who had been wounded hai>penal to meet each other, in which way tho nu)8t of the others also had warning. The greater portion of our men were abroad at their field labors, and but few in the village. Near the mill gate were AlhcH Gij.shertsen with two servants, and Tjurrk Clm-si'/i dc Wit ; at the SherilFs he him- self with two carpenters, two clerks and one thresher; at ConieUus Barentsen Slcghfs, himself and his son ; at the Domine's, himself and two carpenters and one labouring man ; at the guard house, a few soldiers; at the gate towards the river, lleiulirick Jochem«cn and Jacob, tho Brewer; but Jlenderick Juchiinsmi was very severely wounded in his house by two shots at an early hour. By these aforesaid men, most of whom lia alarm being given by tlw Sberiil". ('apt. Thomas Chambers, who was wounded on coming in from without, issuc.l innnediate orders (with the Sheriff ' '^i^-' Neiv York Historical Jiecords. 257 iio were and CommiBsaries,) to secure the gates ; to clear the gun and to drive out the savages, wl._ Btill about half an hour in the village aiming at their persons, which was accordingly done." The burning of the Iioukcs, tlie murder and carrying off of women and children is here omitted, as these have been already comnmnicuted to your Honors on the 10"> June. After these few men had been collected against the barbarians, by degrees the others arrived who, it has been stated were abroad at their field labors, and we found oureelves when mustered in the evening, including those from the new village who took refuge amongst us, in number 09 cfhcient men, both qualified and nnqualified. The burnt palisades were immediately replaced by new ones, and the people distrib- uted, during the night, along the bastions and curtains to keep watch. On the 10'" inst., 10 liorsemen wore connnanded to ride down to the Redoubt and to examine its condition. They returned with word that tlie soldiera at the Redoubt had not seen any Indi- ans. They brought also with them the Sergeant, who had gone the preceding morning to the Redoubt and as he heard on his return of the mischief committed by the Indians in tlie^-illao-e, he went back to the Redoubt and staid there. In addition to the Sergeant they brought the men', who had fled from the new village. On the 16'\ towards evening, Sergeant Chridiacii Xleasen went with a troop of soldiers, sent us by your Honors, being 43 men, and throe wagons, to tlie Redoubt, witli letters for the Man- hatans, addressed to your Honors, and to bring up ammunition from tlie Redoubt. On their return, the Indians nuide an attempt at the first hill to take the ammunition from these troops. The Sergeant liaving divided his men into separate bodies, evinced great courage against the Indi- ans, skirmishing witli tliem from tlie first to past the second hill and defending the wagons so well that they arrived in .safety in the village. He had, however, one killed and six woMUided. Tlie dead man was brought in next morning, having been stripped naked, and having had his right hand cut off by the Indians. Some of the In.liaus were also killed, but the number of these is not known. This skirmishing having been heard in tlie village, a reinforcement of horse and foot was immediately ordered out, but before they arrived the Indians had been put to fli.^ht by the above named Sergeant. ° This, your Honor.s, is what we have deemed necessary to communicate to you in the form of a journal as to how and in what manner tlie Indians have acted towards us and wo towards them in the preceding circumstances. And we humbly and respectfully request your Honors to bo pleased to send us hither for tlie wounded by tlie earliest opportunity some p-unes .tad linen with some wine to stnMigtheii them, and wliatever else not obtainable here your Ilonuivs may think proper; also, carabines, cuthwses and gun flints and we recpiest that tiie carabines may be snap- liauuce, as tiie people here are bet little conversant with the use of tiie arquebuse (J-ijer roer) ■ al.-o some spurs for the liorsemen. In ;uldition t.- this also some reinforcements in men inasmuch as harvest will commence in about 14 days from date. Herewith ending we commend your Hon- ors to God's fatherly care and protection. Done, Wtlhoi/ol.- this 20"" June \tiiV3. RoKI.OFF SWAKTWOUT, the mark of y^ Albert Gvsbektskn, TiKUECK Classen deWiit, Thomas CnAMBKKS, GysriKur A'an Imhuiich, cukistiak.v nvssen, Henokick Jocuemsen. 83 m 1; « k - V'\ 958 Cohmial Settlements on tlie Iludmn River. Letter from the Maoistrates at Fort Ouanok to Director Stitvvesant ; li^ TLB PROSI'KCT OF THE RELEASE OF THE PRISONERS AMON(i THE KsoPUS. Honorable, Valiant Petrus StuyvcMnt, Director-General of New-Netherland. Your Honor's letter of the 15"' inst. lias been received by us on tlie 20"' ; we will say in an- swer, that we shall do our best for the release of the unhappy captives on the Enopus, but wo see little prospect for it at prcsirit, because it is rumored, that the Jlaijmu'n are hard pressed and sur- rounded by their enemies. Your Donor will please to inform us, who the volunteers arc said to have been, whom we have prevented from helping the liwptiii people, then we shall answer in detail, trusting in the meivntime, that yom- Honor will believe our principles to bo only friendly and brotherly according to our sincere and plain judgment. Pursuant to your Honor's order we send herewith a copy of your Honor's aforesaid letter. May God in the meantime give to your Honor and the Hon"'" Councillo-s permanent health and prosperous administration, witii which we remain Your Honor's obedient friends and servants Done at Fori Onniffe, 1,^, Montaonk the 23" of June A" lti63. j. y. Renselakr By order of tlie Courts of Jiavorivi/ck Village and the Colony of liensehiersioyck. Johannks Puovoost, Clerk. D. V. SciiKLLUYNE, Secretary of the (/'oloiiy of Rimsdnertnvyck. To his Honor, the Valiant and Xoble Director-General I'etrua Stuyoeaantd Neu)-Netherland. 1 ! Itvl Letter fimm Vkk-Dirkctok Lamontaune to the same; the defenceless oon- ditio.v of the fort Oranoe. Honorable, Valiant and V/orsliipful Sir. Whereas your Honor's lettpr to the tw.» Courts mentions the disabled and defenceless con- dition of Fort Orange, which is indeed a fact ; it ought to bo repaired and put in a proper condition in a short time. The Courts did not si. v anything of it in their letter, yet they have with me concluded to let the old houses and huts f'-and and merely to rejiair the angles at the least ex- pense and with the greatest speed, for it woulu hardly bo convenient to everybody to pull down their houses now and to remove; it would also be disadvantageous for the Hon'''" Companv, as the people would have to be bought otf, while my ham's, with whii-ii it would havo to be done, are closed to my great regret : hereto comes tlie people's scofting at the Hon"'" Company on account of the fort, which cannot be borne any longer. I have therefore umh'rtaken to make a beginning, as the posts and the outside covering are ready and tlu; hurghere offered to turn out daily 8 or 10 men, but plancks for the platforms and sills with rails for anchors, 8])ikes and especially two car- pentei-s are still needed. As I have all this not at liund, I hope Yom- Honor and the Council will come to my assistance and j)rovide the money, to pay for the aforesaid articles and feel assured, that I for my part shall keep good and faithful account and supervision of the whole. I commcrd '■J ; shiH V\ r.1 New York Historical Recorda. 259 herewith your Honor to tho protection of God, who may grant your Honor strength in this un- happy time and a j)ro.sj)e!'oU(» administrution, remaining ineiinwliilo Fort OramjA Jfour Honor's liiimhle and 23" Juno l(iC3. obedient servant La Montaonk. To tlio Honorable, Valiant and Worshipful Pctrns Stuyveaant, Director-General of ^ew- Netluirland. Lettkk fuom the althoritiks at AVii.rwTnK to Jan Tomassen and otdeks, INTEKKSTKI) IN THE " NKW VlLLAOE " ON THE E«OPU8 ; STATE OF AFFAIRS THESE. Honorable, Good I'Viends. Your letter of tho 2 part in the expedition to the Ewjnis, the Director- General promised them free plunder and all the savages, whom they could capture ; this was pro- claimed by a handbill. Proclamation oallino oirr volunteers fou the war aoainst the Esorrs Indians. Whereas the Director-General and Council of Xew-Netherland, after having suffered many massacres, affronts and unboarablo injuries, committed by the Esopns mivages* from time to time, * The English proclamation calls them " Warynnwoncks." .^^ li. HI' -< i * m ' ir ' Hn * 200 Colonial Setthmenta on the ffmhon River. nro a-mpelled for tlio iiiaititeiiiinco iiiid protwtion of tlieir good iiiliiihitants to begin nn ofTeiiBivo and defensive wiir ngiiinr,. tiie said Enopm savages, tliereforo ail iiiiiabitaiits of tiiis province, Dutch as well as English, are hereby informed, that all, who are willing and resolved to assist in tliis necessary and honorable affair and to take nj) arms against the said lini)2>m savages for a year or a year and a half or longer, nntil the same shall be destroyed with the help of God or all those, who will send one of their f'lrm laborers or servants, able to carry arms, in their places, shall have and enjoy above the usual sol(liei''s i)ay : 1. Free plundering and all the barbarians, who are captured. 2. Exemption from titlies for ti years and those, who are not yet Bubjeet to tithes, shall enjoy the same exemptions, when they become subject thereto, of which a document shall be issued' to them for their assurance. 3. If somebody should bo hurt or wounded, ho shall be properly treated l)y the surgeon with good remedies and such i)ersons, as may be uiainu^d or deprived of their health in the servico of the lion'''"' Company shall have the following indcmnitications : for the loss of the right arm " " " of the left arm " of a leg " of both logs " of an eyo " of l)oth eyes " of the right hand ' " of both hands " of the left hand If any of the citizens or inhabitants of this or other places within this govermnent arc inclined to go themselves or to send somebody in their ])laces, they shall further be exenijjted for the time of one year : From guardmountiiig, fircwatdi and chinnu'y-tax and besides that the owners of bouweries shall be exempted from titlies for 6 years; those, who liavc no bouweries now shall enjoy this exemption besides the 10 years commoidy allowed, whenever they shoidd go into the country and establish Ijouwerics, for which they shall receive a pro])er warrant. Thus done at Fort Amster- dam in New-Ndha-land, the 25'" of Juno A" 1663. u fl 800 500 450 800 300 000 600 1000 ±(\a Sir. Lettek from ConNnr.T.oR m-: I)i:(;ki;i: to DinEoroK Stiiyvksant; efforts fob thk. KKI.EA.E OK TUE I'KISON i:i;s AT TUE EsOl'US. I arrived at the Emims at break of day on Thursday the 21" inst and landed immediately. I ordered a ..oMier of the Redoubt to tire a shot with a blank cartridge as signal for the garrison of M'dtwyck, x\\iit lliey should come and convey me thither and after waiting about an hour and a half I let him fire another shut, but understanding in the meantime from the Corporal that smce Saturday he had received no information nor Mdings and had seen not a single man; after havmg waited about half an hour atler the second shot, while the wind was very t;ivoral)le and I did not like to delay the yachts and retard my own voyage, I came to the resolution to inarch on with five men to WUtwyck, I myself carrying a musket. Arriving there, the people were astoii- New York Iliatovical Recordn. 261 ishcd, when tliey waw mo witli sudi a siiiall force and wlion I lind learned, what had happened and'iii liow grcNit a diin^'cr I and my ('(iiiipaiiioim had been, then I miw no reason to be n8toni8heprehended confusion. Finally they resolved to send Jtwques the Mentis saviige, to the MaquuH country to fetch some of the Sachems and as ho was not at liouu; and could iu)tbe found, they got the savage, called .S';rt/V//.'.y ,/«;/., who pre- sented hiniself and olfe'-cd his services, saying, that he felt himself driven to it i>y his conscience, to go with a Dutcliman, 2 or 3 savages and a Mahikandir to tho Eaopm^ to ask for the prisoners first on the ground of conscieiu'e ; if that did not avail anything, then with threats and after that to wring the prisoners from I hem by war. The Dutchman, who went with him \^ Jan Dirck, who offered himself voluntarily for the expedition ; the directions, given to him, will bo seen by yom- Honor in tlus eiu'losurcs ; we wish and pray to (nid for a good success. Sonu> (!(it«kil savages came here to-day in the name of tho Esopus savages with the intima- tion, that tho Dutch at this place should keep quiet, else all the houses on this side of the Sayerskll would be liurnod. I siMid herewith a list of medicaments, re(piired by tho soldiers' surgeon at tho Esopua for th(! prisoners, I mean the wounded. The quartermaster-sergeant re(piests some smith's utensils and the Comnumdant some cara- bines, short bandelierw, pistols and holsters, all of which 1 wish to recommend to your Honor's attention. On account of the good wind the yachts' peojile and others are so j)rcssing, that T can find no time to cojiy this nor to retine it nor to add some more details. I shall therefore close and renuiin. Sir, Beverwyck, Your Honor's affectionate servant the i,'*)"" Juno KifiS. J. DK Deokeke. Pkoi'osai.s ooMMtJNicATKo TO THE Saohems OF Hackensack and Staten-Island with THEIK eace. 2d. It is necessary, in order to uj)hold and keep the peace between them and us, that they should have no intercourse whatever with the Esupm savages, that they allow none of their people J' 262 Colonial Setthmenta on the Ihidson River. to go anioiif,' thorn nor Empus siivagoa to coiiio liore, for oiio or tlio other would ho causo for a -Aar botweuii tlieiii and us. Thoy answer and iironiisc, tlmt thoy will not nu'ddlo witli tliu wiir, thoy promise also, that they will not allow any hm^xin wiva^'i- to hide among tliem and if any of their people should run to the lisopun, that they will not reeeive him again among them. 3d. Whereas wo are now at war with the Ksopns savages and we and our people, living in the villageH, ean hardly tell, which are Kxopim and which other savages, especially if they come armed, therefore we inform them herewith, that wo have given orders in all our villages, not to trust any armed savage nor to allow any armed savage to come into their places, that they nuiy not besuddeidy attacked anj)'.:ii ; lu; had not a single spark in his heart, that was bad and tints they left the Council chamber. Actum at Furt Am^iknlam in yewjVdhcrland on the day as above. New York llintaiical litandn. 2(53 NoTIOK, THAT TUB Euona InIiIAN« AKK i>N A WAR-KXI'KDITION ANI) WAKNINO AM, I'KO- I'l.K Tl) WV: ON IllKIK Ut AKU. 27'" Juno Dear, OikmI Friends. Tliesc few lines are to inform you, tliat wo Imvo jnxt liccn told hy the savages, onr friends, that about 20 to 25 hmjtii.t siivagOH have left their fort '.\ or 4 days n^o, with the iiitentiourt, as the aavages miy, to come down licre and get prisoners or kill some Dutchmen. You are therefore warned to bo cautious in gass by, in which the fort could have been j)ut into as good a state of defense, as it has ever been during my time, at least against the attack of some savages and I could have dono it in 8 days. On the 2ti"', when both the Courts were together to consider with :^^r. Dn'hr uj.on suitable means for the release of the prisoners at the J-.'udjmi.i an«;r'/!vr had told me not to give a pass, before l.t \uv spoken with me; in the meantime he has given them passes with- New York Ifislorival Jiecwda. 205 out my knowiiij» of tlicir (Icpiirtiiro. I ,|ii not, know, wliotlior thoy nro to touch at tlic Enopun or not; llicy left licliiml iiImo tliis iii\ Icttur, written in ^'iviit Iiiwto. Clohing liurowitli I comniotid your lion''" Worsliip to tlio protoction of tlio Almiglity iiiicj roniuin nieiinwliiio Your Honor's liuinblu and Fnrt Oi'iinijf, obeilii'ut Korviint tlio 2V>"' Juno 1003. La Montacink. Tlio MaqiKUM luivo juHt now cut olT two fini,'or« of im /Csi>j>iim Biivftgo and koc[) hint liori! at tlio houM) of Jiin Mditijehen in tho Colony: it U a Hign of ijaii fi-uiing .igainnt thuin. To thu Ilonoraljhi, Valiant anj>i/n savages on the liM"' iiirtt., to learn and nee, whether he could not get Molls' £a Jloiitatjiu'.i daiigiiter and some other prisoners out of tlio hands of tho barbarians. IIo took his way directly through the country and strayed from tlu; right rond ut a Kil about 4 leagues from Wiltwyek inland, when the friends hearing of his intenlioii advised ngainst his proeeeding further for peace, lus they say, that tho iiiscals may keep him also; he is consequently rotiirned hero yesterday, without accomplishing anything and without liavlng met a savage on tho road. We are in the meantime waiting hero and hoping for a good result of the e\[>edition of Jan Ihirit and the savages with him and there- foro the Messieurs judge it most advisable and best, to delay my sojourn hero until his return, to which I am obliged to consent, as I have hardly carried out one half of the designs of my com- mission. I find Uw. calumnious and injurious reports, which your Honor knows well as having heard them and l>y reports, that I had pei-snadecl your Honor not to make tiie voyage to the /'.'yojin.i and on tlie other side, that I was tiie cause of the discharge of the soldiers, are carried hither and thither; some people accept tlieni as true, although not in their exorbitant extent, othei-s not; liieaiiwliilc it looks suspicious to me, us I have been shown by a friend iierea letter from a certain friend there, saying among others, that I was much blamed and Bcolded at tlie Mdnhittans and running imich danger, in case more misfortunes should happen to spring up. Whereas I have had as little to do with the delay of your Honor's journey to the Etfij^m, as my child in flollnnil and with the discharge of the soldiers as much as your Honor and others of the Council and whereas nevertl'.eless the contrary is belioved by the majority and the most ignorant and therefore worst canaille, whereby the person of .7;>/(«. fA' A'c/v/v is placed and exposed as in coUuvioiw rcrton wntuinelit, therefore circumstances compel mo to believe, that the source of these infamous reports ^'S\ ifu r \i' I' 260 Colonial Settlements on the J/udfton River. is to be found in tlio midst of our IJo.ud, Un- how .ould pcoplo tliiidi ;uid sju^dc (li(> wimo, as lins been tliouglit aiul spc^-ii of ilicu'^ unless one or tlui otlior nifinbcr of the IJoiird had divultjed it and done it witii palpahlc; liouorability, to make out Iduisi-lf pure and wiiito and inefoid and l.laek. Truly it is the act of dull and cowardly sotds, wliidi strive more for vain and imstable glory ind the applause of tliu poj)ulaee, than for the solid consolation of a good couseienoe heforo God and themselves. Therefore I reipu'st your Honor once nu.rc, to inform all the world in one way or the other, as I have asked by word of iiiouili and in writing, that f had nothing to do with' the first and witli theucoud not more, thrm you yourself and others about there. Your II.uu)r will .show tliereby. thai your Hoi'^r has not h'-en iu favor of these calinnnies and insulting run.ors ami besides do an act of distributive justice. Otlicrwiso I should feel obliged, to keep away and absent myself from the meetings and the public, aftV.ir-. comieeted therewith and further give a satisfactory explanation of it to my Masters by (hu lirst o|iportuiMtv. PhUqip Pktfm:n Sckuyhr, Jan 7'onutx. doasen. Gerritx,-!)., Vulckert Janurn an/, iis have refusal to give up their hor.ses with the cattle, which latter arrived here _\v'sterday in the barge, making difHeulties under the i)rete.\t stated :uu\ miMitioiu'd in the enclosure. I remark, that the com- plainants or at least fiome of them are very much dissarisficd, they have therefore re(juesteoj> said besides, that he would be satislied, if he could Tct of his si.\ hoi-ses only the three mares. It is my oi)iiuon therefore that the.se j)eoi)le ought to be satisfied and tru.sting that yom- Hcjiior will make the jiroper arrangements I close on aecomit of the urgency of the skipper.s, widle I renuiin with cordial greetings Beverrnyek, Your Honor's obedient the 29>" June lfirt3. . j. I),: DKeKKUK. His Honor J'vi,-ii.-< Sf„y,' leisure wil by the tlrst p'init and if you se cause any longer ami fu.ther to encourage the conijiiiiiie or such of them as haue been waitciug for M' Wi nth !'()]>.■< coming «. ]>ut to ,in cud all |.'tendcd claims to y'' lands vnder treatie w'" yo'se'lfe it Hono'^^'' rounsell that o' ueighlio" thereby seemcr to encoiu'age And will be jdeased to let them vnderstaiul the sjiine, w'ch if they may ohtaine this recpiest of you they wil actpiaint one another New York- Uidorical Records. 267 tlierew"' ife in'omiso to retunio jou ami answer vpou what teariiics tlioy will proceed if they do at all speedily And whether or noe it is not within yoiw conipasse to gnuint them free liherty as viider your Anthority & Provineu pnyuinj,' all dues it duties as shall he aj^'reud vpon they may not bo a free pe()j)le of themsehies to act snljordinatuly for theinselues both in all Civill & Eele- eiasticall Respects And not further at present to trouble saucing my humble desire to pardon my boldncs and obruptnes and t.) fauo' me with an answer heerto by this bearer Jo. Alsup and to take leaue to subscribe myselfe As I am your loueing freind to Command MUfonl, y 21)"' June 1()G3. ' i,, what I may KouKKT TsKArr. Li-n-iKu KKost ;Matiii;i's Caimto, Skpuktauy at Wii.twyck to Diukctor Stdyvk- sant; mis wikiv kim.kd and nuuNioi) wrrn ai,i, nis kkkkcts ; UEyuiosTs a si'I'PLY OK C'l.OTniNO. Xoblo, Hoiiurable, Very Worshipful, Wise, ]'ru(lent and ^'ery Discreet Cientlemen. (Tentlemen Whereas I, your ITon'"'" Worships' humble petitioner, have also been brought to ruin during these iaie trciuliles in the village of I (V/^t-yr^, caused by the savages, not having lost (inly my dear wife, who was killed liy the barbarians ami then burned with the house, to which they set tire, but in the same lire also all my movable etVects, that nothing else is left to me, but my honest name. IS'ow, as I need iluring my further life fur covering my body and keepiu"- it clean some linen and cloth, which at [)resent cannot be obtained here and which even if it were to be had here, I cannot pay for, therefore I am com])elled to turn to your Hon''" Worships with my humble and respectful petition, that your Hon'"'' Worships, in pity of my distre.ssed circniii- stances ami misery, will please to assist me ami ])rovi(le me with low-priced clothing, to wit some cheap, plain cloth fur a .-nit of clothes and what is nceiled {[,-■ it, two or three store-.shirts or linen to make tht'm. one or one ami a half els of linen for handkerchiefs and niglitcajis, a blanket and enough coarse linen for a straw tick an.l a pillow, two p.iir of helamlish .socks and a pair of shoes and charge these goods according to their |irice.-< to tny account ; I proini.se to make it good to your Hon"'" Worships, as soon as I can ami as with (Jod's blessing I shall have again prosjjcred somewhat. Not doubting I expect to ri'ceivc them by the first o{)])ortunity, because my needy circumstances reipiire them. Closing with my greetings I connnend your Hon'"" Worships to the Alndghty's protection, wishing and praying ,-incerely. that the good (iod will .save your Hon''''' Worships and us all from all such and sin.ilar mi-fortunes ami troubles, while I remain Actum at \Vi/fH-i/,i; Your Hon'"" Worships humble the 2'J" June 1003. subject and obedient servant Mathious ('AiTro m. p. To tht> Noble, Honorable, Very Worshiiiful, Wise Prudent and Very Di.screet Director- Oeiieral and Council of A't{ ,^^>i>i> If ~^^ Colaiiial Settlements on tlie Hudson River. Lettkk fkom Counoillok de Deokek to Direotob Stdyvesant; information BESI'EC'iiNO THE I'ltlSONKUS ; NO V0LUNTEEP.8 TO BK OBTAINED AT FoRT OkANOE. Sir. If wo iiiiglit P'ly on uncertain and viigne riimore, then our prisoners liave been distributed and scattered and there siiieo the hist attacic at tlie Empuii. Anyway Mons' Corlacr reported to nie yesterday, that lie had learned from a savage, who liad been peddling brandy towards the Ciitskils, that he had seen and spoken with deaf IlesU'r, her child and two or three other women ; lie had advised TZcs-fe/- to try and escape, while the savages lay intoxicated, but tiiat slie had had fears and did not dare to do it. The same savage was willing to go again on the same errand to the VatskUs with the daughter of the siiid Il.ster, who lives here, persuaded thereto by the promise of a musket and some trifles, if he should endeavor and try to carry away and bring hither mother and daughter, after having made the savages drunk. Time will Jhow, what will be the result of the undertaking. There is little ])rospect here, to enlist a dozen soldiers or io obtain volunteers, and your Honor must therefore not rely much upon it. I)e 2>re8entihis noti df futurls gaudot ecdesia. Closing with hearty greetings I remain, Sir, Bevenoyck, Yonr Honor's affectionate friend 29'" June 1003. j. „^ D^,,^^„j,. 1063. To His Honor, Petrus Stuyvesant Director-General of New- Nether laml at the Manhatans. Appointment of military officers for Beroen and Gemoenepa. 30"' June. The Director-Genoral and Council of New-Netfierland selected from the nominees proposed by tiie Sellout and Schepeiis of the village of Ba-U[i)ii as Sergeants Ilarmen Smeeman Grrrit Gerritscii ^Vctum at FuH Amtdcfdiivi. Date as aliovo. Commission of Martin CRicoiFit To hi-: CAPTAiv-r.iKrrK.VANT and Commandrr of the foroes. Pi-t.rm Siiiyn'xin.t, in behalf of tlieir Iligii: Might: tlie Lords States-(ieneral of the United Netherlamh aii.l tiit; Lords-Directors of the Incorporated West-India Company, Director-General of yiw-N>'th,rle given, to drill, to march them up and down and have them commamled, drilled and marched up and down by other, his subaltern officers, as the situation and eircumstaiuies of affairs shall require it for the best of the Company and the greater safety of the country ; and to do further in our absence everything, which a good, pious and faithful Captain-Lieuteiumt is in duty bound to do, conform to the oath to be taken in our presence. After he has taken the same we sumnmu, order and command herewith all and everybody, whom this concerns, and especially all our officers and private soldiers to resjiect, accejit, acknowledge and obey the said Marten Crieger as our Captain-Lieutenant, each in his poi-ition and rank, because we have thus deemed it necessary for the benefit of the Hon'''" Company, the better protection of the country and the better employment of the military. Thus done and given at Fort Aiaderdain in New-Netherland, the 30"' of June 16C3. Capt. Lieut. Cregier took the following oath I promise and swear, to be faithful and true to their Noble High : Might :, the Lords States- General of the United Netlierhuuh, to the Noble Lords-Director of the Incorporated West-India Company and their lion'''" Director-General and Council, to serve them honestly and piouslv, as it behooves a good, pious and faithful Captain-Lieutenant to. So help me God Almighty ! Nota : The foregoing oiith was also taken by the Lieutenants Fieter Wolj^/iertsenvan Couwen- Jwvcn and JSHcolas IStillewiL iNSTRDCrriONS Koli Cai'tain Ckkoiku. Provisional instructions for the Captain- Lieuteiumt, JIarten Crieger and the Coun- cil of War. 1. The Council of War shall be composed of tli(> said Cai)tain-Lieutt!nant, Lieutenant yirolan Stiifewet, I'iehr Wolplierttun, Captain-Lieutenant of a ilftacluucnf of natives and volunteers, the oldest Sergeant Chrifitian A'i>titirn and to their decision are left all matters of war as well in send- ing out parties as concerning the expeditio!i in geiu'ra!, which are to be decided by plurality of votes and in case of a tie, Captain-Lieutenant Crieger sliall cast a double vote. If one or two members of the .said Council shimld ha|)pen to be absent, it is left to the dis- cretion of the Captain-Lieutenant to as.sociate with himself such i)ersoiis, as he may think most able and lit. 3. It is also left to the discretion of the Captain-Lieutenant and Couiu'il to associate with them- Belves in grave and uiie.\i)ected events some persons, selected eiiiier Irom the magistrates of Wih- wyck village or other civil officers, whom the Captain- Lieutenant ami Coimeil shall ind'jf "lost fit. i m U'-i It'' '' V'" ' I ^:i 270 Colonial Stttlements wi the Hudson Mlver. 4. Wlicrcas the DirectorGoneral and Council have as yet no certain and snffipient reports and knowledge, what assistam-o hv ithei- tribes the Esopus savages may have received and what their strength may be in their fort and also in the field, they can hardly give any further orders, how and with what forces the savages must bo attacked. They leave it therefore to the better and surer experienco of the said Cai>taln-Lieutcnant and Council, hut the Director-General and Council are in the meantin'.e of opinion, that, if the savages should nuike resistance in their fort, as their intention is said to bo, they nuist not be attacked and fought with less troops, than they them- selves are reported and thought to have inside, so that we may not be compelled to give it up with losses and without having accomplished anything. 5. For the benefit of the Cliristian captives and in order to gain as miicli time as possible, they may hold parleys with the Kmims savages, also make an armistice for as long a time, as tiiey shall think l)est for the public welfare and the Christian prisoners, but they must in no case enter upon peace-negotiations without special order of the Director-Genenil and Council. 6. It is further left absolutely to the discretion of the Captain-Lieutenant aiul his Council of "War to act, if an opportunity sliould present itself, that with good infonnation thcv might iual OIUKKS or TUKUi n.I. SrcCKSS I\ KAIS- IN(i VOI.INTKKKS ON LoM , -I.M.AM) A.\l> DKll.AKA HON' O INOKRNINO IV. Before tlie Council appeared r!ct,'rWoJj>hcrhrn ran Couwmhorm, Mcolas StUhnU 'muX 8a,mirJ Khal, who had l)ecn to the Kn.jUsh villagt.,s //r„i.shr,/c, V/inKhuj.n, Middkhonjh and limtdorj), to see, whetiier tlicre were .-ome volunteers willing to take i)art in an expedition to the Esopm in the Hon'''" Company's service. They rei^irt, that in the beginning some men showed themselves willing, but that they were i),.i-snaded \- some of the Magistrates and other i)er8on8 to remain and not to miirch out, so that tiiey could not accomplish anything; not more than t-, or ti men will come down from the aforesiiid villages. (:!' Julv ltlt!:5.') Christian Jacohcn Wolfmn, declares, that he Ikis heard, Witlork and .Annr.x Grni'cr, iidiabit- tanfs of nrar.srnd^m Lonij-hland, hud written to and been personally in several Eiujlixh villages New York Hbitorieal liectn-ds. 271 imrler this govemmcnt, to dissuade tlie inhabitants from niurciiing to the Emjms. Tims it was reported and declared in our presence at Fort Amsterdam in New-Netherland tlie 3'' of July 1663. ^ P. Stuyvesant. NiOABIUS DE SiLLE. Letter from the military offuieks at Bicroen to the Diuectou-Generai, ex- I'BESSINO THEIR WII,LINONE88 TO COMPLY WITH HIS REULISITIOX AND SENDING NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS. Tlio Conncil of War of tlie village of Bergen in Xew-Netherland miorm his Hon""' Worship, the Director-General, that they have received his Hon"'" WorslT,.'s letter and learned his request, by which the Council of War find themselves heavily taxed, to contribute some soldiers notwith- efcindincr the weakness of the village, for they think, under correction, that it too rc(inires assist- ance, considering the dangerous location. However, that your Hon"" Wor.ship may know the afToction of the community on this side and learn of its existence, the Council has read your Tlon"!" Worship's letter to theconununity and encouraged some as much as possible, as the following list shows ; lint only under such cond"ition, that, if our village is in need, we shall receive assistance from your Hon'"" Worship and the other villages, upon whi(;h the request has been carried out, with the understanding, that the voluntcei-s are not to go any farther, tiian the neighboring villages, if they are in need and .attacked and ex- pressly excluding the Eire.';cnts and having made such a long jtuirney, and he offered again the cloth, which had been given hiin as a i)resent by the Court here, together with his own strings of wampum, whcreu])on the Ksopm Sachems went all to sleep, except one, called Pami- ramich,jhu-k, who had Mr. liynbtrt oun ImlonjICs wife as prisoner; he touched his liandaud took 3.5 lA ■' 274 Colonial IStUleinents on the Iludnon liioer. KJ the present, putting it away lie said, I shall not keep a bead of this wampum, I shall have to distribute it among the misuliicfninkcrs, to satisfy them. 6. After they had given to him the wampum, ho consented, that they KJiould take with tlium next morning the captured woman, whereupon they requested jiermisniou to take another prisoner, but it was refused. 6. Next morning, at daybreak, the Sachem had left and he asked, where is she, whom I liave ransomed? The other savages then wanted to return the presents to him, but he said. Do you mean to fool us? If we had our arms witii us, «o would take licr by force, for you have accepted the presents and our custom is to keep a promise after having accepted u present. 7. He says further, that both of them had as nmeh to do with the Enopun savages for two days, as it was possible in the above matter. 8. lie says further, that they were willing to keep at peace with the people of Cittskil, of Fort Orange and the Mahieanders and Maquas, but not by any means with the Emopns people, against whom they would make war with fire and sword to the bust man and they add, that if the Ktioj'nn people do not leave the place and abandon the land, they will drive them out by tire and sword. 9- They are weak now and have only a small castle, but they will spread from the Eiiopua to the Miinhatan.'i, if the Cliristians do not obey their commands, whereupon they gave to them, tlie MiKjuaes, a present of some wampum, to grease their feet, if they might hurt them against a stone on their journey and thanked them for their troubles. 10. To prevent the bringing in of the harvest, they are said to lie in small detachments on all roads and paths. Shall they bo asked by our Mastei-s for an armistice, to gather the crops and shall the land then be deserted or purcluised again fi'om them ui the presence of other tribes, as it has been done before ? 11. piis people and who has told us so. The names have not been given to us, i)ut the fact, ti;at many, wiio oifered their services as volunteers, iiavc been prevented by your Honors, has Ikumi reported to us not only by the men, hired and placed by your Honors ui>on Chies Tijx^nx yacht, but also since by many others, so that we would not lack ])roof, if the cabbage was worth the soup. We siiall let the matter rest here, as far as we are concerned and say only II If 278 Colonial Svttlemmts on the IluJmn Jiiver. i i about it, that if yonr Ilonora shoiilii liapiwii to got into Himilar trouhlofl tlioro, a>?ninRt which tiic Only good (lod may protect yon iw lio iiiw dono nntil now, yonr IIonorn wonid wIhIi to noe iWHJstanco conio tho (tooner tlio hotter; the golden IcHson of ChriBt ro^nires. Do an tiiou wilt ho dono. Tlioofforfs niado hy yonr Honors in tlio spoiidy dispiitch to the AmjuL^nA' Jan Dnrett, Siait« Jan and sonic other Mnquns to rcleiiHo tho captive ChrlHtiana from tho hands of the Jimjyua have pleased us very umch, notwithstanding that ho little has been aecomplislud hy them. We nniBt infer therofrom, that as little reliance can he placed upon thin as npon other trilu'S of har- barians; we p J'ictersen, Vokhrt Jansen and company con- eerning your Honor's and their recpu'st for their horses and cattle, which are not nor have been detained there liy any order of ours, if they are not already sent or delivered as wo liope, for Capt.-Lieut. Jfnrti/n Jiri/)j<:r reports, that on the day betbro his arrival there, about one hundred heads of cattlo and horses had gone in three; barges from the Esoptin to Fort Omn is somewhat in arrears, anyway he has been compelled to borrow wampum for the time being and beavere, at Ki guilders for a l>eaver, which, i' he had had that sum, be might have avoided up to that amount. Your Honor is earnestly roconnnendod to send down tho same and what other amounts may be on hand there. We have renewed the peace with the savages aroimd here; if tho heart is as good as the mouth, then wo may Iiojh; for a good result. Affairs in tho F.itherland are in utatn quojirius. No more herewith after our sahitations than to commend your Honor to Goil's grace. 12"' July A» 1003. To the Honorable, Prudent and Very Discreet, his Honor Jo/ian de Deckerc, Ifeniber of tho High Council of ycio-yethedand, at present at Beverwyck. „a ExTKAtrr FROM A I.JnTKB OK DIRECTOR StUYVKSANT TO THK Vu'K-DlRKfTOK AT Cl'RAfAO ; THK WAR AOAI.N8T THK Esoj'ia INDIANS AND THE RESOUKCKS OF THE COUNTRY ; ASSISTANCE IN MEUt'IIANDISE ASKED FROM ClIRAOAO 20'" Jfl.Y lti(i3. Through the treachery of tho EnopiiK savages and their adherents we arc again involved into an olTciLsive and defensive war against them ; it is more properly speaking a defensive war fur tho I, 280 Colonial Settlements on tlie Hudson liiver. protection and security of the apparently good crops, whicli so far have not suffered tlie least dam- age, thanks to the good God, but it is also an aggressive war, for we have already attacked iheni once or twice, whenever we could find theiu. The safety of the country and the desire to subdue by legitimate means and with Gwl's help and blessing this false and barbarous tribes once for all, have compelled ns to engage a considerable number of soldiers, in fact many more, than the country can support in its present condition and tlie state of its revenues; we are conswpientlv obliged to request of and reconnncnd to your Honor, that your Ilom)r think of all possible mean"s to send us at the earliest convenience the required and ordered negroes, salt, horses and other mer- chantable goods, which your Honor may jiulge advantageous and suitable, whereby a considerable service wiU be done both to the Hou""^^ Company and their conquests here. MiNL-TK ersons, phintei-s k. other Inhabitants shall accquesse in the Lawes, orders, Sentences and ai)pointments off theiro owno Court or Courts officers to the valine off hundred i>ounds vlaems without appeel. The 4"' point is absolutely graunted. The 5"' point, uoe Iidiabitants shall be put or seiul in their Townes, w'" doe not Ivke her or her I\ragi^t rates, beinge Reserved that they doe iu)t admit any Inhabitants without approbation and ackiu.wledgment off the (Jovorno' A Connsell ai;d have given theirc oath off fidelity. Tho 6"* point is absolutely graunted and accejited. Tppou the 7"' propositions. The former proi)ositious and What thereunto is Pelonginge beinge Com'luded, the graunts ife Conditions thcreoff Shall by a puhlicq Instrument Charter or pattent be ConKrmed \ uto them, by the (Jovernour & Counsel subscrybed and sealed. Here follows the answer of the lion'"" Cientral to the preceding letter of Mr. liohrt Tr,at\ Lovingh frinde, ilstr Treatt. Jours off 21) Juny send bee INfstr Ahop I hane receanod the 18 off July Niow style. In aii- Bwer whereoff I kan and sal say thatt wie haue receaned from our lords and Masters in lloUnml a ful and satir^factory Answer and consent to al wich haue beeue done and agitated in the trcatic .stil vnder hanil and withal thyre advys hou fur tocondesceiit att tlie points & questions the wych thatt 3(] ♦ Sff tile Icttir on jmgc '.'liO.— Ku. ^>1 IFT 282 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson Hlver. they might te better beo exiimined conned over and vnduretandc.l, we have U.ught meet to copio them from word to word, soo as they in wreytiiigs were dcHverod and presented vnto vs by you and the ivst of the Conipagnio and haiie sett in tlio Margine onr Clare and eateeorieall answer to each jfl them, wych i.oeingh Commnnywited to your Compugnie wee sal bee the bearer ill pos- sible or else wyth the lirst opportunytio expect the Compugnys answer and resolution weyther they are intend t(j proceed wyth the treatic ill thatt wee may order our occasions thereunto, soo after my services I siil rest. 20"' July 1«63. MiNL-TK OF Council. ArrENDANCK of tiik chikf of tiik Wiechquaeskeck In- dians TO NOTIFV TUE CoUNClL OF A KEI'OKT, TUAT THE Esol'VS WEKE COMINU. 2C"' July, Thursday. ^^attv]el-aro, Sachem of Wiechipiacsquccl; came of his own accoid witli his brother and said he wiis warned by a ]Vaj)pui(//i savage that the Enopus savages would come down witli 40 to 50 men in about 5 or days, to kill them and the Dutch of ^'e^o Ilaerlein, Ilunimus, JIolnHnken, Gemoem'pa and the new village. He says also, tliat therefore he has come to take refuge with his people near 2sew-IIaerlem, lie gives notice of it and why they come, so that the people of Xew- Ilaerltin may not get frightened. He says further, that he has warned the inhabitants of New- Tlacrlem and rec^uests that we give notice to the people on the other side of it and on the (ieneral's bouwery. He says in regard to the two prisoners captured by our men at the Esojms, that they arc Waj>j)in(//is and that the chief of the Wappinyli.s has been to see him on their account, being very distressed and that he is now gone to Furt Omiuje to talk over the matter with the Sachems there, how to get back his prisoners ; if he did not succeed there the chief of the Wajpinyh.s would come here to us. Asked concerning his statement, that 40 or 50 Jinojmti were coming down here, how strong the Fnojms really were and who would guard their fort, he answered, that they numbered only bO warriors, that they had abandonetl their fort, so that nobody was in it, but they keep here "and there in the woods in such dense underwood, that it wius hardly possible to lo(jk or creep tlirongli. Upon the question, whether lie did not know or had not heard, where our prisoners were, he said, I won't lie, what I say is the truth, I have not heard anything of the Diitc/i captives. Asked, whether he liad heard, what the Jfaowici chiefs had accomplished, he said only, that three Maquaes had fetched tho daughter of La Montatjiie and brought her home, but, he says, the chief of the Wappinghs went with presents to the MaliicandurH to get inforiiiatit)!! of the Duirh prisoners ; when he returns, he will Lear where they art and he will inform me of it. Date a.- above. New Ywh Historical Hecwds. 283 Lettkb from Vice-Dirkctob La Montaone and Jekeotas v.vn Rkns^ei.aer to DnjEcix)u Stl-yvesant ; tiiev i>eke'ni) themselves against thic charge op re- FD8IK0 VOLUNTKKRB; efforts for the KKLEA8E OF THE PRISONERS. Honorable, Valiant, Very Worshipful Director- General and Council of New-Netherland. Your lion"'" Worships' letter of the 12"« of this month of July has been received by us on the 20'" and having read it, we beg to state in reply, that we have examined before our meeting au.l in^ presence of Mr. de Dedvi- one Slonn AUx-rtscn, who with otiiers had gone al)oard of CIa°s Ty^en'ii^ yacht, destined for the Esojym, without our order and from his statement we have learned, that it is not worth the trouble to concern ourselves about the accusation of having prevented volunteers from helping at the mopw ; wo refer to the report of Mr. de Divl-er ancUoa personal interview in due time, so that we too leave the soup with the cabbage. God and we ourselves know best, how gladly wo would see our neiglibors and friends helped and what efforts v*-e are making in this direction and we are pleased by the satisfaction expressed by your Hon'''" Wor- ships: we wish, that we could accomplisli more, but we have to consider besides'the golden lesson of Christ, that we, who live here quietly surrounded by heathens and barbarians without Ixiing able to get assistance from anybody, except God, iu times of need, which God may keep from u.^ are obliged first to take care of our own houses and especially not to get involved in quarrels and troubles. Concerning the enlistment of soldiers, authorized by Mr. de D,','l-e>', we refer to his rei)ort. The proposition of Sinlt,^ Jan to go with 4-1 Maquaes and release and bring away the prison- ers api^'ared to us too dangerous, first because he was tip.sy at tlio time and coming in to our meet- ing made the offer without knowlelarily there or to send tiiem do- ■ i immediately after the deed and we recommend you to do this, in case such unbearable thrcats and refusals should be made again ; the two Miir»e- pingh savages, sent down here, com]>Iain to us, that the captui-ed squaw and three children have been taken away from them unjustly and contrary to promise and have been exeiiangcd for cap- tured Christians ; although the matter in itself is praiseworthy and becoming, it is nevertluuess said, that fur this and other reasons they have become dissatisfied and have already expresseil a desire to return home. As we presnme, that their stay there, if not of all of them, at least of the greater part is necessary and advantageous, even if only for Uie purpose of assisting to hunt n)> the scattered Rwj>vk, for they know more about it than any one of us, tlu>refore we would like to .see them persuiJ-led by some ]>reseiits to remain there so long aiul go on expeditions with our soldiers, initil some others are sent in their places. To accomplisli this, we have resolved to send our Secretary, the bearer hereof, to your i>lace to deliberate witli you and the Council of AVar about this and some oflier (juestions and to repoit speedily to us. His Honor has bd'u reconnnendetl among others, firet to advise with you s})ecially, as it is not evident, that the Esopiix, having abandoned their present fort or bi'luir driven out of it, are making another strongiiold! whether tlie Company's negros and a few M.idiei-s couhl not be spared for the better protection of the people in the open country, whoiu to assist gives us great trouble, the nmre sf) as some savages have several tunes warned them and us, that /%/«« savages have been st'cn iu this ueighboiho^. Wherewith etc Adij SO"- July 16C3. Instructions for Secretary van liuiji'iti, to serve liini as a me- nKH'andiun. 30"' July. Arrived at the village of II7////v/^^ he is to inquire closely mto tjie state of alTan's, as to the strength of the EHnpus savages, who are their allies, where they keep themselves at present, where their corn cribs are and where their ].lantations. wlictlier some of them are not with or without Christian prisoners among the Kntxh}. IlnjhhnuJ or Mn,issin,,h savages or anions some other tribes , lie is also to make inquiries, how and in wiiat way these may be attacked mid wheu JS^ew York llhtoriml liecords. 2S5 111! liiis any, even the least hope of a success, to instigsito and encourage in our name the otHceis !is nnicli as jmssiblo to nuike quick and secret expeditious against tlieuV 2. To consider with the said officers of the troops, wheJi it is best and most convenient, eitiier before or after our harvest, to destroy tlio corn plantations of the savages. According to the information, which we iiave so far heard and received, we would dconi it proper, to defer tlie cut- ting down of the corn until after the wliole harvest .las been gathered or at least the greater jiart of it, unless they should come in tlieir expeditions uiwii some small plantations, which to destroy a second expedition would not pay ; they are to destroy these small plantations whenever time and occasion seeii.s most tit. 3. As it cannot be presumed, that the Fiiojma savages, having been driven out of their fort, will make another stronghold or settlement or gather in great crowds, but that they will scatter here and there among other tribes or perhaps in the underwood of the forests, where they must be harassed as much as possible upon the slightest information, he is to consider m itli the C'ouncd of War for the purjKJse of c.arrying it on more effectually, whether it would be advantageous to enc! jse with ])alisivdes and secure a savage village or house either in tlieir abandoned fort or in their cornfields or still further inland and garrison it for the time of 3 or 4 weeks with 50 to 60 men, so that they can make all possible siillies upon the savages with so much less trouble. 4. To consider with the Con;'cil of War, whether it is not advisable, to go with a yacht full of soldiers to the Cut^kll and thence to inarch overland back to the l^opus, even if it were only to di.-cover whether any Exopus s;ivagcs are staying with that tribe, to learn their status and looa'tiou and in case liereafter some should come to hide there to warn the CatxlIlK, that they must not allow any Ehojwh to come among them, also to ask them for guides and inquire after our prisoners. 5. ^ To satisfy the Marsqnnyh savages as far as jKjssible and to pereuade them, or at least the majority of them to remain with our troops, until others are scut in their place by the iSachem TajMmacjh ; they may be brought down for that purpose, to gain time. 6. As we and the farmere in the country have at difterent times been warned against E^opus nmnera and as M-e are daily importuned for assistance, he is firet to deliberate privately with Cap- tain-Lieutenant Crcgki- on this matter, whether after the exjieditions are made, '20 or 'sO soldiers anil the Company's negi-oes could not be spared without detriment to the service and sent down in parties of 3, 4 or 5 occasionally on different yachts for the better protection of the country IK-ople here and esjiecially for the repulse of the exi>ected attack here. It could ])erliaps Ix; done by the ("aptain-Lioutenant alone without further commotion, but if the said CaiitaiuLieutenant should niise ditliculties and in ca.-e he siiw an o)>ix)rtiiuity to do better service with the soKliei-s there or if the sending off should create a commotion among the savages, the Emjlish or the vol- unteei-s, then the general Council of War must pass a resolution to that effect stating the motives and misons, why the garrison there ought not to be diminished. 7. To establish with the Council of War and if it seems advisable to him and them, also with Bome of the Aliiyi«tratcsas8iK'iatcd with them, in the name of the Director (ieneral and Council i ■jimi- 286 Colonial Settlements on the Jhdson River. some avvs and fines agamst all unwilling fanners or fannlaboro,-«, wl.o shonld rrn.Hc to a.ssi«t with the.r hc-ses and wagon« for the general benefit, also against all fouhnouthed speakers, against the unneeessar,. waste of ,,owder and lead and son.e other nec-essary order., whieh are hea-bt rutitiei nL ;;";;'T r ^'t ^'•""•" t'«->'» "P and ,,roclain.ed then.. Thus done at Fort AnJerdu,u in' JSew-Netherland. Date as above. \\ 'i| Lirmcu from Captain Ckkoiku to T>,ue€t.-., •'-, -..ant, RKPORnxo an atfack ON AN LnD.AN CASTLIO; KKrUHN U0Mli0Ff.> V NA1.L1K8 AND LoNO-IsLAND V0LUNTEKK8. Honorable, Noble, Very Wo.-shipfnl, Wise, Prudent and Very Discreet Gentlen.eu. enntolI'"'Tr"'^r"'" "'"'"' 1^""'"^^' ^'^""" ^'^ ^'^ ^«^''*'»'"->' ^«'^ ^^V^^^ «"^ "Oted its con ent. The exped.fon aga.nst the castle of E^pu. savages has not had the result, which we M.slujd and hoped for, but U was God's pleasure, that it should be so. To abb.-eviate the rej^ort of what has taken place, I have entered it as a journal, which I send your Hon'-" Wo.-ships by Mr mn Jiuyvm We have had here also great difficulties with the JUa,-sepin>;H who want to have every tlnngtheir own way ; we have hu,no.-ed then, and given way, have sp,.ken smoothly to then, and treated them well, but could .ot satisfy then, ; we have also given them a part of the booty Worehand, cons,stn,g m 4 kettles, a blanket, two bea>.kins. a linen coat, three basins and son,e spoons and t^,ey have bes.dcs shared with our soldiers. We have earnestly requested them, to .-emam and make some sn.all expe.lition with us against sou.e of the £^j,u., but we could no iwsuade then, to do .t, fi,.ally we asked ti.e.u to leave at least 10 or 12 of their n.en, pro.nisin.. to g,ve ea<.l. who .-emained 2(. guilde.. in wa.npuu, and M.-. van h\ajv,n had the v-wnpun! fetched fro.n on board for th.s puriKJse, b.,t nothh.g co..ld be obtained f,.„u. then,, thev pe.^Lted m leavn,g altogethe,-, a. n.y journal shows. They wanted also, that their Captain-Lieutenant Comnenhoven sho.ild return w.th then, to the ilanhatans, to which all the oflice.s a-^recd Con- .•e.-n.ng the prisoners of the Mar.epiughs, about whon. they have co...plained to your^'llon^" Wo.-- sh.ps, I can only say that the s.avages never said a word he.-e about the prisone.-s. An o.-der and fine has been established rega,-ding the wagons and as to the unwilling people, I shall p.n.ish all m,sc-h.ef.nak.ugand d.sobed.ent n,en or send then, for punishment t. your Ilou"- Wo.shins Wha regards Bon.e ^«,^». who n.ay be hiding an.ong the Vat.m or I ' ,ppinyh savages, I in awa.t...g your IIon-» Wo.-ships' o.-der, how we shall act alKU.t it. Meanwlule we will sec to bring n, he g.-a.,. or the co.-n fron. the fields and when the harvest is ove.-, then I shall see how many sokhei^ we ca., spare here and will send then, to your Hon- Worships. The six volunteers fro.n .\.«,.nmV-< go herewith; they have asked ,H.Tmis.sion to go down for the bringing in of their harvest, winch was g,-a,.ted. With salutations I commend in the n.eanti...e vour Ilou"' Wo.-ship and the Hon'"" Oouucil to God's protection and i-emain " Your Noble, Honorable Worships' obedient friend and servant Actum in Wildwyck, 3' August 16fi3 MaiHIN KKIi,u,f nl Fort A,nM,r,h,n in y^w-Nethcdand m\ New York Ilistoricalliecorde. 287 Minute of a Council of Wah, iikld at Wiltwvok on thb pbopobed opeuations AOAINST THE EbOPUB. (Beginning loat.) it was (lone because some Esopua savages are said to be planting among the [KatskUs], also because one of the Esopus Saelieins, called Vaelcopy witli some friends are said to live and have a plantation among the Uigldand savages. I have a great mind to attack them, but am afraid, that in such an ex]iedition some of the Jligldmd or Catskil savages might bo killed, for it is imix.s&iblo for our people to distinguish them from the others, and then the whole nation would be drawn into the war. I must add hereto, that the Maquaes have said, all the savages above Sagertjm, among whom the Cafskils are coinprised, had engaged themselves for their friends, that those should do no harm to the Dutch nor the Dutch to them. It was there- fore and for other reasons resolved to request, before making the sallies, the advice of the Hon"'" Director-General and e.\i)ect it speedily, meanwhile to send out a party and keep it constantly in the field to see whether information might l)e obtained somewhere, further to promote with all possible as-siduity the bringing in of the harvest; also to suimnon by the first upward bound yacht Ckristofd Davidts from above, to serve us as a guide, for he is well acquainted with the localities of the Eiiojnis savages and without him little or nothing could be accomplished. It was further proposed, whether L>0 or 30 of the soldiers stationed here could not be sent down at some convenient time for the greater protection of the country people on Manhatans Island and on the west side of the NoHhnver, because they have been warned .... Elopus runnei-s. It was said hereupon, that only about 10 soldiers were available, who were required for the guarding of the fort, so that none or'onlv few could be sent out, when Esojms nmnei-s shall come here. After considering tliis, we concluded, that for the above reasons none of the soldiers stationed here now could be'inissed for the i)resent, for we number not more than 155 men now after the departure of the savages and volunteers. It must also be said, that it is necessary to keep ready constantly a detachment for the convoy of coming and going jroods and therefore it is resolved not to send down a soldier from the present garrisoil^ except upon special order of the IIoii'"" Director-General and Council. Actum at tlio vilhige of WUtwyck, the ^^ of August A" 1(563. Mabtix Kkeqiek. LetTKBFROM DiKECTOR StIVVKSAN'T ToCAI-rAi:*CKKGIEB; niRECTIONS TO BAVK THE HARVEST AT THE EsOI'L'S. Honorable, Valiant, Faithful Sir. Your Honor's favor l)y the hands ,.f Secretary van Ji'uywn has been received in duo time, from which wo noto your rcviuest to know, how to act in regard to the Jllyhland and Catskil sav- ages among whom it is reiwrtcd that some Exopus are Iiiding ; you will learn by the enclosed copy of our letter to the two Courts above and the instructions given to Lieutenant PUter Wolphertaen van Couwm/iovm, what we have deemed necessary concerning this i)oint and before these savages are attiul ! among other trilws. You must meanwhile take care and push with all possible dili- gence and caution the bringing in of the harvest with the utmost safety and send out for this pur-' pose and put in ambuscade as many troops, as you shall think best. We cannot imagine, tliat the Esopua will gather in any large numbers in your neighborhood, •!^*i*i* li 288 Colonial Settletnents on the Hudson River. but beheve, they will rather scatter in Bmall parties and make at eon.e time or the other attacks upon the country people here and elsewhere. We desire therefore to submit once more to your .lu.igment, that you advise us i,y the first cliance, whether 25 or 30 soldiers could not conveniently bo spared to be stationed in the country places about here a.ul as son.e soldiers' wives inmortune us that they can hardly maintain themselves, as long as their husban.ls are there and as it is dilH- cul for us to prov.sion the husbands there and the wives here, we have provisionally consented, dmt the men mentioned in the list, should be sent down by the first couveuience, wherewith etc 9" ot Aucust, sent by Mr. de Deckere. / J u , ■4. ■ it \ /M Instructioxs fob Likutenant van Couwkn„„vkn, sent to renkw tuk peack w.tu TUE WAi.piNousANr.ro pkoouke the kei.kask ok tue Chkistian pkisoneks. O" August. , . . . , Jnstnictions. As we are informed, that some J'^^opus savages are hiding among the Wuj^jnnyhs and //.yA;«;./ savages, it is deemed best and necessary to send thither Lieutenant PieterWollhertsen vanCouwenki^ven, to get information, how much truth there is in these reports. If he finds that as the report goes, one of the Ksopus chiefs, Keereop, and his friends are planting among thJ 77.<,Aa«.f savages, then he shall offer to the chief of the Wappinghs a continuation of our old friendship (u, order not to get into a war with him and his triU-) and shall present him a coat, sent along for this purix,se ; he shall also nxp.est him in the best possible manner, without using threats of war, that he will not allow any K.opus to live among liis people, much less assist them or provide them with corn or other victuals. 2. lie shall minutely inquire after the Christian prisoners and ask of the chief and the Wap- p^nghs. ho^v and by what means the same could be rele.ised ; if he sees any hope or way, to effec-tuate the release through wampum or goods, then he m.iy freely promise for each prisoner, be 1 woman or di.ld, one hundred guilders, according to circumstances he may offer 20 or 30 guilders more or less. '' If he sees no hope of ransoming the prisoners or getting them back, then t.. trv by makin- some promises about peace, as the /%.«. have propos«l in their last negotiations with Ihe Maoua.s ; If he sees a sure hope of obtaining the prisoners by these ami no ..ther means, then he is hereby authon.ed to consent to a provisional armistice, i" case it should be proposed and asked bv the As it must be presumed, that little will be accomplished regar.ling the release of the Christian prisoners, unless the two captured savages and the squaw are first exchanged against some of our pnsoners, M-e willingly give our consent to it for the benefit of the captive Christians, if a general release of all our prisoners has first been agreed upon, promise.l and executed. This is judged absolutely necessary, that after the release of some of them the balance of our prisoners may not be treated so much worse an.l placed beyond ransom by the release on our side of the prisoners which we have already, while it is uncertain, how and wlieu we may get othere. Actum ^I'ort Amsterdam in New-JSetherlaml, the 9'" of August A° 1663 tri New York Iliatorkal liecorda. 289 LurnuR iu..m Diukctuk Stuyvesant to Likut. van Couwenhovkn at Waitinohs Kit,. Iloiiorublo, "Valiant, Faitliful Sir. To Pieter M'dlpherlncn, lying on the Northriver before tlie Wapinmjhs Kii. Your favor of yesterday by Mr. WUleCs yaclit has been received to-itujh,i or j.erhaps for sonio Esojma, to which we have no objec. tion, should you see any hope of getting some prisoners, but my advice is and 1 recommend it hereby most earnestly to you, that you mak(! a quick trip to i\w Esujnia himX take there G or 8 men more for the protection of the yacht and people. If the wind docs not serve, do not remain at anchor with the yacht, but keep sailing even if it is only from one side of the river to the other. I believe, that l)y so doing you will have fewer savages on board and run less danger ; still I tliink it advisable to got t! or 8 men from t]w, Eii02'*is ; if you get again some prisoners, do not send thern down here, but bring them directly to the Esopus and report to Capt. Creyier your adventures, wherewith etc. 13'" vVugust A° 1CG3. Lkt-ikk FuoM DiKKCTOK Ktuyvksantto Caitain Ckeoikk at "Wiltwyck; FiTKTHEU instructions. Honorable, Valiant, Faithful Sir. Our last letter was oi the 0'" July (.riniiit'cl not to do any linrin to tlio Butch, Tiot even m uuicli as to kill a chicken or take a piece of bread, because tbey desire nothing better, tliuti to live in peace with the Dutch, for tliey are afraid, that the 8inr«kuH nnght kill them. 3. They ask for a email piece of ordnance, to use it in their fort against the Sinnekita and protect their corn. 4. Tie says, that some of his friends have plmited among the Esopua a, longtime ago, wlio would like to return to the Meiiiasinrka now and he nsks permission for them, because it is said, that they should not allow any one of the Knopn.i to come among them ; he expresses his hope, to obtain thereby some of the Dutch [>risoners. 5. They say, that tlioy have iiuiuircd for our iirisoners, but that none of them liiis been brought to them nor to the Aix/M/v'cc/', nor to the W(ij>ji!/i(/hs ; but that there is a horse among them, which one of their young men had bought from the Lxo^us. Answer to the ]ireceding ])roposition8. 1. It is well, tliat they have come to inform us, they had no connexions with the /'.'sojitts in this present war and that they would have none we are inclined to continue in peace with them, as with Oi'ainm, as long as they keep (juiet. 2. That we likewise would not harm any of their peoi)le, liul that it is necessary for the nuiin- tenanco of tho peace, that noiu' of their savages should come armed into tho neighborhood of tho />?ut) and kill them; they nnd "took to inform their savages hereof. 3. That our small pieces of ordnance had altogether been sent oil and the others were too large, to bring them into their •ountry ami that the Saulcl,■u.^i woro our friends as well as they; they would be angry and would fight against us and against our people at Fort Oratuje. 4. The answer to their 4"' i.oint was, it is well, that they inform us, we are ])leased, that they wish to have their fri. ids back among them provided they have not had a hand in the late massacre. 5. Whether they could not give us two of their i)eoi)le, to show, where our jirisoners are and we would make them a goo.l ].resent, if le.l to the.,i w if they could not or dared not do it, that they should buy our jiri.soners for us, we would return tho advanced money. They answered, that they would first try their best to get the prisoners by kindness or to hwj them from thuhmpun, if not successful herein, they will then bring us information, where they are. "We gave hereupon four coats and pieces of cloth. Actum at Fort Amsterdam in Nno- JfethcrlaiuJ, date as above. Leitkk from Director Stuyvesant to Lieut, van Cocwenhovkn ; no indiviiuai, i.ndian i'uisonkiw to uk kei.kaski) ok exohanceo. Valiant, Faithful Sir. "We learn to our regret from your letter of the 2.5"' inst., that the savages, Wapplngn as well as EttopxiH, have put you off from time to time, so that until now you have been able to accom- Ntw York Jlintorical Jiecords. «9i plihli only liltlc or iiolliiiig, fxcej)! to nniHoni tluvc cluldreii ii.ul a woman, wlu.so ivleiwo you couUl only obtain by lilH'nitin- thu cHpti-rud hiuhw. Tliis was, bowever, not aicordinj- to our intt-n- tioiiH, UH you W(Mv not only cl.argu.l Vfrbally, but nlso by written instructions, not to niako any promises to any of tlie eaptured savages nor to release tlieni, except under tlie con.lition, tliat first and above all an agreement siio- M bo nmdo for tbo exclmnge of all tbe j-risoiiers. Wo direct you once niore to follow the instructions ctosel) and so does the Council of War at tho /%>««. Wo .ire pleased to learn, what you further write in your letter, that llie chief of the (IV^;;- p!nh and i)ray, that tho good (Jod may give bis blessing to it for tbo bonelit of the poor and miserable captives. If it should not turn out according to your wishes and intentions, you say, you hoped to get the bette.- of them in a manner, whi-h tliey will not lilc(! much. Yott.s should be ■ai)tinvd or killed. If you can gain an advantage over them, after they have thus been warned and informed, wc shall be nrich jdeased, l)ut we doubt very mneb, wbotbor you sbiill be able to accomplish it with the s-nall force under your command. We would thiidv it for the benefit of our pri.soner.. ,vho us wo learn are mostly bidden among the Waj'jnny/is with the Ju;oj»u^ savages, -7 you could strike a blow at both tbo tribes, who accord- ing to your letter and the reports of others still keep together ; you sbould do it with tlu, knowlclge and :i.ssisfance of the Conned of War at the Aso/>us, for the firet blow must be, wicli (iiKl's bles.sing and help, a Mwe one, else it would do more barm to us and especially to our poor priwjners. The requested bnmdy and powder, also some i)rovisi(>n8 are sent herewith. The Only-gootl God may provide y.ju, the oHicers and soldiers, engaged with you in this undertaking, with pru- donco and courage and grant a good re.sukf)r tbe boiu.r of his name and the best of our poor prisoners. No more herewith, than to connnend you to God's grace with onr salutations. Your affectionate friend. Actum Fort Amsterdam Sent to J'l,i,-:' WoJph,rf.sa>, who lies in the in N. Xetherlaml, 27'" Aug. Ifi63. Norihriver at the mouth of Wupj^imj Jul. Lktiteu kkom thk Foitr Or.\nok AiTiiournKs to Diijcotok Stiyvksant on Indian affaiks. Noble, Very Worshipful Gentlemen, tlie Director-Cienerai .-jud Councii of New- Netherland. We beg to say in answer .^o the letter of the 0"' of this month of Auiiust, that the warniiig or something .similar has been given us to our i-gret long ago. May God save us from more trouble. Some Mitquacn chiefs have agreed in their last proiM>silions to sail ilown the riv.T in a yacht and bring presents to the soutliorn and northern savages, with whom we are allied. Our neighbors are the JIK«, that tiiey must not wuilVr any Kso^mn savages among tlieni nor let any of their people live among tho I'jtopm. They have promised to rememher this warning and aecepted presents on it. Their propositions and our answers to the same hhidl be sent soon to your IJon''"' Worships. As to tlio wiirnini,' of tlio country people, thoy liavo been informert Onimje ife Rensselaer/twi/ek JouANNKS Tkov OS r, Clerk, L). F. Sohelluyne, Secretary. l-'i ' ^1 •d*- l!;|,. 5?« it " LirrrKKs fkom Duiector STt-vvKSANT and Cocncil to Captain Crkoikb; comments AN» INSTRUCTIONS KESPKOTINO THE EsOPUS OAMPAION. Ilonorablo, Valiant, Faithful Sir. Your letter of the 24'" inst. with tlio continuation of the journal has been lianded to us by tlio Rev. Jlarmonus Bhm. We have read your diary and seen among other things some ordinances made regarding the militia and concerning the mowing and bringing in of tho harvest and the riiiming into the country by small jiarties; wo willingly confirm them all, only we see under date of the 18'" and 1!»'" inst., that Ensign Nusscn has been sent out with fifty-fivo men to some corn-plantation of the savages about three leagues from Wilttuijck; but it is not stated in which direction, whether up or down the river or inland ; next day al)Out noon the Ensign returned without finding any savages and you do not say, whether ho destroyed tlie corn or not and for what reasons. C(jining now to your letter of the abovesaid date, you give us therein hope of a so good and bountiful harvest, as we have not had in three years, but you say in your diary of the 22" inst., that the grain i.s spoiling in the field through rain and tlu^ lack of mowers and that the fanners shall hardly be able to bring in one fourth part among themselves ; this seems to be a contradic- tion, at least to us, who do not know, what to hope and to believe. AVe shall order the reaiy/,.«, and Ji'xupus, who si ill k.i'p together, if he does not Accomplish concerning * A'ienital, tlic .son-iii-liiw of Anneke Jan». — Kn. New York Jlintorical A'ecvnls. 293 tliu rcli'iiHt! of tlio ju'lfioncrM, wliut lio intends and liopw, wlmt lie writo.s iihont it and our answer, you will loarn hy fiio endohed copy of iiitt letter. If yon and the Couneil of War liiive any hope of a coiiHideralilc. advantnj,'e over the Ktupna and Wupplmjh.^ benellttinj,' our poor prisonerH, then we leave it tu you and the Couneil of War to do your best for the benetit of tiie piiblie welfare and the poor prisoners with every precaution and eournfje, to ask (rod'n blesHinj,' for a good result and await it. If for the carrying out of the plan one or more yachts might b(! necessary, then you may employ the one, which brings this letter ; I have- ordered the skipper to wait for your orders and answer. Should you and the Council of War knc.w better means and have a better plan for the release for the prisoners, than what Lieutenant CouirnJiouen proposes, then carry it out, t/ie lieavUnt iiiuhI. wtiijh ntimt. riea.su do your best according to your infiirniation and judgment. When after failing to recover our prisoners the design against the Witj>j)iiiij/i/i is taken in hand and the same results as wo desire or as wo do not desire, then you and the Council of War are hereby expressly commanded and chai'ged to send innncdiately after having made the attempt 00 soldiers under Lieutenant Coawenltonen, to he stationed here in the villages of ycir-Iluerltm, lifiijiii and elsewhere, for it must not be overlooked that under such circumstances the country people in this neighborhood will suiler some hardships and in consideration hereof the attempt must not be made lightly and on uncertain grounds, but with hope of a good result as we said before; wo must leave it to your better information and judgment. Closing with eordiid greetings and commending you and your soldiers to God's protection we remain 27'" Aug. 1GG3. Your affectionate friends the Director-(ieneral and Council of Ncio-^'dherland, Honorable, Valiant, Faithful Sir. Aa the yacht luis remained here until to-day on account of contrary winds and wo have as yet heard nothing from Lieutenant lunnnnhovrn, which makes us fear, that the ]\'ajtpi)uj/is hiive not kei)t their word antl promise to bring our prisoners within four days and that conse(piently Lieu- tenant Koinoenhoven has, in accordance with his letter, undertaken oiio or the other cxj>loit, but, wo hope, not without idling upon you for aid and advice, or at least not without bavin.; made every effort to obtain our prisoners from the Wajipiinj/ix by consciencious mcsans and in friend- ship, thoreforo you and tlio Council of War are once nu)re warned, if they should refuse and you slK)uld on that account resolve to strike a blow at them and we think, that it would be better at present not to attempt anything against them, but to wait for a better opportunity, unless you had every chance and opp -rtunity to get hold of some Bsoptid savages or our prisoners among the WdjtjiirujK and you could catch one or the other by s>n-prise or otherwise and take a good nimd)er of prisoners. We leave this to your judgment, but desire to recommend herewith again most earnestly and to connuand, that tlie 60 or 60 men, ordered down before, be sent on by the first yacht and chance, for we consider this necessary for the welfare of the country etc. 2it"' Aug. 16t;3. Tomod Lodeiojck and Chus Loci- ai-o herc^by commanded and recpiired to tarry before the Redoubt until they receive the answer and orders of our Captain-Lieutenant Vt'eyier and obey his orders promptly. 294 Colonial Sdtlements on the Hudson Hive)'. Minute of Council. Information oiven concernino an intended massacre of THE WllITES ON THE NoKTHKIVKU. 30'" Aug. 1663. Sam Ki,'>'st>(le, tlio wife of Mr. Ilanx, says, she has been infoinied I)y a savago yosterday, that 8 tribes of siivages had niiited to kill all the Dutch oii the Nortlu-iwr, Fort Onuiye included! Ady ut supRu The wife of Jlir/iirlJamrn reports to have been warned by a savage, that some tribes of savages had united for the purpose of getting more Dutch prisoners etc. Ady ut supra. Information furnished iiy Okatam, ohiep or iiie IIaciunokesackv, besi'Ectino THE Esopiri Indians. Omiavi, chief of Jlackinkcmlij, was asked, whether after having taken liia k^ave, he has heard or sent for information of our prisoners where they are, how thev far(> and whether they could be ninsomed or not. He answered, that the cliief of the J/,iuls>mj/<.-< had gone to the Amjms about 8 days ago to see, wliether he could not ransom some prisoners and that he would give us information, as soon as the .said chief had returned; he says also, the F/^ojmti savages were making a new castle at a distance of a few hours march from Iheir old castle and that they had there another coi'uplantatiou etc. Date as above (;)0"' August 1663.) OkDKU DIREcriNO THE StUVEVOK TO LAY OIT LAND NEAR BeUOEN N. J. 30"' August. The petition of Tielman ■mn Vlecl; ('„.y,„r St,,,niN;f.i, Ailruin J\,.st and Ociirt Gcrritsm, inhabitants of the village of Benjci on the west side of the AWA/'mv, asking for some lowlands was taken up and read. The answer was : The surveyor is directed to proceed as soon as lie cxxn to tlic village of ncr/ yej^ferday, who brought the news, that our peoi)le had made an expedition against tiie IC'^opu.s foiu'days ago, "that, .'iO Kso2>iih had been killed together with some women and childnn and that our men had also taken from them our juisoners, who were with them. A new coat was promised to the bearer of the news, if tiicy are triu-. Ady ut supra. New Yoi'h Jlktorieal liccords. 295 Lettek fkom the Council to Caitmn CKEurKit; the victorv over the Esopus Indians ; ueinfokcementa sent. Ilonorablc, Valiant Sir. While his Honor the DireotorGeneral was on the eve of leaving for Boston, we received your letter, from which we principally learn the confirmation of the report, made to us by Oratam a few days i)efore the receipt of your letter, regarding the success and the advantage, gai?ied by you a!id your troops over the barbarians. We let tliis serve us as a reason to thank God the Almighty from the bottom of our hearts and to pray that his divine kindness may bless our further exploits and designs more and more. We have oirsorily spoken with his Honor, the General regarding the destruction of the fort of the savages, especially of their corn, which we understand must necessarily be done sooner or later. We shall send messengers to-day and to-morrow to the Enij- lull villages, also to the JHar.ie/iiii,j/,n, to get as uumy men Irom them as possible. Lieutenant Comuenhown also informs us, that he is about to send down 20 men by the lirst yaclit; but we judge, that this would cause delay and obstacles to our afoi'csaid design, anyway would (Hit it back, therefore mc desire hereby to direct and recommend you to send down no more military until further orders, but keep all the soldiers there and as it may already have been done before receipt of this letter, therefore we havt= given to the bearer hereof an open order, by which the skippers and banpiiers, on board of whose vessels tiio said soldiers might have been embarked, are directed to return with them directly or if it can be done conveniently to transfer them to the barge of the bearer. According to your request we send yon herewith for the j)resent 412 lbs of bacon, several hundred pounds of meat will follow by the lu'xt yacht, idso socks and shoes and whatever else circumstances will allow to send. Closing herewith we connnend you to (tod's protection aiul remain 13"' 1^'" IOCS. Y,,ii,. iifTuctionatc friends the Council of A'eiv-jVe(fi('rIan(f. Here follows the order nuMitioned in the preceding letter: Tli(! skipper or bargeman, to wiiom these presents are shown, is commanded and ordered, to carry the soltliers aboard his vessel back to tiie K-ojxi.i or if it can be done conveniently to debark or transfer them, for wo have considered it thus neces.saiy for the public welfare. Actum in Fort Amsterdam, this i;} 7''"-' ltl(i3. I'kocosai.s ok rnii ouikf of the Mabski'inous an-d axswkk tueroto. Anno ItitiS on the 20"" September the chief of the Martu,^ alone ; you will have to bear that in mind and to send them off directly after having nuide the exploit, also so many men under Lieutenant Coinisnhocin, that you keep the number of seventy without forgetting the two negroes. Wherewith etc. 21" Septbr A" 1CG3. Le-iter FKOM THE CorNcir. Tn THE AiTHoijinKs AT FoKT OuAxoE ; Indian affairs. Honorable, Dear, Ik-loved Friends. Tiiis serves as cover for the enclosed cojjv of a letter sent by Colonel Ttunph'* to Capt. Willett and delivered by Capt. Willett to his Honor, tlie Director-CJeneral, while on tlio jujint of leaving. After having read it, we found it necessary to senquest your Honors most * Sir TlioDiiis Tiinijlf, Prdprictiiry iiiul (iovtrnor of S'lmi Hmlit. New York Historical Records. 297 earnestly hereby, to inform tlio Mnqnaes at tlie first opportunity of the complaints of our Enylish neighbors ami to use all possible persuasion and other means, that a permanent peace be made between them and the Northern savages ; we do not doubt, that if they can be disposed for peace, it will be accepted by the other side, as your Honors can infer from the enclosure, althongh the most injury seems to liave been done to them. But if it is not possible and mattera remain as they are, then wo are sure, the Maquaes will be shortly attacked by the Erujliish neiglibore and the savages. Should your Honors see any hopes to bring about a desirable result, then we leave it to your Honors' own deliberations, how and by which means the parties might be persuaded first to an armistice. We should think, it would not be strange, if the Maquaes sent some mes- sengers ; opportunity to send them by water could easily be found here. We expect your Honors' answer and report of what has been done. Meanwhile we connnend your Honore to God's pro- tection and remain with cordial greetings. Honorable, Dear, Beloved Friends. Actum Fort Amsterdam, Your Honors' affectionate friends the 21" 16G3. the Council of New-Netherland. Extract from a letter of Director Stuyvesant to the Yice-Dikector at Curacao with details of the defeat of the Esopus. » * « * * * I had informed your Honor by Capt. Lord among others of the troubles, in which we were with some savages and the expectations, which we had of a good result. So far the good God has wondcrfidly blessed the means, which we have employed. On the day of my departure, 14: days ago to-day, I received a sure and detailed report, that our troops had again surprised the newly nuide castle of the savages, 27 remained dead on the field, besides the men, who were wo\mded or shot while s\vin)niing across the Kil or little river and whom the current took away, 22 captured christians were retaken and 10 savages fell alive into our hands. To the Lord, our God, is here for due our praise, honor and thanks. #*♦*»# Boston in New EiKjland the 2-1"' Seittbr. 1603. Extract. Minute of proceedings at Fokt Oranok with tiii: Mohawks reoardino Col- onel Temple's remonstrance against their making war on the Indians in his government. Extraordinary Meeting held by both Courts at Fort Orange the 2G"' September 16«!3. Tlie letter of the Hon'''" Council of New-Nethfrland i\i\tei\ the 21" Se]itbr lt!t!;i was opened and road, also the copy of a letter written by Colonel Titiijilc to Capt. Willi t1 under date of the (!"■ of July A" lt)ii3 and received by us through Ihrrit Vinbeeck. The meeting was then adjourned to the next day, the 27'". 38 T i ;J Colonial Settlements on the Ilwlmn River. On the 27«- September A" 1663 we summoned before our meeting,' Hah,',ki, chief of the Maquars aiul lie uppearcd in company of some of his tribe. The letter of Col. Tempi, was read and translated nito the Maquaen tongue by the Commissaries Genit iSlioh^nharst and Jan lomassen. First we stated to them tlie complr.int of CoL Temple, that the Maquae, liad attacked his peoiWe near their fort livst summer and wounded some of then., according to the aforesaid letter of the 6"" of July A° 1663. Secon.lly ^vo have urgently requested them to make a permanent per.ce, agreeably to Col. y«;y)fe. request, and we warned them ut the same time, that not oniv the Emjlish savages, but also the luujhsl, themselves would fall upon them ; the peace was further earnestly reconnnen.led o then, and the difficulties, which would arise fro.n an Englhh attack, were explained. Saheda, he bachem of the JSLv^uaes answered ; that in regard to the first he requests Col. Temple to leave Inm and ]ns_ people alone and not trouble himself about the war between them and the Northern or else Onejagcse. Secondly, they do not consider themselves as at war with the people of 0>whm«jc](. J. Pkovoost, Clerk D. V. SciiEU.uYNE, Secretary of the Colony of Rensselaers- tvi/ck 1603. To the Honorable and Worshipful the Council of New-Netherland at Fort Amsterdam. MiNCT?; OF Council. Pkocf.edings on keoeipt ok iNTia.i.KJKNfK, that trk Tndians WEKK AIIOUT TO SIAKE A DKSCENT ON Til 10 DuTOH SHTTLEMENI-S AT lIoBOKEN, AilASIMUS ETC*. On tiio 15"' of October in the morning S' Vorndis Stecnwyk reported: Last night at about 9 o'clock Secretary van Ruyven was with me at my door to tell me, what a Northern savage had related at Jan dc Schihler\s house, namely, that the balance of the Esopus savages had fled witli their prisoners to the Wappingh.^, where also the Jlahicaiidirn, Klchtaiottngh, Wiic/iijuaedrcJc and other River savages had gone. There they kintehnjfd and deliberated and made a plan to make connnon cause after liaviiig gathered the corn and conuj down, .'iOO or 000 men strong, to destroy first all the Dutch plantation over the Kiver at Jloboackin, Ilasimus, the corn-land and then the Manhatans Island, to burn, to kill everybody or take prisonei-s, whom they could get and that it should be done in a few davs. Ai)Out iu)oii, before the meeting broke up, the Company's yacht arrived from the Empus with letters from Capt. -Lieut. 6>V(//f?-, which with letters irmn Fort Orange wniivm the above report, as may be Keen from them and the daily aniiotatiiins made there. The matter being of very great importance, it was resolved to defer deliberation upon it until afternoon and to have Bonie of the City-Magistrates join the Council, to hear also their advice and to inform them of the very dangerous situation of the country, the low state of the treasury, the want of provisions, clothing and other necessities for the troops and what is connected with it. In tiie afternoon the foregoing information was also communicated to the majority of the Burgomasters and Schepens, the advices received from the Ekojuis were read to them and then a frank statement was made of the present sittiation of the country and its perillous State, of the impossibility to redress it, unless either by subsidies or by negotiation of drafts on tiie Fatiierlaiui nu)ney could be raised Tor the maintenance of the too small military force, but neither counsel nor helj) could be thought of or prt)posed by them ; however it was resolved for the present to send some troops to protect Xew-IIaerlfm, situate at the end of this island and two yachts, each manned by 10 or 12 men up the yorthrith'r to prevent the designs of the savages and divert them as much as possil)le; meanwhile also to warn the villages in the country around . f. 800 Colonial Settlements on. the Hudson River. here, that they must be on their guard; 16 or 20 men were sent in the City's lighter to Nevy Ilaerlew, to reniiiin tliere in the river iind to prevent as far as possible the savages from crossing over to Long- Inland. Two yachts, namely the Company's and that of the Spaniard, each with 10 men imder Lieu- tenant Couwen/iouen were sent up the River to the Wapjdmjs. Actum Fort Amsterdam in JVew Netherlands on the day as above. >:%' ■f.i . Instructions for Lieutknant van Couwenhoven to ascertain and prevent the MOVEMENTS OF THE EsOl'US, WaPPINGS AND IIlOIILAND IndIANS. Instructions for Lieutenant Pieter Woljdicrtscn van Couwenhoven. 1. He shall proceed as quickly as possible to the Wappinyn or Highland savages and make every effort to get iiiforinatioii either froi:i the Kicht -wnnghn or from the Wiechquaeal-cclcs sav- ages regarding the plans of the Esojnta and Highland savages. m, i 1 w After he has received information of their plans and that tiiey will carry them out in as short a time as we are told, which they will in canoes according to tlieir custom and if they have not alreac - dropped down the river, ho shnll constantly cruise from one side of the river to the other in the Highlands or elsewhere, where it is narrowest, especially at night, to i)reveiit the coming down of their canoes, or at least to discover them. 3. Should ho hear that they ha\e ])assed, then ho must speedily return to inform us or if he thinks it more advantageous, he may follow them to hinder their plans or at least divert them. 4. If he obtains information among tae Kcchtawangh, Lq/j^a-'n or other savages, that the Enojms and Highland savages are not coming down so soon, then he must sail up the river with both yachts to the W,rj>ping.9 and send one or the ojlior savage after them and try to make the chief or some of the Highland tribe to come on board and treat with them about the ransoming of the rest of the Christian prisoners, in default of other things for the captured savages, of whom we hold a like number. .5. While engaged in the negotiation he shall closely inquire into the comlition and state of the savages, how sli-ong the tribes ar(! togetlicr, where tiiey lie and what their intentions are. If he could make an armistice for some time with the expectation of peace with them, tlien it would be W(!lb so that we can in the meantime get ourselves in better condition to resist them. 7. The savage jirisoner, whom he takes along and who is, as we are told, a Wa^tping vmOl brother New York Historical Records. 301 of the chief must not be relenBed, unless 3 or 4 captured Cliristian children can be obtained for bim. 8. If he should not be able to get speech of the Highland savages, then it is a sure sign, that their intentions are bad ; he shall theu, whenever convenient, take most of the soldiers from the Spaniard's yacht over into his and, as was said above, constantly cruise in the Highland or where the river is narrowest especially at night and send down the Spaniard's yacht to inform us of every- thing and meanwhile be always on his guard. Actum Fort Amderdam in New- Netherlands the IG'" of October 1GC3, P. Stuyvesant. Instructions fob Mr. Verbraack and Sergeant van den Bosch, sent wrrn Liec- TliNANT CoUWENMOVEN. Instructions for S' VerhraacTi and Sergeant Ilarmen Mar- ter^m van den Bosch. 1. Coming up with the Company's yacht at Kichtawangh they shall take 8 men out of tlie same into theirs and go up the river as soon as the Company's yacht makes sail. 2. During the night they must never or at least as little as wind and weather permit, remain at anchor, but as long as they are out they must cruise with tiie other yacht from one side of the river to the other, where it is narrowest, to prevent the coming down of canoes. 8. Day and night they must keep close together, so that they can assist each other, if necessary, and they must at all times look well to their arms. 4. If they get some savages on hoard, they must especially inquire as much as possible after the Esopus and WapplnKjs whore they are, what other saviiges have joined them, how strong they are and what their force is. Sr. Verhraack is requested to assist Lieutenant Couwenhoven in the writing and noting down of what the savages say and what they themselves hear ai: ' to enter it all correctly. fi. If Lieutenant Couwenhown should think it proper to remain cruising in the Highlands, the Sergeant shall turn over to iiim 4 or 5 men and come down with speed, to make us a report of every thing. They shall read and communicate to Lieut. Vmiioenhoven the preceding as well as these instructions, as soon as they reach him. Actum 10"' October A" l(i63. ^ujM- ..^ I iv ? 4 ? t ' ■J S{ 'f ^1 , t' ■•4 3*^2 Colonial Settleme7its on the Iludsan Hiver. Lktteb from Diukctok S■ruYVE8A^r^ to Likutenant Couweniioven ; instbuotions FOB KXOUANOE of 1'KI80NEK8 WITH THE INDIANS. Valiant, Faithful Sir. I uncleretund from tho vorhal and the written report of the hearer, that tho chiefs of the Simincks, Kiehtairaii,j>i and Wiechpuuxkirh solicit very eai-iiestly tliu oxcliango of tho captive 8)vya^'e against a Kirl ; considering that ho is hiniBclf a Sachem and brother to the chief of the Waj>j>!n4jH, we ought to have at least 2 or ,'5 for him, but if they i)ronii.-- I'lNOS, JUST MAUK, VIOLATED AOAl.V JiV IHEM. rfonorable. Valiant, Faithful Sir. \Vo are informed to our great regret, that Lieutenant Phter Wolphert^wi van Qmwenhovcn, after having made and renewed the p.'uce with tiie Wajyjnmjx about 12 days ago and stipidated for an exchange of prisoners according to his written and verbal report, went there yesterday a week ago in lint Jarohs,n\^ y.aclit ; on tiu- ;!' inst., la.st Saturday, he was surprised by the Wai>- pinys, the yacht was captured and burnt and the C or 8 men with him were murdered and he him self taken as prisoner to the Wajiping castle. We deemed it urgent to acrpiaint your Honor of this affair by the bearer and at the same tinu> to rcciuest and command, that your Honor come down, to consider, after having put everything in good order, but we leave it to your Honor's and our f ilends' discretion, if yoiu- Honor should in the meantime sec a chance, in conse.pience of good information, to gain an advantage ove, the said Waj.phujx witli the assistaiu'c of some "ol- unteers and tlie force luider your conunand. We send herewith a (quantity of jueat, about 2000 pounds, for the garrison. Wherewith etc". The 7'" November ItSfl-l {/liefor 1003.) i^m New York Historical Jtecordi^. 303 OkDINANOE fob TIIK HKTIKK SKOUKITY and SKTlI.KMKNr OF BekoEN, N. J., I'A88ED 15th Novkmbkr ltitl3. (See Lttwa of Ncw-Ncthcrland, p. 449.1 MiNUTK OF Council. Pkkmission okantki) to suvKKAt Indians to fish near IIakrlkm, IS*"" November. To-day Schmmena^r-ach, chief of Wicchqiiaeslcerk, canio into the fort and requested for himee'f and Iiis people permission to li«li unmolested near the village of New-IIaerlem. It was granted to him on condition, that they shall not come armed into the ncighhorliood of the Dutch. And that people might be quite sure, that it were no Etopm, but his men, ho was given the seal of the Company impressed in wax on little cards, which they can show meeting some Dutchmen. Ady ut supra. Nota : He received altogether 12 such cards or seals, namely for the Wiechqiiaed-ech, whose chief is iSamocnaar-ack 4 — for the Klchtawaiujhn, whose chief is Majht'icwakeit 4— for the lieweghiimcLi, whose chief is Currispin 4. the Jus Kiyhtkonck and Shislncq^ have no chief iiow, but are counted among the foregoing savages. Lettkk kkom Vii-K-DiKKCToii La Montaonk T() Diuectou Stvyvksant; repair of TIIKFOKT; FLUniT of TUK iloUEtJANS. Tlonorable, Valiant and Worshipful (Jentlemen, Gentlemen. Your Hon"'" W.^rshijis' letter of the first of November has been handed to us by William Boganhts on the 18"> inst. After having read it in our meeting we called together the j.rincipal men of the place and connnunieatod the contents to them ; they were satisfied with it and made the advances to the Hon"'" (\tinpany as entered on the enclosed list, to which we refer. His lion"" Worship the Director General [has explained to us in his letter] of the IS"- of June last past [the necessity] of repairing the now decayed fort here, [leaving it to our judgment] whether it would not be better, to strengthen the stone-house here and break off all the old huts around it, but we found that all the houses were in the fort and that it could not be done without great expense:., therefore we let the matter rest so far, expecting that the Hon'"'' General would come here, to give his opinion on it ; however on the lu"' of October a certain rumor reached us that several tribes had gathered behind the Keexicurei/sl.wk {MaUoa\wuadowlu>ok) and that they would come in 2 or ;{ days to attack the country-people, in consecjuence of which some lied and we resolved unanimously to repair the corners as before with the least expense and the greatest ppeed and leave the old huts to stand altogether and it wasdoiu; so that the corners are now more solid and stronger, tlian ever before and there remiiins only to make the sally-jwrt and the gun- carriages for which the material is ready and which they will begin to do to-morrow. The flight of the MahiamJers, who have letl their land and corn, as well as the etrange and ^i^M It A 304 Colonial /Settlements on the Hiuhon Jliim: unlicAnl of disposition of tlio other Bavagos takes away our liopo to write to your non"*'" Worships during this winter. Meanwliilo wo commend your Hon'"'" Woraliips to GikI protection and remain Your Hon'''" Wdrshijw' aflectioniiti' friends The Vitxj-Director and Commissaries of Fort Orange and the village «'f BevennijcX'. La MoNiAONK, Vice-Director. Fort Orange Jan Tuomassen the 15"" November 1663, Gooskn (iKKRi-n-reEN StokkeI Jansen. To tlio TTonorable, Valiant, and Worsliipful Ocntleman, his Honor Petrus Stuyvesaiit, Director-General and Council of New-Netherland at Fort Amsterdam. LwrrKK FROM 1)i;:eotok Stuyvksant TO Oaitain Ckeoiku: the Wappinos have not IIKOKKN THE PEACE, CaPTAIN C. OKOEBED TO TUE MaNIIATANS. Honorable, Valiant Sir. • Our last letter to you was expressly sent in the Company's yacht 12 days ago on receipt of the distressing news, which wo liad heard about Putroposed to you on that occiision and "eft it to your judgment and bettor inf.pnnatioii, to take reve*-- .,■ h.i ;i, of the Wapplngn aiul strike a heavy blow at them with your soldiers and some vol • ..ers. "V^ c have since been informed by Mr. Ahraham Siaats to our great joy and del'trl-;, lUat itwas not true and that ho had spoken with PkUr WolpJurtst'ii and Rut JncuhKcn ■• .ar the J'Mipn.i river. We are \ ,'ry nmch astonished and displeiised, that during all this time jt a letter nor a word of news has been received from either Pieter Wolj>/iert.ien or you ai' ' that the yacht i.s detained there contrary to our verbal and written orders, we cannot iniagi' . lor what reasons, the more so, beca\i.so we had so plainly commanded yon to come down wit)- liie yacht for the purpose of con- ferring with us over the matter for the best of the country We repeat the order herewith and wish it done upon receipt of this letter with all po;-;;.' /Ic ;.eod and direct that the design upon the Wappingn be deferred until then, if it cannot m crrwed with prospect of a good success and in safety or if it ia : WAI'I'IN(i InDIANS TOWARPS A PEACE. Instruotions for Lieutenant Pitttr Wolphertsen van Couwenhoven, Sergeant Pieter Ehd and llarimn Douweseti, idl th.-oe well versed in the navago tongue. Whereas we are informed by Thdmas flaJl, that the chief of the WappiiujH hassent one of his savages, whom the aforesaid Tliuiiias Hall has seen and heard speak, to the Governor of New- k ^\'cw York J " itofical Jiecorda. 806 Haven nnil i-pqiiosl. il liini ro act iin iiUMlintor and advocate for a coiitiinintiftn of the ponce lietwtien u« 1111(1 liiM triltc and to liriii),' it iiliout, askinj^ for thi^ purpow a letter from the Hjiid (toverijor to thic gi^vcriimeiit and j,nvinij; an reamiii to tlie said (ioveriuir, that liin chief and his tribe hud novor done any ill to tliu Duti'h nor tried to do, but dcHircd to continue in peace with liicni, to wliicli niUHt lie added, that on tiie 17"' nj;ii whom tliey asijcd for peace not only for the aforenaid Wapjmiijn but also for the A'l^ojiuH savanx'M, declaring' fraiddy, that tliey had been riMpiestccj and directed by both tribes to do it: Aiul wberean we have yesterday, the 2ti"', reeeivetl and heard the written and verbal reports of Lieutenant Couir<;n/u>rm, sayinj,' in substance, tint on the (i"" and 7'" inst. the /Cuopim chief c«JhKl came to him on bi.ard and declared frankly, that he was ashamed to speak, thai he neither could nor wouhl continue at war with us any longer, but sued for peace, Therefore, all this having been considered by tlie Director-General atiiK'ouneil of Ni'wNethedimd, fl)uy have resolved, with the advice ami consent of the Ihirpomasters, to send the above-named tiiree persons, who understand and speak the savage language very well, to the Wajjjnngs, that they may imjuire fov tluMnselves, whether they arc so minded, ns we are informed and if they Hnd it correct, to tell thom in our luune, that we are willing to continue and renew the jieace with them on solid and good conditions, also to make peace with the A'm>j>itM, when the balance of our jjrisonere shall have been released in exchange for those, whom we have of their people. 2. If tiiey tind tiie Wappings and E^opits so disposed, as they are said to be, they are to tell them, that they nmst be (piick in their resolves, as the winter is before the doors and the yachts canno go mucii longer, that tliey sj-eedily must comti down to conclude the peace with us, coming eitl'i i- in this yacht or following in a short time in their canoes. 3. If the Wappimj and Esopua chiefs and saviiges should bo afraid to come down to this place, the aforesaid messengers are authorized to a|)point time and place with the savages either on the end of this islaiul, at llohoockin, on Staten-Idand or elsewhere between Stutoi-Idiind and the end of Jltin/iutann Inland. 4. Should however the Wt(j>jiings and the Fsopun savages bo found Tiot quite or absolutely inclined to make a firm and inviolable peace according to tlieir recpiest and propi-ilions, which they will be able to learn and tind out soon antl in the first place, then they must (pnckly return and report to us. 6. They may forgive the Kmpus their last attempts on the "corn land," but the six captured Christians must also be exchanged and delivered, before we can make peace with that tribe. If tlie Kiopns savages are iiulincil hereto, tlu'ii they shall go up to the Jusopun, to fetch the scpiawg and children, still held there and to surrender them u|)oii recciiit of ihe Christian prisoners. 6. If om[>elled to go to the Ff«>pus for the above stated reasons, tlicn they must inform us minutely in writing of their |.:()ceedings by a savage >ent either overland or in a canoe. Piftt-r t/annen van Kuyck is sent with them for this purpose, to note ami write down everything properly. I \ -J 806 Colonial ISenkinentii on the Jludson Jiiver. '%■ ^*i''? .!«?■ -^ Thoy sliiill bring txway from tliu /;«-/>«# the tlirtio bniiico piocos witli their apimi (eniiiiL'ts, tlio BtuldleH find Itridlon, wliifii Imvi- mostly liocn liorrowcd fnmi oilier iico|p|c mid iiro liciiij' caiifd I'.ir, also tile powder vnvU mid tliu liirgo rope, Heiit up there, so that they iimy be laid luvay hero until better use and service. 8. Finally aa the winter is bofon? our doorn the gi-eiitest speed as well in their upward trip ait coming down is reeomniended to tbeni. Actum in Fort Amxhrdam in New- Ad furl and, the ai" 9"" 1(1«3. LKfTKU KKOM DtRKOToU StUYVKSAHT To (111; MAdlRTKATES AT WlI/rWYCK I OOl.LEO- TIONB KOK TIIK cniUt 11 AND KoU TUK IMiolt; SIPKKINTKNDKNOK OK INTKSTATKb' EHTATK8. Honorable, Dear, Faithful Friends. You will learn from tlie eiu-losed co])y what we have written to the reverend Consistory of WiNwyck and wu do not doubt, that such abuses will be prevented in future. We have also been informed from that side and we shall learn in due time, whether it is true or not, that you have arrogated the disposal of what is collected in the community either for the church or for the poor. If it is so, then it is our o])inion and wo command, tliat the disposal atid tiie distribution of it shall only concern tho Consistory and remain until further order in its hands. Therefore you must in no way presume, but oius side and the other must remain within the boundaries of their respective positions and confer with each other in love and friemlship, which, we hope, will be done. We commend you to (lod's grace and protection and remain with cordial greetings Honorable, Dear, Faithful Friends. Fort Anuti'rdam in N. N. 21" It'" 1«W?3. Postscript. Ah wc have referred to you, because it was projier forthe avoiiianco of further dilHculties, ami now do it again, that a good and strict attention anil care should be given to the goods ami elfects left behind by such i)crsons, as should die without lawful heirs or testamentary disposition, therefore we have also for pregnant rea.sons resolveil, that the money-proceeds from such estates shall bo placed in charge of the overseers of tho poor, after the liabilities and assets have been adjusted; BO that the same may be better taken care of, until it is proved who luis a right to the money. Relying hereupon we commend you again to (.Jod's protection and remain with cordial greetings. Honorable, Dear, Faithful frieuda. Actum Avinterdnm in N. Netlierld, lii" !»"" 1(J«3. New York Jlistoncal Jteeovds, 807 Lkitkkkkom tiik KAMI. i(» rill. Vv NMIH'Klur A w l.rWYOK TIIKV ARK Ni>T TO INTIB- IKKK l.N MAITKIW luNt KU.M.Nd INUMTATK KHIATKS. Rovuroiicl, Pious imd Very Disurcttt FrieiidH. Voii will fieo by tho oiiclogwl copy, of wimt tluMiiiifjiBtrntcs of tho villago of ]Villu>yck Imvo compljiinud to us. Ft uiiim-um sfriiii,!,'t) to us, tliiit you opiwHo tlio luiigiHtriitoH iii umtturH of micli a iiaturu, for upon tliciii fiiU tlio duty propurly, to iippoiut aduiiiiiHtriitoM and to luivo tho entateK invwitoriod; tlio CoiwlHtory Iuih no diri'ctiou iii It, much less, ^liuuld it pioiiouncv any interdict tliro(ij,'li tlu! (^.urt nu'.s.s..|ijrer H^'iiinut rundcriiij,' an account to tho CoininirtKaricH or tho ad- niiiiistratorrt a])poinfcd hy tiieiu for tlio estato loft iioliind hy this or that jiorson without hoirs or testainontary dlnpoHltloii, for tiioy aro hound hy tlicir olUcial (hiticM to tako caro of tho ostatort through orphaninaHtcrs or curators, that afffu- tho liabilities and iisHetH have been ad- justed, ahsont hoirs may obtain thoir own. In caso tho ovorscorH of tho poor or tho CoiisIb- tory should havo or protond to have some olaliii uiM)ri an estate for advancoii nionov, given cither for funeral expenses or on interest or as a l.iaii to this or that person, then they could not bo tlieir own judges, much loss arrogate tho estate on thtur own authority, but they must iJiweod according to law and got an order of attachment, when it is ronuirod. Voii are theivforo hereby ro- ipiired not to make any opposition to the inventory of some intestate estate, much less to order anybody through iho Courtinessongor or forbid him, to give a specified acc.mnt or reliqual to tho Court or tho guardians appointed by it, nor to forbid or i»rovent tho i)ayinent of a debt in any oth.'r maimer, than by attachiueiit and other such legal proceedings before tho Court. You may appeal in behalf of tho deacons or the church if you tind youi-self wronged. As ronowe.l complaints have been mado in this regard by tho Magistrates, wo trust that tho error committed by you will be i)romi.tly correcti'd and avoided in future; but we are also in- formed and shall bear in duo time, whether it is true or not, that the Magistrates tried to arrogate tho disposjd of what is collected in tho community for tho church or tho poor. If it is, as wo aro informed, then we iiro of opinion and direct, that the disposal and distribution of it projierly concerns luid siiall remain in tho caro of the Consistory. AVe rocomnuMid you, the one side and the other, bef(U-o dosing each to remain within tho boundaries of your resijoetivo positituis and to continue as well otlicially as privately to live together in mutual friendship and harnionv ; we inform you both hereof in love and t'riendship and rclv upon its proper observance. We com- mend you all to (iod's protection and remain with greetings, Honorable, Pious and Very Discreet Friends. Fort Amsterdam, 21" November UiVi. Lettkk fijo.m Vi(i:-I)iKK(,-roK LaMo.mtaonk a.sii Jkkkmias van Rrnsselakr to DiKKcrn)K Stiyvksant; i.eitt.ks kkckivko ikom L'oi.. Tkmiu.k anu Genkrai, F'iNc'iio.v ; Tin: Mohawks o\ THE WAR I'ATii. Iloiiiirabli!, Very AVorshipfiil (renoral and Coimcil. Since your last letter of tho 21" September with a copy of a letter from Col. Temple, dated tho 2G*'' July and his letter to Captain Wilktl, sent to us by the lion''" Clonncil an open letter in English from (Jeneral John Pinchonw\\o lives at SprinikU Sivvages. We hope, his Honor, the General, has again recovered his good health. Where,i8 it seems evident, that we shall not bo able to writo to your Hon"'--- Worships before winter sets in fully, we hope yet to receive your lion"'" Worships' answer. We commend herewith your Hon"'" \\'or.shii)s to God's protection and remain Vour lion"' Worships' all'eetionate friends Fori Orange, ^^ Montaone the 24'" 9"" 1663. Jekem.as van Rknssklaeb By okdek of norn the Couuts I). V. ScHELLUYNE, Secretary of the Colony of lienmelaerswyck. JouANNEs Pkovoost, Clerk. w M , Message ok the Indians ok Aoawam to tuk Dr-rcii ano answer to rr nv the Mo- UAWK cniEE Al)0(iOI)(iro. This is written to your Honors at the retpiest of the Indians of Ayawum, Pajaxmck, Nal- w,'tofj Pacomtuck and the ^Yhl«vy«r^>/vV/!', because tliev have killed the 2faqua,i.s and they will have nothing to i. {Aepje . . . TFV*^yr;tch, and can now come up without fear. We shall ke..]. the peace firmly and inviolably for us and them and both our descendants. In testimony hereof we also give to the aforesai.i Mmpmn. ten strings of white wampum an,! to the Mahikundcr Wehpe ten strings of white wampum, whereupon ti„. Ma.pM,,. Aert Ifai/i/u/i.scn, whom they call the Cotisistory and him they heard whimsically at their meeting instantaneously sununoned, while he is only a member of the Consistory, for the Consistory consists in the country, where the number of ciders is only small, of the ])reaclier, the elders and deacons, according to the order of the Synod of Dort, as your Honor knows The Magistrates summoned, as your Honors know, the preacher and I answered, that they tnust not let uie wait, but they say, the messenger had given as reason, because it was a day of ])rayer the next day and 1 had to preach tiierel'ore; then I had to come innnediately with Albert Jlei/mansiH, one of the Con:.ist(jry, so that the nuitter was not delayed ; we will show your Honor in due time, how they have treated us in regard to other ecclesiastical matters etc. as well as to the house of CUiesjen 7\uiiU; also how they have compelled us by some documents to , . . before the church in the aftenioon. ****#*4f* (Parts of this letter are gone.) Hekmanis Blom. Wiltwlck, Dec"' 3", lGtJ3. Tn.striiotions oiven to Martin Creoikr anp Govert I.k)ookerman8 for the pru- (^iiabe of the Nevesino country, from PARNEoArr to iiie KAKrrAN. G"' Docen»ber ltir.3. Whereas the Director-Geiu^ral and Council of New X<-therla>iil have i>eeu several times in- ft)rmed by the Ni"we«iiKjh as well as by the SUiU'ii hland savages, that the English have repeat- edly tried to buy the country of the N, nnghs and that for that purposo wome Knijli^hmen wont :l:-^ liSf' mi 312 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson liiver. there in a barge last night, therefore to liinder and prevent this and to anticipate all sudi preten- sions the Director-General and Council have resolved to send there with all possible speed Capt. Lieutenant Martin Creyler and Sr. GoueH Loockermans, wlio are not only to look at and view the country of the JVcwesiiKj/ix, but also to purchase the same from tlu' lawful owners, as far as the same has not been jireviously bought and paid for by the agent of Baro7i van der CapclU, or at leiist persuade the savages by cogent reasons not to sell much less to convey the nid)ought por- tion of their land in future to any Enylhhrrum or otiier strange nation, according to their i)romise. If they wish to sell the land, they may come here with the aforesaid persons, to make with the Director-General and Council an agreement of sale. The few following rules are given for their direction : First. They must endeavor to get speech of the Xewesingh Indians and advise them by all imaginable reasons against selling their land to the English or to strangers, the more so as" the greater part of the lands has been sold and conveyed to our people along time ago. 2. The owners must bo requested, to go with them and point out the lands, which they desire to sell, unless the Su<;hcnis and other owners of the Newesimjh lauds, as far as they have not been sold and conveyed to the agent of Baron van der Capdle, wish to sell I., nobody else generally, but the Director-General and Council the land from narnegutt to the Raritan river, which would obviate nmch tramping over the country and inspecting ; if they are willing to do this, then the Sachems and owners must be persuaded, to come hither and agree upon tlie price and conditions. 3. In order to persuade them the easier, the aforesaid agents a-e hereby authorized to state, that all former acts and claims sliall be forgotten and forgiven, if the yewesiwjh savages will sell the land to nobody, but the Director-General and Council. 4. They are to inciuire for the Englishmen, wli.) went there last niglit, as it is reported, to view and purchiuse the lands from the ^y»;we«ViyA savages. When they tind them, tiiey shall protest against the Engiisk in the most jiolito manner, j)rove to them by the placat, which they will take along, that nobody is allowed to purchase lands within this province without the consent of the Director-General and Council and therefore, if the purchase has been made, (L.lare it null and void. Adij ut supra. p. Stuvvksant, NioAsius UE Sir.r.E. Complaint aoainst pRisnERirK Puiijppsen, Nicholas Mkykr and others for DRIVINfi FROM WiLTWVCK TO THE RkDOLMiT WITHllCr A CONVOY. To their Noble, V^-ry Worshipful Honors, the Director-(;eueral and Council of JVeiv- NetherUind. Shows with due reverence AVms/fAs ,/,,,WA', Fiscal, th.at acconling to a lefter from Ensign NieHRpn, yk'lndas M.-ycr, Ete,l,rhk I'hilippx.n, J.ronimnH Ehhingh, an.l I.,iyrax Andriesen have presumed to drive with si.\ wagons, loaded with grain, to the liedoaht without a convov, as they were nut willing to wait for the letters to the Direcf.ir General and Council and for the escort, wliich is contrary to orders and in derision of the i)la.Mrds, because great danger was im- New YorTc Historical Records, 813 mincnt ; a heavy reproach would have fallen upon the officers, if an onslaught had been made upon them, as it has happened before and it was further in disobedience to the orders of the Di- rector-General and Council. To prevent such proceedings in future, these people ought not to be allowed to go unpunished as having done well, but must be punished. Therefore the Fiscal has come to the conclusion, that the aforesaid peraons ought to be condenmed to a fine of twenty- five guilders, pui-suant to the order of tlie 4"' August last past, if they will promise not to do so again, hut to obey 8\ich orders, as the officers appointed by the Director-General shall give. Fort Amntenlam, the 8'" X""' 1663. Tour lion''"' "Worships' servant, NlCASirS ])E SiLLK. The foregoing comiilaiiit of the Fiscal was read to the accnsed, who answered, that not only liad the convoy been ready, to go with them, but the soldiers were also already outside of the gate and whereas the wagons with the grain were already ahead, as it is tiie common custom, they, the defendants, followed their wagons, suj)posing the escort would go with them ; tj'ey do not know, ■why the Ensign held them back. It was decided : Before sentence is pronounced in this ease, it is resolved, to send a eo])y fif the defendants' excuse to Ensign Christian Niesstii and to await his further report and verification of their reply. Date as above. Petition of Coknklu's B^jkntskn Si.F.oirr fdk a lot neak the mili, gate at AV^ILIWVCK. To the Noble, Honorable, Worshipfid, Wise, Prudent and Very Discreet Dircctor- (teneral and Council of Xc io-yether1unetitioner would like to erect a dwellinghouse upon it before winter, as he is about to move from Ehhin,']^^s liouwery and wliereaslie has been referred with his petition by the Hon''''- C()urt to the Director-General and Council of Xtw- Xith C.iurt at WtHii'Ucl' is authorized to let the piece of land in (juestion i)e laid out for the jietitiomr, considering tliat he IB an old inhabituut. The 8"' December 100i5. 40 Sfe'i, Bf '■ 314 Colonial Settlements on the Iludmn R ii'er. MiNUTK OF CoiTNcir,. Information aiMMi-NiuATKi) nv Ouaiamy, cimiK of the IIaokinkiosaky, that tuk Wai'i-ino am. Esui'us Indians auk coming to concluue A TKEATV of I'KAUK, 10"' Deceinhui-. To-diiy Oratam;), fliiof of llni'l-lnghsachj, came into the Council clmmbci- ,at Fort AmMcr- dam iiml ivportinl, tliiit the two savajros, soiit l.y liiin acconliiii,' to tlu' ai^ri'omont of the U'" It'"' to the WapjiiiHj and F.'^onu. S:„la.,ns, liad rotunu'd and brought thu information, tliat tho Wapj,!n'oh CoHiLvnfioveii. They said, they were going to barter for deer meat. We tacked with our tw-j yachts tho same evening as far as the end of Statm- Island and then came to anchor jii.st at tin; mouth of the liarytun Kil, where two houses of southern sav- ages .stand. The said Cnnwcalum'n told us, the F?h//;^h, numbering nineteen men had gone in an open .slooj) up the A'arUan on the day before, lo where the y>'aYsin,//i.'i and RariUniK were camping together about :i l,.ng leagues up the A7/. The savages reported to us the same. We irmaHKMl l)efore the liantan Kd over night, to go uj. the KU also next day and follow tho EngUsh, but as it began to Ijlow very hard from the northwest during the night, we had to remain over night. 8'\] It stiiJ blew very hard from fli.> Xorthwc>t, so that we could not ifo up the T?^?-/- tan lai, we had to remain through tiie day and resolved to send the savage, /A,/-,-, overland to the X^'wei^h,,/, savages, who were .-amping \] leagues up the A7/. It was done directlv. We sent him oil immediately with v.'rbal ordeiv to iidV,rm the Sachems of tlie New<.'<;n,jhs ■Mi\ Rarl- Nev) Yorh Ilihtnrioal Records. 315 tans, tlmt wo wero luyiiii; with tlu! yaulit Imftn-e tlio K!l ami thiit wd (I'.isirod tliein to como down tousatonco to Bjioak with tlieiii. We directed ////(,■* also to tell the SaelieniH, tlmt if some Ent Monjen, Jan lion, Jeeim IlMoi, \Vi'lf,'?ii Gnhlrt, R.iuld Iluijl, Dirnrh Staid,. I>ms G rover, Jan liotynan, Sam Spijuer, Toman Wittud; Sergeant Gybh'mrks from ( )ysterl>ay, n man called Kreiipelbon, ww from Vli.sxin(j,n ami 2 irom Jaini/ckc and some others, whom we did not knt)W, about 2n altogether. .Vt alxjut three o'clock in the at'ternoou of the same day JfanH, the savage, whom we had sent on the S"' to the JS\uh.f!nft'l KItfwort called out, I told them the same before, that they should not do it. Goi'irt l.oockerinans then told them, you are a pai^k of traitors, for you act against the laws of the country. They said, the King's patent covered the whole of Ain-'rtca and I.ood-.rnians answered, from whom have you your patents, to which they said, from the M!'' 816 Colonial Settleimnta on the Iliidsoii River. path K>l; s.) our wvvftgcs, wl.om wo liad on bour-l c,f our sloop arul wlio had conu. with us, told ns. llmnaiuuisAWv!'«/vMaudhclivi.sbeyo,ultheireJ.6vW^^^^^^^^ on tho hmd called liomdmjh. >Vo then left the hn,jlush an.l went alon- on the we«t .ide of the strand up the Kil for about one lioiir where tho land is very mountainous, but, as the savaf,^es said, on the other side of it the laud w-as level and good and niueh of it; there was niueli old eorn laud and some savape corn plantations, which Jacques Cort.-IJou has visit.ul and inspeeted forn.erly. Wo then went across the niountau.s again and ean.e back on board at about 3 o'clock. We saw, that i>t^fd Elmoort with Ins sloop and tlu. Englisinu..u had gone into the Kil and we remained before it overnight. 11 '.J Ihe wuul bcu.g y. AV. we resolved to return to the JUauhatan,, wliich wo did. 4?i AOKEEMKNT M.VDE Uy THE NewESLXOH InDIANS TO SKl.L TO THE DuTCH THEIR LANDS, NOT ALKEADY SOLD. Wo, t,ho undersigned, thoroughly conversant with and speaking the language of the sav.^es, certify an.l dc.lare, that there aj-peared before the Director-Goneral an.l Council of New-Nether- Ian. the Burgo.nasters of this City being present, the chiefs Matunoo, liarrcnaeh, Me.hat, brother to and deputed by Pajp.moor, empowe.vd by I'amrhynon,, MenarhohonrlanJ, un •ly V_X liAKltKNACII \ '"iide i„ (j„r presence *' ■'^i'^'iAT Vv:mv4 Sti-vvesant Director-General of A\'w-Neth(;rland. m; Tho mark \ made New Yorh Jliatonoal Reconh, 817 Ah witncsst'B mid intcrprotcrs: MaUIKN KuKdlKU (n)VKK'l' LouOKKlCMANd Ja. CVllMULJOU. The mark i^j- of PlK-lKK T L Eiii;i-. Tlio mark -j- of riKWKIlliBKNOKS, jllillH IIa.NB TlIK 8AVAC1K. The murk U. of \> NTEKENKMONT, itirk \^ iaiONT. / NioAMiuB i)K SiLLE, Councillor and Flsctil of ^V. N. P. L. VAN DEK Gkist Prubidiiig Burgomaster. O. Stkvknson van Cobtlandt liurgouiaatur. In ray jjreseuco : C. V. RuYVEN, Secretary. 11 LfrrrEKS kkom tiik Magistratks at Wir.rwvcK to Diuiocrou STUvvKsANr o.v liKNKUAI. MArrKKS AM) TUH liliAUUKI, WITH THK CuriiCH. Xolilc, A'crv "Worsliipful, Iloiioruhlo, Wise, Prudent and Very I )i8frci't (n-ntlunuiii. Wo trust your Hon'''" Worship.^ Iiuve received our l:ist letter of tiio 3' of Decouiher.with the jouruiil of daily occurrences. Wc iid'orni your Hon'"" Worships herewith, that since the ;{" of T)e- cemher we have not heard of any liostilo rencontres, we remain in the ineaiitinie on our guard and shall continue so. "We seiul your Hon"''" Worships sonu; old ])ioces of pro})ertv in liiijnije l*teUr:t' yacht, namely six muskets with five locks and eleven cutlasses and sahres. We hoj>e to receive from your Hon'''" Worships the necessary provisions for the nnlitary iu the Company's yiU'ht hefore winter and the heavy frost ; most of the soldiers are ill provided with clothing for expe- ditions and standing on guard and as to eatables for their suhsistcnce, tluy caniuit very well get them hero, because peas and other victuals caniu)t be obtained here in Wifhoi/ck except with great trouble and at excessive prices. With (io.l's help, our own good information and other reports, wo shall do om- best during the winter, to do as much harm to our enemies, a.s we can and wherever it might be, witii detachments of 15, 20, 25 or more men from the military or resi- dent volunteers, whom we think lit thereto, unless your Hon''''' Worships should give us other orders. The book Xo. 4 kept in ll7//«'yr^- lias been closed and only half of it has been copied, it can therefore not bo sent down unless during the winter by a mail from Fort Orange or next sjjring. Closing with our salutations we commend your Tlon"'" Worships to God's jn-otection and reniam Wiltmjcl,, Deceiifher 12'" \mX Your llouorablu Worships' faithful and obedient servants Thomas Chamukks. To the Noble, Honorable, Very Worshipfid, Wi.se, Prudent and Very Discreet (Gentlemen, the Director-General and Council of A'tio A'li/turiand at J'ort Anintenlaiii, In New-Netherland, m jr m. 11 ;r I ^^^ Cohnuil Settlements un the Iludmii, liiver. Nobli-, IIoM..r;.Mt., Very AV^orsl.ij.ful, Wi^., I'rudmt, Vury Discruft (k.ntlcnu.n. Yoiir Hon"'- WorHl.ips' letter wan tlumkf ally received by us on tl.e 2«" of November la.t ,,a8t ami we have accrpte.! n.ust „f it. .....tents witli pl-^^nre, but we are bi-lilv a^toninbed, fbut your ilon'" W.,r.b,,Ks a. our .upreua- autb,. .. !, r. ,a .\- wXetherland .lu.uM have taken awav tho sumll iM-.v,le^.s of tbin viU.ige and ,1.. ..^.d tb« authority of the Co,unii«.arie8, for we hiV by your IIou- A\ orsbipH' order, tbat .be .„q,bis reHuItin^ from ..state, left behind bv tin's or tlmt p.-r.ou . U.11 be pla.vd into tbe l,;,nd« of ti.e oviveern of the poor, tbat it nuiv bebkter an.l mor.. «tfdy taken eareot by tl.em. Tbe Magistrates of tbi« village are therefor; nm-\x dissatisli.-d unless your IIon"MVorsb.pH bad app.,i„te,l uri-ban-nasters for tbi.s pbuv or iuistruHtiug m had n*..quuv. security, as it is done in ( .Mirt when ;ruardians are appointed. If your Hon"'" Worships .bould tlnnk bt to persist in this lirst order, then we re.pu-st, that your "lion Worship^ will tnmsfer not only part, but all tbe duties and ri,:,'bts ..f tbe ConnnissarieH to />«,«' //,rm«m« Z?A>.// and Ins ( ous.story All.rrl Ihyn.an.n, i\n- before or during our time no .leaeon has l»^en electe.1, who could either read or write. eN.-ept the /^a/« //*<,' alone, who sides with Allurt Jleymamen, who has shown himself mor.- than one as an instijjator of ijnarrels. Fimilly the ( onrt of this village is an.a/e.l. that your lion'"" AVorships have given us no •m- swer to our request concerning the farming of the beer and wine, as we are dunned bv sev.'ral parties on account of tbe arrearage on the nonnn.', house and have no revenues, whii;. the ex- penses ot the village increase daily. ( 'losing with salutations we conmu voi.r lion"''' Worships to (tod s4)rotection and m the expectation of further orders we remain Actum Wiltwyck, tbe 12"' Decbr 1003. To tlie Noble, Ilonorablo, Very Worshipful, Wise, Prudent, Very Discreet Gentlemen, tbe Director-General and Council of New-Xf;tfnrla)id at Fort Atmsterdaiu. Your lioiiorable Worships' obedient and faithful lvOKr,OFF SWAKTWol'r. The mark ^ of Alhiikt GvsniOKTSKN. TiKucK Ci.AssKN i)K AVrrr Thomas Chamukrs Gysuekt van Imbokoii. ■f !;tl Pr.TITI0.VOF TUK SenoiT AND ArAOISTUATKS OF BeROKN, . UAT EnoKLBERT StEEN- mVSK.N' SIIAI./, l-i;i;Fi>liM Ills CONTk.VT AS .s. Iloor.M.VSTEU. To the Xoble, Honorable, Very AVoi-sbipful I)iivHor-(iencr.l and Council ix\ Fort Amsterdam in New-Netherlnnd. Show humbly the Schout and Commiss^iries of the village of /?,ry,;., that, as your IIoiio.^ undoubted y know, before the going out of oflice and the ..le-.ion of new Commissaries, MirUI Idril I 7' ['f"' r"'." "''"'''■' ^'''•' '•^"i"-""l- "- -■- "'i^l't I'.ve a precentor, who could ako keep school tor the uistruction and education of our young children and tbat your New Yck I/istorutal lierorJi 319 Honors proposing ono Kngdherf Steenhiiymn iw a siiltahlo pt-rsoii tlic S.-li.mt and Cominissiirloa roiKJatcd tliiH proporiition laoro than 11 y.ert Steenhuyn, n , mentioned in the foregoim' petition, liaving been snunnoned b.'f(,rc tin- Council and heard, the ])arties were made to agree after divers debates ami it was arranged, that /'Mijclhert Steen/tiii/^tn should duly serve tho rest of his term according to contract, as mentioned above. id; If \\^ LirVT^H FROM DiKKCrOR STirvVESAXT 'fo TUi: ^[A,;ISTRATl:s AT WiLTO-YOK ; ItK < l-NSI-KKS TIIKM FOR TUEIR INSolKNT t.KrPKR OK ril|.; ll'"' DkcI- MUKR ; S.I10UT SWARTWofT SUSI'ENOKO AM) TUi: RiiMOVAL OF THE JIaoISTRATKB THREATENED, IF rUEY OONTI.NIE ro.NTl MACIOUS. To the Sellout and Coinniissaries of tho village of Wiltwyrk. Wo shall not reply for the present to tho insolent expression, in your last letter of tho 12'" inst., much less correct tliem on accoimt of the unfavorable season and the approach of winter, for withotit(h.ubt this will be th. last yiU'ht going up or .lown before the frost sots in. P.ut in the meantime the Schout lioelof ."^wartwout \^\vivch\ suspemied fnan this position and duties, sul.joct to the Fiscal'r, proceedings against him, and we appoint in his place ntil further order.-! and provisionally, that the course of jiisticv may in no way be delayed, Mathyi> CapHo, who shall at the same time act at before as clerk in all livil and military sessions. As to the jiresent Coin- missiiries, who, we trust, if not all, at least the majoi'ity of them, were either misled or not well l-m 820 Colonud Settlew imt iiitcrul to coiitiimo tlioiii uiiy longer in olUcc, it' tiicy persist in tlieir unbrar- ablv cxprossionM iiml proeccdlngit except uii thu condition liitirniiteil in titeir last insolent anHwer, wiiiuli w't! cannot iih vot uj^rce to. All and every ono in purticnlur, who h1ii»uI(1 perseveres in this insolent olistiniicy \\w liereliy infoniieil, tiiiit they in resigniiij^ their ollico (siibjjMt as before to the action of the Fiscal) innst leiivo and reniovo from tho village and its jurisdiction within the time (if A\ niontlis and the Iiearer herenf, mii' f'aptain Lieutenant M\i; is hereby au- thorized to fill the places of the obstiiuite and i-vil minded otiicers by others, selected from the most pious and honest irdiabitants, so that tho neei«8ary administration of justice and all ofHcial pro- ceedings may be attended tu. Wo direct also hereby the proviriionally appointed Sellout and the Commissjiries, wlio eitlier are continued in or newly apjiointed to the otlice, to administer and exoento tho laws and justicte promptly without delay and regard to iwrsons, at it behoves. That this may be the better I'arricd out, wo have further resolved, that, if it should come to pass, that our aforesaid Captain Lieutenant is compelled to winter there, wiiich is simjily left to his judg- ment to decide, ho shall have the direction of all civil anil military matters and fn law proceoil- ings. Relying herenpoti wo close with our greetings ami reiuain Actum, J'orf AiiiHterJan Your well-meaniug frieiuls in JVi-iP-Nciherlantl, Tho l)irector-(Jenenil and Council the 19'" December 1003. of New-J^fetherlumL LnrrKR fkou tuk samk to Ension Niksskn, cKNguKi.Nii uiM KoK DisonioDiKMOK or OUDKBS. Honorable, Valiant Sir. We are very much surprised by your improper disobedience in not carrying out our sojilainly expressed orders and din-ctions to sent back the saddles, tlu; surplus haml and side arms, not in use, tho three bronce pieces and the old rope. Although we ciiinot, on account of the unfavor. abk: season, correct at present your (lisobi;dieuce and disregard, as it ought to be done, yet wo warn you not to disobey henceforth any of oui' orders upon so unfounded presumptions and made-up pretexts, but to execute and obey them, as it is proper, else wo shall be obliged to pro- ceed with cashiering or otherwise according to circumstances. Meanwhile we command you here- with to send down tlie required things promptly, if the state of the weatiier jiermits, which is left to the judguu'iit of the bearer. Closing Ik.-rewith etc* Actum Fi/rt AmMerditm, ID'" December A" ICCo. To Ensign Christian A'tessen. ■1 m Conference wrrn tuk (^iiikfs ok TLncktnokesaky ano SrATEN-IflLANn REsrEOTTNO A eo.SriNLANCK OK TUK AK.MISTICK WITU THE Esol'lS. 28'" December A". 10C3. To-day appeared before their Honors, the Director-General ami Council, at Fort AviKterdam Oratamy and Mattenu, chiefs of lln<-kln(jki:mki/ and Sy(it,/i-/.tfrotlier, as they siiy, to the chief of the Wajtj/liKjH. They report, iWw Yvri' J/ixlorical Ucvoiilx, 321 that fw'Wfrhiirttno ono of flin cliiffn of flic /'.'mujiiih 1ih(1 <'((iri() tu tliciil lit f/tli'^iiii/h-mti-i/, iiiul tliilf tlio wiiiu! wiirt Very aii.xioUH for iiciicc, hut tliiil In- wiw hh1iiiiii('<1 to coiiic liitiutr, liewniHc lie ('o\il(l not hiiiij^ with liiiii tho 5 ChriHtiiiiiH ntill in cnptivity, hecuiiMj tho wiviigoH woro out hniitiiij^ licrc iiml thci'i'. Hut he iironii.tfd to do liis l)eMl and f;rt thcni aMi|iii('k an |)owHiiili', !)ut whcn'Hn it could not h<) doni>, JK'fon! ihn wiva^^en had ilonc their limiting, which will bo Hoinu timu ^ct, ho rcniiostn two iiiuntlm nioro of iirnuKtiuo. The answer was unhHtantially, that miicIi nnl)t()rfii;;(« npiicari'd very Htrimj^oto nn, after tlioy had proniibcd, to hrinj; nn our prisoners without fail : they had disappointed us now so ot'ten, that wo could no loiij^er rely \ipon tlioir word and wo must have our priHonoitt, but'oru wo can think of poaeo. Tills was told to Oratdmi/ and JfiMno l>y the iiiteq)roter and they nnido oxoiiMca, that it was not their i'ault, hut that tho other savages had disapj)()inted tlioin also, Imt what tho other sav- ages stated was in so far triie, that they could not coiiio tof^etherso ipiii'kly, heeause they were ont hunting. AVo answeied, If XwivLndiiio desires peaeu and really means it, let he himself eoiiio ]ioro; ehould lio he afraid, we will send oni! or two hostages in his place. They undertook to tell him Ko. I)ono at J'\>it AmKtfrdiiiii, adij nt supra. I'ltoroSAr.H OK TlIK AlloVK (11 II'.I'S Koli A.N AliMlsl |( '!■; WITIt TlIK Esol'lS FOU TWO MONTHS A.NII ((INSIUKUATIONS, WHY ir IS (lUANTKn. L'O"' Pecemher. Onitiiiiiij and Ma/tiim, tli(> chiefs of irdd-inijhMii'li/ and Stutin-Ishind, came into tho Council cliainlier, I'l'i/ir ^y<>/J)/lf'r'ts(^n ami Trimtji Ercrfm n being present as ititerpretors, and declare, as they dill yesterday, that the /'."frnjn/.t chief S, n'rch /mnio is anxious for jieacc and asks for it through them, but that he is frightened and ashamed to come himself, because he could not get together tho flvc Christian prist)ners, for the h'nojniii savages nro obliged to nmko their living by the chase, as tiiey have no corn and every one witli his prisoiuT is scattere(l here and there, so that tho chief could not gather the jirisoners. Meanwhile they ask once more for })eaco and for two months' tiiiK^ to bring togetlujr tho prisoners; they will then surely come and bring tin iii and make peace and siiiiimoii all the chiefs of the savages to witness it. They jiromise, that during the time no harm shall be is good and that also the other savaj;i.- have agreed to make jieace ; he only I'eipiests two months' tinn- and an armistice to bringthe prisoners together and if the l\f«ij>iix ilo not come then with the (irisoners and conclude a firm peace and it ill the meantime any injury is done, then he lu'omises to help us with all his people to defeat the 41 It * 'f 322 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson liiver. m Lsopm an,l tako our prisorera by force, in confirnmtioii whereof l.e -avo a strin.r of wunpuni a..d received fro and have made them revolt against the obedience and fidelity, which thev owe to the Hon^'° C ompany accor.ling to their oath an.l duty. Not satisfied herewith, so.ne l-nglislun.n, number- n.g about 20 met. from several villages, have been to i.ispect the la..d of the JV,.v,v/;.^,u. salvages for the ti.nc of two consec.tive months, that n.eanwh.Ie a part of our military force may 1h3 drawn from the E.ojmH ami be used for occni.y- mg the territory of the Xnoudmjh., where it has been resolve.], to erect for their greater rifely a bU,ckl.onse or sto,=ka.le in the most ..onv..nient place and to p.it into it ag-ainst the comin.r oV the I'.nylu.h a garrison of lio or 40 ,...,., n.ore or less, as the situation of the country shall per- mit. This woui.l be impossible, if t!.., whole garrison were left at the Empu.^ and for this an.l other reas.,ns we are c.....p..lle.l (notwithstan,li..g that for many reasons it may be th.>ught neces- sary to follow up during this winter our a.lvantages over the K.opus savag..s), to agree, pursuant to the above state.1 pro,..,sitions, to an Hr:nisti..e an.l temporary peace and to recall Captain Lieti- tenatitJ/,..^;. C,vy/,v.with>'5 or 3u m.-n fn,n- the F.opus, io employ, as above sai.l, it, the J>teweifi,uj/ui. Actum lort Amntcrdiitn in .'V. -Ndhcrla,,,!, the 2!)'" of December A" ItlO;]. P. SriYyESANT, NlCASIL'S Dli SiLLK, P. L. VAN DEB (tRIhT, O. Stevenson van Cohtland. Whereas an arniistic.. has been n.ade with the K^cpus savages for the time of two months be- ginning t.Mlay, theretbre all inhabitants of New-Xethrrhnd, espe.Mally the ..iHcers an.l soKliei-s at the i^opus and in the li.dmht are re.piire.l an.l .invct...l, t., let pa.-s an.l ivturn nnmole.r...! the iKjarers hereof, two salvages, to wit AV.vA,,,,//, an.l AV,v/„ »vAv//«, with our letters. X^Unn Fort Ainnterdain in X. ^tthurUtiul, ^^'y'' December 1<)C3. j\'ew York Jlistorical liecords. a2;j LKTfKK FROM DiKEOTOE StUYVESANT TO (CaITAIN CbEGIEk) ; ARMISTICE WITU THE Esorus. Ilonoraolc, Valiant, Faitlifnl Sir. The ciiirf of the Kwjiun, Si/ekanamo, lias coino to Oratam and Mattnno at IlacHnckemhy and complained bitterly, that since the Mojms wivages uro deprived of all means of Bubsistenee through the destruction of their corn, they have sciittercd hunting for provisions and he has there- fore not la'eii able, to bring together the Christians still in their hands as captives, he is eonse- soldiers there as garrison and bringing the rest with all tlie surplus arms, the bronee cannons and other war-materials with yon. Direct and order the Ensign and the (-'ouncil of War, the Commissaries and all the inhabitants of the /tiffy/.v not to connnit acts of liostilitv agiiinst the savages until our further orders, but to remain well on their guard against an attack, not to idlow a savage to come into the settlement imder any pretext whatever, but to ktnyi them outside the gates and liaiidic with them there, slioiild they bring deer-meat or other thim's for sale. You must put thc-^e two into one or the other house and not allow them to examine the jilace; also if jiossible dispatch tliem immediately with an answer, before you march out with the siildit'rs as ordered. Wherewith etc*. 2!t"' December A" ItUia. Postscript. Siioiihl the yacht have left before receipt of this letter on aoconnt of the frost or drifting ice, then we exjx'ct yuu and the soldiers overland as soon as the weather admits. The above was returned to us on account of the frost, for the yacht could not go to the Esojmg for the luo. Journal of tmi', Ksuims Wah, iiv CArrAt^ Makttn Crk(5ikr. (Tniiislalcil mill iiniiotiilcil l>y Or. V.. ('. O'Ciilliifilmn.) On the 4"' .Inly we entered tlu> /■.M>ji>m Kill in front of the hWonfif with the two yachts, and sent the Sergeant /'/ men; 10 hoi-semen, and !) wagons to bring up supplies, but saw scarcely anytliing on the wav. <)'" ditto. Made another journey to the shore with 10 wagons and brought np the reniuiiider of the supplies, but did not perceive anytliing. In the evening went for gra.ss with 12 wagons, lA^^. 824 Colonial Settlements oil the Hmhon Hirer. 30 soldiers and 10 liorscmoii ; then saw 10 or 12 Indians calling to each other but nothing further traiispired. 7'" ditto. Went again twice for grass with 50 men and 13 horsemen hnt saw nothing. Two Indians arrived at the fort about 2 o'clock in the afternoon with a deer and some fish. Said they came from tlie river side and that tliey had been at the R,:douht wliere they had traded some fish for tobairo ; that tliey had left tlieir canoe at the Redoubt, and that tliey are Waj>pin(jt:r Indians. Meanwhile detained them and conveyed them to the guard house. 8"' ditto. Sunday. About noon came 5 Indians near our fort — they called out to us to know if we liad any Indians in tlio fort ? To which wo answered, yes : Tliey asked, why we detained them as they were Wappimjer Indians < To which we answered, they ought to keep at a distance as we could not distinguish one tribe of Indians from another, and if we found that they had not done any injury to the Dufc/i, we should release them. We told them also, that they must keep away from here, and go home, for if we should meet them in the wooils wo would kill them as well as the other Iti women ami 11 diildren ; and he even offered to guide us thither if W(! had a boat to put us across the river. Whereupon it was resolved by the Council of War to despatch two parties that same evening to procure some craft to put us over the river. I, therefore, sent Sergeant C/irifitiiien yi/mmimd J,ni. J'eerm'u, each with Hi men. to look up a bo;it. The .same old Indian betrayed his comj)anioii who had come with him on tlu; preceding day into the fort —stating that he had assisted the E*,>j»/s Indians against the />ii/r/i, ;in Wuppingers ixwi m Maninxhigs wwi.- with the Fsopiis Indians and aided them — also that he said they were together about 2W Indians stron;;. it"' ditto. Monday I marched \i;ry early, [with 4(1 soldiers) an Savages lay in amhnsh who simultaneously tired at the horsemen, one of whom they shot through the boot, and grazed a horse. On hearing this, we immediately reinforced the cavalry with 25 nier, pursued the Indians through the mountain a good iialf liour, but they would not once nuiko a stand; we therefore returned to the wagons where I had left 15 men and marched together to the village of Wildwyck. In the afterno(jn, the scout- ing ]>arty went out again ; I sent therewith Lieutenant Sl'dw'd with 15 men of his company and Sergeant Pieter Lhcl with 28 men and 2i) Indians witii 10 horsemen. Tliey discovered nothing except a path which the Indians found by which savages had recently passed to their fort ; they folloved this a long way, but saw nothing. Meanwhile, they roturiUMl all together. 11"' ditto. Again sent out a party to the mountain near the water side, but they saw nothing, they returned in the evening. 12"' ditto. I'ictir Wo/J'trfsen and Sergeant Xu\,„v/,s. declined going with hem although the //..;• de I>eck.r had, the day before, .Irawn up and prepared an iustructitn for h.m, but before the time appointed he refused to go. M..anwhile it is resolved that the Mohawls snould go thither, and they re.piested of us that they might lake with them s.,me of our prisoners to present them to the K,opu>, Indians as a suitable introduction to obtain some of their prisoners in return, or to indu.e them to surrender tluwu. The council conch.ded that a captive girl sboul.l be given to the Mohaa-k, an.l about O.'i guil.lers in sewan in order to ascertain what tliev conl.l accompl.sh thereby; for it was reporte.l at FoH Oran,j,; as the II., r d. IWk.r informed lis tb... he /;*,/,«., Indians Imd said -If they could obtain payment for tiie lan.l. named the (Ireat Plot {f,et ^root. Stuck), thc.n they should give up all the prisoners. Xow, it is impossible to determine whether this be so or not. Meanwhile, the Moh.nrks who were going thither were direcfd t., inquire about it, and they promise.! us to bring us an answer tlu- next dav about noon \U,\ ;{ parties out u, the interim ; one to the shore to bring cattle, another for wood and a third, sroutiui, lliey returned all at the same time; experienced no difliculty. 17"' ditto. Three parties were out in ambush, but saw nothing. IS"' ditto. Six sloops arrive.1 hero from the Manhafan. in whi.'!. Juria.n Wawl- brou.d.t up provisions lor our troops; had them conveyed up under a guard ; . partv was also in the field to protect those reaping the barley and a party lay in ambush. Tiiey returm.d towards cvenin..- saw notlimg. " ' 11'"' ditto. rei»t out 40 sol.iiers an.l 10 In.lians s..outing, tlu'v di.I n..t M....f anv one. In th, evening about 7 o'clock, the three Moh,urh return..d from tlie /%-.« in.lians Thev ha.l brought three In.lians ami two Dutrh womc. an.l two ..hii.lren whom th,.v left ab.uit tw.. I,ou,n from Mdda-:jck; s;nM, they ha.l b..en freely give:,, an.l ha.l they not been" s.. tir...]. th..v shoui.l ha.i if^:;^';::::.::'"!';;'^" " '^'^^^ ""^' "^ '"^ "'"'^"'^ "■' •"" '"^ " •"•• ^ «■■ -^ •••"•"^-^ - I Neio York Ihatorkal liecords. 327 have brought them with them to the fort ; Baid the Esopus Indians liad abandoned tlie fort, and had retired to the mountains where they were mostly dispersed here and there hunting. 2(1'" ditto. Sent Jan Bavets witli 2 Mohaiols to the 3 Esopun Indians who were i:i the woods witli tiio aljovc-nained prisoners, to see if lie could get, aivl bring with him the four prisoners from here, and have a talk with the Indians relative to the other prisoners ; whether they will not restore these to us ; returned about noon A-ith a woman whom one of the Mohawks had fetched ; but he, himself, had not been with the Indians as on of the Mohavjka had been taken sick and he was obliged to remain with him. In the afternoon one of the Jlohawks returned thither, he took with him half a loaf for the prisonei-s who remained with the above- mentioned Empus Indians. Being come there, he asked the Enopus Indians whether they would not entrust the 3 jjrisoriers to him to convey them to the Dutch ; whereupon they allowed him to take the 3 i)ris()ners, witli whom he arrived at the fort about 11 o'clock at night, but under promise as they infornu'd us, that they shoidd have in return their three j)risoner8 whom we held. The prisoners told us that the Enoptis Indians had fled to a high mountain through fear of the Dutch, and tliat they lay here ami there in small bands, and that the prisoners were also distributed and dispoi-sed among them iiere and tiiero, and were not together and that fhey would not trust tlicm in their fort, and that the Indians daily threatened them — Sliould the i>MteA come thither, we will give you a knock and kill you all at once. Were thus a long tin'e in terror. Meanwhile we had some scouting parties out, who returned Living seen nothing — hi.d also a party to cut barley ; came back safe. 21" ditto. Three Sloops have como from the Manhatans, with which a supply of jjrovlsions for this garrison has arrived at lint Juco/mn.s Yacht. Sent three convoys to the water side and parties to cut corn ; but they saw notliing. Sent for the 5 Mohaioh i\m\ Jan Lai'ets acting as Interpreter, informed them what insults the Dutch of E.soj>u.e bro jht up from the river side and given thcTU ; which being done, they took the jiiece of dutfels, out it into thr- e ])arts, and tlius dei)arted with it al-out 11 o'clock in the forenoon ; with tlieni went Jan Jhicts w.th tlie Scpiaw and 2 children who had been cai)tured by ns ami were released in exchange for the 2 Dutch women and 2 ciiildreu whom the Indians had brought back. 22' ditto. A scouting party went out but saw nothing. 23'' dittc A Tarty went to the river side to bring up supplies, and three, to cut and draw- grain. They exjierienced no interruiition. 24"' tlitto. Sent for all the wagons to make a journey to tho river side to bring up the pro- visions which had been sent hither by the Executive government; but oidy 4 wagons came. As I re(piired ten, I excused these; Some refuse■ iliage where tlie Ilcer ,Je Decker himself was ; met with no interruption. A party was also out with the reapers. In the evening Jan Davets and the 5 Mohawks returned from the Esnpus Indians— tliey brought with them a fcmidc prisoner; they would not at present release any more prisoners, evinced groat fierceness and repeatedly threatened to kill them, both the Mohawks and Jan Davets — toid tliem thev should not release any more prisoners unless they should secure lieace thereby, and that CVjr/rtrT and Ii'e >i Mae r should conm to their fort, and bring goods with them to conclude peace and lo redeem the prisoners ; said tliat they must be within ten days in their fort to conclude peace ; said, that they demanded a truce during that time. Jan Davets also informed us, that he had seen l)ut 4 prison,,; ^ in the foit, and faat the others were scattered far and wide ; says, there are about 30 warriors in the fort, and that the others dwelt without here and there; they also said tl-'y were determined to make a stand in the fort, whereupon we have resolved to go in search of them on the first opportunity. ^ 25"' ditto. The l/eer dc Deckef left to-day for the Manhatann in the company's yacht, taking' witli him two of the wounded, and Jan da Parck, Surgeon and two soldiei-s to take care oi the sick ; two sick Indians left al •out along with them a convoy and wagons to bring up tile remainder of the goods. They returned and s;iw nothing. Also sent out two detachments with the reapers; they did not remark any thing. Convened the Council of War and it was unanimously resolved to send out an exposition against the I^ojius Indians, which should start the next day, if tlie weather were fav<.rable. 2G"' ditto. The follownig troops set out against the Ksojnis Indians, having as a Guide a woman who haanwhilc, with the remainder of the force, the guns ami wagons, but on coming within a short mile of the fort, found the way so impassable that I was under the necessity of leaving the cantkon, as I could iH)t get it farther. I left 40 men there and gave them * Tliisc Iiirliuns ucri' of L.mg IsUml. New York Historical JierorJs. 329 ovdors to fortify tlicnisclvoB nnd set palisades around, which tliey did, and I followed the preeudin;,' truoi) with the rcmiiiiulur towards the Indian fort. On arriving tiiere, found our peoj)le in jids- session of it, as it hiul been abandoned by tho Indians two days before. Our Indians had caught a S(piaw in tho corn-field, whither she was coming to cut maize. Xow tlio evening falling, for it was about o'clock when we cuuie to the fort, we jiassed tlie night there, having found 3 hori-cs at tlieir fort. 28"" ditto. The Council of War assembled at tho breaking of tiio day and unanimoiislv resolved to go in search of the Indians to tho mountain where tho above mentioned female liad been a prisoner and to take tho captured Stpiaw along. Whereupon Lieutenant Couiren/ioven and Lieutenant Stilmil and Ensign XuKKCii were detached with 140 men, and remained in the fort with about '2!) men. The above named troops tlien set forth towards tho mountain and arrived where the Indians had been ; they liad left that place also. The captured Squaw being asked if she did not know where the Indians had fled to, said they were on a great, hi'di moun- tain, which she i)i>inted out tc- them, distant about 2 miles, whither tliey liad tied witii the seven prisoners tliey had with them ; whereupon the ofHcers resolved to go to tho other mountain in searcii of them, wiiicli tliey afterwards did with their troops, after ex[)erieiiciiig vast diflicidtv, but found no Indians there. Tiie S(piaw being again questioned whether she did not know wlierc they were ? said they had moved to another mountain, which she pointed out, about -t miles from there, but tliero was no path thither. I'eiiig on the brow of tho hill om- iiet)ple saw Indians coming towards them, whereupon thiy fell flat, intending thus to surprise the Indians on their approacli, but they did not succeed, our people being noticed at a distance of about 2 musket shots. Eight of them ran oiT in an obli(pie direction, and tlie ninth attemj)tcd to run back to the ])laco wiionce tliiy had come. As our force was discovered on all si.Us, and even oiii- Indians said that no savages could be caught at this time as they were every whi're fully informed of us, it was resolved to rettn-n to the fort, where tliey arrived about one o'clock. Afier they had taken some rest, I convened the Council of War to determine what was now best to bo done. Thev mianimously resolved to cut down tlieir corn and burn it, together with last year's maize, whicli they still had in pits in great abundance in their corn-fields and around their fort. Whereuiion 1 wont out of tlieir fort with 50 men to a distance of a full half mile ; there cut down several [ilantations t)f maize, threw i!it(> the tire divers pits full of maize and beans, returned to the fort at Kun-down and saw that divers Indians and horsemen found .some ])its with (ilunihr in the vicinity of the fort, wliich tluy brought in. Meanwhile I had the whole party called to:,'ether, and told tiieiii tliat all the plunder iliat n-as or should be found was to be in common, and was so understood by the Council of War before we started from our fort. Whereupon one of the liorsemen stepped out of the troop and said to me. What we've found we'll keej) and divide among us horsi'inen. To which I said, that they should not do that, for they were under com- mand. AVhereupon the hor.-eman, named Jan //v>idfirl-/ii/i, nnswvrcd — They are under the command of no man but Lowj /V/c/', wliom they, forsooth ! called their Cornet, and ntteicd divers unmannerly words in presence of all the oflicers. Upon which I gave him 2 or !5 slajis of a sword, and he seemed as if he would i)ut himself in a posture against inc. I?ut I being close up to his body he could not act as ho wished, and I said to him that I should bring him to an account. This said ,/i//t //<«7r/cAA7/, with one A/hi/'t Uei/mnna I?ov should hangl)rit; and so I left them. This Alhert coming into tho Council told tho Connnissa'ries that one of them' should step out. What his intention with him was I can't say. This hy way of niomorandum. Meanwhile arrested Jaii, Ilfiuh-icksen. SD'" ditto. Four piirtica went out again to cut down the corn and to bum the old maize. About o'clock in the afternoon, some Indians made their appearance on a liigh hill near tho fort and called out to us, that they would come and ligiit us on the morrow whereupon W(! brought tho captive S.puiw out of the fort to speak to them, and they called out to her that they should now come and fight tho Dutch, for tho Dutch had now come and taken their f..rt, cut their corn ami burnt all their old maize and that they should die of hunger. I said to them, the Dutch had gone in search of you to tho mountain but yo always ran away and dare not make a stand. Ihit the Indians would not give any answer, and so went away. SO'" ditto. We, in two largo i.artics, each (jf SO men, cut down all the corn and burnt the old maize which remained in the pits. Ileturncd to the fort, all together, in the evening, and made preparations to set out in tho morning. Meanwhile the Indians wlio the day before h.-id called out that they would come and iigiit us, did not make their appearance. We cut down nearly one hundi-ed morgens * of maize and burnt above a hundred pits full of corn and beans. 31" ditto. In the morning at the dawn of day set lire to the fort and all the houses, ami while they were in full bla::e marciied out in g .„d ohLm-, C.ipt. Lieuteuaut C,>u;d on his return to tho Manhat'Uia, accompanied bv Lieu- tenant Couweiihoccn and tho Indians being 41 in the wh.de, who wotdd not remain aisy lou<'er ; also 5 of the Hon""-' Company's \egroes. Tiirough great intercession and promise of better" be- liavior in future, the Coimeil of war pardoned Jan Jlendriohcn tho faults committetl by him and ho i.s rele.-wed from confinement. Meanwhile I had two parties in the fieM with the reai)ers and one in Ambush. They saw nothing and returned in the evening. I tiiis day st.ld, by piil)lie beat of drum, the three horses which we had brought with us from the Indians' fort. 4'" ditto. A Mohcjan Indian came fr.jni F„rt Onuujc; he had a pass from Moii^Uh,- Mmi- t,ujme ; brought two letters, one to ilr. G,j,h,rl an.l one to IIendr!ok Jocfwms ; there Wiis hardly any news in them except that they were longing to receive some intelligoneo relative to the con- dition of the Eio^us. Convened the Council ..f war and invited thereto the Commissiiries of the ♦ About 'JIS acres - O'C. Neto Yorh Historical Jiecords. 881 villiif^c Wilrlwyal; nml mado thia ortlinauco and read it to thn pooplc, hoth froomon and niilltary, and had a copy afHxed to eadi beat or jiost. It is, word fur word, as follows : — " OUDINANCR MADK ANIl KNArPKl) nv THK CaITAIN LiKUTKNANT AMI TIIK VALIAJiT Col'NCII. OK WAU AT I'UKSKM' (JOMM ANDINd TIIK TROOl'S AND MiLITAUV I.V THK Es()l"l'.-» OH "WlLDWYCK. " Wlieri'i/s wo learn liy daily oxpcricnco that many, as well military a8 free... .n,arc removing from tho villago Wifdwi/ri; without tho consent of the Capt. Lieutenant and Commissaries of this villago, therefore it is necessary that timely i)r()visioii he mado therefor, so tiiat none may at any time fall into tho hands of tho harhoruus Indians, our enendos ; and that families every day unnecessarily waste and fire off ])ow(! ' and hall. Theret'oro tho Captain Lieutenant and valiant Council of War, wishing to provide for and prevent all inconveniences and mischiefs which may arise therefrom, have ordered and directed, as they do hereby order and direct. 1. " First! I/, that no one, whether military or freeman shall, withont the c<)nsent of tho Captain Licuteiumt, Council of "War and Coinmissariesof this jilacc, depart from this villago of Vi'ililwijcl; cither in large or small bodies, whether to cut grain or fur any other bnsinets wliat.soever it may he, lest any of them may chance to fall into tho hands of tho barbarous Indians, our enemies; and if any one remove beyond this village of WUdwyck without con.sent or proper convoy, whatever the l)Usiness or occasion m-iy b(,', ho shall pay a. fine of five and twenty guilders for the first offenco ; for the second fifty guilders and for tho third olTi'nce m\ arbitrary ]>unishment ; and should any one, in violating and disobeying this order, happen to be c:i])turcd by tho Indians, our enemies, no e.\])enco or troid)le shall be. incurred for hiiu, inasniuch as he, liy his pervei-se and stilTuecked com-se, contrary to tiiis ordinance, will have brought down this mis- fortune on himself. 2. "If any one uinioccssarily and preversely waste or tire iii[ bis powder and iiall, bo it on the departure or arrival of convoys or otherwise, ho sh;dl, for the first ofTence. jx'.y a fine of threo guilders for ea;'li shot; for tho secoud (ilTcnc' si.v guilders and for the third otfenco sutler arbitrary punishment, imless when desirous to disehurge his gun, being out of order or wot, he shall a.sk permission therefor from his superior or inferior otficer. .Vnd fu- the better observance ami obedieiu'o of this ordinance, the Captain Lit'uten.uit and Council of War hereby particularly and imperitively counnaiul all superior olliccrs, Serjeants, and corporals to jiay strict attention that this onlinaiiee be observtri and re8pe/u'ijed to comi! ilowii to tho Kicjuiit on important business which we .should then explain and coirimnnicat(' to hitii. S"" ditto. 77/f*W(M Me 7r/^*^/«(/« arrived here at the H'tlouht from the J/i. Mean- while nothing was done as it was Sunday, anil no detachm-'nfs were sent out. ti"' ditto. Sent out a ]>:irty of o'2 men to lie in andjusb, and two iletachments with tho reapers They returned in the evening ; perceived nothing. 7'" ditto. Three dotachmenta were sent out with the reapers ; rettimed in tho evening with- out having t-een anything. HM 332 Colanial Sfttkments on the Jliuimn liir,, S"" ditto. Sent out Eiisijrn JVu;«/ic'n witli a dotiichmont to lie in ainhusli l)chiiul tlio new Til- lage whieli WHS burnt, an.l ol)rtfrvo t\w IkIIu'w. Mho two partius with t'lo roapors. 'I'hoy came bael< in tlie evening without liaving noticeil anything. O'" ditto. Tiireo detai'hnients wore again sent out ; two in tlio Held with tho roaporn and one in ainbuHh. Tliey returned towards evening havitii,' perceived iiotliin.r. lO"- ditto. Sent out two dctaclinientu ; one i i tlie Held witli tlie reapern, the other in andai.sh beliind tlio recently l)urnt village, under the eonnnai.d of Ensign N,fg«eu. They eame in toward* evening without having observed anything. Some yaeht.s also touehed at the P'uht I, ringing letters from tho Alanhatana whieh they left at tho L',wards for Fort Oniiuje. U'" ditto. lieeeived this tnorning tho letters whicli tho yachts left at tho 7?- ^ouU ; had two parties in the field with the reai)er.s; tliey return d in the evening without .ivjng seen anything. 12'" ditto. Sunday. Xotliiug occurred except sending two convoys to the ReihmU to relievo the men who lay there and to bring nj) sotne stores with 'Afr. Cj^hr'-x wile ,-..,Hiiig from Fort Orange who brings news that the Northern Indians had killed sonu' Mohairh amfa Mohi./'tn, whereujvon the Mohegans have obtained the consent of tho Mohawk.'t buil.l a fort. Notiiing else occurred hero. 13"' ditto. Sent out two detachments with the reapers and one to lie in ambush. They returned in the evening ; saw nothing. On tho same day is tnatlo and enacted by tho Captain Lieutenant and the valiant Council of War the following (ir.linanco for tho maiiitcnancc as far as possible of better order, and the observance and enforcement of discipline among tho Military, and read tho same before tho Military and freemen and allixed it at each po.-t. It is word for word as follows : — "OuniNANCE MAPE ANTl ENAfTKn HV Till'. CaI'TAI.V LiEUTK.VA.NT ANI. TUK VALIANT Cm .veil. okAVak iommandi.nu tiik Milhaky i.v tuk Esopls and Vil'^auk ok Wll.llWVCK. " Wh^rens some in this village of WHdwgrk who follow .he tra.i,, of selling strong drink t.. the military suffer some of them to get drnnk not only on week days but "specially on the Lord's Rest an.l Sabbath day, untitting them for their proper dnties, and more es,„riallv creating confu- sion and disorderly conduct; the Hon"'" Company^ servants not hesitating to sell,'pawn ami plege their own necessaries for strong drink to tho traders in intoxicating li(inors; tho traders also receiving the sjimo; yea, even not hesitating to give them more credit and trust whether thev have any thing to the good or not. Therefore the Capt. Lieutenant and valiant (Council of AVar desirous to )>revent as nmch as possible all disordei-s and mi.-chiefs, have therefore ordained and directed iis they hereby direct atid ordain : — \. "That none of the militarv. be his r.ank whatever it may be, presume to sell or to pawn for anv strong drink any of tlut .-tores advanced to him by the Hon"'" Company on his monthlv wages, for his needs and suj.port, under a fine of one month's wages. 2. " Xo one, whether military or freeman, following the business of selling strong drink, shall presume to take in pledge or endeavor to embexzle any property beloMi,'iiig to the military in exchange for strong drink, under the f,.rfeitMre of th,- lapped drink and to return to the owner iVVo) York JliHt,,iical Rtvonh. ',vx\ froo of cost and clmrges tlie received property und pay in atWition a tine ul" twelve guilders as often aa he ia didcovered so doing. 3. " All those who follow thu trade of sellinfir f(* to well nor fnrnish any Htron^ drink on the Lord's licHt und Saliliath day rriuoli less onterttin any clubs, whether before or after the Hcnnon on pain of forfeiting the strong drink tapped on that ocjcasion, and ill addition a lino of live and twuuty gnilders as of tin as they shall be caught in the act, 4. " Those who sell strong drink are also further warned they take heed not to sell any to the milittti either on crrnlit or on account, be it in wlmt manner it may Im?, on pain of not Ixiing paid therefur, uiduss on order of his superior officer. Tins noNB by the Capt. Lieutenant and valiant Council of War in the village Wildifyk, tli l;]'" August l(i((3." U'" ditto. Sent out fifty ri-apers to the burnt village, (lalled the Gi-eat Plot, and sent with tliiMii aI)out thirty wagons and Ensign jVeiM^i.n with a convoy of eighty men; gave liim orders to remain tluire all m'ght with the reapers and binders, and tin- major part of the wagons and fortv men per convoy. Tli naining forty men returned to W ili/wi/ck, and sjiid ensign with about oni! Inmdred and twenty men, as weM reapers and binders as convoys, ]>a8sed the night at the Grciif /'/of because it wius so distant, uid tliey ciMild not make ii]) more tli;m one sheaf for they could not begin the work as fr<'sh as tliey wished. F'.rought the grain to Wililwyck as soon as it was cut down. Kept six parties by the way in ambush to protect the > \\t\. wagons. Ih)wever iiotliing occurred on this day. 15"' ditto. I'.roiight more gniin from tlie burnt village wherefore I kept tw>i parties in aird)ush and one with the reapei-s and two on the road for the protection of the wagons which went through and fro. Returneil in tlie evening altogether; observed nothing. Id"' ditto. Two parties are again sunt out to the lield with the reapers; came back in the eveiung without having seen anything, 17'^ Two parties wen; again sent into the field with the reapers. "Retunu-d in the evening without seeing anything. The Ile/rk about ten o'eloi-k at night, ;ui.l had a Dutchman named ./(Ooh Junsm Stouts nlionjh for a guide. l!)'" ditto. Wiw this morning with fifty men and sixteen wagons to the burnt village to fetch grain; came back l.. Wlldwyrk about eight o'chx-k. Did not see anything. .V bout noon Ensign Xit'HHen returned with his troop from the Indian maize land. Neither saw nor notictnl any Indians. About three o'clock in the atlernoon Ohri.stqf,l Daoida eamir from the Manhutans in a canoe. Brought with him a letter from the Iher Cenend. dated U'" August, brought also a letter froi.n /*/W iSk %, IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET {MT-3) k / !.0 I.I 1.25 l^|2.8 •"Iii£ 1 2.5 2.2 1^ 10 u lA 111.6 1 liOiOglapiilC Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 145«10 (716) 873-4503 '^<}^\ ^■^'" ■■e t/j 6y I.>'ii 334 Colonial SettUment^ on the Hudson River. dated 17 August, and ,^dre88ed to ms. Its contents were, That I should bo on my guard for he was aav,8ed that the Esopus Indians together with the Manissings and Wappingerl were pre- pared to attack and surprize our fort in about two days with four hundred men, and that they also daily hreatened h.m m an msufferable manner; he daily expected the arrival of the sachem who had already been four days gone about the captured Christians to learn what he should then do and what should be the issiie of it. But he had not received any intelligence in all that time, lie also writes -That the Indians who lay thereabout on the river side made a great uproar every mght, finng guns and hmtekaying* so that the woods rang again ; and he hoped to be with m'e in two days. _ ILs letter contains divers other circumstances. Chridnfel Davids inforn.s us, that he slept one mght with the Indians in their wigwams-that some Ropus Indians and sachems were there who luul four Christian captives with then,, one of whom, a fe:naie captive, had secretly told Inm Davich, that forty Esopus Indians had already been near our fort to observe the mvpers and the other people. Whereupon the Council of War resolved to send for the sher.fl, who be.ng come, an order was handed him directing him to warn all the inhabitants not to go from the fort mto the fields without a suitaole escort, as directed in the preceding Ordinance of the i- August. Sa,d Christoffel Davids also informed ns,-that the Indians Imd on shore several bowls and gourds witli brandy, which they obtained daily from the sloops, as the Indians had mformed Inm they culd get as much as they required and whatever powder and lead they wanted. Now, we cannot determine what this may amount to, but this I understand that the woman wlio is on board the sloop with Lieutenant Couu,enhm,en brought four ankers of brandy with her from the JUanhatam, but none of it came ashore here. 20"- ditto. Lieutenant Couwcnhoven arrived with the yacht at the RedouU ; brings a Christian woman and boy with him ; says ho gave about eighty guilders for the youth, and promised to give our captive squaw for the woman. Left ninety guilders in pledge for lu-r; the Council of War disapproved of his having promise.I the squaw in exchange as such was not con- tained mthe Director-General and Council's Instruction to him. Says, the Indians pn.mis.d him to bring in, within two days, all the prisoners they had, and that he should return with her to them within that time. Says also, that two Mohawkx coming from Fo,t Orange in a canoe passed Ins yacht in tiie Wappirujers Kill. Tiiey had full four hundred pounds of lead and over three hundred pounds of powder in the canoe. lie would have them on board but they would not; so they passed by. The Dutch woman, who had been taken prisoner, was brought to bed of a young daughter on entering the Esopus Kill. Nothing occurred during the day as it rained almost incessantly, and the farmei-s could not go out in the fields to reap or to bring in the grain 21« ditto. The Council of War resolved to send Lieutenant Couw.nhomn down again with the sloop. I victualled the yacht and gave him five soldiers additional for his defense- also resolved to give him the two Indians and the squaw which we had prisoners, but he is not to'leave them out of his hands before we have our prisoners back. Furnished him also with an instruction as to iiow he should act therein. It reads, word for word as follows : — * The D«Iaw„rc word, ^M.\Cn, to ,,„,.,, seems to be engrafted here into the Dutch language. The tenu 8 alBO o be found ,„ Van der Donck's IJe^hry.inge .an Nieuu, Ne^lerUndt, where speaking of tI.eTmu.sements" N Y Hirco^r Tix~"Z: 'i ""''"'f " "*-"" ^'"'^'"•'" ^'"' ^"""^-'^ "-'">« >-«« witha/«z;.- !mot Ih "T f ' T":f '" '"™" '"'" '" "'""' "'"'* '' '"""' "'" ^'"'^ ^''^^'■' " -■"*<'"- --ton. observe.! a.no..g them before death "«'''-" ordered him to be taken ut of the fort and the sola, rs brmging }um to the Beavers path Oie dancing the KinU Kaeye all the time). - O'C. New Ywk Hmtorical Mecords. Instedotion foe Lieutenant Pietee Couwenfoven. 883 " Whereas Lieutenant Couwenhoven, sent by the lion*"' Director General «fe Council to release the Christians captured by the Esopm Indians, lay several days near the Wappinger Indians who acted as meditators in the affair, and as yet could not effect much except releasing one child and a woman for which woman he promised to exchange the Squaw who had been cap- tured by us, on condition that they should then bring all the Christian captives to the river side and release them ; and also promised the Wappinger Indians to take down with him the two Indians we captured. The Council of War, therefore, resolved and concluded to surrender the two Indians & the Squaw, but on certain conditions and also by express order of the Ileer Direc- tor General and Council, according to instruction accompanying the same, that no prisoners should go, or be released, unless we first had all our Christians, prisoners, out of their hands. 1. " Therefore, the said Council of War recoiniuend and order Lieutenant Couwenhoven not to surrender nor give up ^ny Indian or Squaw unless our Christian captives be first released and exclianged aad placed in our hands, but he is at liberty' to promise the Indians, if they discharge all our prisoners and restore them to us, that they shall then again have and regain their prisoners, either in exchange or in some other manner as shall then bo agreed to and arranged. 2. " Should Lieutenant Couwephoven see no probability of obtaining back, receiving or releasing our captives, and the Indians be obstinately opposed to the discharge or release thereof he may watch his tinne and opportunity to seize as many Esopus Indians as possible, either on land or by inducing them with fair words to go on board, according as opportunities shall then offer; or if many Ksopus Indians should come thither with the Christian ci ptives and refuse to surren- der or give these up, he shall then endeavor to detain then) on shore, whether by means of intoxicating liquors or by any other means he shall at the time judge most expedient, and then advise us immediately thereof by a yacht that may come there, in order that we may regulate ourselves accordingly as much as lies in our power so as to surprise and seize them. Done, Wildioyck, the 21" August 1G63." Escorted said C(;««)(,vt/i6ii>c/i. to the Redoubt X)n the river's side and he sailed again to the Wappinge/'n in the yacht. A party was also in the tield with the Boors ; they returned home without seeing anything. 22'"' ditto. Sent out one escort with the reapers and two parties to lie in ambush, but it commenced raining about noon and they came in. The rain came down in such torrents that the lioom were obliged to take nj) the Bridge lest it bo carried away as it was three weeks ago. It is to be feared that considerable grain will be destroyed in the field for want of reapers, in consecjucnco of the great rain that has fallen, for a great deal of grain lies under water and the farmers on an average ha\e not harvested alwve one fourth part of it. Nothing else occurred to day, except that the great rain carried away several of the palisades of the fort. 23'' ditto. Sent ati Ordur to the Sheriff and Commissaries and directed them to have the palisades of the fort replaced. It roads word for word as follows : — " Acti. " The Sheriff and Commisaarles of this village of Wildwyel; are hereby ordered and directed ^MmM [•' o 330 Colonial Settlements on the HuJson liiver. ^ ! ' m- i "li .A i 'I mi to have roi>laced and n.paireven; and as the Indian told me lie ha,l given the captive Squaw, whom he had entrusted to said Couwen/uwen, in exchange for these two children, without any hope of a general redemp- tion ; and that he had so thoughtlessly and contrary to orders surrendered this S.iiiaw for the two children on an uncertainty, not knowing whether he should receive anotl,er prisoner or not ; now let him defend himself to the Director-Cxenenil and Council. Said aonwe7>/im,en'8 letter was to this effect : That he hopes to get all the prisoners, but that ho should bo in want of supplies ; for the powder he luis is good for nothing, and the cry among the Indians Ik all for jwwder .,nd brandy ; re.piests me to send him some, as it was for the public good ; that the Sachem had gone with hve men into the interior, and had promised him to return with all the Christian captives ; had given him the S.juaw in order to succeed the better for us, and he had a fair prosiiect for a good delivery. In ciise it happened otherwise then he should acquaint me of it, and so forth as appears by his letter. It k Dated the 2.5»' August, but I received it on the 2i^- August; this happened through a mistake of his in writing. Domine Jihm departed hence to-day, with his wife, for the Manhatans; had him escorted to the river side by Ensign iV^*mm and forty men -hxperienced no harm on the wav. 25'" ditto. Sent down the Indian and the Dutchman again to the sloop lying by the Wapp- ^ngern with some bread. Also sent a letter to Lieutenant Courcenhoven, which reads as follows : • Good Iriend, Lieutenant Couwenhoven Your letter came to hand, and I have noted its con- " tents. As regards your surrender of the Sc,uaw before you had in exchange all our prisonere, ^ in my opinion it is not well done. But you, yourself, must vindicate that act. In answer to your request for Sev/an and Bran.ly, I have none, as you well know, and the Council of War ^' does not consider it prudent to furnish our enemies with powder at this conjuncture. You 1^ promise to do your best for our Christians in captivity, and to get these out of their hands. ^^ Sliuuld you not succeed, you will act according ius you have 1 een already instructed and told. I ^^ send you some bread and request you not to go to the Manhatam, but first come liere to take ^^ ..If the sick and wounded, ^'ou «in see whether you will not be able to obtain some sewan and ^ brandy from the passing sloops, for if I had any and should sen.! tlicm to you, they would run atXo,!"' TT ,''r"" I'^""*^^'"'^'^ •^" '''^ ''--'y J^y the Indians. Done, Wihhoyck the 2.V- August, 1003. ^ Had three parties out • two with the reapers and one in ambush. They returned in the evening naving seen nothing. ^ 11' I New York Historical Records. 887 2H"' ditto. Two escorts wcro down to tlic rivor side to bring up supplies and some soldiers' wives coming from tiio JA<»/«;irt»«; a party lay in ambusli beliind the nuwly burnt village; re- turned in the evening without having remarked any thing. 27"' ditto. There were two detachments with the reapers in the field and one in ambush, re- turned in the evening without meeting any thing. 28"" ditto. Had two parties again in the field and one in ambush ; returned in the evening having seen nothing. 29"' ditto. Two detachments were out again in the field with the reapers, and one in ambush. Saw nothing. A soldier of Lieut. StilwiPs Company was womuled by his Sergeant in some dis- pute respecting orders. Said soldier was arrested and afterwards examined by the conrt martial, and it was found that the Sergeant was as blameworthy as the soldier. The soldier, who is named Thomas Coeek, is condemned by the court martial to stand sentry with si.x muskets for the space of three days, and during one hour each day. 30"' ditto. Lieutenant Couwcniioven returned from the Wappingers at the Redoubt with the yacht, and arrived in WUdwijck with his people and the two Wajypimjcr Indians, but released and liberated the Stpiaw there ; could not obtain any morj ('hristiaii captives from the Esopun I'.idians. The Wupphi/jer Sachem had been with the Esopus Indians at their fort (which they were erecting anew), in order to ascertain if he could not obtain the release of the Christian captives. But when lie had been two or three days with them in their new fort, to negotiate with them respecting the prisoners, two Mohawks and one Minqua camo there with Sewan and a long message, which rendered the Empif Indians so ill disposed towards the \Vap2nnger Sachem that they caused him to depart. He tl-ci returned without receiving any other Christian captives. He came on board of Lieutenant Couwenhoven and told the same to him, and said Lieutenant reported it to me. Xow, I camiot imagine what there is in it. Convened the Council of War and they resolved and concluded to attack with one hundred and twenty men the Esopus Indians who reside in nieir new fort about four hours farther than their first fort which we had bunit. We take with us as a guide one of our ca]>tured ^rajtpiiit/cr Indians. Meanwhile issued rations to the ])eoplc, and orders to start on the expedition this evening or to-morrow morning; but as it began to rain in the afternoon we did not set out to-day. Sent an order to the Sheriff, Commis- saries, and 8U)>erior ofiiccrs of the village of Wildioi/i'/., which reads as follows: " WiiEiiiCAS another expedition is on foot against our enemies, the Esopus Indians, the Sheriff, Commissaries and superior officers of the Burghcry are re(pie8ted to furnish twenty horse- men from the hired men (EnechUi) of this vill.ago of Wildwyck to accompany the military in the attack on the Indians. Done, Wildwyck the 30"' August, 1(563." Answkr ok tiik Couut to this Obpek. " The Court and superior officers of this village of Wildwyck having read the communica- tion sent them by the Captain Li(Mitenant and Council of War have at their reciuest convoked the farmers and read to them the aforesaid demand, whereunto they gave for answer that they were well dispsed to do their best for the public interest, but find at present that the horses fatigued from the harvest, are unfit to be rode by men. The Court having heard this answer, hereby re- quest the Captain Lieutenant and Coinu'il of "War, if it can be possibly done without prejudice to the public service, that the expedition be postponed for six or seven days until the harvest bo completed as the gram yet in the field is already injured. Do\k, W'ddioyck, this oiV" August lt)fi3 (was subscribed), KoHi.oi'' SwAinworr. (Lower stood.") By order of the Siieriff, Couuuis- saries and superior oilicers ivf the l>m-ghery in Wildwyck (signed) M.vrruKis Capfix), Secretary." Nothing else occurred to-day. 43 mm I- ¥■ ■ y .J It: 1^ i 338 Colonial Settlements on the Iludnon River. 31" ditto. It rained somowliiit all this day, thcroforo tho expedition innst rest for the present ; sent an csuort to tho river nidi! and victualled the i)0()i)lo at the Redoubt and iSloop. Asked tho Shei'iff and Commissaries, verl)aily, whetlier they could not get some horses to accompany us in the attack so that we may bo able to place the wounded on thcni if we happen to have any. After great trouble they obtained six horses from a few, but spiteful and insulting words from many. One said, let those furnish horses who commenced the war. Another said, I'll give 'em the Devil —if they want any thing th(!y will have to take it by force. The third said, I nuist first have my horse valued atid have security for it ; and so forth with much other foul and uid)o> coming language, not to be repeated. 1" September. Thomas the Irixhmaa and C/aesJe Iloom arrived with their yachts at tho /f/// from the Manhatann ; sent an escort to tho river side ; intended to set forth to day but the arrival of the yachts and the escort to the river side prevented this, and the weather was so low- ering and threatened rain so much that we concluded to start next night towards tho break of day ; but as it rained the whole night we could not set out. Nothing else occurred to-day. A party was out in the field with tlie farmers, but nothing happened. 2'' ditto. Sunday. Tho weather continued lowering, and heavy rain fell. In the afternoon very heavy rain fell again so that we could not stir out. Nothing occurred during tho entire dav. S** ditto. About one o'clock in the afternoon wo started from fort Wildwyck, having of my company two and twenty men ; of Lieutenant StilwWa company, four and twenty men, and seven freemen, with two of the Hon'''" roinjiany's Negroes. We took as guide the young Wappinger Indian, and Chrintafil Dfir/'i/i as Indian interpreter, and promised the Indian his freedom with with a cloth coat, on conilition that he brought us truly to the Exopm Indians. Wc got eight horses with very great dilliculty from the fanners, as they were so very unwilling and could not be brought to give us any horses, cxce]5t Thomas ('hamhfrs, who, witliout any solicitation, presented iiie with two for tho expedition. Several of the others, wiio would not give any, uSed much otlensivc language to the Sheriff and to tho company's officers, saving — "They will have horses; they may see if they can get them." ;Marshed that afternoon about three miles from our fort to the creek wiiich runs past tho liedoiibt ; lay there that night, during wiiich we had great rain. 4"' ditto. Found such high water and swift current in the kill that it was impo.ssible to ford it; sent six men immediately on horseback to our fort Wililwyck tu fetch rope and axes to make a raft or some other convenience to cross the creek ; thiy retm-ned to us about ten o'clock ; brought three axes and rope. Passed the r()i>(> over tho stream in order to hold fast to Jf so tliat the peo- ple may not be swejjt far down the creek. Crossed over with all tho men - .t two o'clock in tho afternoon and inarched about four nules further on, where we bivouacked during the ni>dit. Consideiable rain fell this afternoon. 5"' ditto. Set out again at day break, and about noon came to their lirst maizo fiehl where we discovered two slain. Divided our lorc(! in two— Lieutenant Couwenlioven. and I led the right wing, and Lieutenant St.ilioll and Knsign Xiessi-n the left wing. Proceeded in this disposition along the liill so as not to bo soon ami in order to come right under the fort ; but as it was somewhat level on tho left side of the fort and the soldiers were soon by a squaw, who ^'cn> Yo/'k IJintorical liecoiuh. 889 wns piling wood ilicru iiml wlio sunt foilli a turrililo Kcreaiii wliicli wan lioard by tlu; Indians wiio weru standing' and worliin^' near tlio fort, wo instantly fell upon tl*uni. Tlio Indianh nmlicd fortii- witii throii^di tlic fort towards their lionsfs, which stood ahont a stono's throw from tlio fort, in ordor to socuro tlicir arms, and thus hastily picked uj) a few guns and Ijows and arrows, but we were so hot at their heels that they wore forced to leave inaiiy of thoni heiiind. We kept up a sharp fire on thorn and pursued them so closely that they leaped into the creek which ran in front of the lower part of the! • nuvize laud. On reaching the opposite side of the kill, they courage- ously returned our fire, which we sent hack, so that we were ohlig(,'il to send a party across to dislodge them. In this attack, the Indians lo.st their Chief, named pKpiqiiitnmhen, fourteen other warriors, four women and three children, whom we saw lying both on this and on the other side of the crei^k but jirobably many more were woundtid, when rushing from the fort to the houses, when we did give them a brave charge. On our si'le three were killeil and six wounded and we have recovered three and twenty Christian prisoners out of their hands. Wo have also taken thirteen of them prisoners, both men and women, besides an old man who aceom])anied us about half an liour but would not go farther. We took him aside and gave him his last meal. A Captive Indian Child died on the way, so that there remained eleven of them still our jirisoners. The enemy being conqiu'rod, wo reviewetl our men ; found we had one wounded more than wo had horses. Convened the Council of War ; subndtti'd to them what was now best for us to do relative to cutting down the maize. The Council of War decided that we could indeed cut it down, l)ut were any more of our mcTi wounded, how could they be removed having already one more than we had horses, and this one must be borne, with great trouble, on a litter bv two. Kesolved to let the maize stand for the present ; jjlundered the houses wherein was considerable booty, such as bear skins, deer skin.s, notamm, blankets, elk hides, besides several other smaller articles many of which we were oliliged to leave behind that wo could not bring along with U3, for wo could well fill :» sloop. Wo destroyed as much as we could; broke the kettles into pieces; got also twenty-four or live guns, more than the half of which we smashed and throw the barrels here and there in the stream, hacking and i)reaking in pieces as many as we coidd. Found, also, several horns and bags of powder, in all about twenty pounds; got also thirty-one belts and some strings of wampum ; took the best of the booty along and resolved t(j set off. Placed the wounded on the horses and had one carried in a blanket on jxiles by two soldiei-s in turns. Set out thus in good order on our return and nuirched that day full two miles from the fort. The fort was a perfect square with one row of palisades set all round being about fifteen feet above, and three feet under ground. Tiiey had already completed two angles of stout palisades, all of them almost as thick as a man's boutc/i will iu>t come hither, for they cannot come so far without being discovered before they reach you. Wherefore they kept the piisoners by them that night. The }f(ihitwk departed In the nu)rning for the .]f ; detached a party in ambusli and one in the field with tliose pulling hemp, but nothing hapj)ened. 18"' ditto. Nothing occurred as it rained the whole day. 14"' ditto. Sent an escort to the lialouht by tlie river side. Nothing else transpired, as it rained again nearly tlie entire day. IS"- ditto. ]tlaet Secu arrived at the li,'(hmU with his boat iuid eight soldiers and some letters from the lleeren Councillors, dated 13"' September. Had him conducted up to the village of Wildwijck. An ordinance is enacted by the Council of War ; it reads as follows : ■•. V, "Obdinanok mauk and enactkd ky thio Caitain Likittknant and valiant Council ok Wak Commandinu tiik Militakv tuooi-s at Wildwyok in tjik Ebopus. "Whereas it is found by daily experience that several of the military do, witliout pcrmisEion of the Sergeant or Corporal, leave their jmsts or stations either to work' with the farmers or on soirie other pretence, Wlieiefore the Captain Lieutenant and valiant Council of War being desirous to provide therefor, have ordered and directed, as they do hereby order and direct — 1. " That no one sliall presume to quit hi.s ]>ost or station without permission of the Sergeant or Corporal in command, under the pen.alty .,f twenty stivers fur the first offence, 40 stivers for the second, and arbitrary punishinen* f.jr the third. ♦Tliis line li'iuls to almut Bl()oiniiil)iirg, in tlio town of Aliimiikathig, Sullivan Co., iu tlio vicinity of which village it 19 presuniud tlie above battle wa-s foiifjiit. — O'C. N^ew York Historical Recm'ds. 341 2. " No person slmll prcBiimo to titko or steal aiiother's g)in, powder or lead in any manner whatBoevor, on pain of corporal punishincut, according to tlio gravity of the case. 3. " Neither Bliall any person, bo ho who lio may, coinmenco or begin any quarrel on guard, much less come drunk or to drink tiicre, under a penalty of twenty stivers for each offence. " Every one shall hold himself in readiness with his gun, duly ])rovided with powder and ball, to appear immediHtely, or on the first command of the superior or inferior officeu, wherever lie may bo required, tiien to await further orders, and wlioever acts contrary or disobeys herein shall bo arbitrarily punished accordin,; to his deserts, pursuant to the sentence of the Court Martial. " No one shall go from ono guard or post to another without taking with him his proper 'hand and side arms, so that ho may bo immediately pro[)ared U> dofcMid liimsi'lf in case of alarm, under a penalty of twenty stivers for each otfeuce, and us often as he shall be found disol)eying herein. Thus done by tho Cap' Lieutenant and valiant Council of War, in Wiliwyck, this 15 September, KifiS." Nothing else occurred, inasmucli as it was again rainy weather. 16"' ditto. Sunday. Nothing occurred and no detachment was sent out. 17"' ditto. Maet Sceu left again with his boat ; took with him two sick. Pet,)' Andricssen and Jan Voj>penou and two horses for Monsieur Verlet and sundry empty barrels for the lion''''' Company; had him escorted to the Redoubt by 32 men. Thomas tho Irishman arrived to-day, at the Kedoubt and a snuill straw cabin in which a soldier resided was burnt, but nothing can be ascertained as to liow the tire (iriginated. Meanwhile tho Soldier lost all his }.roperty. Nothing else occurred this day. 18"' ditto. Pn.'sented the following request to the Magistrates of this vilage of WildwycTc: — " Whereas the Iher Director-(icneral and tlio ILrren Councillors have written to us here that it is their intention to send hither, by the first opportunity, additional Soldiers and a party of Marsi'pimj sjivages,* to seek out and subdue as much as j)ossil)le the Fsojjus Indians, our enemy, tiie Captain Lieutenant and Council of War, therefore, request the Sheriil and Commissaries of this village of Wildwi/e/i to be pleased to allot two or three houses in this village to lodge, pro- visionally, tiie aforesaid force whenever it shall arrive. This doim,'. our friendship shall follow. Done, Wildwyek, 18"' Sept' l()t!;i" Answer of tho (Jourt as follows : — '• The W. Court having looked around at the recpiest of tho Capt. Lieutenant and Council of War for proper lodgings for the coming forces, have induced Pieter Jacolmn to give his mill for -10 to 50 Soldiers, and the W. Court will do its best to tind out quarters fur the savages. Done Wildwi/ck, this IS"" Sei> tomber l(i(i;5. (was subscribed) Roelof Swaktwout. (Lower stood) By order of the W. Court in WUdwijck aforesaid. MAriHEUs Caimto, Secretary. Two detachments were out, to^lay, with the reapers in the field and at the CJreat Plot, and 20 men in ambush. Returned in tho evening ; saw nothing. 10"' ditto. Th(»nas the Irishman sailed for tlie Manfuitans ; had him escorted. Two detachments were out in the field with the reapei-s, but saw nothing. * These wero Queens Co. Iiidiaus. Thompmn calls them Mar»epeague», aud says their principal Bettlement was at Fort Neck. — O'C, ft: m _•■■ > \S' ■ ,11 1 342 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson Jiiver. 20"" ditto. Two (iDtiiclimcntrt wem imf, at tliu (/rent Plot liy TJiruk'a to cut uiits and to j)loii{j;h ; tlicy retiiriictl in tiiu cvi'tiiiig iiaviiig seen nothing. 21*' ditto. Two d('ta(:liMu^ntM went out again ; ono witli tlin piouglierH, tiio otlii'i* witli thoso drawing lioniii tlio oatn, hut tlioy did not seo any thing. 22'' ditto. Another dotni'linicnt waa out in tho field witli tho ploughmen ; saw nothing. Sent a party ahout midnight along the Kill where some ma'ri.tn.' irovonimcnt to \n'i up aiiotlifi- expedition, and tlic entire military, and tlio Na- tivcH our friends, the JA/myx'wj/ Indiana, being hero also holding themselves in reiidiness to set out at tlie first command of the oflieers. The Cap'. Lieutenant and valiant Council of War do therefore hereby authorize and order Sherifl Sirartwoiif of this village to notify and forbid the tappers or retailers of strong drink who follow the profession of selling liquor in this village, that they do not under present circumstanees sell strong drink to atiy one, be he Christian or Indian, under the forfeiture oi the intoxieating liquor that may be found in Iiis house. Done, Wihlwi/rk, 26"' Septend)er, IPiCa." Meanwhile, nothing else occurretl to-day. 27"' ditto. An escort was in the field with the ploughmen and one to the river side to fetch up provisions. Nothing else happened. 28'" ditto. Th Conncil of War engaged Derrick Smith to remain at the lifdouU with his yacht until we return with the troojw from the expedition, in order to carry back the forces and Marscping Indians, and agreed with saitl Smith that he shall have in Seawan eight guilders light money per day. A detachment was out in the field with the plouglimen ; 10 to 12 of our Iidians were out in tlio bush shooting. They returned in the evening; say that they have discovered signs of where the Indians are going to. Xothing else occurred to-day. 2!)"' ditto. Convened the Council of AVar and resolved and concluded to set out on another expedition against the F.mpiiK Indians next Monday being the 1" of October, and each man shall be furnished with three pounds of biscuit, oiui pound of jiowder and one jmund of ball for the expedition. An order is also given to the Sherill aiul Commissaries as follows — "Whereas by orders from the Director-Cencral and Council of Nexo-Ndhprlnnd an expedition is aliout to set out against the Hkojiuk Indians, our enemies, and sixteen horses are required to accompany and to be used l)y said expedition, the Capt. Lieutenant and valiant [Council of War,] therefor request the SheritT aiul Commissaries of this village of Wildiryck to supply said horses from the inhab- itants by the first of October proximo, being next Monday. Done, Wildwyck the L".t"' Septem her Kit;;]." A detachment was in the fluid with the ploughmen, and one to the river side; saw no'^hing. 8(1"' Septend)er, Sunday afternoon, caused powder ami ball to bo distributed to the soldiers a;id Indians ; one pound powder, one pound lead each, with three pounds biscuit fur this expedi- tion. Nothing else haj)j)ened to-day. 1" October being Monday, wis marched from Wlldwi/ck with these following troops: of the military li>2 men ; of the M(tr,tej>i>it/ Indians 4t; men ; of the freemen *i ; with 14 horses obtained from the farmers of Wildmyck for the use of the expedition so as to be able to accommodate the wonmled, should we have any. Marched with these troops about D hoursaml arrived in the even- ing about 7 miles from Wildiri/rk where we passed the night. Experienced scarcely any trouble througli the tlay ; had considerable rain in the night. 2'"' ditto. Started again with our troops and al)out two o'clock in the afternoon came to the fort of the luojui.i Indians where we had attacked them on the :>"' Septend>er and there found five large i)its into which they had cast their deawn on the Kill were four other pits full of dead Indians and we fotmd, further on, three Indians with a S(piaw and a Child that lay unburieil and almost wholly devoured by the ravens and the wolves. Sent out, immediately a party of Pi/tch men and Indians four miles beyond the fort in a south westerly direction where our guide i)resumed some /:.sflj>us In- dians would be, but on coming there discovered nothing but some wigwams which had been a long time abandoned by the Indians. 'Meanwhile I had been over the Kill with a party of men r ■'" uxMiiM K ! r: 844 Colonial Settletnentft on the IluJxon liivcr. El' m 1 1.' ' Jf I' and pnllcd oflf tlio corn and tlirow it into tiio Kill. Tho trorjps it'tiirrioil in tho ovoninj{ witliDiit iinving flcen luiy IndituiH. About two niiluit from tiio furt puruuivod thu trail of two Indiana who Imil pino iicroM tho nioimtaiii ; hii|)|)(M(mI to Ihj «triiiij^) IndiiiiiH ; the trail wiin a day "Id. ;V' ditto. Early in the niorninj; despatched a i)arty of noldieri4 and [ndianu into the woods to SCO if tlioy could not find uny Indians; sent a detiichniunt again over tho Kill to pidl up thu mai/e and throw it into the Kill. In tho afternoon Heiit two other detachnuMitH into tho corn liulds to throw tho niai/.e into tho creek, an the corn which stood ahout tho fort was all thrown into the Kill hy tho evening. After sundown our party returned without luiving captured or discovered atiy tiling;. 4"" ditto. Wo pulled up tho Indian fort and throw tho palisades, one on tho other, in sundry heaps aiul Fot them on fire, together with tho wigwams which stood around tho fort, and thus tho fort and ho\iscs were destroyed and hurnt. Ahout 10 o'clock wo marched thence down along the creek where lay divers mai/.o plantations, which wo also destroyed and cast tho corn into the creek. Several largo wigwams stood also there which «e hurnt. Now, having destroyed every thing, we tnarqlicd that day, on our return, ahout four miles further, where wo reuuiiniMl with the troops that night hy a small creek, the rain falling tho entire time. Two Ilacklnmu-k Imlians who had come up with the MaritepingK staid behind at tho fort. They told the Chief that they should return home from thenc(\ as they coidd reach Ilarkinmi'k as Sfxm as Knopux ; l)ut the Chief did not mention it to us until we had marched hack some two miles These two Indians had. each, a gun from tho Knopun, which they took away with them. 5"' ditto. Still raining incessantly : hut W(! again resunu'd rir lionu'ward march to WUdioyrh. This night one of tho farmers' horses strayed aw.ay ; seanrhed for it this morning every where, but could not find it. Meanwhile continued our nuirch, and arrived in tlio evening at Wildinyck. Saw nothing on the road. The course from W'ihliryfk to the Indians' hurnt fort lies mostly South Southwest across several large creeks, some of which aru hreast-higli, some ni>t so deep. The way is very bad and hilly ; in some places is very fine land. 6"' ditto. Had two escorts to the river side ; nothing elst! occurred to-ilay. 7"" ditto. Sunday. At break of day sent out forty soldiers with twenty Imlians to tho SiUjera KUletji; lying easterly {Oostwaerts) from Wi/dioyck, where there were two fields planted with maize, for tho purpose of destroying this and throwing it into the creek; they returned in the evening each with a load of maize having thrown the remainder into the crwik. Ahout iu)on, to-day, a girl was brought up from the fit'atch of corn which ho had pidled and had been there about tli.-'O weeks to renu>ve tho corn. TIk! Couiu-il of War forthwith resolved to send thither forty men to try and catch him, wheniupon Knsign NieMseti with W> soldiers and Lieutenant Coumn/unien with .5 Imlians were ordiTod out. They marched from Wildwyck about noon and crossed over at the Rtdotiht. They reached tho hut about sunset which, having com- pletely surrounded, tliey surprized, but foimd it empty. The Indian had abandoned it before their arrival. Tliey foimd a lot of corn near the Init, and another lot at the kill, ]>art of which they burned and brought a part here. Kenuiined in the hut during the night and watcheil there. 8'" ditto. About ten o'clock the troops returned to Wddioijck. Convened the Council of War and resolved and concluded to send off Lieutenant (huinenhoi^in and the Marnepiruj Indians and about forty of our soldiers to the Maiihatann on the morrow being the nintli of October. Ni'in York IlixtoriciU liiconin. 845 Tli(! ( 'idiiu'il of W..r al,-i) ichoIvciI to hcihI down all tlm Iiuliiin ]trinon('rR likmviflo to tho Manhatanit bciiij^ clovun /'.'mijiiix IiiiliiiiiH, \nu; ami littln and one Wnjijihi'ji'i; iriakiii;,' Iwclvt! in nil, um tluTu in no proliiiliiJity of tlitir hfini,' rcdiTiiicd Imrc, nonu of tlio J','hi)j>hh Indiunn foining litTu to spoftk to or iMKjuin! after tlicin. Nothing I'Uu occtinvd to-iiay. i<"' ditto, r.iuiiti'nimt Coutmhovm dtipartuil in Dlr'uk Smlf/i'^ ytwht, took with liirn ail lliu Miirxrjiiiiij Indians and In of ||,(, military. Sent no cucort to tliu river Hido with thoin. Nothing oIbu happuned. Thu liorHo wliicli wo hift on tim expedition retnrne'" ICf.:!."' Two convoys were out in the tield with the ploughmen and one in ambush; saw nothing during tlu^ day. IIcned. 17"' ditto. Two (letaclimenfs were again aiiroad with the ploughmen, and likewise one in ambush and had another as an e.scort to the river side. Nothing occurred to-.lay. An Ordinance was, this tlay, drartii up by the Council of AV^ir for the soldiers at the FcdouU and posted there. It reads as follona : < )ui.i.N',\\i i- MAiu: iiv nil-; Cai>i. LiKr ricNA.s r .s.m> v.m.ia.n't Cocncii, ok Wak com MA.SDi.No ri!;': mii.iiauv riiooi's Ar Wii.owvrK, a.nh hkimcndenoiks, kou tiik >:ii,i- TAHV SlATlO.SIOU AT I'KKSK.NT AT lllK IvKDOlUr. WiiKRKAS by daily experience wi learn that .some remove from the /I'eitiiiiht to the villigo of \Vlliliri/fk without the coii.-,eiit or order of the (Japt. Lieutenant or other officers, the Capt. Lieu- tenant and valiant Co\incil of War, therefore, wishing to pre\ent all irregularities and infractions of i'lilitary discipline hen.'in t, much less to send any of his conmiaiid hitiier to the village «if IIVAAyyc/l' without proper consent of the Capt. Lieutenant or or other Commai'der who represents Idni for the time, nor without being accompanied by a proper New \o)k Historical liecords. 347 e8«)i-t oil pain of boiiijr mbitraiily puni.sliud hy Coiiit Martial. Thus doiio hy tiio Capt. Lieu- tenant and valiant (.'oiiiicil of War in tliu fortress Wildmijrk tlio 17"' 8"", KiOS." 18"' diuo. UccL-ived an aiiBWcr frotii tli-. dourt of tins villago to tlie order sent to them the 15"' Oetoher, res|H't-tiiig tlio iion repair of the fortress Wildwijcl: It reads as follows: '•The W. Court Imving read tlio order dated the 15"' S''", sent hither liy the ('apt. Lieutenant to the W. {\>urt, which is therein re(jiieKted to repair and renew the palisades of this villafie of Wt/dir;/,'k, 80 that till! siiiiio may he in a ctate of detente, the W. Court finds that neeessity re- (jiiires that tliw village i)o projicrly secured and protected hy setting up of good palisades ; the W. Court, tlierefore, orders and dn-eets that each farmer sliall diiely set up and repair the old, with ntw, palisados m front of his lot ; and the others, being inhahitants or Hurghers occupying 34 lots in thin village, shall bo obliged iiropcrly to repair and sent up new jwlisades in place of the old, fi-oin the water gate along the curtains unto the lot of Arnii Pidrriien. Tatk, the new pali- sadea being at loi'.oc two feet in circumference, Imt the thicker the better, and 13 feet in length, according to tho cireumstances of the case to be determined by tlie W. Court. This niiiewal and setting up shall commence next Monday, being the -22'^ October. Wherefore every inliabitant is iiereby notified to appe;ii ut 7 o'clock on the day aforesaid, at the gate near llendrkk Jochem- .s. //',v, there, as his name is called, to proceed to worTc afo-esaid, and to continue at it until the same shall be coiiipli!ted, on pain, in case of neglect or unwillingness, of ])ayiiig for the first oflciiee three guilders; for the second otTeiice double as much, and so on adding three guilders. Tims Do.Ni.; at the Court of the Sherili and Commissaries of this village Wildwyrk, this Ifi"' Oc- tober. 1(103. (Under written) Hy order of the SherilT and C!oiiimissaries aforesaid. (Signed) M;>rrni.us Cai-ito, Secretary. Two detiU'hments were out in tho field to-day with tlie ploughmen, and one at tho licdonlt by the river side. Nothing else was done to-day. T.>"' ditto. Two det;ic-hments were out again with tho ploughmen, and one to the river side; a party was, also, in ambush to make some discovery ; but did not see any thing. 20"' ditto. Three detachments were out in the field again with the ])loiigluiien, and one in ambush, but did not remark any thing. An escort was also down to the riverside at the Rnlouht. ai"' ditto. Sunday ; nothing occurred. 2'2'' ditto. Thi-eo detachments were again out with the ploughmen, and one in ambush as scouting. An escort was likewise sent down to the river side; they did not see any thing. '-3'' ditto. Three detachments were again out with tlu; |iloiighmen, but saw nothing. 24'" ditto. Two parties were again out in the fiehl with the iiloughiiieii, and I was until even- ing with a ])arty in ambush, but did not perceive any thing. 2.")"' ditto. Two escorts were again in the field with the ploughmen, ane cutting palisades, and a party to the river side, ami al.M) a troop m the wood.-, .scouting ; did luit sec anv liiiiii;. ■i 348 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River. U. i w !,' ihv mr^ 31" ditto. Gernt Abel was tried before the Valiant Court Martial for his offence Gommitted on the 29'" October and is sentenced by the Court as follows: " Whkkeas Gerret Abel being in coiuuiand at the Redoubt, hath in contravention to the ordi- nance dated 17'" 8"*' enacted by the Valiant Council of War and lasted at the Redoubt, proceeded to the village of Wildwi/ek on last Monday, the 2'J'" October, without leave, escort or any neces- sary business, but merely to get drunk, as actually hapixjucd, which being notilietl to tlie Capt. Lieutenant, he caused him to bo placed under arrest, and to bo tried this day, 31" October, before the Valiant Court Martial and prosecuted for this liisconiniitted offence, for which the Capt Lieu- tenant demands the Valiant Council of War duly to punish the accused Gerret Abel. " The accused gave as an excuse for his commg here to Wddwyck that he wanted to get a skepel of wheat ground, and as it could not be immediately gro>md for him, he was to a friend's with whom he dnmk half a ])mt. And the accused having lieard the charge aforesaid, acknowl- edges to have transgressed the ordinance above mentioned, and supplicates herein, not justice, but mercy. "The Valiant Council of War liaving maturely considered this matter; that a soldier and more especially one who is m command over othei-s hath deserved punishment for his committed offence according to the complaint and confession ; seeing that the prisoner's excuse hath no foundation, sentence the accused Gerret Abel, to be dismissed from his post of Cadet {Adelborst) and to be reduced to the ninks (Schildenjastendiend te doen) at 8fl. |)er montli, and to -emain at tho Redoubt until further ordei-s, he Gerret Abel being unfit to perform the duty of Cadet. Done at Wddwyck the 31«' October, 1<1(;3. (Subscribed) Mahtky CuHXiiEU, Cukistuen Niesskn, TuOMAS CuAMUEItS, EvERT WiLLEM MfNNICK, JaN PeEKSEN, JoNAS RaNTSON." Same dry, a detachment was out in tlie woods with the wood cutters and one in ambush scouting, but they did not see any thing. November tho 1". A party was in aiiibu>^]i, and a detachment with the wood cutters ; saw nothing. 2'"' ditto. A detachment was out with the wood cutters and another in ambush to scout. B*^ ditto. A detachment was down at the river side to carry nitions to the people at the Redoubt, and another party was at the Great Plot, but did not notice any tiling. 4'" ditto. Sunday. Nothing done. 5'" ditto. An escort was down to the river side to bring up some supplies and people that had arrived from the Man/uitans in f.ur'initeH li yacht, they being freemen bulonging to Wdd- wyck. A party was also out in the bii.sli with the wood cutters Nothing else happened. 6'" ditto. Ordered two soldiers to accompany Arent Moesinan to Beercn island near Fort Orange.* An escort was also to the river side and being near the Kcdoiibt lay there in ambush until the eveninir, but saw luithiiig. AnotluM- party 25 in iiiiiid.cr was at the Great Plot; they retained in the evening, without having remarked any thing. 7"' ditto; Wednesday. Tins being a day of Prayer (/?(*//•/■%) nothing was done. In tho evening Pieler 11 «//;v/„i« arrived at the liedoubt with Hut Jo rokien's yacht ; brought with him two Christian children wliich he had in exchange from the J'Jxopun Indians for a Squaw with a big girl; brought back the other Indian pri>(;in'rs; lirought also the Wajip/'n^er Ssiclieni whom Couwenhoven. had detained in the yacht ; s.iys a Christian woman is kept a prisoner by the Wap- piTKjers, and that he hud detained the chief in luu- stead until they should surrender the Christian woman. Nothing else occurred. Sent an escort to tlie river side to bring up the two captive children. Couiotn/toroi said that he has conclinled a ten day's truce with the Esopus Sachem. * This isIuMil In (ipiiositu Coiyuians. — O'C. New York Jlktorical Jiecm'ds. 849 8"' ditto. Hftve been, myself, with an eacort to the river side to bring np to Wildwych the Bsopv« Indian prisoners & tlie children with the Wa2)pinger Indian cnptive, being in all 9 in nntnber. On arriving at the shore, fonnd tiio Wapp^imjer chief and also one of his Indians on board RatJacobxcn-s yacht. Asked Lieutenant Cimwrnhnmn, what were these two Indiana for? Said it was the Sachem of the Wajyinmjers with one of his Indians wlion; lie had brought along but not as a prisoner — had come wilhngly on board as a friend. Asked liim. If he would wish to return homo and endeavor to let us have the female Christian ca)tive \ 7'o which he answered, .yes ; says, he will bring her hin.seK in six or seven duys. Wlicreiipo'i the Council of War decided that ho and the Indian with Jiim, should be released, and as they were at present our friends and had renewed peace we promises! him if he brought back the Christian woman we should then let hi8 brother go together with another prisoner. Wlieieunto he said, ' Tis well ; gave him a bark canoe ife let him go. Nothing else happened tt)-day as it rained unceasingly. 9'" ditto. It still rained considerably. Sent an escort to the river side ; Rat Jucobsen sailed with his yacht for Fort Orange. Nothing else hap]iencd. 10"' ditto. A detachment was out with the wood cutters ; nothing elsed occurred. 11'" ditto. Sunday, nothing was done except sending a i)arty to the river side with brciid for the people iu tlie Redoubt. 12"' ditto. A detachment was out in the bush with the woodcutters. Notliing else tran- spired. i;3"' ditto. The Company's yacht arrived ; brings some provisions for the garrison ; also arrived at the Redoubt a W(ij>j>l7i(/i:f Sachem with eight Indians, bringing a female Christian captive whom ho had purchased from the Fnapun Indians and which he had promised us on the 8"' inst. on boai'd Rvt J(ic<)}mm\^ yadit. Tlu; Council of War resolved that he and his attending Indians sliould be hiought uj) to WUdwiji'k ; they were accordingly conducted up by Lieutenant Vouwenliouen and Captain Thomas Chmnhers and brought to Wiidwijck. Sent for him to the Council of War and asked, what he had to comnitmicate ] He answered, I am come to perform my promise which I gave on board the yacht at the Redoubt, to bring in the Christian woman whom I bought from the Amjjus S(piaw, and I bring and present her to yon now, because we " are both friends. Whereupon we thanked liiin and said, that we slioiild speak together on the morrow. Lodged them in Capt. Cliavihem house and had food furnished them. Meanwhile a detachment went down to the river side. Otherwise nothing occurred to-day, 14"' ditto. The (Council of War met again and resolved to release the Wappt'nger Indian, and to give him back to the C'hief with one of the Eftopiin captive S([uaws, pursuant to (>ur pre- vious promise, made on the eighth of November to the Wujipintjir chief, on board the yacht at the Redoubt. Invited the chief and his Indians into the Council chamber and presented him the Jisoj>ii,i S(inii\v and a little sucking infant, which they took; presented him also with two jjieces of cloth in token of friendship. The chief then iwpiested that we should live with him in friend- ship, which should be preserved by him. lie gave us, in token thereof, a bow and arrow and sjiid, I will not make war against the X>((romised him likewise; gave each other the hand, and the said chief promised us to do his best to obtain back for us all the ])risoners from the EsojmK Indians that a mutual exchange should be made ; for to morrow being Tliuisday, the KiopiM Sachem would then come with the ))risoners i'ccording to the promise he gave Lieutenant Conin.nhoiyn wnX the provisional truce agreed uixiu for ten days with him, for he had jji-omiseil to fetch the Christian prisoners to the Redoubt in the space of ten days, to be then exchanged one for the other. Now, what tlie result will be, when the ten days are expired, time will tell So they again departed well satisticd. Gave tlieni an escort to conduct II ,Mtm-,iM 8S0 i It I ' Kit J Colonial Settlemmta on the Hudson River. I them to the river side, nnd tlic Couiieil resolved that the slooj) shall remain until the expiration of the time agreed upon between Lieutenant Couwenhovefi and the E'i(>2)U8 Sachem on the 5"> November, on board the sloop in the Wappinger Creek, to wit : that the £i ,pu8 chief should bring up all tlie Christian prisonere to the Redoubt to exch-.ngo them then, one for another, whereujwn a ten days' truce w.-us mutually agreed to. A soldier named Jurienllelm died to-day. An escort was also down to the river side. Nothing else occurred to-tlay. 15'" ditto. A vessel arrived from Fort Orange with cattle; sent a convoy to the river side. Nothing else hapjxiiied. Ifi'" ditto. Another detachment was down to the river. A yacht bound for the Manhatana arrived from Fort Orange to-day. Nothing else occurred. 17'" ditto. Arranged every tiling in order and departed with some of tlie Military for the Manhatmis leaving in Wihhcyck about si.xty soKliers under the command of Ensign Christiaen 18'" Sunday. After Capt Lieutenant Martin Vregiers departure yesterday, Jan Uendrich- ■ sen Von Baal came the fourtii person up to Wildwyd: He arrived from the Manhatana in M'. Afrraham'a** yacht and rei)orted that two Dutchmen were killed by the savages between Gerrv- onapaf and the maize land. Had them escorted, on their return, to tlie river side. Nothing else occurred. 19'" ditto. Sent another party to the Redoubt and had provisions brought up. Discharged one man at the Redoubt and sent two others thither ; also, distributed powder to the men, half a pound to each. Nothing else done. 20'" ditto. Sent a detachment to the woods to draw out timber. This was ,all that occurred. Nothing h.'ippeni d. Sent a detiu;limont to the river side. Otherwise nothing occurred. The only thing done to-day was to send another party to the river side with grain. 24'" ditto The yachts of lieyndert Pieterson and the Spannird arrived at the Redoubt ; sent an escort thither No other occurrence took jjlace. 25'" ditto. Sunday. Nothiiig happened. 26'" ditto. Sent down an escort to the river side to fetch up the Hon"" Company's sup- plies. No other circumstance occurred. 27'" ditto. Sent another convoy to the river si.ie t.. take down grain. Otherwise noth- ing liappened. 28'" ditto. About one o'clock in the afternoon a Wupp-higer Indian came to Wildwyd: with a flag of truce; rejwts that a UVy^xwjrw- Sachem lay at the river sido near tlie Redoubt with venison and wished to have a wagon to convey the venison up for sale, which was refused. The siiid L dian told me that the Sachem had not much to say ; added further, that the JlacHngsack Indians had represented that four of the TJ>«j»is Indians, jirisoners in our hands, had "died. Wliereu]ion the Indian prisoners were brought t)ut to the gate to him, to prove to him that they were still living and well. Sent hmi down uumediately to his Sachem at the river side, to say to him that we should come to him to-niorrow. 29'" ditto. At day break liaU notici; given that those who were desirous <.f i)urciiasmg venison frcm the Indians should go along with tin; iscort to the river side. Accompanied the *That part of tliu .louriiul between nsti^riska is hy Kiisigii Niesaeii. — O'O. *♦ Aliraliam Slants. t Now Communipaw N. .1. 21" ditto. 22" ditto. 23" ditto New Ym'h Histoi-ical lieowds. 351 detachment to the shore and conversed with tlie Sachem in the presence of Capt Thomas Gham- hera and Sergeant Jan Peersen. He said, he had been to receive tlie Christian prisoners and should have had them with lis before, had lie not unfortunately uuint hiinselt in his sleep when lying before the lire ; shewed us his buttoclc with the mark of the burn which was very large ; Also said, that six Christian captives were together at the river side, and gave ten fathom of Sowan to another Indian to look up the seventh Christian who is Albert JleymarCs oldest daugh- ter, promising us positively that he should restore all tlio Christian prisoners to us in the course of three days, provided it did not blow too hard from the North ; otherwise, he could not come before the fourth day. We, then, parted after he had, meanwhile, sold his venison. He left immediately in his canoe. 30"". Sent an escort to the river side with grain. Nothing else occurred. 1'' December. The only circumstance that happened to-day was the sending away the three Indians witli a letter to the lion'''* Ileer Director-General and Council of New-Nethedand^ to whom the fo'lowing was written in haste. "Noble, Respected, Right honorable, Wise, Prudent and most discreet Lords- " To be brief, wo could not omit advising Your Honours that three Indians arrived here yes- terday, being come, as they said, from the Manliatans, with an open letter, being a pass not to commit ariy hostility against their people to this date. But we cannot determine what sinister design these Indians may have recourse to under cover of this pass. We maintain that such and other Indians resort here with such passes, to spy nut this our place. Meanwhile, we being on our guard, placed sentinels everywhere before them, to prevent them passing through the village to examine and pry into it, as they are strongly inclined to do. In the meantime we inform your Honours that on the day before yesterday the Wappiiuji'r Sachem came with venison to the Re- doubt, and we have had a talk witli him, and he promised us, among other things, to bving us hither all the Christian prisonere, within three or four days, according to the entries in our daily journal which your Honors shall receive from us by the first Yacht. Done, Wildwyek this first December l(!t)3. (Was suiiscribed) Chkistiaen Niessen, Thomas Ciiambeks." S"" ditto. Sunday. Nothing happened, except that on account of the hard frost, I requested the skippers of the vessels to go down to the liedouht to eyaniine their Yachts which they con- sented to do. In the afternoon, after the Sermon, sent a party to the shore to take down grain and to put it on board. 3'' ditto. The military Council having met, the following resolution was adopted: — " Ensign Chridlaeti Niessen proposes to send down, pursuant to despatches fioui the Hon'"'" Director General and Council, the saddles, pistols, holstei-s and carbines, the best whereof was left by Capt. Lieutenant Martin Crnjier and ri'niains with tlie Clerk, Mnttheus Cajrilo, as appears also by letters from the Capt. Lieutenant aforesaid together with the three metal guns and their accoutrements as they were used in the field, and also one sjiil. "The Military Cmmcil decided that it was impossible, in view of the approaching winter, to send the articles down at present as here at W'lldiryck we have no smith siitliciently expert to repair the arms, and as the Wappuujers coino almost daily under pretence of exchanging Christians, to spy out this place which already hath sulTered massacre enough, and conseipiently, if the arti- cles in readiness were sent away (which would be publicly seen by other tribes of Indians) two niiissacres (which God forbid !) may occur through want of all adequate means, save God's Provi- dence. "2"'"''. TheF.Mj I aforesaid moves, inasmuch as the setting out of the palisades is found as yet to be for the greater part inadequate and not in accordance with the Capt. Lieutenant's It 1 ill 803 Colanial Settlements on the Hudson Miver. < < « 1 request, and as in many places palisades have l>ecii removed from the curtains and not replaced by others, nineh less attention paid to setting ont the same, to the imminent ruin and destruction of this village of WUdwyd; which God forfend ; and denmnds furtiiur tliat the inhabitants of Wildwyck may be notifiefl by the W. Court to put the fort in a suitable state of defence within the space of three days, and in default or neglect thereof, that he do it with the best means he may at present find at hai.J, and demand repayment therefor when done from the W. Court at Wildwyck. " The Military Council unanimously resolved that for the duo execution of said proposal, it be forthwith communicated to the "W. Conrt in WUdwyd; and that they answer the Eaine without delay. (Signed; Thomas Chamiikks, IIendkick Jocukms, .Tax Pekksen, Evkkt Pels, Jonas Eantsoj, Walkan du Mono, Antonie dklava." Also, sent a convoy down in the morning with grain to the river side, which on returning brought lip the Waj>j>i>i(/er Sachem and his wife, and S/ditnose, the Indian last taken by us. Which Sachem brought with him two cai)ti\e Chi'istian children, stating to us thai lie could not, pursuant to his previous promise of the 20"' Novomber, bring along with liiin the remainder, being still five Christian captives, because three were at their hunting grounds, and he could not find them, but that another Indian was out looking for them ; the two others are in his vicinity, the Squaw who keeps tliem prisoner will not let tlicm go, because she is very sick and hath no children, and expects soon to die ; and when he can get Albert Jlcymaii's oldest daughter, who is also at the hunting ground, and whom he hatii already purchased and paid for ; then he shall bring the remainder of the Christian captives along. For tho two Christian children which he hath brought with him, an Indian child is given him, being a little gii'l, and three pieces of cloth, with which he was content. In the afternoon, Jcronimus Eijhhvj, jVicolaas JUryer and Frederick the Hon''"' Coin])any'8 late carpenter, went down imesi'orted to tho Jiedoxdjt, with six wagon loads of grain, not being willing to wait for the writings and letters which should be sent by them to the Heeren Director General and Council of N. Nclhirland ; and the Skipper Zmcim ylw/mwen, also, said that ho would not wait for the Director General's nor any man's letters but be off, as the wind was fair.* W^ ditto. About three o'clock in the afternoon wc started from the Manhatanti for tlie Esopus in the Hon'''" Company's Yacht, with a W. S west win o'clock at the mouth of tho Esopris KUl. Des- patched a man up with a note to Ensign Nyssrn to send down some wagons in tho morning with an escort to convey up the Ilon''''^^ Company's sui){)lies which were sent for the garrison. 22d''. Ai>out 9 o'clock the escort arrived at the beach with the wagons ; entered the Kill with tho yacht in order to discharge the goods; remained this night in liie yw/- duced five skcpels of clean oats. 25"" ditto. Tuesday. Nothing happened except that lieyntje Pieters came from the river side : he informs ns the kill at the Kedoubt was stiil fast. 20"' ditto. No occurrence. 27'" ilitto. A party was out on the Great Plot hauling stone ; nothing else occurred. 28"' ditto. The Captain and Lieutenant of llio Burghery of Wiltwi/ck requested to have a drum according to tlio promise given them by the Ileer General. By permission of the Military Co\mcil a drum and apiiurtenances were given to tlie offlcei-s of the burgherj' of Wildvyyck. A party wiia down to the river side to see if circumstimees would adm.^ of the sloop leaving the kill. The i>arty returned and stated that there Mas no way as yet to go out of the kill. 28"". The officers of the Burghery prcbented a petition; it reads as follows: — "We the undersigned, Tomas Chamhrets Captain anowder unprofiUbly both in the morning and throughout the day and sometimes to the great danger of each other and to their own de- struction, both in wounding or destroying theirown peraons which frequently occurs there from ; and whcrejis there are hero many ricks and barns full of grain and straw, and as great disorder and rashness jirevail in many places especially on tiiis day, both in the moniing and throughout the day, by firing of guns whicii is practised and prevails more particularly in this place on the above mentioned New Year's day. Thcrefc.re the Captain Lieutenant alid valiant Council of Waronlcr and forbid all persons whom it may concern that no one Khali presume on New Year's day, being the first of Jan\iary to discharge any gun or other fire arms in front of any houses or any other places where it is not absolutely necessary, unless for some approaching enemies, and that under the {wnalty of six guilders for each shot fired by the person. Both the Sheritt" and military officers are ordered to ]>ay strict attention hereunto so that this our order may be duly obeyed. Thus done and enacted by the Captain Lieutenant and Valiant Council of War in Fort Wiltwiek t\n6 -I'J"' X"" ItiCS." 4S .•mMM 854 Colonial Settlements on tim Hudnon River. I agnin Have been dov with a party to tlio river side to bring awuy tlio guns and other niiniitioii8 of war. Nothing else occurred. 30'\ Sunday. Nothing done as it rained ahnost thu entire day and tlio KiU been open. 31". Left the Esopua again in the IIan'>'" Company's Yacht for the Mnnhatnns, the wind Southerly. Weathered the Long Reach where wo came to anchor m the night about twelve o'clock. 1664. Ist January. The wind continuing southerly, tacked to^lay as far as the entrance of the Ilighlanda where we ancliored about 9 o'clock in the evening ; the flood being spent weighed anchor and passed through the Ilighlanda where wo again cast anchor. 2". Weighed anchor again, and drifted with the ebb as far down as Tajypaen. 3". Having weighed anchor again, drifteil down anew with the ebb to the end of Manhat- ans island, where we made sail about 8 o'clock in the morning, the wind being westerly, and arrived about twelve o'clock at the Manhatana. Mautin Jvkkuikk. Letter from Ension Nikssen at the Esopds to Dibkotob Stdyvesant; KKPAitx- URE ok Cait. Crfxuer; great sickness on the Esopus. Noble, Honorable, Very WorKliipful, Wise, Prudent and Very Discreet Gentlemen. Your Hon"'" Worships' favor of the 20'" of De(-ember last has come to hand and its contents are well understood. 1 have to say in nnswer, that Captain Lieutenant Marten Crajier left here in the Hon''"' Company's yacht on the 31" of December, taking with him 7 soldiers from the gar- rison, in plac-e of which one remained hero. There are many sick here amting tlie military as well as the inhabiUmts of a strange disease. In case your Hon''"' Worships should bo pleaaed to send here further ordere by a savage for the return of soldiers overland to the Manhatans, then I shall obey it, but as some have now already gone down with the Cai)tain Lieutenant and some are sick liere, I do not clearly understand your Hon'''" Woi-ships' order, whether some more soldiers shali go overland to the ManhaUns. The letters sent to me shall be dispatched immedi- ately to Fart Orange with two Dutchmen. I could not find savages here to employ on such an errand. The letters were brought by two savages, one called Ilastang, the other WainanntuLn, a Wappinger, as he sayt,, who came in place of the dispatched savage IfcHknleUsin. Wo find tliat this WamanHaan has hatl part in the mardor here, he took prisoner the son of Derick Jochemnen. Meanwhile we shall be on our guard as much as possible. Closing with sincere Siilutations I com- mend your Hon"'" Worships to the protection of God Almighty. Actum at Wilhnjcl; I"' January Anno 1664. Your Hononibie Worships' humble and obel> New York IliHtorical Iticorda. 806 LKrrKR FKOM MtasKs. La Montagne and van Renssei.akr to DiKtxrroK Stuyvk- bant; t!ik Moiiavkh' kxi-kdition into Maimk. Honornblo. Very \VorHhi])ful DireetorCfCiionil and Coiuicil of New-Netlmland. On tlio ll'" and 12"' of last December a war-party of Mnqnaen, Sinnehia and Onmilakett came here from tlie Xortlierii eavapes, ciillt'd Onojah; tlicy paused tliroiigii liero in detaclimeiits • • • ""d loft witliont causing trouble or duiuy harm to any one. To our queKtions as to their designs they told us, that somo of their men liad been killed and wounded ; 20 had been wounded of the MtiquacH and Slnm-kua and 30 or 40 of the Northern savages had been killed ; besides these two of the Onojake have been , after they had together resolved outsid'^ of the fort . . . . , they went out with presents, to negotiate with the Maquaen about a peace ; the Maqua,s acceptcil it without however the consent of the SlnnekuK ; therefore somo of the Slnnekim and Onomlakin started and said to the Maquaes, We from the Onondake will go and see, where tlie Northern savages live, to which the Maqvaea answered, "We have not resolved to storm their ca«tle, for it is strong and cannot be taken by us, but finally persuaded by the Sin- TU'kus the Maquaes too went and attacked the castle by storm ; here they lost the greatest number of their men. We hope to receive information from your Ilonore, how matters stand with tl»e savages there and at the Fwpux and with other people having evil designs against the province of Neio-2ketIierland, so that we may govern ourselves: we trust however that every thing is quiet. Closing we hope that his Honor, the General, is again quite well and with wishes for a happy New Year and our cordial greetings we commend your Honors to Ood's protection and remain Your Honors' affectionate frieuds Fort Orange the 8"* January 1064. La Montaone Jkremias van Renbbelaeb. Your Honors, While closing this letter two soldiers arrived here from the Esopua with letters to private par- ties from there as well as from the Manhatana. We hear that every thing is well there, praise to God ! Your Honors will please to despatch again quickly the savage, who brings this and to remember to pay him as reward a sailor's rug and 20 guilders in wampum, for he was engaged for the journey down and back for 100 guilders in wampum or its value to his benefit. Bj' order of tlic two Courts of Fort Orange and the Colony of Ri^rtsaelaeratoyck Jon ANN KB Provoost Clerk D. V. ScHELLUYNE Secre- tary of the Colony, leei. LFrrrER krom Ensign Nyssen to DrRKrroB Stityvesant; the sickness at the EsOl't'S INCREASES. Noble, Honorable, Very Worshipful, Wise, Prudent, Very Discreet Gentlemen. 1 cannot let this present chance by the savage messenger from /•;'/•/ Orange pass by, without informing your Hon''''' Worships, that our condition here has nyt chaiiyed ; the disease here doe 856 Coloikial SettltmtntH o/i, the Jliidmn, Jiivtr. not (liininiiili, l.nt iiuroiiKos duily ; it la iv strnngo (I'moatie ; but tlio Almighty'B will bo done. Mciin- whilo I (■ounriuml your IFoii""' AVorsbiiw to (ioU'h protection and remain witli rordial grt'otings Actum Wiltii'i/i'k, Yowr Hon"" Worships tho ll'" of .Fanuary 1664. humble servant CuBIgTIAN NyBSBN. To tho N.iblo, Ilonorablc, Vnry Worshipful, Wise, Prudent, Very Discreet Director-General and Council of New-Netherlmid at Fori Amatettlam. w i, ■ n^ Extract from a Letter of Dirkctor Stityvksant to tub courts of Fokt Oranob and Rknhselakrswyok ; tub Moiiawkh' lohses in Maine; tuk dis- PKH8IN0 OF TUK Esopus Inoians, 21" Januaay 1664. Honorable, Prudent cud Very Discreet Gentlemen. Your Honors' favor of the 8'" inst. has Iwcn duly received on tho 17""; we note from it especially tho bad sncccss of tho Maquofs and Shntchm against their enemies, tho Northern savages. It must be presumed, that they have lost more nuin than they say or try to make your Honors Iwlieve; tho rumor hero was, that tho Maqua,^g and Sinnehia had lost al)out 2 or 3 hun- dred. God may give his blessing and grace, that your Honors may remain unmolested by tho war-i)artie8 there ; the woi-st of this war is, that wo can expect only little trade, as long as this war between tho natives lasts and it would be therefore boat to pacify them by intervention. We could not hear or learn anything from the Enopm savages for a long time, exec )t thr.t they arc scattered here and there among other tribes, who have to supjxjrt them, for they hnvo nothing to eat, their com is ruined ; one of their chiefs has been at naoklmjhsaohj and through the chief there and the chiefs of Staicn-Ixhiiid has most instantly asked for peace promising to return the few Christian prisoners, still among them, within two months. Wo have granted him an armistice for that time. If in the meantinio your Honors could learn bouiething about their situation and disposition through others, please to inform us in due time. Ouoinance erecting a Court of Jcstioe fob Staten-Island, pasbrc 38"' Januart 1664. (Laws of New-Netherland, p. 468.) Counotl-Minute. Order fob the construction of a ekdoubt in the Newesinoiis. 28"' January. It having been stated, that the rumors a:tJ still current, .according to which the Enetitioner after further thinking of it perceives, tliat b}' signing tho same officially he has made i grave mistake, which ho regrets from the bottom of his heart to have done, and that on account of it ho may get into difficulties, unless ho is jiardoned by your Honorable Woi-ships' special grace, therefore he, tho petitioner, humbly turns to your Hon'''" Worships praying and recjuesting that your Hon"" Worships will first please to consider, that the said error of signing was not committed by tho petitioner intentionally, but through credulousness aiul upon i>ersuasiou, wliile he confesses, that he could not distinguish the office of an executivo officer from that of a Commissary ; on the other side your Hon'''' Worships will please to take into consideration, that tho petitioner, (it is said without boasting) has heretofore never forgotten himself, but has always acted honestly and piously ; thirdly your Hon'''" Worships' attention is calli'd to tho fact, that the petitioner is burdened with a wife and eight small children and has performed the Sellout's duties all through the war and the troubles on tho Esojms, hoping, that some time after tho end of these troubles tho place would increase in wealth and population and that he would reap more profit and advantages from his ottico as Sellout than heretofoi-e; he, the jKititioner, has employed and consumed all his little means and if ycmr Ifoii''" Wor8lii])s should resolve to dismiss hiiii from the place, which he trusts will not bo done, he would be reduced to jKiverty, misery and hardship. Whereas tho petitioner really needs ami rcrays and rc(juests. that your Hon'''' Wor.sliips will please to pity and commiserate him and pardon his aforesaid error with special gruce, reinstating the petitioner in his former position as Sehout and giving him a letter of pardon hi oj}/ imd Jorrnii, whilii he, tho petitioner, promises to siTve iis Sellout honestly and faithfully, with due regard and obedience to his superiors and ecturtesy, urbanity, modesty, temperatcness and simplicity towards tho inluibitants there. Ho hopes to perform lienceforth his aforesaid duties in mumi^ i^ Bbi Colonial Seltkfn&iitx on tJte Ihtdmn River. i|i? t ►.n.-l. « nm.MHT, tluit your Hon'"" WorHliips will not only liavo rcagon to conti.mo lii.n, but alno to proinoto him. Wliiuli doing ho rcmuiiis Your Noble, WorHhipful Ilonow' luimblo Hiibjtrt KoKLOKK SVVARTWOIT. Tlio Director-General and Council of N,-w-Xe/.h,'rIanhert.9en and his wife 3i cans of brandy in the month of September, for which he i>ai(l in wampum and that afterwards he Unight again from the said Wofj,/,.rtgen IJ cans of brandy, but as bo then had no wampum he left his gun in i)awn with the ('mireii/iorr,,^. Coming later to pav for the brandy and take his gun, lie was told, that another savage had come and fetched it. Ihidamjh, a Ilacklmjh savage, declares, that Pojpemoor, one of tho Newcmtujh Sarfu^ms, lias been at Gravesetul 10 days ago and sai.l there to tlie Emjihh, ho did not want to sell the Xeweximjh lands to the Dntrh of the Manhatans, but would sell it to the Ji'nfjlhh, wliereuiwu the Entjliith gave him a roll of tobacco. The Director-General and Council take up again the resolution of the 28"- of .Tannary, con- cerning the wciipation of the Neioixin.jh country and tin.l it necessary to carry the siiim' into effect, because the rumors still continue, that some F.iujJiahmfn have made up their minds, to settle tiiere ; to send the yacht there, if the weather is favorable next Mondav for the purpose of selecting a good place and then to send 20 or 2-i men there, who shall taU :M)-!e^.-.jn of it. Adij ut supra. LFrrrKi: fkom Dirkctok Stivvksantt.. tiik Maoistratks at Wii/i wvck ; kkstoka- TioN ok Sheriff Swartwoit; kecai.i. of the militakv ; Indian affaium. Honorable, Beloved, Faithful friends. T!iis letter serv, ■«.'«■•,, all as a safe-conduct for the bearer Rmlof Smart wont, \s\wm wo liavo again appoiif ■ i > hij fort-h-r position ho having made his submission and for other reasons. [.! ! Niw York Hiatorioul Records. 850 You will tlioreforo accept liiid rufognizo liim as Iniforu and osHiHt liini in ovcry way in tliu exuini- tioii of lii(4 (liitii'H, aa it is proper. Tiiu piiiilit; nrvici , wliii'li Iihk always tlid prcccdcTico of piivato affairn, rwpiircB the n^crtil to Ilii8 placo of .'10 or »() soldiei-s, wliom wo tiiereforo ex|H'ct Mitliout delay l>y tiin ywht Hpcciuliy Kent for tiu'iii. As tliurti is no piaco coiicliulfHl yet with tliu Havages, for wliieh wo liavo novor- tliolcHs giMhi liopi'sand as tlioy an; savimc, liarliarous i)L'oplf upon wlioso word iittlo or alinont no rolianeo ran bo placed, as you huvo felt to your dauiaf,'u 2 or '.\ times, we innst recommend you, to keoj) a pKid wati'ii witli your inimliitants and the few remainiuf,' soldiern and not to trust any savage, much less allow tliem toconio into tlio tettlenients, except jKjrhaps one or two and uswh)ii as they aro inside the gates, they must bo taken into ono or the other house and remain thereuntil their departure, so that they are not allowed to inspect the place or discover the strength of tho military. As it is further not our intention, to j)laco tho village and its iidiabitantsagain in ilanger, but in case no peace is made to assist you again with some military, wo shall leave it to tho better information of our f'omituimlanf and yourselves, whetlier it is not best to carry no grain to the Redoubt until further orders, which shall be sent innnediately after expiration of the armistice) and tho return of tho yachts. We await hereupon your curliest possiblo advice and answer, and in that reliance wo remain etc". 18'" February. Llcn'KIt KUOM THK SAMK To EnSKIN XyssKN AT THE EsoPUS ; OUDKRS TO SKNO iH)WN soLuiKus ; Indian affairs. Honorable, Valiant Sir. . Those few lines servo as cover for the enclosed list, accorditig to which you will send down the men mimed therein upon receipt of it. If tho yacht is jirevonted by ico from coming into the Kil, then y(m must send them overland to where tlio yacht lies with their empty bed ticks and a blanket for every one; their remaining movables and baggage to follow by tho next yacht or jK'rhaps it may n-main there until further ortlers. AVo luivo recommended to tho Commissaries, that tho iidiabitunts and tho few remaining soldiers shall keep good watch and not let any savages come into the settlements, anyway never more than 2 or ^ and to take these, as soon as they enter the fort, into one or tho other house and keep tiiem there until their departure. We have also referred it to their o|)inion and recommended not to convey any grain to the ludoiiht, until you and they shall have received further orders fnjm ns, as to tho result of the armistice, which you will know by tho very first opportntiity, at the latest by the return of this yacht. You aro meanwhile charge > 1^ F 360 Colonial Settlements on the Hadmn liivet'. Tlie wife f Samud FJml prodiieed an order from the Sellout of the village of Benjm, by vhicli she was directed to send another man there. It was ordered, as follows : Our abovesaid friend appeared befon; our Secretary and declared, she had the', four men .•iblo to work on her lands, namely the farmer and his servant and two soldiers on furlough. If it is so, the Director-General and Couii'-il consent, that during her Imsband's absence who 7nay go on with tiiem, wiLliont being trouliled about sending any more men uutd her husband's return. Adij nt supra. Whert is in the newly commenced settlement of Noorlwyck on tlie JVoit/iriver a farmer, rMcd T/i/'iin!.^.ten Jiafittarnsf'n from . . lias ju.-it died, wlio left a young son, by name cf . . , about 8 years old, the Director-General and Council of Hew- Nether land request ar-d authorize hereby Mr. Pauhis LfetidrrfKrn van. der GriM, ]ire8ent Burgomaster, and Mr. Allard Anthony, e.<-Durgoma8tei of this City of Amsterdam and Co-Patroo.;- of the said new settlement to act as guardians and trustees for the aff resaid orphaned child and promote its welfare as much as possible, also to take an inventory of the jiroperty of the said Thcnm'xsen I^Mtiaeni^en, if he left any, and to use and dispose of it to the best advantage of the child, as it seem proper and exixidient to them. Thus done at Furt Anuiterdam in JVew-M'therland, the 21" February 1664. 1 ; I Pktitio.v ok tuh commission khs k>k Tin: kkkctiox op a blockhoi'sb at Bkrokn, to HAVK CERTAIN OKDEKS MADIO llV THKM CONFIKMKI) A.ND AN8WK14 OK THE CoiNClI,. Copy. To the Noble, Very Worshipful, Honorable Director-General and Council at Amsterdam in New-Netherlaud. The communify of tlie village of lienjen have nnanimously decided, to erect for the main- tenance and necessary protection of this village a blockhouse at each gate and in onler to have it undertaken and promoted with liligence the non"'« Court here has diircted and authorized us, the undersigned, to promote each in his (juarter the work as much as jiossible and to take good care of it. For the better prosecution of this much needed improvement we have ordered, that the men, who absent tlieniselves, shall pay part of the expenses and besides a tine of six giiilders for each day, on which they are absent, to wliiih onlcr we request your Hon''" Wor8lii])s' consent. The community coiiqili'-iis also of Frrdvrlck Phi/ippxcn, who, \t seems, has made an incorrect report to your Hon'*' Worships. Wo refer ourselves to the statement of the liearer, who will give your Ho;.''''' Worships correct information and re(jucst that somebody may be hired here in his place or sent here. The tenants are opposed to jiay tlieir share of the e.xpi'nscs of the new wi.rk, althougli willing to assist in maintaining it, unless it is especially expressed and stipulated in their contracts. We await hennipon your Hoii'"^' Worships' decision. (It was signed.) AliK.NI' fiiirRKNrt Jai'ou LiiiY his mark IIakmkn Edwariis IjOIUKNS ,\nI>I{IKSEM I'ai;m:s Piktkrskn his mark .Iak Swaen his mark J.\s Lriiiti krsi.;.\ his mark. New Yorh Historical Records. 861 The foregoing request having been received and read, it was decreed : The Dii-ector-General and Council of Neio-Ndherland approve, praise and consent to the enclosed resolution and order; they therefore command all, whom it may concern, to govern themselves accordingly under the penalty fixed by it. As to tlie exception, taken by the tenants, it is conceived, that the same are bound to assist in making the fortifications in question; but if they believe to have any action in law against tbeir landlords in this regard (which is for the present not quite evident to the Director-deneral and Council), they may institute legal proceed- ings before the proper tribunal. Adij ut supra. (Febr" 21, IGGi.) t PUOPOSAI.S UF OkATAMY and OTUKU IfACKINOKESAKY ANO StATEN-JsLANI) CHIEFS wnii AsswKus. 23'' February, Saturday. In Fort Aimtcrdaui x^^awcfiiX to-day Omtainy, Sachem of Iliukinghesack, accompanied by Kastantjh, Hans and other Jlavlingh'suck and Staten-hhmd saviiges. 1. He says, that Seuvch'tuimo, one of the chiefs of the remnant of Khojius savages, had gone to the Soutlirh-cr and that tlie Jtsojni.H desired very much his return, so that they could then exchange the captive Christian children against the savage prisoiiei's and conclude a peace. 2. He jireseiits an otterskin as sign, that his heart is good and that also the savages of ILvl-huf- hmivk and Sfuicn-hl'i'id were good, but he does not know yet, how tlie heart of our Sachems is. ;'.. He gives another otterskin and says, that I/aiis shall be Sachem after him over the Hackimj- h'mck and St.aten-ldand savages. If after his, Oi'iitami/fi, death we had anything to say to the savages, we should send for Jlan.'^, as we now send for Orataia. lie a^sks for a small piece of ordnance, to be used in his castle against his enemies. He was answered, that the time, for which they asked, to return the captured children, had MOW almost exjiired. We had expected, that they would be brought now, but as they excused themselves with the absence of Snoi'cketiamo, we would accept it so far and give them 14 davs more from to-day, to bring the prisoner. If they did not do it then, they would have to fulfill their jiromise of going with us to the Ropus. We accepted the otterskins aiul would mak*' tliem a present in return, when St'Wvckenamo caiiu! with the ca[>ture(l children. Puoi'oSAI.S op TMK S.\MK AM) j\ri.NtSSINK I.NniAXS Wnri AN6WEB8. «"' March, Thursday. Into (he Council ;'/ Aiiintirdam, qmwo. Ornfam, cliief of Ilark'tngkruark, liana and KiistdiKih and with them the following MmisMlnrk chiefs, M,iniih.iaiiU', Jf,nlii,/,)\ Mama- nkickan ; they brougiit one of tiie captured eliildreii (it was the child of dan I.oottiiaii, \\w baker at the I''ki>j>ii.s) in token of their good hearts and frien(lsiii|) towards the />'////7<, as thev sjiy. They state, that the S/'n/itciut had threatened to come and kill the J/eiuiisi'nckii, but that the Mlnquaes iwnw the Snuthfli'cr had allied themselves witli the Mcnindincks and if the Sinnecini 4(i 302 Colonial Settlements on the llmlmn River. were to come ?w, tlie Minquaes would also come to assist tlie Memnainokfi, who are now tlieir friemls. Tlioy tell us tiiis for our iuforiuation and give a quantity of deerskins. 2. They give beavers and deerskins and desire to know, what wo would advise them to do, whether to remain on tlieir land or remove. Should we advise them, to remain, then they would do it, even if they were killed. 3. They give some more deerskins only in token of their good heart and say, they do not expect any cloth in return, but they re(iuost, that when they como here, they may be well treated and have something to eat. NoTA.— The preseats of deerskins and heavers wore appraised by Pauliis Lcendeitsen van der Grist and Captain Marten Cregier and valued at 05 guilders. Tlicy were turned over to Cornelis Steenwyek. "We replied, that we received the child in token of thei>- good heart and that to show onr kindness of feeling we should send by the lirst yacht to the Ewjmn for one of the captive EmpuK savages and surrender him to them, and gave to the stpuiw, who brought the child, 20 guilders in wampum. To the 1»'. "We are glad, that they wore nniteusiness. When a chance offered and 8omei>ody came down from above, we would say the same to the Jlinquots. We returned their present by giving them 39 guilders in wampum. 2. We do not know much about their country, but it seemed best to us, that they shotdd go to the Minqiuu's, if tlu'y feared to bo attacked by the Sumei'm, or that some Minqnaen came to them to help them. AVe g-ave them in return for tlieir present 44^ guilders in wampum. 3. Wiien Sachems or chiefs came to see us, wo always provide them with something to eat ; it would have been done so with them, if we had been at home. We gave them in token of our good heart . . . guilders in wampum. Ai!y ut sui)ra. NoTA.— They reeeived altogether 65 guilders in heavy money as a present. EN, A PIECE OF LAND Oedeb orantino Claes Arentsen, Coirt messenger of Beboen outside of tue village. 17'" March. The petition of Cla/'s Arrnfucn, CmiHmesni'mjcr 'n, w.-is received iind read, in which he states, that the Com-tof tiie said village hail given and granted liim, suiijcct to tiie approval of the Director-General and Council of N.w-Nctlurlamt, on tiie last of Janiiary Ulti4, as reward for his services as Court messenger, a garden and a parcel o/ land outside of the North gate of the said village, which he rccpiests to have confirmed. After the (piestion had been put, the con.sent and contirmatioii for tlie garden and parcel of land is hereby given and granted to the petitioner. Ady ut bUpra. New York Hhtovical liecords. 863 Commission for Balthazar Bayard to bk Clerk of tiik Court at Bergen. 17"' Marcli. Tlie Director -Genci-al and Coimeil of New-Ncthcrland to all, who may see or licar tlii" read, greeting : Know ye, that they found it necessary for the public welfare, the iinproveinent and increase of the village of lienjen and for the better and more convenient administration of jus- tice to apiwint a fit jierson who shall act as clerk in the meetings of the Schout and Conunissaries of the said village. Balthazar Bayard having been proposed to us, we have engaged and ap pointed him, as we hereby engjige and ai)i)oint him, to perform the duties of tiie said office, pur- suant to the instructions already given or hereafter to be given, as a good and faithftd Clerk ought to do. We direct therefore all, whom it may concern, to recognize the said Balthazar Bayard as to what we have ajjpointed him and to assist him in the performance of his duties. Tims done at Fort Atmtcrdam in New-Nctherland, the IT"" March 1(364. Report maoh ny P. W. van Coi-wknuoven of information resi'ectino intkmoues OF the EN(;Lisn with thk "Wai-pinos and Esoits Indians. On the 15"' of March Anno 10(14 a savage, called inrhmlrl; came to my house and said. Friend, I must tell you something. There is great dissatisfaction among the kwpii.i;/x. They had exjiected to hill all the Ihttch and drive them away, as tlie F>i>jlM of Tr<',v/- rheMfer hml promised to tiiem, tiiat they would first take Lomj-hJand and then the Manudex. " If the Dutch do not surrender willingly, we shall kill them, but tlirn you must assist us."' The savages answered, they would do that. But the EmjlUi asked them, ""When you havi; done it, how much land shall we have then," and the savages i)romised tlieui, " The land on E/>H.nribe8 went towaixls TI',,v/c//<',vfey with a lot of peltries, consisting of beaver, otter, bear, elk, fox and raccoon skins. Arrived there they asked the Enyllxh, whether they were ready to kill the Dutch, but the Eiujlhh answered, " It cannot be done at jiresent, our Sachem has made an agree- ment with Stuyvcmnt for a year." " But we do not at all like to wait so long, answered the siiv- ages, why ha\ e you made us believe it. Come, let us only begin, W(! will give yon all these goods." The Knijlivh replied, "It cannot be done now, but if you will sell the land on the Wupphitj and at //avtr«traw, ^\t'. shall pay for it »" The savages then left very di.j>hi,/h.-), to incpiire into the trutli nt' the f.iregoing. They returncil hero on tlie 23'' of March and made the following report : Amio hlt;4, on the Is"' uf March, we left the JI c ii » ades md arrived on the 2(i"' otf tlie //»///- laiid.s. Three savages came iimnediately on board. I askeil tiicm where their Sachem was and they Sfiid, he was on shore. The names of the three savages was (Juniiachcmc, Purhhichmc, /'icii'smic. I in.piired what the /t//f///,v/, had wanted of them, tii.'v said. To buy our lands, but the J-.iiijhuh are W(«rthie^s people, we will not have anything to dd with ibcni, ihcv b.iv,- iiniinisr.,! to 864 Colonial Settlements on tJie Hudson River. the ^w^>(/« and Wapplngh savages, to kill the Butch, if they too woukl do tlieir best. "'But what land shall wo have then i" The savages answered, " All the land on the Jlkojnts, after the Butfh have been killed. On the 21" the Sachem's son Quemucl'emia&\6Q stated, that it is truly 80, but he says, the Emjllsh have taken the i)cltrie8, consisting in beaver, otter, bear, raccoon and fox skins nnd said to them, that they had to wait a year. On the same day the Sachem came him- self on board and brought with him an interpreter, named Aercnt. The Sachem of TIauerstraw is the brother of SvviMkese, the Sachem of the Esnpua. The Sachem of Ihwerxtraw said, the Sachems were quite willing to make peace, but the " barebacks "' will not. He says, what you have heard from their savages, that the J'MjUsh wanted to kill the Bidch and liad asked the sav- ages to help, is true. Then the Sachem Soc.mjout came on board with 7 others and said, that no decision should bo made before 30 days, all the I^opm and Waj}j)iiifjhs being far iidaud and then a decision would be made either for peace or for war. This is the mark This is the mark of Sessikoi of Aerent. This is the mark of i L Wenbemot. This is the mark of '■^ Qewnackement. This is the mark of /^^ PAcnnioKE. t pROroSAI-S MADE liV TUE (IIIEFS OF Till-; KuirrAWANOns, "WaPPINUS, W1ECHQUAE8- KECKS AND l/nrEKS WVm 'inK ANSWERS. 25"' March, Tuesday. Api)cared before the Council Mcr/ilmmc/i, chief of Kichtawan, on the oast side of the Xorth river, Mcssachkewaih, chief of the Wappinrji, iVipamick, chief of Wifchquaeskeck in ])Iace of his brother Sauivenurcu'h, who made the following proposals through Oratamy, the chief of Ilau'klmjheHacky . 1. That they bring hither and suiTcnder to the Director-General and Council a Dutch child, which they have bought from the Em^pua Kivages for ;51 strings of wampmn, for whom they ask nothing whatever, not even a bead, as tliey say, but they give him as a token and in proof of their good heart. 2. lie has six Christian prisoners, whom ho has delivered to Lieutenant Couwmhov,n,\^viorQ now, and another, whom he bought iVom tiie J:'i«,j>iiit. 3. One of the captured Christians, a large girl, had promised liini some wampmn, but had neither given nor sent it to him. 4. They say, that they had not asked for war nor intended it, although they have been accused of it anuh savages in the interior, wlioiii tiiey iiave i>roiiiis('(l us to do their best and get them and deliver to us. We mu.4 leave it to time, to see what the result, will be. As however little reliance r.ui be placed upon a savage's promise, we recommend ami charge you once more, to lie on your guard and strictly observe our former oi'ders concerning the |>!oiighing in company and the going into the country of petiple witiioiit [iro[>er escort, until t'urther orders. As we ha\e promised to tiie aforesaid cliiefs, who have brought us ts^ m 81''^ H HnbiM < ■ H- 1 H ^^H ^ m. IP-" If ^ U'. 866 Colonial Settlements on the Iludaon River. tl.c cl.ildron, to give them in their place two of the captured aivage children, wo send the bearer hereof, Lieutenant Couwmhoren, to you, to bring down the two Bquaws and three children who arc still prisoners the- }. Wiierowith etc.* ' 2(3'" March 16(54. To the ironorablo, Valiant Christian jYiesm, Ensign, the Sellout and Commissaries at Wiltwyck. r< Lkttkr from Exsmx Nikssen to Dikectok Stuyvksant : all quiet o.v the Esopus. Noble, Honorable, Very Worshipful, Wise, Prudent and Very Discreet Gentlemen. I cannot omit to inform your Hon"'- Worships by this opportunity, that after the expiration ot the armistice l)etwcen us and the Jixajnts savages nothing special has occurred ; it has been the same during the armistice on account of tiic heavy snowfall and now lately .m account of the freshets. I ha,', intended to make an expedition to the old or first castle of the Esopus sava-^es on the 21»' ot March, but was prevented by the thaws and freshets, which filled the kils, also "by the inconvenience to get through with soldiers at this season, therefore the expedition was n.jt made. I would have sent your IIon""= Worships the military as ordered by Captain Lieutenant Jlart^'ti Cregier, but I did not know, whether it wouM be acting well or not, for if sent down and immediately returned, the loss througii the transport would have fallen on (he Hon'"-' Com- pany. I send down herewith two men, Barail Jloht and Otto Jamen, both sick and cripples I await meanwhile your IIou'"« Worships' further orders, which I expect within three or four days from date. Closing with greetings I commend your lion""' Worships to God's protection Actum WiMwyck, the 27'" of March 10(14. Your Honorable Worships' humble servant To the Noble, Honorable, Very Worshipful, CiiiusiiA.N Nyssen. Wise, Prudent, Very Discreet Director- General and Council of Ntiuo-Nttherlaml at Fort Amsterdam. ArroiNTMENT OK Maoistkatf.s for Wiltwyck. The Hon"'' Director-General and Council of Nnn.X,thn-la,id reccivc.l and read the nomina- tions made and sent in by the Sellout and Schepens of the village of Wlltiryrk in the K^ojm.s and selected and coiitinne.1 as Schepens there Jun WiW'ms.n Iloorht.ylingh and Uendrick Jocfunisen. Actum Furt Aiii«U,'dain in Nim-Ndlurland the ;i'' April ltj(;4. Patknt k) Ide CVmNELissEN VAN V...5.ST i-oii A vw.w. ..K LAM. AT AiiAsiMrs (.Fkhskv Citv, N. J.) retrxia Stuyvesant etc with the Hon""' Council declare, that we have fo-dav, date underwritten, given and gninte Jansen and the southwest sido of tlio wiigoiiroad, iiioasiiriiiij on the S. E. and N. W. sides 16 rods, on the N. E. side 22 rods 9 feet, on the S. W. side 21 rod.s. With the express condition etc etc. Done at 1^'ort Ant^terdam iu New-Ntlhedand April 5'" 1004. OUDKR ON TnE l-KTmON Or SaNUKK LeKNDEBTSEN GlEN and others fob a BUHVEy OF LAND AT ScHENECTADV. 17"' April 1004. Tlie petition of Sander LeenderUen Glain, Willem Teller and Ilarmen Vedder was received and read, who in their own behalf and in the name of other proprietors of land in the settlement called Schanhegtede re(piest substantially, that the surveyor might bo sent to lay out for each one liis piece of land and buildinglot for the prevention of further disputes. It was decreed : The Director-General and Council deem the survey of the land mentioned necessary to pre- vent further quarrels and will scud up the 8urvcy(jr for that purpose by the first chance. Adlj ut Dtipra. Instructions fob the Clerk of the Court at Wiltwyck. Instruction for the Clerk or Secretary of the inferior Court of .Tustice in the village of Willirijck on the Enajms. First he shall be obliged to be ])resent at the ordinary and extraordinary meetings and sittings of iiie Sellout and Schepens, to sen-e their Court of Justice with his pen and to record in detail and acconling to its true bearing and meaning, what the presiding officer directs. 2. He shall take care to record in the niiimti's properly and fully, without favor or regard to jKirson the complaint of the plaintiff a.s well as the ilcfendant's answer and add io it, after the (piestion has been put, the conclusion arrived at, by order of the presiding officer. In case the Schout aiul the Sdiepens should (liflTcr in some matters, tlio majority of votes nnist deci parties in litigation and all the orders of the Schout and Schepens and send authen- tic C(>i>ies thereof once or twice dm-ing the year to the Secretary of the Director-General and Council 5. He shall be allowed to charge twelve stivers as fee for each order made by the Schout and Schepens or apostil given to petitions. ii*a«i^' 3G8 Colonial Setthmenta on the Iludaon liiver. ^ In order to acconimoclato rcsiaents as well ns strangera, lie shall have permission to draw np petitions, if asked to do it, provided he lets the petitioner sign it, for which ho may charge as feo sixteen stivers, if tlio petition iato he nsed in civil cases, twenty stivers if it is to ho used in a snit for injnries done or in criminal cases of the middle degree and for giving a certificato and a copy thereof he shall receive four and twenty stivers. Finally ho shall promise to practice the afore-stated rules as well as lie can and to the best of Ins knowledge and further to promote and help to promote as far as his position is concerned the glory of God and the pure service of his word, the sovereignty of their Noble High: Might: the Lords Strifes-General, the high jurisdiction and authority of the Noble-Lords-Directurs and their supremo govermnent now appointeil or hereafter to be api)ointed, without meditating, much less do any thing against them. Actum Fori Amderdam in New-NetherlamL the 21" of April A°. 1CU4. LeITEB from EnSIOW NysskN to DlRK(TrOR-GF,NER\r, FtUYVESANT, REPOnnNO THE visrr OF AN EN(ii,isnMAM at Wildwyck, wno said that the Enolish would POSSESS NeW-NetIIEKI.AND in C ok 8 WEEKS. Noble, Honorable, Very Worshipful, Wise, Prudent and Very Discreet Gentlemen. Little has occurred here, e.\cei)t that the farmcre are busy to bring their sunnner grain into the ground, as far as they can do it at this season and for what else has happened during this time I refer to my enclose', daily journal. Among others I mention, that on the 10'" of April an Englishman arrived here with CUws Ti/mm, who desired, ns he naid, to buy some land from the Ihttcli. ; he went with the same Claea Ti/.m'ii to Forf Orani/,; without having accomplished any thing here. As far as I afterwards found out, this EnyU/ihman must have been a spy, for acconl- ing to his statement, he wished to live among the Dutch, because he had been badly treated by the magistrates on the North and then he s;iid, tliat the Eiujlinh would take and possess this pi.ice. Fort Orange and the Mnnhatann within 6 or S weeks. I await yom- Hon*"" Worships' order, whether, if some other stranger or Enylishman, who has no passport from the Mnnhatann, should act thus, I shall arrest and send him to tlie Ilanhaiann, as I am also waiting for provisions for the soldiers here, for only oi'c harrel of meat is left in the storchouse and I have no peas. Closing herewith 1 connnend your Honorable Worships to Ciod's i)rotection and remain with greetings. Your Honorable Worships' humble servant Actum Wildwyck, the 21" of April lfiC4. Christian Nyssen. Honorable Worships ! tho n.iller here refuses to grind henceforth for the Hon*"" Conij)any, because his account has been returned to him unpaid, while the necessity tojiay others presses him. To the Noble, Hc.norable, \v.r\ Worshipful, Wise, Prudent and Very Discreet Directoi -General and Council of yewSethcrland at Fort Avinterdam in New-Netherland. Neio York lliHtorical Reconh, 369 Pctition ok Thomas (.'iiamiikus and Oyhdkkt van iMiiuoiiii, diclkuairb, A8KInurt at M'illiryclc provisionally, to make statutes and ordinances con- cerning the nuiking and repairing of roads, streets, jjosts and fences arotnul fields and gardens and orchards and whatever may be best for the farming interests and the safety of the village, also concerning the building of churclios, schools and such other iiuhlie works and the finding and raising of the means thereto reijnircd, subject to your lion''''' Worships' approbation and as during the winter season no news can be obtained from here for 4 or 5 months, that the concerted statutes and ordinances may not only l>t! published, but also provisionally enforced. Third. An instruction for the Courtmessenger, by which he may govern himself in the per- formance of his duties. Fourth. As it has been found, tiiat the schoolmaster is making rather al)surd demands for schoolmoney from tiio children, which compels many people to keep their children at home, that your Hon'''" Worshijis will grant him a fair salary. Fifth. An instruction for the Secretary concerning the division of the fees for summons between him and the messenger. Sixth. Concerning the auctioneer's duties, who has to attend to them, the Schout or the Se^ retary ? Seventh. Whether the duties of jailor and executioner l>elong to the Sellout's or the Secre- tary's office. Eighth. Whereas tiio village of Wi7tii'y,'k has had to bear many burdens during the war with the savages and is still bearing them, by whicii its people have got much indebted, therefore the petitioners hereby respectfully request, that the tapster's impost on beer, wine, brandy and distilled watei-s and tlie like may be let annually by the said ('ourt, that the rent thereof may be adminis- tered and applied to the; expenses already laid out by the said village or hereafter to be incurred and for the coimnon welfare; akso that no one .shall be allowed to sell drinks before he has not obtained a tapster's license or spinniiuj house {'.) schedule, as it is iu usage within this city. They await your lion'''" Worslii)is' favorable answer and remain Is'oble, Very Worshipful (ientlemen Your humble servants and subjects To.MAS CUAMltKHS 25"' April 1G(!4. Gysunn' van Imuuik ii. 47 Sii. t > *:■ I, )l 370 Colonial Settlements u.o the Hudson Itiver. w ill !?l* ^.'•*i, Tho foregoing pctitioti was roceive(l and rciid nnil tlio following nnswor given. By virtiK' of till) inHtnictions given to tlio Conrt of Jiisfico in the village of WiUwijck tlio Court may make statutes and ordinuiioes aci-ording to circinnstanees for the best iidvuntagu of tho inhabitants, provided they submit them first to tlio Diroctor-Qcnend and Council of New-Nether- land with tho reasons for tlunr necessity and ask for iind obtain their approbation and ratiiieation, unless they are prevented to do so by the winterseason or other inconveniences, in which case the said Court is authorized to concert upon and execute some provisional orders in an emergency, on condition that they inform the Director-Geneml and Council thereof by the first opportunity and obtain their confirmation. To tho third. An instruction for tho Couitmesscnger shall soon be drawn up and sent to them. To the fourtli. The petitioners are to inform the Director-General and Council by the first opportunity, bow uuich and what the inhabitants pay to tho schoolmaster; after this has been done, further orders will bo issued. To the fifth. The instruction for the Secretary or Clerk is sent lierewith. To tho sixth. Provisionally and until further ordera tho sales of voluntary auctions sliall bo taken care of and attended to by tho Clerk or Secretaiy, all Scho'it's and involuntary sales by the tjchout. Tho seventh point is answered above. The Director-Genei'al and Council had ho])cd that tho potitionors woi'ld, as they had agreed to do, have thought of some means, by which thy necessary expenses of tho village might have been paid; it is now once more seriously recommoiuled to them : in tho meantime the petitioners are authorizo. ir YDEN CON- To the Noble, Very Worshipful, their Honors tho Director- General and Council of New-Netherland. N"oble, Vi'ry "\f orshipf ul Gentlemen. Whereas Maritie Iltynders, widow of Jan Barentxen Wemp, deceased, a resident of tho Colony of liensschwrwi/cl' liiids herself extremely injured and danuiged, because some creditors of Aert I'ietei'Sin Tacli in the Kwjmti have not hesitated to sell his, Aert I'utfriteiCit, movable and iinmovable goods there as also his horses and cattle and have ])artially received the jjrocceds thereof or try to collect them, whiL the whole ]>ropcrty was mortgaged and secured to her deceased hus- band and herself, who has had no opportunity, during the last winter, to assert her good chum, why her mortgage-bond should have the preference to a later one and to personal debts, therefore JSi'cw York IliHtorical liccwUs. 871 wo tho undereigiR'tl fif^ciifs of tlio uforemiid Maritie Meynth '■" request, in consideration that the house, barn, giaitiBtalks, horeett, cattle, even the hind have been paid for by tiie Baid ,/itn /{arentKnii Wi-mp deceased, that your lion""'" Worsiiips will pleaHO to order, that the creditors aforesiiid, wiio liave already been paid and still try to collect their debt5, abstain therefruni and give up their presumptions until the aforesaid widow shall by virtue of her mortgage-bond have had her claim adjudicated and satisfied and that fo" this end the lion"''" Court at Wiltwyck bo written to and (iire<^ted, to assist the said widow in obtaining her just claim. Asking for your Hon''" Worsliips' favorable answer wo remain AiiiKtcrdam in N. Netherland. Your Honorable Worsliips' subjects the 25'" April 1064. Pali.im Coknki.isskn Jan Coknklisskn van dkk Hyden. Okdeb To ■niv. Maoistuatks at Wii.twyck to inqi'ikk into tmk ahovk affaik. Honorable, Dear, Faithful Friends. You will see by the enclosed petition the statement made to lis by tho agents of the widow of Jan liarentsen Wevqy deceased. If it is so, as they say, then we can only decide the request made by ihem to be reasonable and equitable : but as we do not know, what reasons tho other parties might bring forward, wi; wish to direct you hereby, not to be too hasty or to proceed iierein too rashly, but tt) take tliu money proceeds of the goods sold into a provisional deposit, that tliose, who may be found to have a just claim to it, may not be injured. This done, you will let tho jiarties proceed according to law, as it is ])ro])er, and tho coui-se of justice be quick. Whero- \\\)on relying we commend you to (Jod's protection and remain with cordiid salutations Honorable, Dear, Faithful Friends Amsterdam in New- Your affectionate friends. JVetherliind, tlie 2."."' April 1004. CouNcii, MiNi"ri;. ArrnNDANCE ok Okatam, the (tiif.f of nAcKiNGiiESACKY and OTIIEIIS CONCJEKNINO TIIE MUUOEUoFA DviCIlMAN JIY A "\VaI'1TN{; IndIAN. On the 20"' of April 1004 at tlieCouncilchamber before the Director- General and in presence of Sitrah Kumfedf, the interpreter, appeared Oratam, the chief of liaekvujhesaky, J'jachke and Adtie SihranU, tlie widow of Jfnf/yn JiWlofscit, the gunner, who had been killed S days ago by X\\vWj>in(j savages. Ejnrhlce says, lie has been sent b}- ^IctstUHichnit, the chief of Kichhwanyh, to infonn ns of wliat the savages had said and rejxirtod concerning the killing of Maltyx Rocloffsen ; the common WappiiKjs, or as they are usually called tlie " barcbacks," say, that their chief lias received from Pit'h'r ]7t>/ph('rtnen 30 strings of wainpum and three coats of cloth; the common Wiippint/s have become jealous and dissatisfied on that account, because their chief had not informed them of it nor shared with them, but hc^ did everything by himself, witliout telling them anything iind so ho told ns here, that all his people were satisfied to have peace, but lie had done it by himself and without their knowledge and without saying anything to them. 879 Colonial Settlements on thu Ihuhon River. Se(!oiKlly ho Biiyg, a Bavngo from Ilawrntraw arrlvcil witli niciit near tlio Fort at tlio Fjiopua and tlio Noldii'W caiiio out from two hIiIch utid took liim piisuiur lui.l l.u'kc.l liini up; l,c nimaiiicd thcro until tlio uftornoon, w'loii lie took ii letter out of hi.s luij,' and shewed it t<. t'u-ui and thou tlioy lot him go, hut that for all that they were not angry. Thirdly the wiid Ej,iM'v says, two h(|iuiw« and a man havo tiki'ii iho woiium licre prcHent, AMc Syhmnl^en, wi.low of the killed Matlhys Jiodof.cn, hy thehaiuland said, the Bavago, who has killed your hushnud, is alHo going to kill you, go with \m into another h.-uae. She did it and shortly afterwards the said savage, who killed her hushand, ealle.l hVitaworU, came into the hoUHO and wanted to kill her, hut ho was at first prevented hy the other s.piaws and men an.l the said aavago wanted Htill to kill her, but Seioechenam;/, the chief of the Ksopu.-,, would imt allow it and prevented him siiring, We are ahout to make |.eaee with the chief of the M,inl„i(ta„« and you come aiul kill a Ihitrhnuin and want now to kill also this woman aiul thwart everything: the said chief then gave a string of wampum to the said AcHie Syhrant.H saving, (io with tliat as with our safe conduct to »he chief of the .Vanluittam and tell him, tha» we are not guiltv of this murder, hut desiro to nuiko peace with the Sachem of the Manhattuus, tell him further^ that all the nu'ii and squaws are very sorry for the murder and weep over it. The said Ai:lt!>! Sywaiif.^ hoing present, when this statement was made, says, that in the main it liad happened so, hut that many more and other words had heen spoken in 'their klndri-cuvtn The aforesjiid savage /gur/dv l)eing asked, whether ho liad heen prestMit, said, No, hut an- other savage called hWntahnn, who had brought this capturi'd woman to them and did not daro or wo\dd not come, had re(piebted him to go with the woman hither ami tell us. Extract fkom a i.kttkh of Diuwtok Sti-yvksant to tuk DiuKrroKS i.v Holland ; TIIK KKSl-LT OF TUK WAK AOAINST THK Esol'lS InUIAJ^S ; IMl'OltTANCK OF TUB Indian tuadk. 2ti"' April l<]t'4 * * » « # As to the war against the treacherous PJxopus savages, they aro so tired out and dispersed, some here, some there among other tribes, hy two or three succes..ful attacks, made upon them last summer, by the burning of their long gathered provisions and by the utter destruction of their corn phmtations, that we could hardly learn during the whole winter, where 5 or C of them coidd be found together: we have got back all t.ur Christian priscmers, except three. The very heavy snowfall during the winter and the coiise.pient high water in all kils and creeks, but espe- cially the lack of fchoea and socks fo.- our soldiers, have i)revented us during the whole winter and spring from pursuing them as much as we desired or at least from attacking them. Small detach- ments of our troops have nevertheless heen out several tim.s to this or that place, where they suspected savages to be, hut they never f.mnd any. Other tribes inform us, that thev aro willing to renew the peace with us. but ex])erience has taught us, that no reliance can he j.laced upon iho statements and declarations of this uncivilized, treacherous ami mendacious jieoplo nor credit ho given to what they tell. We shall comiiiuuicato to your Honors what further may happen. * * * * » ' » The expenses (for the last year) will amount to 80,000 guilders, while on the other side the revenue will not he more than 30,000 guilders on account of the poor trade in beavers, caused hy New York Jliatoncal Uecords. srs tho wars whidi tlie Mdi/iiaea imd Sinniku/i wage apiiiist Uio Northern uiid Vaniidian uaviigoe. We bliuU tlioreforo liiivo u iloticit of 40 or 50,000 guikli'i-K. Lctter from Rev. IIermanub I?r,fiM to DiREfrroR STt'YVKBAKT, rrqiiksttno in the NAMK UK TIIIC DONKIHIOKY, IIIAT THE 7tU OF .IfNE HE ANNUALLY OIISEUVEI) AS A DAY OF TIIANKSdIVINO AT THE Esol'tlB, IN COMMKMOKAnoN OF TUB KSOAl'E OF 80 MANY rEUHoNS KKoM 'i.;E Indian MAHHAOUE. To tho Noble, [loiioriilde, Diroctor-Oeiierul and tho Honorable Council of Ktw-Nethtrlaml. Vi-ry Woi'Hiiii>fui (Joiitlfinun. Your Hon*''' Worships all know, that Inst year 10(13 on tho 7'" of Juno tho great God has al- lowed till! Baviiges hciiviiy to vinit our neighbor liainlet and thin |iliu'e, whereby tho one wiw totally mined and reduced to aslies anil tho other partially destroyed, iu both places several people were killed, smothered in their blood and wounded, as well as a large number of animals; many of us have even been captiu'ed by tho heathens and led away as prisoiu'rs and all this was done uiuler the cover of frieudsiiip in an instant and with great cruelty, so that it was pitiful and distressing to look at, as wo did not know, how it would go with those of us, who had been spared, for Death had come upon ns and into our houses ((uickly and unexpectedly to destroy tho children in their cradles, the young men on the streets, the dead bodies of men lay here aiul there like dung heaps on the field, and the burnt and roasted corpses like sheaves behind the mower. Wo have been living witnesses thereof as well as of the distress of our town and tho uiu-ertainty of (uir escape. The heathens fell then into this newly settled iidieritanco of the Lord intending to storm it at once and destroy it, which would have been done, when they rose so tyvaiiuically against us iu their rage and fury. If the L)rd had not still lieen with us, they would have devoured us all alivo, so that the waters of anxiety rose daily up to our souls, even went over all our soids, but our s(uils have escaped, like a bird from tho snare of the bird oitcher and in that anxiety tho Lord has in- creast'd our ]ileadiiig aiul lamenting, so that we may say, where is therein Ni'tr-ydhirldiul such sorrow as ours, with which the Lord has visited us, for lie it is, who on account of our sins has given up Jacol), the j)lunderer and Israel the robber, because we would not walk iu his ways and not listen to his word, therefore he has emptiecl M]ion us the fullness of his wrath and the fury of war and he has set all arouiul us atire, but we pay no attention to it ami he has made us burn, but we do not take it to heart. ihit from all the.se lu'cds and death, through which we have passed, the Lord alone has now delivered us, aiul no num has helped, for men's assistance was far from us, though they got tho credit for it and our delivery so that the Loi-d revives the dead again . . descend ami he comes up again, as it has been proved, for his mercifulness knows no end ; he has said, mountains may move, hills may fall down, but my mercy shall not be taken from you, yea, a mother may desert her child ami forget it but I shall never desert and forget you, for the . , .is broken and we have escaped, for as long as the Lord j)loases. So that we camu)t sufHciently praise and thank thi^ good Lord every day of our lives for the great mercy and benevolence, which he has shown us and for the delivery from tho haiuls of these heathenish pt;ople, fyr which peace, honor and thanks are duo to him only now aud in all eternity, amou. 374 Colonial Settltments on the Hudson River. sr ■' 1 The "Worshipful Consistory of this phicc requests therefore with due humility and proper rev- erence of yoin- Hon"" Worehips, tliat for the merciful delivery, brought about by God's power, the 7"" day of June in every year, ou whatever day it may fall, shall be kept as an anniversary and thanksgiving day in our place and that it be forbidden to do any work on that day, so that we, who have been spared and are still alive, may p-iise and thank his divine Majesty for it. We are sure, that your Hon""' Woiships will grant us this request, wliereupou we rely and expect a pertinent answer at that time, to notify the community of it. Meanwhile we connnend your Hon"'" Worships to God's gracious protection and shall not cease to pray God for your Honors' persons and administration. AVc wish your Hon"'" Worships all blessings, good luck, welfare and peace for soul and body, amen. Very AVorshipful, Wise, Pious and Very Discreet Gentlemen Your Honors' "Wry obedient subjects and servants The C'h of May 1064, at Wiltwyck. In the name and by order of the Consistory. rr .1 xrr- T. , , -.^ ^ HkkMANUS BloM. lo tiie Wise, Prudent and Very Discreet, their Honors, the Director-General and Council of NewNdlicrJand at Fort Amsterdam on the Mnnhatans. LkASU Ol.' LAND IN ScHENEOTADY. This 13"' of May 1664 Maritie Meyndertscn, widow of Jan JiarentsenWemp dec'', declares to have let and Aeckea Cornelisaen {van Slyk) acknowledges to have rented half of the bouwery, belonging to both of them in company, situate at Schanrhtedi; upon which he, Arqucs, lives. The lease to be lor the term of four conse^-utive years beginning this day or with the present sowing-time and the rent to bo 180fl. in beavers or corn at beaver price (the Ijcaver at 8fl.) for each year, every time to be paid promptly without delay and deliverable at Schcutrhtade. It is further conditioned, that the k-t-.see thall keep for his use during his term a stallion and a gelding, the risk for them remaining with the lessor; except if the horses should die or be ruined by a notorioti.s neglect of the lessee, then he shall pay for tluim. Xext sj.riiig two milchcows with yi'arling calves, shall be turned over to the lessee, which cows and possibly to be expected calves the lessee shall keep during his term of lease on half shares according to the custom of the land. The lessee promises to jMit into the ground at the end of his term as much seed grain as he has now already sown in partnershij. wilh the lessor and is still sowing and of which each shall have a just half, sharing in the expenses alike, while during the other years of his lease the lessee shall retain the products of the land for himself. Done at Colony liowsclaervwyck, date as above. The mark vL. of AfAiuiiK Mkyndkktskn ACYtS AkNOUT CoU.\KLIHsr..\ VlKI.K .Tan Cobnelisskn van i>i;k Hkydkn. On the 12"' July 16(10 7i«)ify?,/j/y,. let his house and lot at Scfienevtudij U, .Jan Rinckliont for one year. Rent 'J good beavers. New Ywh ITiHtorical Records. 375 Akticlks of the i'eack, madk with the Esorus Indians. On tlie 15"" of May 1664, Thursday, the following Sachems or chiefs of the Kuvages appeared in the Gouucii Chamber at Fort Atufttcrdcan : Seweckennmo, Onagkotui, PowadwtKj/i, chiefs of the Esopiia, t! Sees-Sagh-Gauiu, chief of the Waj>j>iiuj/in, Meeght Scivakes, chief of Kiyhtevxmyh, Sen-Segh-IIoiit, chief of Jiewechnongh or Ilaverstraw, Sauwenaroc(/ue, chief of Widclupidxlceck, Orntamy, chief of Ilackingkcsaclcy and Tappncn, Maiteno, chief of the St ate n- 1 aland and Nayack savages, SieJj}ekenouw, brother of Tajnisagh, chief of Marsipingh etc" with about twenty other savages of that tribe. Seweckennmo arose and said in behalf of the Fsopi/s savages substantially, that lie had asked his God (whom ho called Bachtiiino and to whom he appealed several times as a witness to grant), that he might negotiate something good with the Dutch in presence of all tiie chiefs now here and that the treaty made might be as solid as in a stick, which ho took hold of, one end was attached and firmly united to the other. 2. lie proposes and says, that all the chiefs and tribes in the neighborhood, ns far as the MaquacK, M-ii well satisfied and plvased, that the jteace between the Ei^opun and the Dutch is to be concluded and that the Jlarnipingh savages shall be included in it. 3. That the chiefs and savages present havi; now heard, what he has proposed and said, which is all that he has to say for the present. As this chief had si) far not said in his speech, that the luiopim savages asked for peace, but only, that all the savages would be glad, if the peace between \is and the Ewpua was made and concluded, therefore the said ciiicf and the other savages were asked by the interpreter, whether they wanted j)eace now and came to ask tor it. The chief Seioeckenamo answered in substance, that he had con>e to ask for peace in behalf of the E-wjutu and that it should be hi'ncoforth so lirni ^ind binding as the arms, which he folded ; he gave then his right hand to the General and said, that he meant sincerely, what he had said and it was also the intention and desire of all the Kxojnts, in whose name he spoke. 2. The chief was asked, why, if all the Esojiu-i desired peace, all the chiefs of the Exopus had not come, to wit: Eci nnji, /'ainyrawtt'h, and Xixkahewan, and what proof they could give, that these chiefs and the other savages desired peace also. lie answers, that one of tlii'se chiefs is a very old and blind num and the other two are his frienils, who have given him their instructions and are satisfied with all, that he shall say and conclude. After hearing the foregoing answer, it was unanimously resolved, to tell the Exopus savages, that they had made peace with us bel'ore this and that they had broken it without cause or reason ; that nevertheless, as they have now returned all our prisoners and got buck from us all theirs and as tln^y now asked us for i)eace, we would make peace with them, but on conditions, which we shall 2)ropose. The above was stated to them in detail by the interpreter, wlio gave them also a short account of all what they had done formerly ami again now lately ; they acknowledged all this to be the truth witlu>ut any contradiction whatever. They were further reminded, that notwithstanding all ffi sre Colonial Settlements vn the Hudson Jiiver. this we were inclined to make peace at their request and to keep it, if we could bo assured, that they would also keep it on their side. They answered, that henceforth they would keep the peace inviolate and the following condi- tions were proposed : Terms and Conditions, on which a tinn and everlasting peace has been made and concluded between their Noble Honors, Petnis Stui/vesant, Director-General and the Coimcil of JVew- Netherland and the Sachems or chiefs of the JHnopus savages. 1. All, that has happened fortnerly, shall be forgiven and forgotten and not be remembered again : the people killed and gone on either side shall and must be forgotten. 2. All the land, which they have previously given to the Dutch in payment of losses, caused by them, and whicli we liavc now retaken with the sword shall be and remain ours as far as their two captured forts, they shall not be allowed to plant this land again nor to come into the villages there nor into any of our distant places, neither with nor without arms, except here to the Man- hatans and to Fort Orange. 8. But that they may not be entirely deprived of their land, they shall have permission to plant f.ronnd their new fort and during this year also near the (;!d fort, as they inform us, that they have already planted there: but after that the land taken by the sword, as well around the new fort as near the old, shall be and remain ours. 4. To prevent all troubles in tlie future, the savages sliall do no harm to our people nor our people to them and it is covenanted, that no savage shall be allowed to come either armed or unarmed, as was said in the second section, upon land, where the Dutch are ploughing, sowing, mowing, i)lanting or pasturing cattle neitiier at the Ksoj>m nor elsewhere and if they are found there and caught, they shall be sent hither. It is however conceded to them, that they may come to the Redoubt to sell their corn, meat etc% but not more tiian at the highest -1 or 3 canoes, pro- vided that they shall be obliged, to send a savage with a flag of truce ahead, who is to give infor- mation of their coming. For their better accommodation a house shall be built for them over the kil, where they can remain. 6. If it should happen, that a Dutchman killed a savage or a savage a Dutchman, tlien it is covenanted, that no war shall immediately be begini on that account, but that a meeting shall first be held over it and the murderer shall be punished by death in presence of the Dtitch and savages. 6. It is also covenanted, that if an Fsopnn savage should happen to kill some horses, cattle, pigs etc', the chiefs shall have to j.ay for it or if they refuse, one of them shall be arresti"d and kept in prison, until the killed animal has been i)aid for. and the loser satisfied, while the Direetar-(ien- eral on the other side promises, that no Dutchman shall do any damage to the 3ioj>m savages. The chief of Marsej)hiyh and all his savages are included in this peace. New Yorh Iliatotical liecords. 877 8. The aforesaid Esopufi Sachems engage tlieiuselves to liave these articles of peace ratified by the other K.'^opus Haclieins and savages, to inform us thereof within a month and como hither with tlie other Saclienis. 9. It is also covenanted, that they or some of tlieir people shall come down here every year, to renew this compact and that, if they bring a present, we shall also give them one. Thus done and concluded at Fmi, Amsterdam in New-Netherland the 16"' of May A" lOfi-t in presence of his Nol)le Worship the Director-General Petrux Stuyvesant, the Hon""' Mr. de Sille, of Ijotii the BurgomastcTs of this city, their Honors Cornelis Steenwyck and Paulus Lcendertsen van dcr Grist, of Captain I.ieutenant Marten Creyler, Lieutenant Couwenhnvcn, Gowrt Lnocker- vmnx, old Schepen, and Tliomas Chamhers, Commissary of the village of Wiltwyck, Jacob Backer Pi'esident of tlie Schepens, Abraham Wilmerdoiui junior, Saara J. Kiersteede as interpreter and the aforesaid chiefs and savages. Tlie mark Skwec'kknamo made by Iiimself The mark made by Pawsawagu <^ himself. As interjjreter and witness Saka Kikkstkiodk Gov but Loock icumans pletkk couwenuoven Thomas Chambeks VP^ MaEKIIINNIE TL'WEE P. Stuyvesant N"lCA8IU8 DE SiLLB C. V. RUYVEN. As witnesses CoK. Steenwyck P. L. VAN DEK GkIST J. Backek Auk. Wilmerdonx. Maktyn Kkeoiek. Whereas Oratamy aud Mattcno have a.'iked first for this peace in behalf of the Esopus savage-s if is further stipulated and covenanted, that tliiy .,]iall ho securities for this peace, that it be kci)t well and inviolate and if the Esopus savages should be the first to break it, that they and their savages shall then assist to make war ui)on the Esojius and to sulidue them and should tlie Dutch at any time violate tlu; aforesaid jieace, then they ohall go to war with all their men against tlie Dutch. Tims done; at Fort Amsterdam in Neuf-.Veth.r/and, the It!"' of Jfay 1GG4 in presence of the above-named witnesses, who have signed this iu testimony thereof. Petri's Stuyvesant Maktyn KuEoiEu The mark / made by Cor. Steenwyck Otaiam V himself P. L. van DEK GkIST The murk \^\A/ niade by MAn'K.vu iiimself. The mark nT m.ide by ILiNS alias I'li- wesekenvks himself. 48 li : 3*8 Colonial Settlements on. the Hudson liioer. PliOrdSAI.S (IK TIIK MollAWKri AT ImiIM' OuANlil-; Willi Till'. A.NHWIiKS. (MiK'li (U'fiiccd. Words in [ Present La MoniayiH', N'ii'u-Dircctor Gerivt Swart, Scluuit cif tlie ( VjIoiiv Jan Verbeeck Gerret Slichtenhoi'st Stijffcl Jannen Jacob Schirinerhon} Jan II. van BatI, Jan Cosl, r ran Aken. siijiplicd li_v ilic liiiiislahir.) I'lxti-Mon Hilary Session held at J'art Orange by liotli till' Courts with the Jfaiji/aas on the lT"'(.f May 10(U, in whii'h tlioy ninile the following statements. The Maqaaas , . . have shown 7 strinjw . tilmll send provisions to [ransom] their prisoners •••.... should take notice ...... arrival and the news ...... who have (.'onie thither [to learn whether the prisonersj were alive and tiiey reported, that the Ma- qaaas who are [prisonersj of the aforesaid savages are still alive and may he ransomed, which [is at the same time] a good chance to make peace with the [Northern] savages under the condition, that the Dutch shall at the request of the [savages ?] send [messenger] thither together with the Maijuaax .\\\i\ {\\K . . . , in order to make [i)eace] and as their know] ledge is] necessary, therefore they recpiest .... the Courts, that two Dutchmni might he given to for tliem, to wit [Jan Dareth] and Jacob LoockermanK, whereuj)on the said Jan Darcih ixnCi Jacob Lcocker- mnnx were called before the Court, who have nndertaken to make the jouriu-y and left on the 18"' inst. The Courts gave them a letter of safe cmdiict in token of their knowledge and media- tors' otHce and two strings of wampum, worth about 50 tloriiis, as a present for tlie Northern savages. Whereas the Siivages, called Jlatjaaax, have very urgently rciuested, that we should [endeavor to make peace between that] tribe and the said Mauri.ose .... go with them, [to treat] with the' Ahffliah. They request, that we should .... the Mahlranders, if in case of war or peace [not being made] they should leave here, but in the [manner], to which they are used. Thoy ask further for the three expected \Mahkan,hr>i\ which thev understand have come here and wish to know, whether it is true, so that they may speedily send word to their people in their country. The Maquans speak in our i>resenco with the chiefs of the Kat»Ul savages, MacharHne- maiiau, AWsJe HVy and Wivlq,,; they remind them of the i)eace, in wliich thev live with all the tribes of the . . and along the river as far as the South river and they request the said ravages, that they give their assistance to obtain j.eace with the Xortheni savages, for war is now inconvenient to them and they i>i-efer to live in peace. Answkk to tiik Maquaas. . As soon as the three Mohlrander.i, of wh(,m you say they are out. have arrived, we will inform you, what news they bring and see what we have to do. your recpiest, the uF^/Zz/.v^/ifAvvv remain. coniiiMinicated to vou, several fwo pieces of ordnance have been received, which . . . aa you wish. We shall also take notice of what y(Mi have said to the Katakil savages in regard to peace. Ki-eHJe Wcy appeared before tiie meeting and presented a string of wam]>um in grateful return for the gift, which the Dutrh had given him last autumn, as we had done our best concerning the |)eace. They also request Jan Dareth, to tell the Matjnaas, that they will give them a ]iresent and whereas they have bi-en informed, that the Maqiiaaa would come liiiher, they are saved the trouble, to go into their country. 880 Colonial 6'c-ttlemmts on the Iladtson liivei: [Proposals made by liotli tlio Courts at tlie rcciiu'st of tlie Sadiems and several citizens of Fort Orange.] (^Translated by Vander Donck.) 1. They say that . passing tiirougli ..... their enemies • • . • . • « that we nhonld ..... done formerly, when ... shall be necessary Secondly. That they [wore bringing] 2:? stri •, [the i)eaee] and it now was in the hands of the iS'orth peace or not. Thirdly. They reqnest also, that we should assist them with wampum inipnm as a present and toconfirin igefi, whether they would keep the AnsWKK to TIIK FOBEGOINO. Brothers, wo arc glad, that yon intend to make peace with the Northern savages, because [they] and our brothers have lost many of their best men by the small-pox as well as by war. Secondly. The present of 23 strings of v.-ampum is very good, if you, brothers, will keep the peace, but it will not help you otheiwise, if yon break it again, because the DHt<:h and the . . . have done the!" best herein and should it occur, then you make us liars and deceivers; you must do no harm to the Northern savages, as yon have tlireatened this day, but live like broth- ers in peace with the people of the North and they . . . here among you. JOUTENAL OF JaN DAKKTn AM) JacOH LoOCKEKMANS, COMMISSIONERS TO NKOOTIATE A PEAOK BETWEEN TIIK Ma^UAAS A.VD TUE NoKTHEUN InDIANS. *-'°Py- Journal kept by Jan Dareth smd Jaroh Loorkermana on their journey to the Northern savages. 166-1-, 19"" May.] "We, Jan Dareth and Jacob Loockermans, started with our savages, three Mahi- camlers and three J/aijuaos for the North. On Monday morning we came to a little kil near the Cast! Pa having made, as we judged, about 7 leagues .... our c(uii-se being north. Tuesday, the 20"' we broke camp before sunrise, taking a south easterly course until [after- noon ^ when we changed it] to south by cast ; we made this day about . . . . and slept the night at some .... called Iloossick, i)y the Ma>junas . ". . . place Quuckaimek, these two days . . . able to go, but our first Sachem could not get along up the three hills . . . We passed al.-;o three great kills. AVednesday, the tM" we started again with daybreak and arrived at noon at the Wmterherg, where it rained at the foot and when after a good liom-'s cliin'l)ing and ])lodA;of/!; the first village called by the English Nai'lnylon. iVew York Jlitstorical lieconls. 881 Thursday, tlio 22''. wo went fifriiin over very bad and rtcep liills ; wo arrived at tho Castlo at 4 o'c. and wero well ivfeived iicconlini^ to tlieir customs; on tliu day before 10 KntjVishmim mounted on liorses had been tliere and bad ebargcd tlie savaj^es, to [inforni tlieui when we came], wliich was quickly done by tb(! Sacliem. Friday, the 23''. five ^/if///s/(/»(7). came to us, Mr. Clfrc\\^\\-. U'/V/«(,>(, Mr. . . . and two young men who came from /ludh', tlie vilbige liigliest u[) on the Frcshrivcr, willi wliom we dis- coursed much and we sliowed tiiem our commirtsion, in tlie evening (jiiite a inmiber .... came .... and we got Bu far, that in tlie morning The /i/(yZj«A conio from the neai est village .... H miles from here. . had come to us and have . . . having seen the same they went out . asked what the reason was . . . stating in answer ... to make peace between the Maqunas ..nd their savages .... whereupon they said, that . . . . they had promised and it was tlieir duty to do herein .... interested in it as our . . . in the land, liouwerics, raising of cattle , . . interested in the trade with the savages . . . desire to . . . and come to [])ersnade] our savages to make jieace . . . sureties for the jieaco . . . doubt whetlier the J/<^(/Krt^?« who [live] among you [.shall] keep their word the reply to which was yon must have confidence in them and he closed by saying, that it w.-is in his interest to liave the savages MU'et. The first [proposition] made by Mr. Tr///<"«.v was ; The Dutch and the Maquas come to otTer you peace, to forget all that has been done and to make a tirm covenant witli you : we have no doubts, for wo know, that the Jfaq'KO'fi hold to their word and we desire, that you should make peace with them or leave our land and if [on your account] we shall have to go to war, we will got rid of you and kill you. They also sjiid, the Maquaes have always been faithful to the Dittrh and our nation, as they jirovcd at the Ar or 3t'> : we talked long with them lo induce them to make ])eace, for the war had been brought on iiy them and they were now too weak, to liavo [a chance] against the Jilaqnacs. The Moquaes messengers said, you have acted . . like fools, the Onofjatujes, our real cneinies, have [instigated] you . . . peo])lc you have killed . , . thence came . friends the Dutch ... to make jicac-e willi you . . . w hcreujuin the Juujtl.sh to take it into consideration . . . because they wanted [to keep] the yabbath .... to make [peace] or [leave] their land . . . about midnight. Saturday 24"' the whole day . . . to [})ersua(le] the savages to mak(> ])eace . . . savages met and about whether we miirht not conu' up coining to us, he said, (iood it being Siindav, to conclude the treatv liave treated us with nuich kiiulness 3f(iquai;H tne.ssenger Mith his wife it was because he was afraid for his wil'e wo met and eonclnded the tieuty . . . the Diiti'h, about two o'clock the the same evening liefore closing the gate run away, the reason why is . . . we . . . Sunday 25"' .Vbont eh'ven o'clock presents given according to their custom, also heli. f?V 882 Colonial Settlements on the HuJi(^v by the first convenient chance, directed to Capt. Fieiit. Jlartm (W^jler, U> whom we l,a\e .sent th"e nece.s.sary orders, to have the fortification .piickly completed. In .'ase there are no plancks to be obtained or that a cargo could not be made up, your Honors are earnestly charged not to fail in the utmost eiuK.av„rs, that they can be .sent down l.v the first vacht followiiu'. At the re(|uest of the parties interested in Sr/nnirctoh' the surveyor Cirtfljon g.ws up here- with, to survey and lay out the lands in the manner most convenient to the parties in interest. Your Honors are dire.te.l to lake care and assist, that it may be done as ,^.ncklv as possible and '1 Neiu York Ilidoriral lieconh. 888 that tlio sniM Coridjon ictiirn.'* lii-i-o by tlio first cliiiiicc^, for tliurc are hero several people waiting for liiiii to have their lands surveyed. Tiiis letter servoii further us cover for tlio cncloscHl jiroelaniatiou for a i^eneral day of (hanks- giving on account of the siicoessfiil peace and especially for (rod's signal grace, which he has shown ii-i during (lie war with the Exopun savages in delivering all the Christian captives from the hands of the barbarians against all human hope and exiioctation. Your Honors will deliver it to Doiuine SchiuUn, after taking a copy, that he coiiiinnnicate it from tho altar to the community. (R')8t niUsiug.) OuilKH DIKKCTINO TIIK SuRVKYOK TO LAY OUT TIIK LANDS OF ScnANnEOnTEDB. 20'" May Kitii. Having taken up again tho answer given to the petition of the parties interested in tho lands of Srhiinhi(jatc(le, dated the 17"' of April, the surveyor S'. Jarqiicn CorUljou was directed, to proceed by the first yacht, sailing from here, to Fort Om)uji\ to lay out the lands in question in the most convenient and siiitible manner for t!ie accommodation of the interested j)arties and allot to every one his share. In cases of disputes between neighbors, the said CorUljou and the Commissary I.k Mnnfdijni' are authorized, to reconeilo the parties and if that cannot l)e done, to report his information and the cireumst.mces to tlie Director-Cleneral and Council of ^\\w-2\eth- erland. Actum Fort Amsterdani in yewSetlierland, the 20'" of May A°. 1601. GRA^fT OF A YW.CK f,P LAND AT BkROKN" TO ArKNT LaWHKNSEN. Th(> petition of Arent /.mrriiist n, residing at Ilnjin, was taken np and read, who requests, that a ))ieee of low land, close to his i>lantation, may be given and granted lo him; ho exhibits besiiles an extract from the minutes of tho village of Berijt;n, whereby it appears, that tho Court there lias pi'( inised it to him subject to approval. It was decided The petitioner may h'vo the said piece! (if low land surveyed by the surveyor anil after that a patent shall be granted to him. Actum Fort AinsttrJaia, ady ut Kiij>ra. (2'^'" May 1604.) I'koCI.AMATION for a DAV of TIIANKSOIVINO OS A(X»rNT OI- TIIK PEACE VMTIl THE Esol'CS AM) OIKUL'LAK COXIMUNICATINO It TO THE MauISTRATKS TilltOUOltOUT THE COUNTRY. As it has ple.ised the Only-good God in his especial mercy to deliver all the Christian prison- ers out of the barbarian's hands against ail human expectation and to give and grant ii'^ with their release an honest and advantageous ])eaco with the FnopiiM sjivages, it is not only becoming, l>ut also very necessary, that the Only-good Gof fliaiiksjj;iviiifr to he liel.l on tlio first Wcdncsdiiy of Juno, tlmt is tlio fourth tiny of that inontli. when a Fcrnion will ho i.ruiicl.ed iiero in the fore mid after- noon. Every one prejiare liisjieart to 1k^ truly nnd sincerely {,'nvtofiil. Here follows the letter sent to couiniunicato tlie order for a day of thnnkHyiviug: TIonora])le, Dear, Faithful Frienace as specially for Q,^Wl\ siguiil mercy, wllicli he has si )wn us during the war with the Kmpm savages in delivering all the captive (ihristians out of the hands of the barbarians contrary to all lunnnn hojHj and exjjoctation : After perusing the said notitica- tion you will deliver the siuuo to the reverend ministers of (JchI's word, that it niav by them be couuuunicated from the altar to the conunuiiity. Whorenpon relying wo eonimund'you to Go static ok AFKAias in N'KW-NKTirKKLAnn; Junk !• 1004.* Timmna Savmvl M,y(ij)„],nsl.i arrived in safety, but l)omino Wtirnirufi Ilaihun, who was sent by your Rev. body as minister fur the iSoutli river, died on the passage. It is necessary to provide a minister ii; his place, as the ehildrei" remain unoa])tized since the death of Dom. Wdlu.% as well as on account of the diversity of sentiuu-iit prev liliiig then. ; there being some who speak disrespectfully of the si.cred sciiptm-es. liesldcs lliere is lunoug the Su}i:)ieplains, as in Jiis preceding letter of Sepf 21". lOO.'J, that no cor- respondence is maintained among the churches; 2'. that ecclesiastical discii-linc is not practiced by punishing the offenders; :Y. that n.. means arc provided f,.r the j-ropagation of religion among the savages and the IuujI'ikU, althou:,di authority iherefur liad bc(Mi reci'ived. * This letter, us wdl as the f.illowin- K xtract fn.M. \W .Minutes <,f (he Classis nn.l other eorrespoiiilenre l.c- twcen the clergy of New-Xetherlantl ;uipoinl him as our Commissary and Chief ofliccr, t.> take earo theiv, in our ahseiice, of the siifety of tho country, riie fort, (.ftheinilitaryan(llVeciru}n, wlu. are there alrea(ly()rniay conio hereafter, and t() keep and maintain in our name good ,.rder, administer law and justico in civil and military matters to tho best of liis knowlcdyo ar.i to do nirtlier in tho sorvieo of tho said Company, conceruin- his duties and otlice, what a good and faithful Comm'-sary is in duty hound to do, pursuant to the oath of fidelity to he taken hefore us. This Imvirg been taken, we hereby order, connnand and direct all and everv- body, whom it may concern, either servants of tho Company or freemen, to receive, acknowledgv, respect and obey the said \\'i7Mm /h'ec/,„>"ii. as our Commissary and OtKcor, to give him in tlio e.\ecuti..u of his duties aU hell., favor un'! assistance, every one as far as ho is concerned, for thus we find it necessary for tlu! service of tho Hon'''" Company and tho welfare of this j.n.vinco. Thus doi'.e and given in the meeting hel.l by the Director-Oeneral and Council of JS'tu-Nether- laiul :;l Fvrt Aiiish rJaiii in .Wto-yctherhtutl, tho 4"' July 1(104. Trovisional instructions for WUIitlm. Ikirkimni, Sellout and Commissary at the J','kiij>>is. ArriviTi at tho Moj»/.^ he shall make a iMTtincnt inventory of all thi' goods and elTects hc- h)nging to tho IIon"'° Company, what and however tlicy may be and receive the balance from Knsign McKcn, Matthijs CitpUn and ,t,iroh nurhanx and open and keep a proper account thereof in the same maimer, as ho lias done at the South riv.'r, with which we arc well plea>e(l. llenco- I'orth we shall consign to him all goods, .MMit thither for the g.irri.-on and they will be char.'ed against him, nntil he jirovcs by a cl.'ar account, how and to whom thev wi^re di.-triiiiited 11.^ shall convene the Schepens of the village of ^yUlw.iist ri>e and leave the bench aid be shall in such cases have no advisory vo'e, much less a deciding one; in his place one of the •jxScliepeiis must tlu n jiresido. 4. Fie shall strictly govern liimself in what coiuM-rns his oflice by the instructions, irivcn to tho 41) nsC) Culonial Settlements an the I/txftion liiver. <'..iirt uf .Iiwtieo in the villajfu of Wi/lwyrk by tlio Dirfctor-Geiieml luid Council of ^'eu}'J.Vit/l• ,,'l(iiiil oil tho 1(1"' (.!' May Itiiil, of wliii-li ii copy oliall lit! given liiiu for infornmlion. 5. In onr or oiir di'pntii's' iiliHonco ho hIiiiII fnrtlior have siipronio roniinand at tlio /'.'io/>iim and in all villaycaalioaiiy inadu or liiwafter to Iks cstalilislicii over tiic Company 'h wivant.^ and liii', fiTiv Mien, wlio wlial! lu) obiij^cd to assist liiin at all otrasions in the execution of hiu diititw ; hh far ha poKsiMu ho shall maintain <,'ood order and discipline anion;,' tho former imd administer and npimid nnionj,' the others law and jnstice to the hest of his knowled^je in eivil and military matters as well us in criminal cases In inhion gnidu pursuant to the instructions already given or hereafter to he {.'iven according to circnnistancea. 6. Wheresia a wul experience has taught ua, that the pe(hlling niul selling of strong drink to the Siivages is extrenu'ly in juriona there, he is es|)ecially commaiuled and charged to watch closely, that the ariicha and conditions, under which the peace with the Kwpiix savages was nuide on tho I.")"' of May lj>tii<, without distinction of place, either in the new or in the old village, shall be let out by him at the first con venient opportunity. One half of the proceeds for the first year shall i)e turned over to the Magistrates thei'e for the jiayment of the villagc-debtti, pursuant to our order given upon their petition on the L'5'" Ajiril last past. 8. rs' Whereas the ^fagistrates of the jjcace have asked our consent to levy a nuinicipal burghe excise, to defray some necessary expenses and we have given our jierniission, it may be put into execution at some convenient time under the enclosed conditions, which are the same, under which the excise is let within this city. Thus given provisionally at Foft Aninterdani in i\ew-Nt'tlicr- /r/ii/i)(iidrfk, M<o aiilo hhall he prevented, if he is willini;, to hell them i>rovisionH in their coinitry. "W'l! gavo him some wampum and u jiiece of dnITels. Thus transacted and done at thu Coniicilchamhcr in J'ort AinxUrilain in Ncw-Xtthtrhiinl, 8"" July 10(i4. rKrnioN oi' rnii.ii'p Piitkhsin S<-ntn'T,i:R ant> Golain, called hy i\\Q J tnlrh \\w I/ii/j' Jfimii, nitniito lit the third or fourth mouth with an island between the second and third mouth, about three or four leatrnes to tin; northward from here. The saiil IMnhlhtnalt rx have otTered to sell this land to the petitioners in preference*, l:ut as the petitionei's may not do it without the consent of your Hon''" WoivhipH, therefore they jii'ay, that your lion''''' AVorshi])s will gnint them permis- sion to purchase the said land, as it will he done for the best of the country and to keep tlio h'iKjIixli away from this river. AVailiny for a favorable apo^l(■l we remain Ji<'Vame be, as usual, transl'erred and conveyed to lln' J >irector-Cieneral and Council as ii'preseiitatives of the Noble Loiils I^irectors. AVhat the ]ietilioncrs pay for it to the lawful owners, shall be refuiah'd to them at .some conven- ient time or be balanced against the tithes, but all under this nwrvatiou, that if this piece of land ii i' I*'',' r^ri 388 Colonial SettlemenU on the Ilmhnn lllver. shoi.M be found uiwn defenmn.itioi. of the limits of the Colony of lienxHelaermycl' to he within the l)oi.ndanes thereof, they must j.roperiy acknowk-diro the patronn of that ' Colony a.s their pati-oon. Autiua Fort Aiudcnlain. in JS'tw-A^eiludund, the 10'" July lCt)4. P. STtTYVESANT NiCASlUS DK SlLLK. I' ! 4 ' f n f Petitio.v ok TnoMAs Towel ano othkrs for i.eavk to rrurnASE fkom tiik Im)IA.NS a PIKCK ok I.ANI) HKTWKEN KlNniiKUOOK AND NKUTi;.Nn0OK ; (iKANIKI). To the Worshipful Ilonorahle Vice-Director and Connnissaiies of Fort Orange and the village of Beverwyck. Show respectfully the undersigned petitioners, btirghei-s atid inhabitants of the viHagc of mv,'r,nj,'k, that they are desirous of purchasing a tine piece of kud between Kmderhook and ^eut,'nho„k. Whereas the i>etitioners can no longer make a living here in this villa-ri-, they are obliged to ..ettlc with their f. lies in the country, to gain thei'r bread with God's help and honorably. The i.etitioners know well, that they cannot do this without vour Ilono.-s' order and conse.it and tlu'ivfore they re-piest most earnestly, that your Honors will ^Inc them permission to purchase the land, while they promise to be govi.rned by the usa-es of this country, like other inhabitants. Awaiting hereupon a speedy and favorable answer, they remain, Vour Jlunors' obedient TlloM.VS PoWKL A) the mark of Tixnis Auhaiiamskv ^fC tl>c mark of Claes van 1)i:n 1>ki«;h IIkndrick Cay. A'V *''" 'i''"'^' ai.(;k. Jan ])ik(ksi:n. The C(.nrt of Bcrninjck gave the following answer to the jirc(cdin;r petition ; The Court refers this to the lion'''- 1 )iiv<-tur-(n.ncral an,.f„n Dirr!As.,i and others, who have not vet signed, are very desirous to purelias.- a fine piece of land between .\,i,trn and Khuhrfr hou'hUyr \y\nv\, the ].etitioners hav submitl.d the re,pi,.st heiv ami.. veil to tlie linn'"- Courts of Fort Or,u,.„ and y>. A,.,r,/,./-,theieloie the p.Mil ioiiers are leteiTed to your lion"' Woishipand the Iliali Council of New YorJc Jllstoncal Jieconh. 389 New- NcthcrhmJ, to 1)0 answered, wliilo tiie petitioiici's do not doubt, l)ut a sliort mid favoriiUo decision wdl lie ifivuii to thuni. "Which doinj' etc*. Actum Briy/'ii'i/A; the 20'' Juno lOCl. Worshijis' oi)edient Thomas Powit, JlKIAEN TliUNISSKN'. The foron;oing petition having hceii received and read, it was resolved : Tlie Director-deneral and CouucmI of y< w-JVe/hcrland grant permission to the jjetitioners to purchase tlie land in question from the lawful ownei'n, provided that, as usual, the land is trans- ferred and conveyed to tiie Director-General and Council aforesaid as representatives of the Lords-Directors of ti>o Priv. W. I. Company. Wliatever the petitioners sliall pay to the lawful owners for the wiid land, shall he refundeil in convenient time or be balanced against ihe tithes. Actum Juj/'t Amnterdaiii, in JVeio-Nctherlaiul the 10"' J-.ily IGOA. P. Stuyvksant. NlCASItS DK SlLLE. EXTKAOUDINAUV ^Ii:i:ilN(i ni.l.OllV IliPlll TIIK Cl I'our OiiANfir. (IN 'iiiK 12rii iii'.Tii.v lOO-i. (hrrilt S/ic/i/cn/iorst. • , . . related by his Honor the ( 'ommissary a Siivage, called Cdjadoijo, and .... from Kmijc/iko report to the meeting that yesterday morning four Xorlbcrn savages [came to] Vlavcntek, who have been ujion i\\v, MaqiKK s \v.\\\\. or upon .... and from the west side of the river at tlie Mill A',' crossed in a canoe arriving at the boiiwery of /''/-v t/n; Fli'ialiiifAw\ they said to them, How will it be now with the Xorthern savages, for the OniJitijcH have a knife and a hatcliet lying ujion their arms ; they .inswered, the Jiiujlish had told the 2sorthern savages to carry on the war against the Maeai'e, sevenil EtKjhslimeii were in the fort, who [urged I the savages to kill the JIii(jin/!ftE!,'iWfe«lta i'V ^^^ ^ Colonial Settlements on the Hiuhnn River. M.NLTE OF Council, concerning a communication made to Cattain Thomas WlLLK-rr OF COMPLAINTS BY THE MoiIAWKS AGAINST THE NoRTHEKN INDIANS. 2i"' July 10(14. to r.J!T;r^''''"''n/-/;'? ^'T""' '""''"' '"'"" ^"'•''''"■" '^''''^''' ^^•'-'■•^ ^■«"'>n""ieated and read loven it^rZ/ r '' "'''' "' '' "" ^'^■"' *" ^"'"' "^"^•'' ^- -'--^-^ t« -"d to the gov eminent at Boston. Ady ut supra. let Extract fuom a letter of Director S tcyvesant to the Directors in Holland; THE I.NTKIGIES OF THE EnuLISH AMONG THE INDIANS. 4'" AlGUST, 1(364. ****** Tlie next few linos .ervc as an introduction and explanation of the enclo.sures No. ; f your IIo„on.w,ll please to peruse then., especially the two last letters hetween us and the ^^:l/ '"r" ^'^^^°'-^V of y.V....W.,e^, then your Ilono,. will learn the part. euhus of our new and .,.ere..sed a,..Kieties, which t.-o,.l,le us on Hccou..t of the good inhabit- ns there heca.ise of the da,.ge.-o..s a..d for us not less da.nagh.g wa.. between the J/.,,... and InttZn'T^ the reaso.,s of th^s suppose.l hu..tfulness have heen explaine.l Ind co.n- mun.cated to the afo.-esa.d two co..rts in our letter cclosed a...o,.g other papers a,.d .....nbered NB., so that we need not t.-ouI,le your irono.-s with a repetition thereof But wo must say concen.i.,g the above said, that the J/ „i,„u; p,-ete...l upo,. their own ve.-sion and perhaps reports made by our people, that the En^U.h of the No.-.h a.. Ihe ..ause of the ...as- You' n ,'T' '"T^""/-"-"^ '7' ;-'f 1-H-ntl V also of the p.-esent i.uplacahle a..d per..icio..s wars. ^ou. IIo>o>-s ..nde.vs.gnc.d fa.thtul sc.-vants can however not accept this ve.-sio,. as t.-,.e, they b heve rathe.- that .t ,s a fab.-icatio.i of the JA,,..., to engage us as their allies in thi^ wai- 11. s .s not adv,.sable for ..s for many .-easons, as aside tVon. the danger and losses arising f.-om ueh a war for o..r s.de, the .lelay if ,.ot the dive..io,. of the fu.-fade m.,st be fea.-ed. it he n.eant.me out of .p.estion, that, if the bo..nda..ies are once settled between .,s and our ..eigh- bors, then he da.ly ,p.ar>-els, bickerings, jealousies a..d dai.ns shall be avoided f.-on. either skle a.^ a good nnde.;sta..d.ng and co>.-espo..den..e established; these pe,-nicious wars between the Ma^iuaes and he No.ther,. savages would then soo.. be settled an.l b.-ought to an end a,.d all the savages could be n.ade t,, snbn.it or at h.ast to delibemte, when they see the Christians united a..d draw.ng a line, to keep the barbarians i.. s,.bmission or at least .luiet. EXTKACT FROM A LKTrKK OF THE CotTNCIL TO T..E DiRErroRS IN IIoLLAND ; THE Indian wars, IT'" Algust 1(J(J4. * * * * ^ The new and grievous anxieties, with which we fi,.,l ourselves burdened because of the dangerous and ve.y pernicious war betwee.. the M,oi„na. and the Xorthern sava.res and winch have been part.culanzed in our fo.-n.cr letter by the " 7W... "' (duplicate bv .he ^' a,knn,.t. Hart ) are .nc.-eas,ng daily o>. aeeoun. of the coMth.nnas ex.u.sion. a„d expeditious n.ade by o,.e Ntw York Hintorkal Records, 301 jiarty against tlic otlior. "Wc litivo tlicrefuro coiu'luded and resolved, that liis Tloiior, tlio Director- (iuiiuriil, sliunki make a ti'ip to JuiH Oriniiji\ to make there if ])ossihlc siieli arraiigeiiiciits, that imr ])eo])le ^iiail not lie iiiolcsted hy either party, wlio jiass along there every day as well as through a now settlement formed lately a few leagues from there inland ; however we have little, but still w)me ho])e for it, when the conteuding parties shall observe that our people keep neutral and treat one as friendly as the other. ****** THE LETrEK FROM Ili;v. Samuei, Diiisirs to the Classis of AsisTEiiOANr : Stath of THE IIefokmed CllL'KCir. Ileverend, I,earnc(l an-Aiitxt< nJiini, Awii. 14'" ItiiU. Samiki, Duisiis. I'KllriO.V OK TUIO I.NIlAIUrANIS OF We^TCU KSTMli l(> ml: E.Nor.ISII CoMMlSSIONKUS. To the llouo"'" his ^fa""' Com" for the affaires of New-England The Iidiabitants of Wist Cluxtrr IFundily Shew. 1. That tlio said Tract of Land called Wixt Clu'ster was purchased for largo Smnes nnder the Title of Kinjhiiul by Jlr. 77(0*. PcU of the Knowne Ancient proprietors in ye yearc 1(5.51. 2. The pretended power of the J/(/«/«(/(X',s' did thereupon continue prott'sling ag' and threating of the sai Colonial Settlements on tlie Hudson River. r/)' i-Astraiiit from nil friends for the spice of thirteeno tla.yes, fed with rotten Provision (■reei)in.r with worn.es, whereby some of them remained diseased to this day, after w" they n,.,c earryed^awav in Chaines, and hived in tlieir Dimgeon at Munhattoi!*. 3. That the said Iniiabitants had perished w'" famine in the said Imprisoiuuent, but for the relief obtained at other hands. 4. That all this suffering was inflieted on them under noe other i,retenee, but that they were opposers of ye Dutch Title to the Lauds afores''. 5. That when the siid p'tended powers liad freed the said Trisonors ani, lOCi O. S. Information ok Ex.iLisu i.NriiUiiKs a.mo.vc; tiik Esopus I.ndians. 27'" August A" 1C04. Car.^.,ngh, a IlmlimjJwmcl-u savage, says, that he has heard last night from a Ma report go.-s, to bring lirst I.,m,j and Statcn-Mand under the Jvmgs autliority and then attack also thi.s, the principal place. If that is lost the whole country is lo.st. AVe have therefore resolved for the better i.rolcclion of this fort .and conse- quently of th.. wlK.le <-ouutry to call down here the military, except that the liedouht remain l.roperly garrisoned. \ on are therefore directed, to send ujion receipt hereof the Senresnt with the rest ot the men immediately to this place. Meanwhile we will recommend to all ol'^y..!! to bo New Ywh HUitoi'ical Records. 393 well on your guiiitl, whereupon relying wo commend you to God's mercy and protection and remain with cordial salutations Fort Amsterdam, the 29"" August A" 1664. Your affectionate friends Tho Director-General and Council of N ew-NetherlaTuJ . Postscript. The Sergeant must be instructed and ordered, to keep a good look-out, while coming down and if an opportunity offers, send ahead a savage, to find out, whether any strange vessels are in his way. If ho hears of any, be can land his men and come down through the woods or as best as be can. Lkttkr kuom Rev. Samuel Drisius to t.tk Classis of Amsterdam ; the burben- DEB OF New-Amsterdam to the English. To the roverend, learned and pious brethren of the Revereml Classis of AmHterJam, I cannot refrain from informing you of our ])resent condition, viz. : that we are now brought under tho government of the King of England. Oil the 20"' of Aui^ust there arrived in the bay of the North river, near Staten-Mand, four large men-of-war or frigates, ^vell mounted and nuinned with soldiers aiul marines. They bad a patent or commission from the King of Great Britain to summon this province to surrender and to take possession of it in the name of bis Majesty. If this was not done amicably, the place was to be attacked with violence and every tiling given up to the Eiujlish soldiers for sacking, rapine and booty. The ])eoplo here were not a little frighiened at the arrival of these frigates. Our rulers, the Director and Council, as also the officers of the City, took the matter very nuicb to heart. They earnestly endeavored to delay the affair by repeate(10 in number, according to report, with .'>0 Freiu'b privateers. The hntjliK/i permitted fiiis. Therefore our authorities at the urgent re(picst of the inhabitants and* burghers, were obliged, although imwillingly, to resolve to come to terms in order to prevent pil- lage and bloodshed. 5U V! 2; hit. 31)4 Colonial /Settlements on the Hudson Jiiver. After the surrender of the place several English peoi)le, whom wo have long known and who were well affected towards us, camo to us and said, that God had singularly overruled the matter in that tho province had passed over by treaty ; otlierwiso notiiing else could have happened hut pillage, murder and general ruin. This is also confirmed by several soldiers, who say, that they came hither from Eiujlaml in hope of booty, and since it has turned out so differently, they de- sired permission to return to Emjlancl. It is stipulated in tho articles [of surrender], that tho religious teaching shall continue as before and the ministers shall remain. Wo could not abandon our congregation and hearers ; we judged, that we must continue with them for a timo at least and i)erfonn our duties, lest they should become entirely scattered and grow wild. Tho West India Company owes me quite a sum, which I hope aTid desire will be paid. Thus I close, commending your persons and services to the lo\'e of God. I remain Your Reverences' Obedient Brother Manhattan, Sept. 15'% 1GC4. g^^,,.^^ j^^^^^^^ Second Period. The Province under English Rule, from the Surrender by the Dutch to the establishment on Counties. (1664 to 1684. ) License to ruRcnASE Indian Lands at the Nevesinks ; a warrant to Wm Goldinge, etc. Uiwn the request of Wm. Goldinge, James Grover koA ■^ohn Browne, m behalf of tliem- selvcs and their aasoc-iates, I do hereby authorize them to treate and condnde witli tlie several Sachims of tlic Neirixans or any otliers concerned, about the purchase of a parcel of lands lyeing and being on the niaine extending from ChawyoraniHsa near the mouth of tiie Rarituns River unto Pontopeckc for the doeing whereof this shall ho their warrant. (Jiven under my hand at foft Jamea iu New Yorkc ou ManhUtans island this 17'" day of October 1664:, R. NlCOLLS. Okuku dirkctino the Maoistratks of Bergen, N. J., lo ukoeive and quakter a garrison of soldiers. You arc hereby required to receive into your town Corjwral Powell witli thesouldiers under his command and tliem to accomnKxlato with ItMlging, not above two of them to bed in any one house and furthur you are ref^uired to joyno six of the inhabitants with three of the soldiers to be ui)on constant guard, to secure the peace ot the said townd until furthur order whereof you are not to faill. Given under my hand -iX, fort Janus. To the magistrates of Benjen. ' Permission 'i-o riRcuASE land from the India. . iven to Pmi.ii-p Pietersen Sciiuyi.er. Ujioa the Petition of Bhilipp J\\'h-r/irn Scfnnjler That heo may have Liberty to Puivha.se a certaine Parcell of Land of the Natives, lying and being in'iwj'ori Athany, as in the siiid Petition is exprest ; I do hereby grant Liberty unto the said J'/iilips Piftemn Schuyler, so to do, of which when hee shall bring a duo Certilicate unto meo, bee shall have a Patent for the said Linds by Authority from liis Royale Ilighnesse the Duke of Yorke for the farther Continuation tliei-Jof. (iiven under my hand ntj'ort James in New Yorke on Man/iatans Island this 30"" day of Maich 1665. Rion. Nicoi.i.s. I i IL i' u 806 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River. PeKMISBION to rUKOHABK LAND AT ClAVEUACK KKOM TIIK InDIANS (IIVKN T.. .Toll ANNKS CuiTio AM) Jan IIkndkick J'kuvn. U]x)n the Peti(;on of Johannes Vhite mid Jan //nu/nrk Brrnjtu,, That they mny have leave ana Liberty to Purchase of the I.i.lyans, a certaine parcoll of Lan,! Ivin- an.l being on the west M.lo ot y" Aorth River an.l against Vlavc Rack xmxr ff art Albany, as in their Peti.;on is exi.rest and that they may likewise Plant the same, I <].. hereby Grant leave an.l Liberty iint,, the sai.l Johannes Viute an.l Jan Ilendrkh Ih-ayns to make Pnr.^liase, tlieivof an.l to Plant it Aec.r.l- ingly, as is desire.l, of which, when they siiall bring „„t., ..u-e a .Ine certittcate, Thev shall have a patent for the said Lands by Autiiority from his Pu.yall Ilighnesso the Duke of Y„rke for Mieir farther Contirmavon therein. Given under my hand iii fort Janu'>, in AVw 'Yorkc this 1" day of April 1065. •' RiLii". Xiwi.r.B. ','* Patknt Fon TiiK Land at the NKVERsmrK, N. J. To All whomo these presents shall come I, Richard NIeholh, Es.piire, (Jovernonr under his Royall highness. The Duke of York, of all his Territories in America Send (Jreetin- : Whereas tliere is a certain tract or parcell of I^md within this Government, Iving and bein-'^iear Sand,, jxymt upon the inaine, whi.-h said paivell of lan.l hath been with mv consent and approbation bought by .omc of th<3 L.l.abitants of Grave^-nd on Lony-Uand .,f the Sachems, chief pro- prietors thereof, who before me have acknowle.iged to receive Siittisfactioii for the same to tlie en.l the said Land may be planted, manured and Inhal.it.Hl an.l f„r .livers other g„o,l causes and c.n- Bulerations, I have thought Htt to give, confirm an.l grant an.l by these presents J)o give, c.niirm and grant unto Wm. Goulduuj, Sam. Sjneer, Hi: Glbhom, R!e. SUmt, Jam.'., Greer, John Boon, In'. Tdt„n, Nat. Silvester, W,a. R,:p, Walter Clark, Meholas Da,u\ Ohediah Jlolmex Pattentees and tlieir As-ociates, their Heirs, su<'cess..rs an.l Assignee, all that tract an.l j.art of thd maine lan.l beginning att a certaine place comonly caUe.l or knowiie by the nam.! ..f Sandy ,,oint and so running ah.ng the Pay W. N. AV., till \t omcs t., y" m.uith .,f the Raraton Rirer, from thence goeing along the said P.iver to the Westernu.st j.art of a certaine Mash I.:.nd, which divides the River into two parts and from tliat part to liun in a direct S. W. line into y« Woo.ls twelve miles and y" to turn away S. E. «d untill it fall into y» maine Ocean together with ail Lands, Sayles Rivers, Creeks, Harbours, Mim-ral (lioyall Mines excepted). Quarries, Woods, Mea.lows, Pastm-c' Marshes, Waters, Lakes, Fishings, lluntnig, Uawkeing an.l Fowlcing an.l all other i.rofitt.' eomodities and lie.e.litanients to the said Land an.l p,vmis,.s !...longing a.wl appertainim^ with' their and every of their appurtenances and ..f every part and paivell thcn'of. To liav.; and to h.)l.i all an.l Smgular the sai.l Lin.ls, premises an.l hereditaments with their and every of their appurten- ances hereby given and granted <-• hereinbefore menti..M.,.d to be given an.l grant...l i. to the only proper use and behoof of the said j.attentees an.l their Ass.,ciates, th.Mr heirs, succesBors and aasignes forever upon such terms and conditions as hereafter are expn^sstid (viz'.) That the eaid pattcnteea and Associates, their heires and assigiies, shall within the space ..f Tlin^e veaivs be-i,,. ning from the day of the date heivof, manure an.l ,.lant the afore«ii,l Lan.l and premise's an.l settle there One hundred families att Icitst, In considerati.m whereof I d.. promi.-.. an.l -rant tl, it tlie Biiid patienteesand their ass.)ciates, their heir..s, su.ress..rs an.l assignes, shall enj.ry ||„' ,,i,i I^n.ls and premisses with their a])piirtenan.vs f,,,- the t.-rme of s.'ven vars n...xt to come afLw the •late of these presents, free fi-uin paynxMif ,,f any Ki'tits, ('iist.,ni..>. Kxcise, Tux ..r ],ey.-y wbats,,- New York Jlislvrical Jiecordti. 807 ovur but after the expimtion of said tenne of seven yeurea the persons, wfio sliall lie in possossiou tliereof sliull jMiy uftur the siinio rate with otliera witiiiu this His Itoyall Iliglmosso hirt Territoriua KJiali bo Obluigcd unto, ami tiie sjid jiattenteos and tiii-ir associates, tii(;ir iieiro, 8nc('eB.st)r8 and assif^nes sliall iiavo free leavo and liberty to erect and i)nild Towns and villages in siicii places, us they in tlieir discretions shall think most convenient ; Provided, that they associate themselves and that the hoifsea of their Townes and villages lye not too farr distant and scattering one from tho otiier and also they make such fortifications for their defence ag'. au Knemy, as may seem need- full. And I do likewise grant nnto tho Pattontees and their a.-sociates, their lieires, suecessore and assigncs and unto any and all other persons, .the siiall plant and Iidiahitt in any i.f the Lands aforesaid, that they shall have free liberty of conscience -without any Molestation or disturbance whatsoever in their way of worship. And I do further grant unto tho aforesaid Pattentees, their heires, successors and assignes, that they shall have liberty to Elect by tiie vote of the major part of the Iidiabitantd live or seven other persons of the ablest and di.screetest of the sai/, ]!y the (Jrace of God of Knijhinil, Scotland, Fr.uice and Inlninl King, Defender of the Faith, ami in the Year of our Lord God KiOo. Entred In the OtHce of Ilecords Richard Xiccolls. In New York the day and year above written, MAniiiAS iS'ueor.T.s, Seer''. I.NDiAN l>i;i:i) ViHi C.vNisKKK (.Vtuiins, Gki:kni: Co.) (Fort Ornngc Rerords. Vols. Deeds No. 1.) "Wherc'as Jun Clixi, Jan jiiiitlrifknin Jiridjii and Juriun Tfui\inxin have produced before the Court of Albany the consent given to their j)etition, of his Honour the (Jovernour of Xxo York, to purchasi' from the Indians a certain ]>arcel of land, situate on the weat side of the T,' tlio other co-owficrs, who (loclnml in tho prPBcncoof tlioiiiidor- B!;fiu>(l witnesses, tlmt they h;ivo sold, ceded and triinsferrod, n« Ww.y herewith ccdo n.id triiiiKfer tho same to tiie real and aetii;;! posseHnioii of and for the henetit of the aforesaid Jan VliH and Jan IletuJt'i.-kHen Jirui/n, to wit, tho land called Ciiushrk; which Htretches alon;; tho river f;oin the land of J'iet,r Ih-onk down to the valley, lyint,' near tliu point of tho mainland behind tho liiUfcn. hi. (lilt, eallod Jlarhawamnk; and runs into tho wcmkIs hoth at the North and Konth enda to tho luttxkil road. Tho j.rie-j for it in a certain sinn to l)e paid in merchandise, which they, tho sellei-s, acknowled^'e to have received from the piirchaners to their full witisfaetion ; tluiy there- fore renounce their former elnhu:; and declaro ,/,m Cl/n. iuhv.Wxo lawfid owners of tho land, promisiiiji,', otc. Thus done at Alhmy in the presence of Ilnrmeii BadianKiu m\A ILndriok 6V/r/<#«i, called in 88 witnesses, tho 20"" of April 1005 Old Styl(^ This is tho mark «— L- of K i:i;w.i n Wky Habmen P.astiknb, IIkndkick Gkkkitsen, witnesses. In my jirewjnce, JoiiANNis I'uovooHT, See'y. This is the mark This is the mark r^ of sa. UAMOER This is tho mark i^ of I'ai-knua This is tho mark ^^^^A of Masskii.. of ISfAWINATA alUlH ScillKMKKHOKN ^^ ■J . ■, OkOKR OONOEKNINO the BETTLEMKNT of TUK Xk' iNtiS. Whereas I am informed that yo" litcli r-hoyci' of hy tilt rest of the Persons concerned for tho ( )rderinj; and In iii^j; out of such Lmds, as the (i^n'" hath given Leave unto you and y(/ Partners to Pnrclia.sc wt the Xatives of Nm)iHam1,M\A the Purchasers having proixwed and promised to the Gen'' .o lay out some Townes and to Plant ano Build near one to another, for their mutuall Safety nd SeeiuMty ; These are to reipiini you, that yo" take care, that tho Persons, who are c ;r o .' or with yo" or shall hereafter go, do Settle and make their Plantai,'ons as neare toget!. i* -.a conveniently they can and every Person concerned therein i.--. duly to observe llie Rules Agreed ".pu,. for your Settlement in those Parts, and promised to he performed hy you ; and if at any time, you slmll diseoTer any Shii>ps or Vessells \\\m\ the Coast, that you immediately give Xotice thereof unto mee or send tlie T'ltelligence to tiie iiihah- itants of irnnvsciKt, who I have ordt'fed to rejiair hither, according as in yo' .rudgmeiits may l>ee thought the quickest dispatcii and the Persons Emjiloyed shall bee satislied for tlu'ir Paiiies. ftiven under my hand at /'w/ Jiiiiii.'t in Xrin Vorb; this .'10"' day of Vprill ItHi."). KoUKlir NllKDHAM. To Jiiclnt. GibhoiiH or wIk^io else this mav concern. New ^oih llidurical Iteconh. 899 Indian Deed fuu land nkak Kindekiidok. (Fort f)r»iigii Uccords. DcimIh 3.) Before mo Johnnnh Provoont, SciTetnry of the Oourt of Allmny niul Captain John Mamu'iKj appeured a i/«/(U'o/i*/('c Iiiilian, iiairied WattawU, proprietor of u wrtairi parcel of land, situate back of the Kirulerlumlt, wliicili iio dedareH in tlio jircsence of Jan Dnreth, acting im interpreter, to l\ave sold, ceded and convejed to Ei'iH fMijcaxiien, as he herewith cedett and conveys it. Tho aforesiiid land lies East of tho Kil and is half of the middle piccts ; he dt^clarcs, tliat he has given the other half to Vi>li'kert Janmn as a prcHcnt and token of his frietxiship to satisfy an old deht for corn, also that he renounces his right to the miildlo piece east of tho A7/ acknowledging /•?)!, rt Luyeanmm ami Volckert Jansm as the lawful owners thereof and to have received full satibfuc- tion from Evert Luyctissen. Thus done at t'ovt Albany, the «"' May 1065 Old Stylo. This is the mark llj *" of MAiTAwrr. made by himself. Tho mark [^^ of MrsiiUAMSEKCK, made by himeclf as witness. Joun MANjnNO. Tho mark of (1^^ of Orami" Snade, In my prescjneo, by himself aa witness. JoHANNis Provoost, Secretary. Jan Dakkth. An Aokeemknt made BErwEK.v Ricuakd Nkxx.i.s Esij"' (Joverno* under ms RoVAII. l!irillNK88E THE DuKE OF YoKK AND THE SaoUEMS AND PeoPLE CALLED THE Sacks Indvans. (Minutes of tlic Kingston Trustees.)* 1. That no Act of Ilostillity shall at any time bee committed on either piu-t or if any dam- age shall ha])pcn to lice done by cither Party to tin; (.'oriic. Cattle, Horses, Hoggs, Houses or any other GoihIs whatsoever of the other Party fidl »iati8fa(,'on shall be given upon dcmaml for tho same. 2. That if any Christian shall wilfully kill an liulyaii or any Indyan a ( hristian hcc shall bee put to death, And the said Sachems do promise on their jiarts to bring any such Indyan to ye otticer in Chiefo at the Sopfs, to receive his Punishment there. 3. That a convenient House shall bee built, where the said Indyaiis may at any time I.oilgo without the Ports of the Niid Towne, in which House y'' Indyansare to leave their Amies and uiuy come without mole.sta(;on, to sell or Buy what they please from the Christians. 4. That in (^ase any Christian shotdd kill an Indyan or any Indyan a Christian, the Peace shall not bee broaken or any Kevciiijc taken, before Satisfa(,'ou is dciaaiuled by the one Party and refuae\l by the other, allowing a competent time for the a]ii>rrliending of the Otiender, in which Case the Indvans are to give Hostage, till y" OH'cnder is brouj^'ht to Punishni', the said Hostage is to bee civilly treated aiul shall sutler no other Punishni'. but Imprisonni'. * Tliis is tlie only ilwumcnt naval from tlie W'iltwyck (Kiiijjston) Ueconls jircvioiis to Ki.St. According to an entry in the first volimn' of 1084, tliure have lii'on 'H volunifs of Jutili niimilcs which suoui to bu completely lost. It '♦"ii it' * •UM) I'i'! J'l'r' i Wf ■ Colonial SettlementH on the I/in/son lilver. 5. That tlio siiiil Siicliomn nixi tlu'ir Hiilijwts now pwiit tlo for niul in the nnniefl of tlicm- Hulvos (uitl tlieir lioir.w forever, jrivc, firiiiit, alicnutn nnd ('(.nHrme nil th.-ir \i\^\x\ uiid UwycM Clainu. or doinah.! to a cortaiuf Parn-!1 of Li.ul. Iviri^' and h.-ing to ti.e went and SonfhwcHt of a (Jurtanio Croi-ko or Klvt-r inllud hy tlio nuino <.f Au/„tni-mn & so up to tho liuiul tliorcf, where the old Ifort wa», And ho will, a .lireet line from thence through the woods and (,'ro8«e thj Mead- OW.W to tho (}reat Hill lyi„j^ and hoinj; to the Wo»t or Sonlhwest, which great Hill is to hee tho true we-,t or Soutl.we«t HonndH of tho 8aid Land>*, And the said Crt^ko culled Kahnuh.n, tho North and XorthoiiHt MoundK of tho Hiiid I.nndH herein mentioned, to hee given, granted' and wnHnned unto tho *.i,l lihfuird N!<;^h, (ioverno' under hi. Itoyal IlighncHHo tho Duke of ^ ork or his A-signes I.y tho Sache.im and their Subjects forover, to hold and Enjoy the siunc uh lu>» free Lmd and IVssossion against any Claynio hereafter to heo nmdo hy the .aid Sachems w their Subjects or any their h..ir..s and succosso". In token of tho afores' Agreen.en', the aforo- sanl Sachems do deliver two small Sticks and in eonfirnm9on thereof do deliver two more email sticks to tho said lii'hard Xicolls, And in tho name of tho Indvans, their Suhjc'ts. one of the Subjects d,. deliver two other round Small Sticks in token of their Assent to' tho said A^rree- ment. And tho said lih-hitrd Nicolh does deliver as a p'sont to their Sachems three Laced Ro.Id C'oates. •!. Tho said Saehoms doth Engage to come one every yearo and bring some of their young rcopl.. to Aou. 0. In consi.lerac;,,!. of tho p'misHcs, tho said Rirhard NicoUn doth further give and pay to the said Sachems and their K.ibjects forty Blankotts, Twenty Pounds of Powder, Twenty Knives Six Kettles, Twelve Ikrrs of Lead, which ])ayin'. weo a.knowledge to have received in "full satis^ fac.;on for the j.'misses And do bind Ourselves, Our hoires .V: SucrcBs" forever to p'forme every Part of this Agreem'. w"'out any fraud or leservavon of miiul... And further that wee will main- tayno an.l justifie the said lilchard NlcoU, or his Assignes in tho full it Peaceable Possession of tho said Tract of Land, Royalties and Priviledges forever iigainst any Nation of Indyans whatso- ever, p'tcnding right to tho samo; In testimony whereof. Wee have Sett our Markes to two Beveralo Writings, tho one to remaino in tho handa of tho Sopo6 Saohonis, tho other upon Record at Now York, this 7'" day of October 10(55. Witnesses, Ji-remhix van Ri'miKillcu'i', Philip I'iitffsrn Sehuijh r, Jiohert M'edham, S. Sdlinhiirij, Edm. Sackoile. Siichi Tho niarke of ^^~~) larke of i RiCU'l) NiOOLLS. Onaokatin. The marke of < Waposiikjjuhji'a, Tho marko of (|\ Sewakonama, Tl iiarki I of ^^-/-^ ScHE HEKVOTlN. Ktw York IliHtnrical Jiecorih, 401 Imlyiin WitiindwH, ot'tliu Kmdjh .1 ynwu^^ iiicn. I'kI'UIOKIIAIM ^"^ Tho markusof Uouim (Jinnaman Q <3 •' ■/'«''>''■< SHcIiem Kkmawmi .N /? Uywackuh 21< Sept. 25'" 1(!(1!). Tl.on. ap|...,iru(l tlio second aii-. l.;Ti tho undersi-n.Ml K.opus SaeluMus hav.. a-ain renewe.l tho p..a..> with iho Jin.jl,.h agreoahie to an or.ler fmni tho Ttight lI..Morah!c (ioveni.-r ^V///-/*-/ .lm//v,v and have agiun sigiu'd those Articles. Tho mark ..f ^^ S i:\vakk\amii-: The mark of (^ Asknkuack Sachems Iii.lian witnesses, oi the yoiuiy; peoi)le. Witnesses Thomas Cuamiikim (rKOkoi: IIai.i., SheritT CoKNKLIS WvNKooC J008T Aduvaknskn TJie mark ~1 of Tama.h William Askokobik. ,-, Testis O '^^^'''*'-' Wll.I.IAM LaMoNTA.INI:, .SVn and Advi.'o, I have found it necessary, That in the first riacc yo" make an Enijuiry into every man's Estate now dwelling w"'in the Limitts intended f,.r yt ir Towne and remitt the san-.e to my Con- sidera(;on, To the end, that w'" y" better E(iuality, the whole being divided into Lotts, even- man may have liis proporv'on of Lotts according to y" Estate wherewith heedotii value himselfe Rate- able in y" Assessments : The S.ioner yo" shall despatch ami send this ]?ri'viate to nice, the Sooner will yo' Settlement bee made and tliosc) IVrsons, wh.im I shall send to that purpose, will have a Shorter worke, my whole Endeavours being to lessen yo' Charge and increiuie ^u' Satisfacvon, whereunto I expect yo' full compliance and reinaino Vour loving fTriend Ilicu'a Nicoi.lb. To the Constable and Overseers of Westcliestcr, to be connnunicati^d to y" Inhabitants and farmers in and about 'SVestchester. MK Tnihan 1")i;i;i) nut T.a.m> i.v "\Vi:srcMi:sTi.:it (Town ok IIakrison) to John Rurm. To all Ciiristian People, Indians ami others whom it may Conccrne, that wee whoso names are hereunto subscribed living upon lludmn'n liver in America, Shonorafkii, Sageiiiore and RimMchjii,-M<\ Pathumj,'. Whereas wee have formerly sold a tract of Land unto :Mr. Jolnx, Rudd seiiiour bounded on the Sea on the South, on the North by ViHti-henter path and the name of the tract of Land is comonly called Apa>iiim!ii. And whereas wee liave sold unto the said Mr. Jolin Ri(dd twenty F.nijUsh miles northwards from the above s'' tract of Land, which is called New York Jlistorioul litcords. 403 Apauajtiin is the ahovo s" twenty I'.'mjli.h Miles Wee do afluiowledgo (Imt woo Lave sold unto Mr. John Itudd for Rungo for feed for Timber for ftrasing to liiiii and his heirs forever md now wee do aclinowledfere tliat we liave harj^ained sold and delivered, wee and every one of us for o' Ueire Exeeiitors and Assi-nes joyntly and severally unto John liudd his Heirs Execnitors and Assignes a tract of Land lying within the Compas of the ahovc s'' Twenty Fmjlli^h n.ilo bounded on tlie south by Westvhextvr iMth and on the East by the IHhid hrooh and on the "West by J/cnnori- nack river and the Northbound is sixteen Miles JuijUsh fmni We>,t,:h,ii(, ,• 2Htth up into the Country for which land weo liave received already in hand a Certaine sumo to the value of Twenty pounds starling for the above s'' tract for w*" laud wee are fully satisfied by the s'' John liudd flor the above s"" tract of land for the which woe do aclvUowled;,'e Mee have bargained sold and delivered unto John Rudd and his Heirs forever with ^Yarranty against all men J'.'nyJhh Dutch and Indians and do give him full possession and ])roiniso so to kcc]) him to the wliich I'.argaiue and Agreem' wee have hereunto set o' hands this day being the 21>"' of Aprill llHIG. Wittncs JosKPii IloKToN AVittnes John Rawi.s The mark ,_-^ of Cock 1:0 the Indian. Tlie mark ^— j of Suan()K(k;kk Tlu! mark ^ of lioMACKyuE The mark / of V.\ May 10'" ir.7;5 p' mo AlUUNG- JouN Ai.i.Yx Secr>' ( 'ollony of Connecticut. A Lkitkk wi{rrn:>f i.v v" Co\ kuno"- Oulku unto Mij. Tuomas Tkll, (H)nckunino lUS I.AM) I.V AVl:sT(lIKS'rER. o, Mkmokanock, July .'i'', l(l(;t). The Governo' having been Informed by Mv. IhlamU and others that vo" Complaine of very hard Measure that you have rec' in that bee disjM.selh of tl... Lands at Wcxirhr.hr and there abuu'l to which you pretend a Title; his Hon./ gave mee Order to acp.aint vou, that for s' present hee hath putt a Stopp to yVcdrhede,' Patent, as well as others tlu're about (althougii they have for some time laying ready for his Passing) That if you have any just Clayme to those' Lands or Exceptions I,, what hee doth, or is al t to do, you may deliver tbem'in to him. P.ut hce con- ceivetli, no Person hath a more Lawful! Power to dispose ther.'of, than hiuiselfe bv vertue of his Commission and Authority from his Poyall lligimesso And hee did believe the Trvall about i'onJnirx Nrrl; was a Sutlici.-nt President for tlie Clearing of the TitK; to the vest ; "llowever, Its his pleasure to heare what yo" can alleadge or obj.rt, so that you do it Speedily for he thinkes It not convenient, to leave thos(. matters much longer in Suspense; yo'' Answer "hereunto l)y the first oi)pertunity will bee expected. This is all I had in Chari,'e to deliver unto yo", So I subscribe S'. ^ J > Your humble Scrv' Matuias Nr'oi.i.s. 404 Colonial SeitUtnetUn on the Ihuhoii liivei: A Lktiku wurnicN ro the Constahlk ano Ovkkseeks ok WESTCiiEeTEK, concern- I.Nll THE DIVISION OK LAN'l). Gentlemen. I have acquainted the (iovorno' w"' tlio particulara wee disconrst about yesterday morning and liee hatii given me Order to retiiriie you tiiis Answer. Tliut as U> the Division of yo' Mead- owes you may j.roceed and malce it when yo" phrase, observing the order made by Mr. Ddavall and Mr. Iluhhard, That yon are to have so mueli of tiiat yo" call Mrs. Bridijcs's Meadowes, as was^ ordered by Mr. DelamU and Mr. Hubbard, but for the 42 acres by nattlenrakc Brooke, Claimed by the ten ffarnies, you are not to meddle witli them, they being for the accoumiodai;on of those llarmes, that are or shall bee settled there, who ai-e to bee concludeil tiiereby and to bee Bounded by the said Brooke, That after you have laid out to every lUU"' Estate ti Acres and to 2(10'" 8 Acres of good Meadow lying most convenient for each F-ott, Vou are not to make another Division, but leave the rest in Coni-.iion for an Encouragem' to others to come ami live w"' yo". This is all at p'sent from July 7"' ICCG. Yy„i. very loving ffriend Math IAS Nicolls, An Orhku to the Constaiu.k and Ovkk-heus ok Wkstchestek, FoniiinmNa them TO lOKIil'.AKE V'(.1VI.\U y" I.\IIA1UT"oK the 10 KKAUMES ANY KIUTIIKK MoLESTA^ON about TIIKIK ilEAUOW GUOUNDS. "Whereas I have forinerly given order. That the Meadow (injund lying between Iluichlnaon's and Batik- Snake Bvookt .shoidd wholly lielong to y'' Inhabitants of the Tenn ffarmes and that y'' rest of yo' Towne should no way bee coucernM therein, Notw"'standing w'''' (as I am given to understand) yo" have laid out particulars Lotts to other men out of the s' Meadow and have for- bidden those of y" Tenn Ifarmi's to ]\row there, these an; to rcipiirc and Connnand you, that you forbearo y'^ giving y^' said Inhabitants of the 10 iTarms any further trouble or :\roles"ta.;on in their Enjoym' of the said Meadow Ground and that yo" p'sume not to lay out Letts of any i)art thereof to other persons or f mid' any j/tence whatsoever yo" give them any tlisturbance in "their Mowing there or otherwise disposing thereof as they shall thiidve fitt as yon will answer y" contrary at yo' Utmost p'ills. Given und' my hand at ffort James in Aew I'orke f 1-i"' day of Julv KKU!. Ric'ii'. Nicolls. A Leitkk wmrrE.v lo Cait. Daniki.t, nuoADUicAD o.v iihhalk ok ■Maphew Blanchman ok Sopas. Capt. Bi'ondhiad. The Bearer hereof MafJum Bhiwlnnaii an Inhabitant w"' you having ]V"ti(,'()ned the Genor.all that hee may have leave to Binld a IIor,~e Mill, on a Small Spott of Ground (as hee alleadges belonging to no particular Barson) near a.ljoyning tolas House, which will bee for the betiefitt and commodity of tlie Towne in Geiu'rall as well as for his owik' ])articular; I am coniinanded by his II.Mio' to ac(jnaint you, That it is his j.leasure you shonid make Emjiiiry of the C.mmissaryes and Otlicers of the Towne, if the matter bee so as is wiggesKMl ; It it may prove no inconvenu-neo to the Towne, hcu may proceed with his designe .if Eiecling the Mill in th<-. ])lace iieo proposes New York Historical Records. 405 and it may boo confirmed to liim heroj Au Ace' whereof yo" are desired to Signify w'" the first oppertimity ; S'. Yo'. very Loving ftriend Ifew YorTce 17"" September lOOG. ^ Nia^LLs. Extract from thk Minutes ok a CuMMinKK ov the Classis ol- Amstekpam, Owobeu 18- 1066.. A letter from liev. John Mcgapokmis, pastor at Manhattan m New-Nellierkmd, addressed to tiie Kev. Classis of .Iv/w/mA///. and dated Aug. It)'", l.Kltl, was read ; it contained 1". A defense of his Reverence respecting the transfer of that place to the Ewjllah. 2". A report of the condition of that church, viz. : that there are between three and four hundred communicants and that the place together witii tlie surrounding villages is served by three pastors, viz. : Rev. John M,^ if Second of Gnat Britain, ff ranee and Ireland King Defend'' of the faith"etc Retween Capt. J'hUipp Vartcrd Esq. (Jovernot of the Pr.jvince of St-w J,r.^,y, John (hjden, Sen' & L>de Wattion oi Elhaheth To, mo in the said Province of the one ].arte and Ihnnell J'cirs,' of \,mh,rr:/ it his associates of the other parte Witnesseth. That the said (apt. Philipp Carteret, John O.jdon ^ IMv Wattxon for 6c in Consi.leration of the Sum ,>f fowerskt)re pounds Sterling to them in hand pairl by the sdd Daniel J\irse, the receipt whereof thev il„e hereby acknowle.lge and do by these i)'-sents fully discharge A ae.juitt the Slid Dani,/ /'eirse his beires, e.xeeut" it Administrat" forever, Have demised bargained and sobl tlie one M.-yety ..r half parte of 11 certaino tract of Land Scituate lying S: i)eing un the maine Continent of America it Com- oidy calle.1 ,.r known by the name of Arthur Cull or Amho,,le „r by what oiher name ,,r names soever it hath been or now is called, the w'" said tract of Land was lawfully purchased from the Natives or Indeans by y,*/(« /)',<;/,//, Daniel Denton ami the .said I.ulv ]V„t..on as bv the ,siid Rill .>f Sale from the Natives be ig date the '28'" ..f Oetcb'' 1(!(14 will more m. laru'e' appeare ; w'" said John Baihj and Daui, ienton have made over bargained and so . all tlu'ir Ivight, tytle 406 Colonial Settlements an the Hudson liioer. and intrest iii tlie said pureluiso vnto tlio iiforesaid PluUpp Carterd & John Ogdoih as will appearo by their bills of Salo viidcr tlu'ir Imiuls vpi.ii Ruoord ; To have h •(. hold the one nioyety or lialfe of the said purchase bogiuiiiiig from the Ilaratan River and soe to come Northward to Rawake River w'" is to bo the absolute bounds as fan- as the tydc doclh flow between the one nioyety of tlui purchase k. the other belonging to EUsahefh towtio and from thenco to Ruiin the same Lyn(i West into the Land w'" y- north and South Lyno as e.\i)rest in the said Indean bill of Sale etpiall with the other moyety belonging to EUzaheth towne aforesaid with all & singular Rights, tytles, intrest & Conveyance therevnto lielonging or in any manner of wise of Right appertaining together w"' all Rivers, ponds. Creeks, Inletts, bayes it springs and all other appurtenances what- soever to the said Bunid Pvirse and his Associates, their Ileires, Execut" it Admiuistrat" that lieo the said Ihinhll Peirse and his associates shall & may Tnioy all &: singular the before demised premises in as full it ample manner as the sai.l Capt. Cartent Jului (hjdon. Si Luke Watt.vm doe hold and init)y the same forever. In Witness whereof wee, the said Philipp Carteret, John 0(jdoih it Luke Waftfion have heer\-nto sett o' liands & scales the day & yeare first above written. Signed Sealed it delivered PniLii.i- Cakteket in the presence of William John Oudon Jlill, Charles Gillman & James BoUen. Lhkk Waitson Indorsed on the backside of the said deed as followoth : Wherciis mention is made in this Deed of Sale to Dunid Pcime and his Associates the said Daniel Peirse doth hereby declare it acknowledge that these persons whose nanus are hcer vnder- written are his associates and are to have an ecpiall privilidge it Share with him in that third parte of the whole of the said purchase, that is for the accomodation of the towne called Woodhridge except that hee the said Danid Peirse is to have the lii-st choyco for his accomodation ; vizt. Jo>o/.« liip wife comniing for hur moniiy at the s'' Broadheadti house, ho drove the s'' Bo'ix his wife, witli a beare kiiyll out ofE liis hou.so. 6. The Soukl' Geor(je porter, comminge in the Barne of i-"/'-)?^'/' ///Z^e&^-aw^s, and fuidinge there Dlrrh ILndrix, tlie s'' Porter, tooko liis sword ilc thrusted the same threww tlic s'^ Dirrk Ilendrives Breeches. 6. Albert Tleytnans Jioon, going with liis phmw yron towards the T'laits, was assalted l)y five Bould" whoe wouiuIchI iiim very nuicli, whereui)on 7. Tlie .souhiiers said .... the s'' Albert Ileymanii going .... witliout any Rea.son brouglit him to . . . Imprisonment was most griviously . . . wounded by Ith'luird Ilamer. 8. Two .souhi", f ranee Vreman and Il'/rt. FUher, comming to the Millers, to steale his hens, the 8'' Miller in defending of his hens, was by the s'' sould" beaten in bis owno house. 9. Harwell Ilendrieji v.as wounded in his Legge by Riehard Cwje, in soo much thai the s'' llariiien is lame unto this ])resent day, and that only because his (ioatcs where eaten by the sould". 10. It is happened ui)pou New Vear day, that Walrau dn Mont, haveing some friends & Neighbours to oat with him at bis house, where ujjpon Cap'. Broadhead comming in he treated the s'' Walrau very badly, and 11. herewith not being satistied, tooke the wife of I/ar/nen Ilendriex, from thence to Prison, in the Guards. 12. John Cornelinxen Smith, going alonge the Streete was assalted &. persecuted to bis verry fihop, ik was Lik'j i;i to have been murthercd, by Geonje Porter, but lie was hindered in his de.sseyn by franM Vreenian ; and the s'' (Seonje porter hath Likewise uppoii the s' day in open streete assaulted lioelof Swartwemt. 14. Coriufis /iarentsen Slegt, beinge by Cap'. Broadhead v(!rry il! Treated, in his owne house, was afterwards by the s' (^ap'. forced to p"!> )n, and bis amies by force taken out of his house, W'' still doe Remaine by the s'' Cap'. Broadhead. 15. Andrie.'i Pieteraen being at the said time in the house of the s'' Sle(jt, was beaton by Chrintofer Berre.sfort w"' his halbard that the s'' Andries fel downe in a sounding and was in great danger of his life. 16. And Jlendriek Cornel i,s:si n Lindrayer,\s, by William Fi.'s.'',e, and !o bi; maintained iji o' Rit-bt, so Remaii nope minge 408 rf' u Li. „ i;-«f-^ Colonial Settlements on the Hudson Jllvei: Thomas Chnmhnts Oai.'. an,! ovorseor, and Eoert I'd, overseer, are hereby autlioriscd by the Court to acquaint Cap'. liromUwnd, tl.o answer of y" L.babitaiit.s, tlmt Corndi, Barcntsen ^kght by hiin Imprisoned, niiglit bo Releahod out ..f bus Imprisonment, for to prevent further trouble it dangei' ; ami in case the afore said Conielia Barentsen Sleot, hatli offended the s" Cap' Zfw«./W, that the s" Broadhead (; according to the (^overno" order :) should sue liim to the Court, for to be examnied and Corrected, dated in WUtiDijck this ,V day of Felj>. 1007. Wm. Beeckman Jan Joosten IloKI.oF SwAKTWOtPT. In answer to this above standings, Cap'. Broadhmd Replyes, that he will keepe Cornelia Najht m apprehension, as Longe he thincksguod, and in ease the Iidiabitauts will fetch him by iorce, that ho would waight uppon them, dated in Wiltwyck this /^ off Feb>. 1007. Thomas CiiAMnurrs Right Honorable. ^'''^"''' ^^^^ Youi humble servants and Souldiers hath made hold to I'rescnt yo' honour with these few lynes and to give yo" a a more cleaicr demonstration of our Hrst proceedings and tlie testimonies of all those men that were of both y' j-arties Comande.l by our OtKeer in Chiefe the which they will all testiffie upon oati>. The first p.irly of men was Commanded by Sergion Bcrsford from the gaurd, to the Rurgers house, by Cap'. Brodluadowers. All what is before herein mentioned these men herein named will testaffie upon oath the which is nothing but y° truth and (lu^ very truth. The names of tlio party of men that Cap'. Brodhead Comanded with him. Corjirall Ilamer. Georye Hall. Samxiell Oliver. Tlioindu Mathewes. Wdlitnn llorton. Hum. forg'tmn. Will, fflnher. CoMl-'" AOAINST CaI'''. HKOADHKAn. • Tyerk ClauH'Vi. Saiih y reason why Cap'. BrtHuVuad abused him was because hee would keepe Clirist- niiifl day o;: y" -lay aecustomary with y" Dueh, and not on y" day according to y'' Eiujlish observa(;on. Cap'. /)'/'(;(/(//tt(/'. Broadlmiil owneth y" same, hut saith y" llarmam wife called his sister whore, w'^'' occasioned y'' (piarrell. The Durgers brought into y Court a paper to excuse their being in Armes, ani y reason y' induced them t,. it they say, was because Cap'. Brondlwad an(ly>> soldiers threatned to burno y>' Towne and all y' was in it, and alsoe because Captaino Broad- head had committed their Searjt. being a 13urger of the Towno to y" Guard a prisoner and had misused and cut him, w"' nunle his wife and children run about ye Towno and cry murder y= EtujUsh soldiers had killed their father. llcnrij Pawling Sworne, Saith Article 2". ^ That Covndi>< Barnson, Vrlan Wc,^ffhry Forginon swoi'ue. Saith being once at y house of Albert Hymens with William Fisher, hee heard Albert New York Ilidorical liecords. 411 8fty j» if y° Bur^era would l)eo riikid hy liim, lioo would not loiive iin Englishinaii alive in tho house, (iiid tliiit if tlicris any disturbaiu'c againo liuu would proBecuto him selfe let y' Magis- tratCH doc! what they would. Frederick Uumeij swonie. Ilee heard Albert Ihjnuns Bay that if the Knglwh had any quarrel! againo with them, they would \ or 5 fall upon one Englishniau, as y" Knijllxh had done to y"". But Albert IhjtM'ttH utterly denyeth all. Another complaint was brought in against Albert ILjmeiui & his sonn & eouzen hut y" Court understanding that hee had bine lined for it by y" civill Magis- trate would not p'mitt it to bee prosecuted. These rerboua Aceknowledged to l)ee in Arnies. Gkrhh' Akte. John Baknson Akian Gl'neson Jan Janson Van OvsriOKiioi n Anto. Dalva AuIENT IIlillKIJTSON. To TUE RioiiT IToNoi-RAHLK (Ikn«ai,i, Ki.ii. iXiioi.r.s (iovEKNKu OF iiiB Majkstiks TEunoKiics In A.meuica. TuE Testimonies or vo" Hon" Sorr.DiKus in fokt Esoi-ks And noiiiin(i iut what TIIEY WII.I. TKSTIKIi:, lI'dN OATH : aceord Imprimis. A i)artie of five men being commanded from tho gaurd, by Sergion Jierisfard, jcording to Cap'. liroadfuade.s order, to tlie Biirge" house, where comeing they found him f siiid h'oa'. Chaiiil>,-rs commanded tiiem in tiier amies, to lett them understand yo' hon" eom- mand, concerning marching U) fort Albanij the last winter, the said Anthony »w'k\ that we goo and fight with our friends and leve our eniiuies att home. Gio. Jlnll. 0. They sent for Cap'. l'/iainbtr)i to his house who comeing to them commanded t: .tn to returno p 412 Colonial ScttlemeniH on the Hudson liimr. with thor nnne8 t.) thcr lioiisus tluy woul.l not, but n^pl^T.l tl.oy would have tho hurfjer out of tlie gaunl, thon ho conioiny to us to y- ffnur.1, sai.! they woiv u fo.nimi.v of Stiil,on, Kon-'CM and wouhl not bo coMian.kMl by ],i:.. \r[„;.. Mpou liu saiil ho vvoul.i havo r.otlnng to d..o wFth mAi inutinMs HoM^..-8, and rot,.n.,.d fo hi. own., house they remaining in fheir amies uutill about 8: or 0: ol the Clocli that nit;lit. All y" Holdiers in (icnerall. 7. Cap'. Chamhera Bald in his owno house I.. /■•,l,r„r,l Whitun- anuj Cooke. - .. ^,^^ Article. Tlie second Itivhard Flamer. party. Sam. Oliver. Geo. Hall. ]\ ill. llorfon. A 11 ,.0 t! II All y" bold vers see it. Jlum. Jrorgismi, Tho. Mathews. Will.fi.sher. Geo. Porter. The whole Soldyers Tho first party. Tho 7 men. Att the Redout. >Sa//i. Oliver. Eudorsed Tho Soldiers Testimonyes In Gencnill. and y" 7 men in p'tieider. Ti New York JliHtoriail /iewrdu. 418 An KXTKAc wift^ t)f Conieliin Biirnnon SUiyht mid licr ilauglitur coiiniliiiiiud \n y' CViurt, that Cnj)'. Jiroiulfunul hud grii)v«»ii(tly I'ut buutu and wdiindud Cornelius Jiaradmni, hur luiMbatid in his uwiii) lioiisi^, uiid 3'' liL'o liud iilsoti I'umittt'd liiit body clouu uuntiuud ti. guard mid wmld not rcleiidu him. UlHm w'"" y° Court ordcrud }' }" Courts incsHingur Bliould Ih'o sunt, to reqiiuHt Cup'. Broad- head to coiiio to y" iMiirt iiiid tho h'' iiiiwrtiuger rucuivud tliw foUnviug auswi-r, Tliat if y" coiiiis- Biiry would Hpuako wilii hiui thi^y might I'oiiio to liim, thuii y" liurgern hoiiig in ariiios, tho court eiideavorud . . in them lay to pruvont any further danger, and tlu'ii'Upon ordcrud y' Cap'. Chiiinliern lO h'ri-rl I'do to dcsyro C'apt. Ih'tmdhvad. to reluiino y" said Burger from y" Guard & if y" said L'i)riuiittn JJarnnon had any wise oU'endod lu ii, lieo wliold aeeording to y" tlovern" order coniplainu to tliu Maient rates, who would boo that heo make batisfaction or he punished accunliiig to ye merritt of his erimes. I'ut when y" said 2 Cummissaryes had delivered the missage to Capt. Jiroiidhidi/, heo made tliem lliis answer, tliat lieu would Ki'e[ie the said ('uriullun as long as lioo pleased and if they would t'utch iiim, hrr would ho reaily to waite for tlieni. Tho Court alsoe useil many arguments to y" liiii'gers were in amies to goo ipiietly wliomo to tlieir houses and went p'sonally tiieniselves to persuaclo them, y' they should not doe any thing against y" Jlililie, hut lold them they would adross their cause to y° lion'''" Govern'. Then the lnirgers told tliem y" ^fagistrates, that Captaine llroadhcad k, more of y" soldiers had many tynios threatened to huriie tlio Towno and tliat with other reasons moved them to upj)eHro in their amies and ihertoro tluty rotpiostod to hee ini|)owred hy their Maicstrates to eon- limie iu tlieir amies. IJut tho said Maicstrates uterly deiiyed the same. h TiiK BrKdKKs TIkarons & Confesbio.v of Tn::!K bkis'o ix Akmks. Woo whose names are l-.ere underwritten, inhaliitants of tho Towne of Ktopix doo certifyo «fe aekow!e- l/uratniiKj of if inlUltia formerly to hunw ttj) the Towne and through their beating their driimni and their further saying they would hurne y" Towne and y' was therohi, tho aforesaid motives and resniis moved us, that every one of us without onh'r of Ilunjer or olHeer did take our Weapons in li and not knowing otliorwiso but this might bo tho beginning or fori-- rniiner of the utter Unein of the towne by y'' millitia and that they would doe with us what they pleased, ius they had done with several p'soiis ^OIlee y" Governoiir went from hence, as is p'ticulerly mentioned in our remonstrance to liia honiiour dated this 2^'" Aprill ItltiT In y" towne of 11 dd- wijeke. TvKltt'li Cl.AUSK.y DK WllT TlOT?;!* IIkLIUKA.N rZKN C'(UiNKLUS KMNCIIAUI) PErKii AiuENso.\ John "Willia.mzkn Coiur. IIooiibome Lamui HI IIiiiKinsoN IIk.nhkick !N[AurKNSEN John Jacoiis BrKiiANd GlOKliAr KKOWKEK AkO MaKTINSKN IIeNU. AkI ANSON Tunis Jacoiwon Pahlus Paulskn AVai.kav De Mont 414 Colonial SeUlevmnt^ on the Iliulmii, River. AnI)UI1:8 Ph-IKKHON AuiAN (rKKITHo.N VkiaN WiSIKAI.l. John CoKNKI.Il.iKN John IIiiMHiix ItoLoj-ii IIkndkilks ClaI!8 (JlAI mix KKUKDlt. I'fclKHHDN DUKICK llKNIilUtlKSKN TllOM. VAN iNlAUKEN Jan Janskn Ai.iiKur Janskn Y. Htkknwvck John I!aunt8on John Aduianhon AdUIAN IIlllKUTSKN ifKKANo. La Ciikim John Ldiiman Thomah IIaumon/.kn BaKNAKU JloLHTKN, 34. ». Tmi-; I'KdfKKDiNos or ■ini; OoiruT. At u Court held in j" Towne of KmiiuH iits WiU tiu,rl- iipoii tlic Sf., 2(i fz 27.1iivofl of Aprill A" 1067 by virtuo of n Cornission from y" Riglit hono'"«Co)Ion" R;,-/,nr,l Mrolh, (Jov.rr.' undor hm Koyall liiglnu-Hs tlio Dnl-e of Yorkr of m11 his torritoryis In America, (iiven to dapt. Robert AW,f/„Nn & :\[r. nowa-s D.himU Fscj two of his hou'"' I'rivy (Joimcc.ll an.l Mr. CornelhiH van Rni/ren one of liis Ma'"' Jur^lices of y" i,eac.,- and were ])resont thu Sehoiit & Comis«lrve^* of v" Biiid Towne. ' Articles a^minst Atf^rt Ilijimnn of Ksojtxs. 1. Tiiat tiie said Albert //i/nu'iwvrm the occasion of the tirst rehelli„ns Mntiney in y" E't mutiny hein^' Iiimselfe in armes and Hinco thiit'tymo liath spoken very dangerous words to y- j.reiudice of his Ma"'- suhieets an.l peaceahlo Kovenin'ient I.V contrary to his outli of Alegienee. That hee was y" occasion of y" first nmtin.;v is I'n.ved U Klmard fr, nrh npon ();itii, wlio saith : Thaty" said Albert //////)«(,« wounded ,.iie IhmhU Il,if. nrortl, in v" li.ui.l f,,r demandiMir Ids provisions and calling him and more of ns the soldiers in K-*oj„(s Sh/hnns [sohelm, rascal) .^inin (scnm) und more of y" like pro\oking speeches. ii. That hee was in y" second mntiney is l.y himselfe confessed in a douhle mami.r and y' hec was then in his amies is owned l.y his siirneing y" petition and secon.lly y' hee confes.sed the leitteiiant comanded him it y" r.'.st to lay downe their armes and goe home w''' hee did not and therefore needs noe more to prove him guilty. ;?. That hee spoke since wry dangerous it mutinous words is proved hy v" Oathes of 2 wit- nesses, Ilntiiplui ij ffor(jii<,,n and tf'rr.hflrk- Hiinsrij. IIunq>hr,'resent his peece against Capt. Iiroiiued by Gi'onje Poitvr SiDu' Ollwr m\i\ luhrnnl Slidflliton and y' hee was tiie occasion (.f y" tirst Mu- tiney liy ipiarrelling with Dan', liulterirorth is owiii'd hy his father aid y' hee was in amies the last mutiney is owned tiy his owne hand vnderwritlen in y'' General acknowledgment. \'pon wliieJi Complaints and infonnaijon of his Ma""" otKeers in the Garrison of &>pus against y" I'.urgers it inhaliitants thereof and it heing evidently ])roued and made appeare that at •2 seuerall tymes a Considerahli; mimlier of the said liurgers were gott together in Amies without or Comand of their olHcers in very dangerous riottons and muliiious manner coiitrarv to their diitv and alegiance to our soiieraigne T.ord the King and the jteace of lliis gouernmeiit. And vjiou strict and serious e\amina(;on wee have found that Antonio Dn/ni, A/ln /■/ Ibj- tmrnson, Covndlus Barnxon and Ari< nt Alhi'rtnon are guilty of the said Kebellions and Mutinous Riot and therefore^ for the min-e peaceable (iouernnieiit of this towne for y" future, wee doe tliinke nieete to carry downe tlu^ foure aliovemeiu/oiied persons t Land to belong to their Homo Lotts for planting land. The rest of the Woodland is to lye in Comon. r>y Order of y°(Joverno' M. XicoLLs, Secretary. Minutes of a Commtttke of Tni; Ci.assis of Amstkkoam, Af(irsT 27, KifiS. Rev. Ihfinan Jilociii, who was sent by our Rev. Classis as pastor to l.sopus in Xrii'-Xd/ier- land in the year KUiO, has now returned. He has given an acconnt of his experiences and exhib- ited a lawful dismissal and ■:. good testimonial. lie re';/(7/.«/.v (having been a mini-'^tcr here aiiout 1!) years at the time of the capitulation of this jilacei. has not as far as wc know, behaved in any other manner, than was becomi.ig to a faithful subject of the States-(ieneral and of the W. L Company and to u pious and godly mimster. In everything he has ;il ways api>eart'd (o us to exhii)it these traits. In testinH)ny of tiie truth hereof «e have affixed our signatures on the Island of Manliattans in Xew- Yi>i'k, formerly New-Amsterdam, Aug. 27, lt!t'>8. Oloff STi:vi:N8nN Van Coktlandt. P. Stiyvesant J. S. Vanuik GiiiFr. Timothy Gauky Isaac Gkevknkact Nic. De Mkykk Nbw Yoi'li Historical Reci/rih. 417 A L" To Mk. Phillip Pieters (Schuyler) reoakdino iiia claim to the land in THE New Village (Slit. 3, 1068) M". Phillip Pikters. 1 (iHi Coniiindud by tlio Govcriu/ to acquaint you Tliat lio intends (God willing) to bo at EsopuK vpon Wednesday next come Seiiiglit w'"" will be the Three & Twentith day of this month, where he expects yo" should meet him it bring w"' you the Claynie or j)retcnco of (roonen Ger- 1-iUs Volckert Jans or any oth' of ylftrt«y to the landsin the iV't'w/^or/^cat/i/'o.w*. He intends then to issue then all differences it Contests about those lands it to lay out anothe'' Towno To w"*" end he will take . . as Survey' w"' him. I shall wait upon the Governo' thith'. I will bring w'" ine y' Lrcs of ]Jeuiza(;on yo" spoke to mo for. This is all at p'sent from S' Yo' humble servant Math. Nicollb. An Oroer for the brinoino of the Claymes to the land at Esorrs. All mann' of ])ereoiis who have any Clayino or p'tonce to any lottsor landsat the New Durpe at Efiojius or to any other lands there adiaeeut And all oth' p'soiis who came over into these partes w"' the late (iovern' Coll. Jiichard Nicollx or to whome he hath jironiised land & have now a myndo to settle themselves the finst are to bring in their Claimes or p'tcnces it the latt' their names to the Secretaryes oflice in the Forte by the Tenth day of this instant Jlonth, the Govern' intending to goe up to F^Kupun the latt' end of the next weeke to settle matt" concerning the s'' New Dur])e it partes adiaccnt aforesaid it to cause lauds to be laid out thereby to such, oth" as have had promisses for the same »t resolve to live it settle thereon. Dated at New Yorko the 5'" Septbr. IGOS. ]^.y ord' of the Govern' ^Iath. Xicolls. Seitbr. 215" 1(508 At Esorrs. Memorandum, That this day three of the l'}«>puK Sachems, wlio had sould the Groat Tract of Land there to (iovi'rn' JSi'irolh accompanyed w"' divers oth' Indians came to the Gov' and brought the (,'ounterparto of the deed of purchase desiring to Continue rrieudship which was then llatifyed. Order for UEicriM; y" Wahu ai' v" (ilard at Esoits. To Mr. Bi rlxfot'd Comand' of the Souldiers at Kiojnin. For the furth' Incouragem' of y'' stcling the furthest planta(;on w''*' is to consist of most Sou'dicrs, I due ord' that tlu' Military (inard hitherto maintained by the Souldiei-s be discharged of that duty it that the Townesman of tlie Sen are to kee]) their watch, w''' foriiicrly was maiu- tainwl by them oTiely y'' Judouht is to be maintaine•- ford Comaml who is rctpiired to sec it executed according to the true meaning of this my ord'. FuAN. Lovelace. KiojMin, L'o"' Septbr. 10(58. 53 418 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson liivev. HI! An Answer to the Debiuks of tub Inhabitants of the Ebopus ticnokkd to ME 24"* OF Septembek, 1668. 1. To the First conuoniing the Boiindaryes of tlie Dorp „f Fsopus my ansW & opinion is that I coneei ve tlio extrenietj of tlieir land as to a N. W. Ijno to hu the utnio.st hounds „m that lync And then a Ivno drawne S. orS. k by East from the Sopus Kill in strai-ht lyne to iho LWouht KUl to be tlie true boundearie of that Dorp on that side, .*c there to he-inne tlio ly mitts of the next Towne. 2. To the Second concerning the Swamp lying und' tlio Towne inv order is that it remain to the use of the towne of Sopus onely what my pMecess' Coll. Nivolls has already allotted to Mr. Paa-hmj w'" all with this provisoe, that the Towne in the next spring cause a sulHcient Drainc to be made whereby the Valley may be made dry v.t Conscjuently healthy otherwise I shall dis- pose thereof to such as I am Confident will doe it. 3 For the Preachers Bowry w^" is at the New Dorpe it being not w'" in their lymitts I conceive it conecrnes them not since I am resolved to make that a\listinct Towne &' to those that shall settle there it properly belongs to clayme the right if any be though since it be forfeited to his Royall Jlighnesse by an Escheate I see no reason, why he should be deprived of his right. 4. For the Quartering of the Souldicrs & providing them their ].rovisions I am willing (since it i)roves a burthen tu them) to case them in that perticular & shall take to send them pro- visions at my arrivall at Xew Vorke, till when I thinke it reasonable, that they provide for them as formerly. 5. Concerning the constraining of Sonldiers to j.ny their iust debts, I thinko it reasonable, that they should doe it, Provi.led that the OfHeer that Comands them be first accpiainted with it, before tlicy are sumoncd to the Bancke, who will take care that in reasonable tyme satisfaction' ehall be given to the Creditor or else to l)e left open to y^' Law e.piall w'" the rest of the Inhabit- ants, hvx w'" all I desire that tiie Inhbts will be carcfull not to trust the Souldiers w"'oiit a prob- able power of their Repayment. 6. As to their last Desire concerning the irousc where Mr. Bvrexfonl lives I refer them to ^•' ord' made by my p'decess' the late Goveruo'' bearing date the 7"' dav of August lOOS. EsojuiK, 2(j"> September 1GG8. The NA.MES OF those that Com.. Xieoi.i.s i>"mi8EI) land Now 'inKui.;. Jul ii'd I'll Priiv TO AT EsorUS liKINI Chr'iMoph, I' Bi risfnrd, Serg'. 'T/uniKix Quennill lik-h. Cay,' Geo. Hull Iiiil). J'tiii'oi'k Frederick Iluasey ILnrij J 'aid in Edward WJidtahr Tlidtnan Jfafliewn Atdliiiiiij Coohi Samuii Olirer George Porter Those that are Cro.-t finde themselves ].rovi,-i..nM. n«i. lloiiijhton Tlioiiiax F.hjt r John Bi[iring, when each persons dividend of land belonging to his lott shall be sett forth for their settling thennipon. Hereof tliey are not to faile. Given under my liand at Empus this 2G"' day of Septemb'. Iti08. Fban. Lovelace. An Oku" fob the peovision of Planks, hoards &c. fob v"^ settlixo y" fuetiiest New Dobp. Whereas a Ilesolu(;on is taken to settle the furthest New Dorjic or Village witli all con- venient speed k in the first place it being recpiisite & necessary to make some place of defence for the w''' thi^ro will be occasiop of Plankcs ife oth' materials. These are to authorize and enii)Owcr yo" Ihnrij Pcudhnj .m the behaU'e of yo'self »fe the rest that are to settle there to take such Plaukis, boards it otli' materialls as yo" shall tindo fitting for that purpose; at the next Dorpe from any Two of the watcbliouses or fower Flankers there belonging to the I'ublicpie it being nearest at liand it to see them imployed for the use aforesaid. In the pcrfourmance whereof the Sellout it Commissaryes are desired to be aiding it assisting to yo" in providing of such Carts it Ilorsi's as may be reipiisite for their transporting to tluj said New Dorpe And fur soe doeing this shall be to yo" a sufficient warrant. Given uiid' my band at Em])H», this -JO"' day of Sep- tember A". Dcni. lti(!8, Fkan. Lovelace. i. The names of those PEKst)Ns that ake willino to take theiu luvinENOs of LoiTS AT THE FlUrHEST XeW DoBl'E. "We who have hereunto subscribed o' names, are willing to take o'' Dividends of Lotts at the Furthest N^ew Dorj)e or Village, when tiie (ioverno' shall please to L'ive order for the laviuir them out unto us. Dated at Enopjix the 2(j"' day of Septendjer ICiCiS. Tuo. Ql VNNELL KoiiT. 1 >IlKl:KSrAFFE Jn". BBKKiS FkEDEUU'K IflSSEY IIknivV Faulino Anthony Cooke Samiki. Omvkk EnwAKii WnrrrAKEB Thomas Mathewh Tho. Skim.man Cokni:lis AiisoN Davkv (^bawfokk Chbistofek Bekisfoei) (ifokoe II all The marke R\ ot' Rout. PEArooi;. The marki' "vO- of Wm. llor(,nToN AvEKT y-TT Fkick Thomas Klokb Geokoe Poutek Anthony Addison .In". I'lME VVm. Fisui:i! .In". If ENDIilCK Uu'h" Caoe. "^20 Colonial SeUlements on the Hudson River. InBTRUCTIONS to the ScHOUT and the rest of the C0MI88AKTE8 AT Esopus. To" are with convenient speed to remove y' Palisiuloes & place tliem at the extremity of yo' Towne where the new addition is made ife to open tiie Coming in of the Towne in the middle of it as is designed. Tlie jihiee for buriall mnst be Impaled as likewise the place for a Townehonse. The Jlorasso tliat lyes nnd' tlic Towne yo" are to take care that it be drayned, whereby the place will not onely De improved to be bett^ bnt it will Contribnte much to the health of the place. That according to the Agreeni' made before me you goe on w"' the fence betweene you «fe yo' neighbours on the other syde, That there may be no further occasion of difference on that Account. Yo" are to bo very Circumspect in observing the motions and Inten^ons of the Indians especially those of tl,e Waphujoe.^ who ai-e now gone to ioyne w'" the MohawU against the Alahikondera. Yo" are upon all convenient opertnnityes to give me an account of the welfare and affaires of this placr ic if any thing happens extraordinary to send an express. Yo" are to take care for the .juartering y Souldiers till such tyme I can send thetn provisions w<^ will be w'" the first oppertunity & likewise to live friendly & peaceably w'" them & to assist them in what coineuiently you can towards their planting the New Towne. Fran. Lovelace. A warrant to the Constaui.e of East Chest* to Ai-nEUENn such person as tkavkll on the Sunday. Whereas I am informed that severall itersons not regarding the Lawes do presume to profane the Sunday or Lord's day by travelling, lab.juriug ,,r other Vicious waves to t!ie great Scandall of the Goverma'. These are to authorize yo" the present Constable or Officer at Eastchtxter to apprehend any such person or persons k to byndo him or them over to answer tliei; ofience & contempt at the next Comt of Sessions, where yo" are to mako a due returne of their name it present their misdemeanour. Given uud' my hand at Fort Javiea in Neuo York this 28"' day of October lOOS. ^ To Samudl Drake at Eastchester. Order directino Henry I'awli.sk id i.av out Im^ at the " FnjTHKaT Xew Dorp at Esopus" (JLvuiiLirrowN). Whereas I am informed that some of y Persons who have leave to settle at ti-e furthest Aew Durp at K.opm, have a desire to g..e there this winter. These are to authorize iV' aop.ant you Ihur,, Paulnuj w'" the first Conveniency to lay out to su-h person their respective Ilouse Lotts m the place aforesaid, for the doing whereof this shall be yo' warrant. Given und' my hand at fort. Jaw,^i< iu N,,,, Y„rke this 9'" day of November 1008. To Mr. Ihnrij Paalimj. Nexo Yorh Historical Records. 421 Council Mikute. Disputk over land betwen the Town of IIaklem ani> John Archke. Novbr. 6, 1668. At a Spcciall Meeting appointed by the Governo' to heare a Matt' in Difference between The Tniuibit" of New Haerlem '\ by Dan. Thirmer, Jim. Verveelen \ Pits. Resolved Waldron & y° Constable John Ariher Deft. Tlieii- Petiyon by way of Plaint ia read & their Patent produced. The Def denyes any Clayme to y'' Lotts upon the Maine No. 1, 2, 3, 4, w"" w* hee is charged, but hath purchased Land near adjoyiiiiig that was the Yovncker Van iler Doncks. It being taken into Cc:;sidcra(;on, It was order'd that the Deft, doe bring in the Pa' for the Younch'rs Land in 15 dayes time, w"" what Right hee hath to the Land, where hec hath built, at w"^"" time sonic Persons shall bee appointed to view the meadow belonging to Harlem upon the Maine, and to make Report how it may bee preserved from the Def* trespassing on it ; w'^'' said Persons shall also bee ordered to view the Passage of Spiting Demi, how it may bee made con- venient for Travailers and Delft of Cattle, y" fferry at Ilarlem being found incommodious and not answering the Ends formerly proposed. ****:« ..********* November 21^', 1668. Present The Governo' Mr Mayo' Mr Bedloo Mr Boone The Secret'' The Order] : Whereas by an Ordir of the C"" Instant Jnn. Archer was appointed to make out his Title to the Land, where hee is now seated and liaving accordingly appeared but not clearly made it out, Hee having noe liill of Sale nor i'xiiids setting forth his Purcluise, It is this day Ordered, that the said Jno. Arche' have farther time till y" 14"" day of ffeb"' ne.xt to cleare his Title; In y'' iiieantime hee is m '. . laine where hee is without Molesta^on & giving noe di-tnrb- anco to his Neighl)oiir8. It is likewise Ordered, that in pursuance of the former Ord' some Per- sons shall beo appointed to view y" Land, where Jno. Archer now lives & the Meadows belonging to Ifiirhni upon the Maine, iia also about tlie Passage at Spitinij DevV for y'' conveniency of Trav- ellers and p'servac^on of Cattle upon the Island, w' en the fferry at Harlem is to bee removed. (*) John Archer according to the Order of the 6"' Instant appeared to make out his Title. An Okokr foij six of the Soit.oieks at Esoits to ooe to workb weekly at the FiKruKST Xkw Dukpe. Whereas It is intended that the I'urthest Neio Durpe shall be settled w"' all Convenient speed. There are to rinpiire yo" ujion the receipt hereof tt) ajijioint six of tlie Souhiiers und' yo' Com- and to goe each weeke to worko there or to send »fe take provisions ahtng w"' them, who are to be I ''M'd the following weeke by si. x other Souldiers ife so to take turnes successively weeke a.*.' WM!ko until further urdcr, (iivcTi und' my haml at Fart James in N. YorJce this O"" day of Isovf'uiix'r i()t!8. To Mr. Chrisfofer lierififord at Esopus. * .\s (■(iiiiini>siiiii('is iiiiiUr ihiri oritur Jinh IHi-hbt// ot Mtimnfititvk, W'm. Liwrmce 'tt Fhishing, Jnoiuen Cortil- lenu of Nete Utrecht, HeMihed Waldroti of Uarlenn and Thomas Wundall were appointed Febry 83, 1669. 422 Colonial Setilementa on the Ilutlmn River. I ' An order conceknino tiik taxks to be i>.\in in West and East Chester. Wliereiis I am informed that tlie Farmers at Emtchester and otliers who have pcrticular Patont.s for soverall paroells ..f Lmd w"'iii tlie lymitts and Jiirisdicc.'on of the Towno of West auvt<^r do refuse to pay then- Projiortions towards tlie C-eiierall Pattent lor tlie Towne A- other Pul)Iiqiie charges incumbent upon the said place, These are to certcfv, that it is the duty of all p'ticnler p'sons w'Nn the lymitts it iurisdiction of the said Towne to boaro their parte 'or pro- pon;on ot all such publi(iue char<,'es their pcrliculer Patents notwithstaudin-. Given und' my liand at Fort James in New Yot-ke this 17'" day of November 1668. To I he Inhabitants of WentcheHter &c. ^' '^''^"=''^*^*=- Tiik Govkkno'"' Liii; to the Officers and Soi'luiers at Ebopits. fientlciiieii. riavin- liov, j.aid yo" of thos fi months last ])ast so y' yo" cannot j/tend any obstructions to the seMin^' tlie new Plantatjon I have laid ,.iit for yo", in w'" I (h'sire yo' vigorous cndeaV tliat so by that tyme 1 shall ., me up to yo^' w'" (w'" (Jod'H permission) will be as sooiio as that weather will p'mitt I may see some fruites of yo' J.;,b(,ur yo" may be sure of all the Countenance & assist- ance I can afford yo" & I sliaii expect nothing from yo" but a Civill Comportment. I doubt not but by your vcrtuous endeavours it (io.Ps blcssino „ii yW labour to give a comfortable account of yo" to his Royal! lliglmesse who (I know) will be very well satisfyed w"' vour undertakings & the benefitt it content will needs redound to yo' future felicity, w'" as no man wishes more than iiiyselfe, so none shall promote it more than FoH James in N. Yorke the 17"' of Novbr. 1G68. Yo' idlectionate frein.l For the OfKc .rs & Souldiers at Fopns. ^' ^^''■' ^^^'=^- An Ouu" excusi.vg the Imiahitants of EAsnmEST" from i'avino a.vo roNTKnurriNo to any oth" Townks. Whereas the Inhabitants of Kaf^tch.^^trr are men.,onc(l in a former Order to be Ivable to i)ay towards the Gen" Pattent of yo' Towne vV other publ„,ue charges Incumbent vi,on'the place a's being w'"in yo' jurisdiction Fpon further Inforniatioii it consi.lcracon tbeivup.wi bad tint they are a di.stinct village of themselves by their Pattent, th, ugh in some tilings depending upon your lowiie & that they receive no benefitt or privileges from ;o' Towne, thev having likewise beeiie at considerable charges in making & repairing the Iligliwavs about them witlioiit anv help from you, I think It reasonable, that they should be excused from ( •ontiibuting to these ('barges w-' c to make a tiniio jn'ace w"' y" Miviiii'.f «(• Sijnni'krx. I doe very well approve of what yo" have already done & do tliinke it conveident that their deHigne of peace shoidd he eneonraged it promoted w"" all speed To w"' end you'l do well to send some C!hristian w'" yo' Indians (Imt at their charge) to see y'' same agreed it Conclndcil npon. If yi>" are not provided better I thinke Vhrintofir Daviea may he a tilt person to receive instnie(,'on.s from yo" therein it to be a witness of what shall be done vV" when it shall be effected at his it the Indians n^turne back, I shall expect an Account thereof here, when I shall be ready to Ratify it continue, what they shall agree & Conclude n^ .11 tending to peace it Unity. I am Fort Jami'g in New Yorke Yo' very Loving friend 24'" llebr'' KUiS-'J. Fka>-. Lovelack. stand- Lkiti;h kkom I)omink Johan.nks ^fKCAi'oi.K.vsis TO TiiK Ci.Assis OF Amstkuiiam: Akkkaks OK S\i,Ai{v; StaiI'; i(t gi'eatly ]lre.-^ell in sustaining ourselves. For this I'cason my son Saiintfl has resigiu'd bis call to the church here and taken his dismission in order to return to the Fatherland and reside there. I doiila not, your Rev. Classis will kindly receive him and assist him. Ho that when a convenient opportunity occurs, he may again lie employed in the service of the ministry. !)omiiu' l>i''isiiiK i-. also an ohl man of about the same age as myself. Althongli we are both in the decliiit' of life, we i-liall endeavor to do our duty and fidtil the ministry. I trust that (iod, who has dealt so kindly with me from my youth, will pi'ovide for me during the short remainder of my life. When in my youth 1 renonm cd ]>o|)ery, m\ patrimony was forfeited. I am now sixty-eight years old and have been forty years in the ministry, twentv-sevi'ii years in this country and the rest in Au/ih Jlollaad. One thing occurs to my mind and tills nie with siidness, namely %- I 424 ,f' Colonial Settlementa on the Hvdmn liher. the welfare of my pnngregation, when Doniine Drisius and I como to die. As tl.cro ia bo littlo iiu'lination to support the Gospel a(lo(piat('ly, I see not how they will obtain another minister. There is besides another difficulty. The Lutherans, this spring, obtained a parson from Amxter- r()i>;iti(iii iiiid luavo iiiiiiiv would bee ioyi'iili and willing to truMsjiort tliiMnsflves iieatliiT, of whicli I may truly say tlioro is ii want of nothing but an Indus- triourt and well disjwm'd people to niaku it considerable both by the world and themselves. It will doe a gnitefull service unto his li. Ilighnesse, if you advance this designe as it will doc an accept- able worku to your Countrynicn. if out of yo' superlluity you persuade some to dispose themselves into His R. Iliglmcsse Torritoryes, where (besides all other convenieiicyes) they will tinde more room for themselves and make for others, they shall leave behind, \ ha- ■; liero sent you a Copy of y" Conditions the i)laniers may settle on, which if it linde any acceptation with you (when Capt. Stone rctunies) you may sent some authorized from tlioin to vow the place and to nake such a linall conclusion as may reipiiic no further expostulavoii. S'., I beg yo' pardon for this contideiuT, to expiate which [ can onely assiire you, that wherein 1 can any way beo serviceable to you, von may assuredly make use of nice, as one who is * Forti' ,/>n,i,'.'< in .V< ?/' J'<-//.v on the Yo' affectionate frijnd and Servant Yslaiid M(tii/ta(uii« in Avwrlca June 15', lOO'J. Fk. Lovklack. I'ltoI'iiSITloNS AM) (V)M>n;o.NS Fcll£ A CoMI'KTENT NIMIiEK OF FAMII.VKS FKOM y" Island HAUMinAS to 'bkiti.k a Townkseiii-i- i i'on Statkn-Isla.ni), iiKi.o.NciiNci To iUKSl-; HIS UoVAI. 1 ll(,llNi:ssIC TKKUrroltVFS. First upon their arrivah; they shall have a convenient jdaco sett out for them upon the said Stdten-jKliiiiil on the South or Soulhwtist part of itt neare the waterside to erect a Towne, tho which shall bee divided into lotts according to the number of Iiduibitants proposed and intended to bee settled there. That Each IkiUU' lott shall have .... Acres of (iround to build a house ujton and for garden.^ or other necessary accomodai;ons, as they shall thinke best to dispose of itt. That there shall bee allotted of I'loughland or Arable ground Acres and of Meadow a convenient proiior(;on. That there sliall bee no taks or levey imposed on them more then lucre is on other part anlaees within this (ioverm', which is onely to bear their propon/on of Charges to y'' Country Kates toward the keeping Courts of Judicature and other matters relating to tluinselves with some small acknowledgments to his li. II., being in all a very iiiconsin of their Lands and ]iroprietye.s with the Same ''oiuliiMjus as tin; rest of the Towne ■«f the (ioverm*. That the Iiilml>itants shall have Lilnirty of Conscience, the which is grauntcd to them iii the I.jiwes norsliall any i)er.son bee molestei'. fined or impri«4*incd fordelVering in Judgment in matters of Religion, provided be prole.ss Christianity .lud doe not molest or disturbc others in the divine exercise of tht^r lieligion. 'I'hat they shall have liberty to elect and choose their owne Minister, to whom they are to give a competent allowance for his Sub>istance as they shall agree and to lay out and cleare a lott of ground for him jiropon/oiuible with the Rest, the which lott shall bee after their lirst Ministers decease or deserting them at the Town*.' ilisposal for tln'ir succeeding i[inistcrs, 54 426 Culanial Settlements on the IIuJxoii Hirer. 111.; m Tlmt ill <-,.nsi.1,.ra<;.... of what is Loforo jTupost-d for y» bpiiofitt ,.f tl.o Settlors, 'lliov bI.uII bw o .hge.l to ..k.:n-o an,l tV,,.,, two lu.me lotta ^vitl. ..luall |.roi..,r.;on of nraMe or ploughUnU ,w i« allotttMl to tlio Kt'st fur the ii»o of tlio Govorii' or to hvc at lii« .lispowill. That in all oth.T luaftors aiul thin-, they aro to hco c.nfonnahh, to"llio I^we. and Co„8titu VOimof the (iovc-rrnn- Conliriut..! an.l i:,stabiish..(l h,v hk llovall II i^Hii.eHs,.. h,.i„g i„ uio^t thiiiL'^ eou8on.mt to an.l agreing with and no way repugnant unto th-. Lawea of Emjlandt. Fk. L. An OKDKK l-K01ininiN(i to TliADK with InDVAMS at SniANKCIITADE. Whoreaa I am ifivcii to iinderHtaud that ' Letter of y* Ti'" Instant iBnswcrcil.nlnoe wliifili I rocoivwl another of 17"" ilitto. I tlmnkt) yo" for yo' fr(H|uont letters, I approvo very well of yo' ailvimeing tlie {leaco with y* Indyunu. Thoiisjli I mil 1 iiitifosttc, it hail hoono hotter, iiad tlio (ip|H!uruiii'o of yo' foriniility of tlio Maf{i«- trates of Exopun coiwvnwii tlidniHoivert hero: 1 cannot imagine how thai peace will bee of any (liiratioii, in rij^inl the 3/ui/tuiii will not accord with tlio \Vi(j)j)i'nijo8 nu>\ other nn(;onH of that «ide "f /Iii'/mns River and tliero hein<; so great a CorreMpondenc* with them of the Fxoiihh, ('(ittiikile th.it hoe that uttaek the one, munt iuhmIh injuro the otlii i, Hinee in all extreinityij.s they will rceonrso one to the other. I am cndeavoin-ing to nuiko it a generall poaoo and donht not btit to accomplish it, for if the Indyansnndt r Mr. Winthrop hee hnt iw pliahle hh our rndyans, the worko i.s already done; yon may on ail ocojisdiis iwsuro tlioni so, it will relievo tlieir douht much, when they see hut a possihility f.ir a gonorall poaeo. For y" Oaro sont moo, I have trydo it and lind it right. Ihit with all I desire a greater ipiantity to heo sont mee by the next convenience, for the Last was so little, 'hat I could hardly make a Trya'i For tho Land you relate to he neare the Mine, jiray tak(' i, up for nieo and if it heo in such a place, as may render it C'omnrn'cable to other, I will settle it. For y" Wimfniutkorii Land f shall not disjjoso it till I heare out of Fiujlaivl. Fray ])roceed vigorously towurd tho Settlem' of your Towne and I will invest yon with sutHcient authority to administer .lusti.-e amongst them, 1 have from Enijldml advertisement of 200 ISciitch familyes, that are to bee tran^[iorti'd hetlier (if so) I purpose to stJttK: thorn neare you, that so you may strengthen each other y" better. Coniend ineo tu the Magistrates tiiere and tho Rest and lu^lieve mee to bee Yciu' Iciving friend Fort Jiiim.i the 25"' day of J ilv 1000 Fkan Livki,.u-k. 'W ;,i '!F (rentlemcM LirriKK HioM lUK SAMK To I U K ^[AlilS IKATKS AT Ar.nANY. TUK r.NDIA.VS. Nkootiaiions wnii ^ ■ III lllllllll My last ti) you was almiif Hio letting out tho great I'aclil or Tap])ers Excise for the yeare eiisueing for the w'' 1 therein gavi' you .'.ome Instructions. I then also recpiired yon, that tho double excise tor liipi" goeing up to Albany is taken otT, it being onely to hee paid here. In answer to yo' letters concerning the pt^ace lietweeiiethe Indyans, I dot' very well approvo of what you have already done and shall desire you continue yo' best ondeav" for y" promoting of it to clTcct. 1 have given an .Vcc*^ of all your proceedings aiiont it to the Mt(ilri>/<>s, which will bee an occasion of breach of it againo unlesse they will bee included, also there being so great atllriity and correspondence betweeno iheiu and those otiier Indyans. Wluii 1 receive letters from (Jov' Win/lirup you shall iiearo further from me(! concerning this matter, in the meantime yo' Care ami I'rutlence in the uumagem'- t>f AlTayres with llie MaqiKWn will bee \ery acceptaiile to ^'o' aifeelionate friend New Vorko this 2t>"' of July ItlO'.t. Fkan. Lovklack, IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 'm^ // <;^ /. 1.0 I.I l^|2.9 |50 '"■■ 2.5 2.2 lii lllllio 1.8 1.25 !.4 1.6 ^ 6" ^ <^ % % /i .% > '/I *1 ^ V # o 7 Photographic Sciences Corporation 33 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 % w 428 Colonial Setthnienta on tlie Hudson River. Lkttek weitten by order of Gov" Lovelace to the Commissaries at Albany ^ , ON Indian affairs. (ientlemen. Hero liatli been with tho Govern' Perewyn lately chosen Sanhem of y" nach'ngsach Tajypan and Staten Idand Indians to renew & acknowledge y« peace betweene them & y" Xtimis here & w'" all declared y' peace made betweeno them & y 2[aquMs & Si/nneks Indians, The w'" they say they arc resolved to keep inviolably. The Govern' hath comanded me to signify y^ same unto you & yo" may putt it upon record there as it will be here to be a Testimony against those, that shall make y" first Breach, This is all at p'sent from Gent, New Yorke, Aug' 1 3'", 1660. y^r i^^- f^eind To y« Com" at Albany, Ti;eso. Council Minute. Esorus Mattebs. At a Councell Sept. 9'" lt!6a Before tho Govcrno'. Present Mr. Wlufjield Mr. Nicolh. The Busynesse of Jisopus into Considera(;on. . ^[ ?^. ^"^^''■'^^' *l'''^t r Garryson at J^sojhis shall bee henceforth Disbanded and Dismist of their Military Eiiiployiiicnt, they being a nce«*, to whom some otliers there shall bee joyned to Regulate tho Affayres of Enopu,^ and of the New Dorpes. That y" i)ersons appointed for Commission" bee Mr. Jialj'A Whiljield, Prcsid' Capt. Jno. Manning Capt. Jacqiu'H Cdi'telynu Capt. Thoniaa Cluunbers Mr. Wm. Beakinan, Sellout Mr. Henry PaioVuuj Mr. Christopher Berrisford. Of w'* any five of them shall bee a Quormn to settle tlie AtTayres of all the Places there- abouts, for the which they shall have a Commission and Jiistnictions. Ht- TlIK CioVKBN"' COMISSTON TO SEVEUALL I>''S0NS FOR V« KKOULATION OF Y' AfFAIRES AT Esoj'us tSrc. Francis Lovelace Esq™ Governo' Gen" und' his Royall riiglmcsse James Duke of York and Albany Arc of all his Tcrritoryes in Amreica, To all to whome these p'sents shall come senileth greeting. Whereiis there areseverall affaires at Ksopns it y^ Xew Dorpes or villages adjacent w'" require a regulation by some p'soiis of Integrity Ac Experience to be upon y" place and there lying :t • M New Y oth' w'-out t Corno be very well Cleansed that place liaveing already lost in parte V reputation they formerly had. 10. That yo- give Ord' for y« farming of y Excise to y best advantage & take Account how y« last yeares Income is disposed of. 11. That yo" take Ord' that all p'sons, who have any p'tences to Lotts at y" New Borne (w'^'' was burnt) doe forthv"" settle there r.nd' y« penalty of some fyno or forfeiture. 12. Tliat if Mrs. Broadhsad doe remove from y' Washmakers I^nd yo" take care to make a very good provision for her at y' fui-th' Dorj>em regard of her great Charge & her being a Com"" Offic" widdow. 13. That yo" take it into yo' Consideration how y' furth' New Borpe shall bo Governed as to omcers and by what Lawes. 14. That yo" appoint some Officers to ord' y" well laying out y' High waves from one village to anoth' & keeping them passable. ' 15. That yo" inquire aft^ «fe appoint fitt places of Rendevous in Case of Insurrections cr Invasions & how each place may have Recourse ono to y« other for succour. 16. That yo" take some Ord' for y= Reparation of y » house next to Mr. BeechmarCs comonly callefl y= Dominies or y« State house. 17. That yo" take greate Care to regulate y' Abuses of y* Indians & their drunkenesso at Esopus, & make inquiry who ti-ansgresse in giving them more drink or liqu" than is fitting or allowed of. " 18. That yo" Cause an OHic' to be made in y' Xature of a Constable amongst v= Indiatis to keep them in y" better ord'. 10. That one or more Office'" be appointed by yo" at y« furth' Borjpe, to whome y Indians tiiereabout may have Recourse for redrossc upon Occai^ion. 20. That yo" take Care and give yo' best advice & direction for v" Continuance of y" late made peace amongst y« Indians & if any breach shall happen that yo" give Ord' to make inquiry & where y° fault lyes to cause satisfaction to be given by them to those injured or aI)uso(l. 21. That yo" Cause a prohibition to bo made that no Strangers be p'mitted to come amongst y" neighbor Indians there &. disturbe y* publiqne peace. 22. That yo» acquaint y« Souldiers that as sooueas their Accounts can be stated to know what is due to them their Arrears shall be all paid off. 23. That yo" likewise take into yo' Consideration how some rate may be imposed upony« Inhabitants there according to y* Lawes Establisli* for y" defraying their owne publiqne Charge. 24. And Lastly that having done yo' utmost in p'secutingmy Com"" w/)w, Sep.. 17^ 1669. At a Speciall Court held there by vertue of a Connnission from his Hon' the Governour to Regulate the Alfayres of that place and the V illages adjacent. New Ywh Historical liecwda. 481 All the Com""" beinj^ present, the Sachems were sent for to attend them i, Ilurlaj & MarUeton and that hee take care, noe stranger Indyans come among them. Mr. Berexford chosen Chief Magistrate of MarUeton & Hurley to l)eo above; a High Con- stable it short of a Justice of Peace «& two Overseers in eacli Towne to be chosen. That hee have power to hear «fe determine concerning the Iligh-Wayes, the overseers to give him an Ace'. That Mr. Chnmhers have an Ace' from ^ ".out *fe Comissaryes of Kingston of the Iligh- Wayes belonging to tliat jilace tfe have the sanit power to heare and determine. The Towne to be fHned, if y« Mora.-^ 1)0 not drayned by y« last of November, one huiulred 8kepj)lcs of wheatc. ****** The Scjut f Surveyour Generall heo is to exercise within twenty one dayes after tho Date of this Order in Kingston ; Aid whereas Mr. Christopher Beresfurd is chosen Chiofo Magistrate for tho Towncsnf llurU'ij & MarUeton, heo is hereby empowered to Command tho Overseers in each Towne to take tho like care for tlio mending ct repairoingof tho Ilighwayes in those two liwt mengoned Townes & to ffino all the Overseers of both places or any of them, as shall neglect their duty in 20 skeppels of Wheat to be paid to his Ma'*" and hath hereby power to Le\ the same ; And if the said Christopher Beresford shall refuse any part of his duty herein. That then y" sjiid Surveyour Generall of tho Ilighwayes shall have power to ffino him 20 skopples of Wheat to his Ma"" and to Levy for the use aforesaid, wliicii power in both tho said Thmnas Chandlers it Christoplier Beres/ord shall begin within twenty one dayes after tho date hereof iu New York IIi.storieal Jievor«jh. 435 Hurley and 21 daycs after tho laying out of tlio Lotts in Murhletoa. Given &c this 23'' ISeptbr. 1661). An Oril' fur tlio Huttliuf^ of Hurley. Wlioroas Boverall porsons by virtno of former Gronndbriefs or Patents clainio Lotts or j.io- portions of Land in llnrlty k. imvo neglected their Settlements there, al lodging tVivoloua reasons for their 8O0 doing, to the piihiiijuo p'judico. It is tliouglit fitt by y° Coinin" anihorized &e &(•, to Declare & Order; And they iloo l)y this Declare & ()r', w''' the chiefe Magistrate of this Towno is empowered to Claynie ct Levy to the use above said. Given &c Septbr. 24'" 1609. Thoro appeared gome Indyans though none of y" Sachems, that sett their hands to the sale of y° Lands to (\)11. Nicolln ; two . On this day (viz' 25'") the Towne formerly called iSo^ez was named Kiru/Mon. Septem"' 27'". tt « * * « • Two Orders were then drawn up for settling the Excise in tho two New Villages — vizt for Tlurlcy. Whereas it is thought fitt to settle the Tapper's' Excise in Ilnvlfy, it is lieivby Ordered that Mr. Beresfard doe take care for the settling it gathenng of it in the said Towne of Hurley ; And that he observe to sett the siimo Rates it use the same course in gathering it and have the same power in cyary rejrard upon refusall of payment to Seize or distreyne as it is us'd at Kinqston ; And is hereby oblig'' every yeare to give an Ace' thereof to his lion' the Governour. Directed to Mr. Beresford. The like for Marhleton. •I i.*^hAM m •486 Cohmial Settlements on the Hudson River. ^i*) \tM fi\ «%(' TI1C80 3 Lotts following. ,iro n .cant by y' doiitli of y' p'8..im to whom thoy woro pro.uiBod and aro to bo dispos'd of as lii.s lion' y" (Jovernoiu- Hball ai)j.oint vi/,t. Co/ui/aj>ls JanJiH)3U David Crairforth 1. 2. 3. An Ord' WHS (b-uwii up Un- AlheH m,/,ru'm,-ns crodiiip of a Brow Ilou«o ife st^ttiiiir up of Tan-ffats; refen-eii to .Mr. liennfonl to eoiiKidor of the phieo. Ovcrsuurs for Hurley \ ^'"'""'' ''" ^^"i"* ( Albert Ih.ijmem. OvorBfcrs for MnrhMon i "''/'" ^'W* ( Fndrivk Iliinscij. Ankruj), an Indyan, pctivond afjain Capt. CVuimhers i)'tending lieo was not paid for cortain Letts of Lands. It wa.s rotenvd to y" nctxt morning. Soptbr. 28'\ Anknip tiio Indyan api^aring, Capt. Chamhera pron toother parts, To y" End that nothing but what is merchantable may be uttered or sold, It is hereby ordered, that y" Scout 6c Comissaryes of Kln,'(d;/um y>yu'd likewise in Commission with them, 'twas privately read. The next morning l)eing y 17'" Instant a Court being called y" (Jommission was publhpieiy reiid, all y" Comm" being present (cfc were constantly soe duering the setting of the said Comnils- bion; and the Inhabitants were fully inform'.! of the Cause of their Comeing; and how great a care liis Hon' y« Governo' had for their prosperity and welfare, not only in remedying some m Nfiv York Ilmtovical Iieeoreared Wdpoahequiqua and Sewakanoma, two of those Saehenis, that soiild tho Land to y" late Governor JVifoUn, who owned their marks with y" whole agreem'. An Indyaii, who came with them, sett his liand to tho j)aper it they were then oblipcsd to brinj^ two young Men to wittness wliat tlioy own , tho other two Sachems men- cloned in that Agreem' arc dead, Imt thems Sachems that uppearod obliged themselves to bring y* success" of tiioso deceased to Mr. J'uivUnij, to whom it is referred to give full answer to y' rc;'.t of this Article. 2. This they were acquainted with Si tbey are willing to tnrnetlio Sword into a PlowBhcaro, Only in rcganl their Lotts are not measured out to them yett anil tlio little (iroimd they iiumure nt •present bringing iu a pooro Rovennow, likely to discourage new Beginners, it is humbly desir'd y' tluiir Provisions may he continiuid six Months longer. 3. They have a List of the ITamilyes of the throe Townes, w"' y' number of them that are able to bearo Arincs. llor tho maintaining tho "Watcli at tlio Redoubt it is iinpowl wholly upon Kimjaton, tho other Towns being exposd to more danger from y" Iiidyans and in that regard may very well be excusd from that Duty, tho Scout & Comissaryes are to take that Charge upon them and an Order is drawn up for it. 4. Tho former Instruittions to y° Scout «fe Comissaryes aro these, first to renew the Pallizadoes & placo them at y" extremity of tho Towiie, where y" addition is to be made & to open tho Towne in the middle. To this y» Seont & Comissaryes answer, that they doo rcpairo tho Stockadoes & that they coneeivo tho Towno needs iioo Ilnlargem', it decreasing in people ; when it increaseth they will be very ready, which will if now bo a very great Charge to the few Inhabitants. Seconilly y" place of Huriale was to bo impaled, this bath been altogether omitted *fe the Towno fyn'd for it .'50 tkepples of Wheat. ffor the impaleiiig a place for a Towno IIouso there, tbey conceive it is a mistake, tbey have a Towno House already, standing conveniently w"'in y° Towne. Thirdly to Drayiio tho Mornsse. This hath been omitted, but an Onler is drawn up under a penalty lo have it suddenly done. Lastly for the fleuce, when any come to live on the other side, they are ready to obey that Command. ,. I They have viewd both Lands, but noo Patents were produced, tbougb enquird afler. 7. A Patent was granted to Capt. ChamlH'rs by Coll. Nicolls of tho Land hero men(;ond & waa never surveyd ; eoo wee cannot give any Ace' of it ; his other Patents wee bavo seen and judge them to be indilTerently measurd. 8. Capt. ChafnJters doMi absolutely refuse \o meddle with it, 'twas offerd to otliers, but none accepted it. 9. An Order was jmblishd to redress it. 10. The Excise was offered to flfarme, but noo iierson comeing neer the valine, it is continued as before ; ffor tho last yeares Income, tbey have y" Scout's Acco'. 11. An Order is publishd concerning it. 438 Colonial SeUlementH an t/ie Iludwn Jiiver. W WJ ]itw^ i w .'•' f II B^ i'r 5' ; 12. Mre. Broadhead linth 100 Aires allotted her. i;{. Thuy iiuve choBeii Mr. ChrUtopher BvnHford Choifo Miij^istnito over Hurley * Marhl'-t^m, who ia to Govern by English I.iivves, there i» likewise cho«en two ()veiiieer» in ench Tuwnu under him. The luatrtictioiu they left lor i\Ir. liereif/'ord till yo' Hon" further dirc'tions are um followeth : WhoroHH you aro chosen by y* rest of the Coniniiss," ChJeCe Mug' rate over //iirh'y & A/arbU- ton, Vou are to observe these Instructions following : If miy ()n|,,,. ,„. Connnand bliall be direetcd to yon from his Honor y" Uovornour concerning those [ilaces connnittid to your Charge, You are 81)eodily to 01k7 them, which you may y" better doo by rho help of y" Overseers in each Towne, whom you have jwwor to Command in anything that concernes the Execution of yo' Ottice. If any difference arisoth between y' Iiduibitants, you are to give them a speedy decision, not rcgai-d- ing partye.^ but y* merritt of y° Cnniu«, And you are likewise to tuk(! tlu; 8anu! (.'are, that the Over- seers doe their Duty in whatsoever they are comandod in relation to their jjlaces. Yon are to (}overn by Knglish Uwos, wiii(;h will speedily l)0 sent you ; & as you aro obligd to preserve the peace as much >i8 you can between particular persons, soe yon must endeavour, that those Townes com- mitted to your Charge may well agree themselves ami both with Kinynton; And that ycm take away all Obstructions from that Trade or Correspondency, You have with y» Indyansife give his Hon' the Governour an Aceomj)f of whats<»over you judge considerable by the first Opiwrtunity. 14. An Order is publishd & y« Officers namd. 15. Three Places of Rendevou. arc appointed, y* first in y' middle of Marhkton, y' second at /lal/watj Ground, the third at HurUy. 1(5. An Order is j)nbli8hd for it. i 17. The same. 18, 19, 20, 21. iMr. Henry Pawling is made the Officer over y» Indyaiis and tlioso fouro particu- lars fall under his care. His Instructions aro as followeth : Whereas yon are chosen an Officer over the Indyans, yon aro sirictly to observe the above written particulai's and not to make your own Inturpretavons, but to follow precisely the Letter of those Articles; And you aro not hereby anyways empowered to prevent or hinder y" Trade of any person with the Iiulyans or give any Cause of just Complaints, but to carry your selfo answemble to the Trust reposed in you ; And in case of any disturbance or riott among tho Indyans, that nuiy Endanger tho publiqne quiet. You aro to rcpairo to tho next Magistmto in that Towne & consult with him or the rest of tho Magistrates what is best to be done for yo' assistance Jx y' keeping of y' publiquo peace ; And you are likewise to jwrforme tho remaining parte of the first Article in tho Generall Lifitnictions and send an Aeeo« thereof to his Hon' y" Governour, as likewise of any- thing of Moment concerning the Indyans by tho first Opportunity. 22. Tlie Souldiers are acquainted &, well pleased with it. 23. This is to bo Regulated as in Lony-hland And it is desird a Copy of tho Lawcs may bo sent them. 24. This IS willingly ol)eyd «fe they humbly desire, that in this and all other yo' Commands yo' Hon' would be pleased to accept of their eudeavo'. Rai.pu WnrrFiELi) pr' JoUiV Manning ThoM. CnAMBKKB Wm. Beekman Chkistopii. Beeebfoed Henry Pawling. Nw) York JiMtorical JieconlH. 489 Lkttkr troii Gov* TiUVXi.Aoi to thk Mauistratks at Albany on Indian akvairs. OoDtlotnon. I huvo Uec'' yo" of y* 6"" IiiBtuiit w"* somo fiirtlier jiropiwitions from y* Maquaef Tiuliani wheroto I eun at present say little or nothing uiitill (iovernoiir UVn/A/Y//; retoriie, w'" iH diiily expected, but 1 am glad they wmtinuo in so Cainio &. |)eac'eal)lo niynderi tiotwitiistanding their last victory. I Imvo also an Account from yo" of yo' Election of yo' Commissaryes and doe ai)[)rovo of Capt. J'hilipp l'ietet'» Schuyler for Alhamj in y" pime of Mr. Jaenft de Ilinse ii of I'ieter Meensten in y* steud of Jan Thoirutj for Jiemlaer»wt/vk w'" in all at p'seiit from Yo' very Loving ireiiid. fort Javiea in New Yorke this la"- day of Oetober lfi«9. LkTTKK FKOMTUK SAMK iO TUK 8AMK. Gentlemen. The Oovomo' hath roc* y* ProjiositionB vi." g<.nt from y" Mahimnthrs Indians, Copy whereof ho doth intend to transmitt to Ciovernour M inlhrop, from whome hod.iyly Ex|)ects a rctorno of all y» former pft|)er8 of w"'' yo" will have an Ace'. Tlio Govern' hath given mo ord' to actjiiaint yo", that ho would have yo" as formerly to ))rovidu a Scow to helpe y° Souldiera in their proviaiou of firewood against winter, w'** is all at p'sent from Yo' very Loving freind Octb' 27"" Kit)!). Math. Nicolls. To y* Schout & Commissuryes at Albany. ft Lkttkb from Gov" Liovklaob to Gov* WiNTiiuor ok MAssAcnustrrrs o.v Indian akpaiks. Deure S'. I am heartily sorry so sad an Occasion as y° Indisposiyon of y<>' wife obstructed yo' rct')rne to yo' house, but am as well pleased at her recovery & thereby y* advantage I shall reapo by a moro frequent Correspondency, if all my Letters arriv'd yo' hands yo" will fynde them of one Ten\iro (vizt) y" Earnest desire of y« Maquasea to conclude a tirm peace with y" Mohicanda : What overture (of this nature they have made before) I cannot be iiiform'd in & I am not apt to believe what they now represent to be (as farre as Intidells are to be Creditted) very Cordiall. Yo" see their propositions & haveing had y" Experience of their Actings formerly you can best give a Judgment of y" Event, to be breife (if it can be aucomplisht) I doubt not but it very much tend to y* good of all Xplana in their tranquillity & to y' Advancem' of Trade (y" first step to plenty). How farre yo" believe mo to be Capable to promote that desigtio I shall receive Instruc- tions from yo". but I am apt to bclicvo y° Progress will bo very slow, if it be managed by Letters, there will be tlieroforo a necessity of an Intercourse w'^" I shall attend, when I know from yo" y° tymo and phice. Eor these Exceptions yo" iiiferre of y* tymo tfe place «fe Jelousy y° Mahicandera Conceive of y* Maquea]iea by reason of some former misactings y° others use y" same Arguments against them & if true {rebua vie atantibua) there is little liot)e of a period, but if all former mis- *Lfe 'MP V P ■ '^r 1 to w f v'l 440 Cotonial SetUmnentH on the Hitdwri River. caiTiages are oblitterated & wc cuter on a Treaty de iwvo it is |X).ssible a goofi Issue may bo Expected. However all fairo eudejivours are to be practiced that may ac(roiiipli.sli so univerHiill a beneiitt to this Corner of y» World. I believe I can resolve your doubt conceruitig what is niei.iit by y» HigMund Indians amongst ns, y" Wappimjoes & Wicfcei-s/ieck ve may conoid' y° best way & method to bring y'' worke to a desird conclu- sion. I have no more but wishir.g you all happiu-sse & a belecf that I am Yo' most uliectionate hurible servant F&rt James, December 2?"> 1669. Fkan. Lovelace. Letteb from Gov* Lovelace to thf Commissaries at Albaivy, on the Indian peace. Fort Jamea in Neio Yorke this 24"" day of January 1C69-70 Gentlemen I Received yo' Lett' of y* 8'" of January by y° Indian, by w^" I understood of yo' Health < /t hath hereby liberty to Erect a house it banie w'" Convenient outh<,usiiig f..r his Cattle in y" Land aforemen- tioned, It appearing nut to he a;iy way i)'judiciail to the Townes adjacent, but rath' in tyme may prove a benefitt «fe .-eleife to surh as shall travaile tiiat way. Given &c 24'" Jaimarv l(;6!»-70. Ne^o Yurh Historical Records. 441 An Oed» excusing William Beits & oth" from making a beido oveb y» Maksh BETWKENK PaPIKINIMON & FFOKDHAM. WhercRB it was proposed unto me by VrUliam Betts, George Tippett & John Hedyer, that living at some distance from y« Towne of Fordham, where a Cawsey is to be made over y° Mareiiy ground betweene Papirinimon & f Towne of forMam, if they may be Excused from their Proportion of worko in making up that Cawsey tiiey will be obliedged to make a bridg at their own Charge over Bronkx Ryver in y" way to Faxtcfi^fit'; w-^" is also a thing very requisite & comotlious, Uim\ debate of y" said Proposition in y" p'scnce of y' said Three p'sons & also of divers of y" Inhabitants of Fordham, those of y" Towne oflTering to give their Assistance in making of y« said bridg aft' y» Cawsey shall first be fiiiisht, for y" w'" all their Assistance will be little Enough & finding that what is proposed by y° Towne tends to y" greater Expedition of both workes, It is ordered, that y° three p'sons aforenamed shall first joyne w'" y" rest of y» Towne uf Fordham in making y" Cawsey agreed ujion as aforesaid & that afterwards they do all Jointly give their best help it assistance in making a Convenient bridg over Bro)}l;x Ryver, w"> a Gate on EastchesV syde to hind' tlieir Hoggs from comeing over. In consideration whereof & for their Incouragem' it being a new Plantation, tiny shall have y" liberty & privilcdg of having y« Passage of y" Ferrv free to & fro for themselves, Horses, Hoggs & Cattle for & dneriug y" space of tyme Johannes VerveUn, y° p'sent Constable or his Assigns shall injoy y'' Ferry, as by agreem' betweene us is sett downe. Given und' my hand at Fort James in New Yorke this 10'" day of February 1669-70. LurrEK FKOM Governor Lovelace to \ (o.v Staten Island) on buying land from the Indians. Gent. Having ReC" a Complaint against yo' neighbour Indians from Mr. Stilkoell & Nathan Whit- more on y° behalfe of y" Inhabitants in (Jen" of yo' Towne «fe likewise heard & debated what they had to say as to your Jealousyes it feares of y'' Indians Insolencyes it threatnings grounded upon their p'teiices, that y'^^ Land there hath not been(! paid for it that your Horses, Hoggs it Cattle have done them danuige in their Come, I have thought good to retorne yo" this in answer. That in y" first place yo" send to them it treate w"' those concerned in a freindly way touching y" pur- chase of soe much of that Island, as hath not beene already bougiit it paid for, y" w"^" can be proued to have beene perfoiirmcd in parte notw"'8tandiiig their denyall it tiiat yo" do it as for yo' selves it at as easy a rate as i)()ssible, y'" w'^'> will turne to yo' owne perticuler advantage it having so done, that yo" cause y*" same to be remitted to me for a Contirmation it whuth' yo" shall bo admitted purchasers or that I shall comply w'" yo' Agreem' it buy it for his Royall Highness, It shall be still for yo' gootl it benefitt. I shall onely expect y" p'ference in y" purchase oti y" Duke's behall'e. As to their threatnings yo" ought not to show y"' least Apprehension of feare of them, But it is yo' j)arte to have a Vigilant Eye over their Actions, it Mction.s, it that you cause a (Juard to ho kept in y" Towne for yo' defence against any suddaine mischeife from them, y" w'^' as there hliall l)e occasion it I have iU)tice thereof shall be strengthened w"' a supj)ly of a partye of Soiddiers it an OtHcer from hence cajiable to olIeTid them as well as defend yo". That uiion discourse of y" damage they i)'tend to have rec'' by yo' cattle, horses it hoggs yo" may shew to them y" greate dilliculty of preventing it as long as their Conic lyes unfenc't it y" greate char^-e 66 442 Colonial Settlements on the Ihidxon River. '' .i it will bo to fence in tlieii- groiind, as it lyes in y« midst of y' woods, but if they conld pitch upon some Neck of land fitt for that purjwsc w"^" may w'" more ease Imj fenc't in, that yo' will be ready to assist them in setting of it up, unless they'l agree upon Teruies to leave y° Island wholly. — If yo" can jirove, that they have killed or destroyed any of yo' horses, Cattle or Hoggs yo" may acquaint tliem, that the English Liiw will Coiistrayne them to make Satisfaction for them & that it is not TresiJiisse for them to come upon any ground unfenc't, but lett yo' discourse tend to a freindly composure of all differences. In Conclusion yo" may acquaint them, that my resolution is to be upon y" Island in y« spring, when if they have anything extraordinary to propose or Complaint to make, I shall be ready to ord' all due satisfaction to l>e given therein & will endeavo' to remove all future Occasions of difference betweene yo" & them. This is all at p'sent I have to Recouiend to yo", so conclude being Yo' very Loving freind Febr> 16, 1669-70. f^an. Lovelace. In Regard that Mr. Richard Stilwell hath for a long tyme Iidiabited in this Countrey & is acquainted w'" y-' language it customes of y° Indians I doe appoint him, y« said Richard Stihcell, Nathan Whitmore k Nathaniell Brittaine togethe' w'" y" Constable & Overseers to be Com'» of whome Mr. Stillwdl to be p'sident to treate & agree w'" y" Indians according to y" Instructions herein given & to looke after y« safety & welfare of y« place, of y" w-^" they are to render me an Ace'. 4' Gent. Letter feom Gov* Lovelace to Mr. "W. Beeckman and others at Kingston con- cerning THE NEW VILLAGE. I make use of y" first opportm-ity aft' y'^ opening of y" Ryver to recomend to yo' care y' Ord'" & Instructions alreafiy given yo" by mysclfe or left w'" yo" by y" Com'* I sent as toy" goeing forward w'" y" New Dorpe or oth' matt" relating to yo" in Ge-i". Intending to visitt yo" in a short tyme & to bring a Survey' w'" me to lay out yo' Lands before y" grasse growes too high, when I hope to fyntle yo' forwardness according to Expectation : what is to be done on my parte for yo' Encouragem' yo" may conddeutly promise yo'selves. So wishing yo" good success I remaine Fort James in New Yorke Yo' verj' Loving freind this 11"' day of March 1669-70. Fran. Lovelace. I Expect to heare from yo" by y° next, how affaires stand w'" yo" in Relayou to y" Indians aliout y" Peiu?e. To Ml'. Wm. Beerhman. Mr. Xpqfer Bci'i-iford A Mr. Henry Pawliiuj In Kingston At Esopua. if! New York Histwical Records. 443 A Commission to Capt. Dddlby Lovelace & al. for ¥"= suRrKYiNO & laying out 8EVERALL LOTTS OF LAND AT Y* EsOPUB, WITH iNSTkUOTIONS AND PB00KEDING8. Francis Lovelace £8(1'° &c Whereas y' bounds & Limitts of y° Townes at Esopus, That is to Bay of Kiiujston Ilurley & Marble Tmone have not hitherto beeuc bufticieutly layd out & ascer- tained neith' hath a division as yctt beeiio made of y" perticuler new Lotts & some of y" p'tend- ers to y' old Lotts laying clayine to greater quantityes of L'lnd then is graunted to them in their Patents or Groundbriefs y° w'"" requires an iiispection thereinto & a due Regulation thereof, To y" end theiso several] matt" may be y" better concluded I have thought fitt to nominate, consti- tute & appoint & by this my speciall Commission doe nominate, constitute and apiwintj'ou Capt" Dudley Lovelace, Capt" Jacques Cortlleaii, Mr. William Beeckinan, Mr. Christopher Beresford, & Mr. Llenry Pawling to be Com" to inspect y° surveying and laying out y' several Lotts in y" Esopus &, to ascertaiiio y° bounds & lymitts of y° respective Townes, as also to regulate aifayres there according to such instructions, as I shall herewith give yo", of w"* said Com" you Capt" Dudley Lovelace are to be president «fe any of yo" to be a Quorum. Yo" arc upon yo' arrivall to acquaint y° Lihabitants of each Towne w"" this my Com™ y" w""" yo" are to prosecute w'" all care and dilligcnce And as yo" shall Bee cause, where yo" fynde any difficulty in ascertaining y° old or laying out y* new bounds, yo" may call before yo" any p'son or p'sons to receive information from toucliing y" sjime & for y° clearing of y" trutli administer an Oath unto them or any of them (y° w'"" Oath yo" are hereby empowered to give) And whatso- ever yo" or any of yo" as shall make a Quorum, shall lawfully Acte or doe in prosecution of tliis my special Comission this sliall bo to yo" »fe every of yo" a sufficient warrant. Given uiul' my hand & sealed w"' y' sede of y" Province &i ffort James in New Yorke ^hia 17'" day of March ill y--' 22"" yearo of his Ma"" Raigne Annoque Domini 1669-70. Instructions fob Captain Dudley Lovelace, Mk. Jacques Cortilleau «fe the REST OF Y' CoMM""' for THE AfFAIKES AT EsOPUS AND THE NeW VILLAGES ADJACENT. Inprimis that the Precincts of every Towne be justly stated, according to their eeverall Patents and that the particular Lotts be laid out as the Ground falls out, onely in case a larger pro{X)rtion of vile Land or Swamps siiall happen to One Man's share, that then it be in the Breast of the Com" to make some Addition of good Land over »k above his allowance specifyed in his Ground Brief, otherwise each man must be contented with his Lolt as it falls out. 2. That after y'' exact P)Oimds of KingsUm is laid out, that there is to begin y"^ Boundaryes of Hurley and where that terminates Marhleton is to begin it soe y" Lymitts of that so bo sett out as farr as that extends towards the Indyaiis, w''' bearo as I suppose South. 3. That noe jjersons have iioe more Land laid out, but what is comprised in their Patents and the Souldiers their pro]X)rtion. 4. For y" Washnakers Land I shall referr you to the particular Instructions of his Royall High- ness wherein you are to use Mr. Styvesant with all y" ifavour, soe it prejudices not y" Towne. 6. That Mrs. Broadhead be accomodated at Marhhton and have tlie first clioice of her Lott. 6. That y* Land that belongs to Mr. Varlett bo Surveyed «fe 1100 more allowed, but what is com- prised in his Patent. 444 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River. n 7. The like for Tlwma.H /Jail, who under the irtencu of 150 Morgan h.-jcs Claime to above 800 but if the Occasion of that Patent were tliroughly Inspected, it would appeare he Imd tittle or noe p'^tentions to it at all. 8. There ia a Tract of Land by y" Cale Jienjc, which I purpose to improve for a Seeding ground, which I would liave you to survey & give niee an Acco' of it, it is called the Butterfold.-~Mv. Paioling will direct you. 9. That such strict Rules be left to f Tlanters to finish their severall Lotts, that whosoever coin- pleats not the ffence of his Lott & inq-rovos the Land, shall make a forfeiture of it, if it be not Inclosed within one year. 10. That you review all y« Instructions sent to the Commissioners for the regulating the Affaires the last yeare & to give mee an Acco' where the non-performance lyes. 11. That all be compelld to settle in Townes, except one I have given Lycenco to, who in regard bee lives between Ilude;/ & Ma.-Uetcn may be of convenience to Travellers and make a nearer Correspondence between the two Townes. 12. That in regard many occurrences may arise, w'" will bee impossible for mee to foresee liere tlierefore you arc at Lil.erty to take anything into debate, that may conduce to advantage of y« Pubhque, though not expressd in these particular Instructions according to your prudence & Con- science, Nevertheless soo that it be not obligatory, till it receive my approbation & Confirmation. 13. Lastly that having done yo-- utmost Endeavours for y° regulateing and settling the Affairs at the Esopiis, according to these and other Instructions deliverd you & noe new matter arising worthy your Attendances, that then you break off and each Commissioner repaire to their severall other Employments, rendering mee a just Ace' of all Transactions in the Prosecution of this my Commission directed to you. Given under my hand this 24'" day of March 1609-70. Fkanois Lovelack. Towne Hall at At a Special! Court held there by vertue of a Ji.imjst^n m Commission from his Hon' y« Governour for '^"*' setting out the Bonndaryes of Kingston, Hur- ley & MarUdon & for Regulateing the Af- faires of those places & y" parts adjacent, Die Mcrcurij vizt SO'"" die Martij Anno Regni Caroli 2"' Dei gra Angliae, Scotiao, Franciae et Ilibniae Regis, Fidei Defensoris &c T,, ^ . XXij'i'' Annoque Dni 1670. J. here being present Capt. Dudluy I^velace Presid' Capt. Thoiiius Chambers Capt. Jaques (Jortelliaxi Mr. William Beeckman Mr. Christopher Bcresfwd Mr. ITeiiry Pawling. iRo ^ ''V!"''.*^''->' ^'•'^fi'-'^'l. tl>"t y° Lands of Thoinas Hall & Nicholas Varkti eont aho^.t U Acks 150 iiodd yemg upon the first great j-ioce of Land next flurLy i. Elapsd & forfeited, by reason r ratent tor it wa.s not renewd, according to the Law in that behalfe provided. Ant '>y tuiidiiij,' to Sedition it Mutiny ; wliidi wiw torn iw u Hcandaloim Libull ivpuynunt to tilt! Liwes of tliis (.lovernnicnt and this Autliority tlieruof. Tlio Com" proci'cdod to draw y" rest of tlio Lotti* (14) for dividoiny y" 2'' pioco of T,and !»«- longinj,' to Miirlilitiiii amongst tho Souldiur» liy tlio wimu link's of jirocucdiiig as in tlio morning. This licing done, 'twas Ordered, that (awording to tho Chanco of tho Lotts) Coiporall Jiiijys, If" Finhif ^ Vlintiin Jw^^/iz/shonld liavo '20 Acres a pieee on tho 3'' Styck No. IS.lti. Tlio like Ord^ for Jo. Ihiiilrick; Cage ^ Quyiietl " 10.20. Tho like Ord' for 7f /(/«/", ^Wttvr, //(>/'<(;« "11.12. Tho like Ord' for l/ittmci/, Ai/i/i/,ion J'oiit'r " 17.18. The like Ord' for J'mcock, Price, liti/no/ds « i;j. 14. This day upon y" humblo Reipiest of AW/ Rickerxtaffe sottinf; forth sevorall reasons there unto niovein;; him to yield up his Rijjht, Titio vt Interest of ail the Lands allotted him within the preeinetsof Mitrhktim, the Coiirth doth order, that Vliiiton Monudhiwm^ formerly had a promise from his Honour tho Oovcrnonr bo inserted in tho R(jomo of lioht. liichrntaff); aforewiid and re- ceive, possess and Enjoy tho same parcell or parcells of Land, if his Hon' the Ciovern"' think titt to eontirme the same. Also upon tho rccpiest of John Point J, setting fortli severall reasons thereunto nioveing him to yield up his Right, Title & In- .•est of all the Land allotted to liim within the ])recinc,ts of Marhhton, the Court doth order, that U'"' J-'in/ur he inserted in the Roomeof y'" said Jo/in /'oiiiid & receive possess & Kiijoy the said i)areell or parcells of Land to the use of him it his Ileyres forever; If his lion' the (Joverno' shall think titt to confirme the san>.o. Ordered hy y'' Court, that y" Land upon y" first it second pieces belonging to M.irhbtoii thus divided ik drawn by Lett as aforesaid for tho use of the Souldiei-s be forthwith recommended to the dovern' for his allowance it confirmation. And that his Hon"' be sujiplicated in tlieir Name to settle y" same by Patent to them it either of them it their iliyi-Ls it Assignes forever. And that his Hon'' ivould be pleased to send tliem lialfe a yeares provision (now due to them as thev alledge) it their Discharges (as they were promised) by the first convenient Opportunity. Jot'H Arlaiih.wMW'^ this day given to iJlxheH t'rtimp \\\a IIome-Lott lyeiiig at Mtuhlrtoi}. tho Court has unanimously ordered and (him^ed, tliat the said Joont Ariun be Releaseil from that Towne, seeing hee has gott this (llxhirt aforesaid t;, supply his place. Thursday, Aprill 7"'. This day Mr. h't' fitrrsforJ was swoi-rie cliief Magistrate of Hurley & Marhhton. Also Mr. Jiilin Jiiai « « « « « Upon till! spcciiill IiiKtiinco it IlfipuiKt of tlio Iiiliiitiit" of Murhlilo)) ncttiiif; fortli y" (,'iviit iic'Ciwity of uroctiiig it brid^'o iit Murhhton to jjaiis over to the i-i'i'tuini' tliird pi('co of land, callod y' ;$' Styt'k ; It, i8 thin day ordorud tliat Cai)t. I'aioliiKj doo tako cam for tlio Eructinjj & Ijnildinf,' of a I>rid;,'o tliiTc Ar to taki! to his assiHtanco Cai)t. ThumiiH ('liniiitxrM, Snrvey'' (iciicrall of his Mu"'" Hii;li\vuycM in thi'so partu i\j to nmko tlio J{ri>(td M< nx Itiinix) upon a North Line Masterly containing about seavciitv .\cres for tho sustciitation of themsc^lves and their (,'attlc, being soe remote from the Towiie of A'/iiijxton ; Tho Coinm"" have viewed the same it referred the Debate hereof till Muiiday next. T'pon rending ye Peti(;on of John Osfi'r/ioxt, Jan Lhti'hnnx ife Conuliun Vcrnoi/, Husband- men of the Towne of Kuujstini, alledgiiig that his Hon'' tho (Jov'" hath been ])leased to promise it (irant to them a eertaine Neck of Land five miles distant from /{iiKjuton or thereabouts over the Kill neare the iTootpath leading to Allxtnij containing by Estimation fifty fonrc acres cloarc and Gootl Land, The Com'''' have this day viewed the samu it have referred tho Consideration thereof till Mundav next. •£kmJi' 452 Cofonial tSellleinentM on. the Jliohtin Jiivti: i' i fi Tlim> Ave IVwoim l.wt, iiuon8, vi/.t. of Tierrk Vlnmde Witt, Mr. W,n. Montania, John OHt.rlu.ut..J,m Iluvh.m., ('or,„'lh„ \W„o„,V.^A. ('/..nnhrrs ,^ John r<'y^«« l.o forthwith rofom- , nu.n.li-,I to Ink lion' the (iovcrnour to conlinno and allow tho soverall desires ol tho IVticoncrs 08 hoo in Ilia wisdom shall pidgo most fltt & wnvenicnt. _ Th,. Ordor. now H..,,d, Corre,.t...l A- Amen.led, we doe Assont vnto vnder o' IlaiulH, dcsirinK 1U8 Honour to i'urdoii o' Imperfections A: to aeeept of o' Endeavours. DiiDiEV Lovelace, Prosid'. Tiii)[.\4 Ciia.mui!:k8 Wm. IJeeckman rp, . „ . , „ OiiuisTo: Bki{i;hfobi> This Evenni- (he Tourt was dissolved. Hknkv Pawlino W"' that there appeared the last day of o' sitting (in Ohedionco to our suminonHc) before us one Ul,;.j> an Indyan Sacliem with his youn- Son and another vouiiir Indva,., who have sett their hands to the agreem' made between h'lrhar.l Mrolh, the late (Joveriiour .V tlu- Sachems .\: peo- j.le, called the S,,/,.- In.lyans vV: doe owne tho sanio according to Right & Ilonestv. They wore likewise adnioiiished to Continue the same (,'ustome yearelv. The next day Capt. (%mh,,; his Company app"eared'in Arines; They were commanded to remove the East (Jate of Khuj.fon to the middle of the Curtaine, soe that tho Towno is now oj)ened according to Ins Hon" Instructions directed to v" Com" y" last Sessions. Tho Company was mustered k exercised .t the Lawes in-latliiig to the militarv Affaires were read at the H-ad of them in the D,,!,/, language. The Artillery was drawn into tho ftield ,\c Ifyred when the Pros' took iIor.se to il(>part for \ew Vorke. i«: Present The (iovern' Mr. Ih:l avail Mr. Mayo' Mr. y(^// litiyi'i n The Secretary. Council Mimti:. Staten Isi.a.nd im-slness. At y« Fort Apr. 7'" KiTO. Tho Indyans who p'fend an Interest in Rtatcn Island by Appoiiilm' .i|.pi;,.'od before y" (iovern'; Thoy did not foiof Ycstfr.iiy (y« day p'li.xed) being hindered by Windy Weather. It was askt of y" Indyans, how they could make it ap|iearo, that tlioy were y» Owners of t>tatm Mawl, the W" at y° last Meeting they undertook to doe. They say, there aro five Principall ( )wnei's, the iv^t are only ITricnds. It was demanded, what the lir.-,t Owners Nanui is, thoy having markt out y sovorall Divisions. beginning at the South. Nt^io York Ilislwrical liecottls. 45:1 They my, h'a nonio in — MatarkoH, u U(iy, heo watt at Stuten Island. The ncponil - Karara- mint, lioo itt in Tuwiio, but Imtli Kiitruntcd wniui liuic. Tlio 3' MutaruH, liini'l como Ti>-iii()now, Tlio 4"" Crat»iuij,\wM id iilinoht di'iul, mimj ciiiiiiot coiiu', 1>l'u ii) uf YiV'/l U7a^, huiiiu uf hiti tiriviids will 1)00 hiTu To-iuoiT()\v. Tho fi"' irt7i««tv'«;//(X;ii of SUitin Iddiul. Tlirtiu of tliow! worn iiuiiicd iit SUileu Inliiiid, tlio othor two not. ItD iwkt, if tlioHo iKifort'iKtiiicd aro y" lliglit I'ropriotoin A iioo other ? Tht^ wiy, yos & ciiii iiiako it aiiiioari!; Tlu( '1 ancient men, who Hpciik for tho rout, (loo not p'teiHl to luivo any Inturust in tho Inlund, Imt aro ontnwtod for tho roHt, wiio tlioy know to l>oo Proprioto". Itu diiuiantlod of thoni, if thoy or any of thoni liavo hoard of tho naiiios in tht> Dutch Itccorda, of W' divorso woro road to tlioni. Tiioy say, nonio thoy ronienilxT, but thoy aro dood, soo doo not iovo to hoaro offhoin. It's 40 yoaroH agoi; sinoo that lieooixl. It wi8 iwkt, if tlioy then livod upon Staten-Idaml. Tiioy uay — Yob iV: that those now (/layniin^ aro (loKconi|('(l from thoni. It waa thon on(iuirod of tiioni, win.'o thono whoso namos wero read did 40 ycan'> agoe sell their Interest, why those now would sell it aj,'aino. Thoy wiy, thoy i^ilcl but part : It's told thoni, that it appoarrt >nion Uocord, tiiat all was sold: Thoy l)oinj( told, that since those now would soil the Lund againo, after it had boon sold 40 ycaros agoo, their ohildron 40 yoaros hence may doe y" like. They say still, that thon oidy jiart of it was sold, m. they ooutiniied on it, but now if thoy shall si'll it all, thoy will j;o oil &. leave it. Thoy aro tohl, how it is made appeare y" Island hath long since been bought : however in Considora(,'on of their ipiiet Leaving y" island a Present shall bee made them some-what extra- ordinary for their Satinf'actioii. Thoy still insist, that a part was only sold & a small mutter only paid. All the Old JJiitfh liooords were produced & Examined into ; wherein it was found, that tho said Statin /.i/iiiu/ was sold, it the ('onsidorai/on Agreed upon therein nu'ii(;oned with all tho Indyans >«amos it Markos, who sold it, — of which Warriner ifc Aquepo & Minqua-Sacheiiincka at Staten hland aro 3. It was in 1057. This i)ciiig prost, thoy say, tlioy'l spoak noe more of it, but lott those that are alive of them, who made tho Agreem' come to the C^jvern' it satisfy him about it. — Thou they aro told, that though there was an Agreem', yet nothing of it was paid, for they did not goe oti the Island, but if they will nov,- goe all otf, That Agreement shall bo inado good to them. Tho Particulars aro read vizt 10 Shirts 2 Pieces of Duffelds, alwut 36 Coates 30 i)aire of otoekinga woollen 30 Kettles, small it Groat 10 Uuniis 50 JJattchets small it great 10 Barrs of Load 2.5 Hoes 30 pounds of powder Some Knives 30 Ells of liodd Dogens, w"'' make 12 Coatos Some Awles. They say, they'l acquaint y" rest, that aro concerned w"" it & will send to Warrtner, Aqurpo it Mtniiiid-Siii-htiiuick to come hither. At last thoy promi.so to bring Aquepo it Wari'hur to the (iovern'' To-morrow. At y' Fort Apr. 9'" 1070. I'res'. Tho Govemo' etc The I'uMuoso was again had under C'onsideragon about y" Indyans Pretences etc. to Stalen- In/inii/. The Indyans brought oidy Ai^ucjM w"' them ; they say, Wurriiwr is sick ifc besides if hee ..' 9 ' 4j4 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River. a- were Avell hoc woald not eomc for tl....t I.ee Imtl, plaj'd awMv all his Intorost i„ Sfaten hhauJ Afterwards came also Mhuiua-Saclu-mark. A,pu'po bci.,g ti.en show,, the Keconl, whe.^e his jVIarke was, hee i),-eso,itly ion,id it o„t. Iloe si.ith farther, that f Gove,-,,./ the,, p,T,„.isMl y- s,.ve,-all thin-s mentioned to bee Agreed for the Island & sent into IloUaiuI for tl,e„,, l,„t thoy never wei'e sent. It's askt if tho Govern"^ will now n.ake good that Ag,-ee,n', whether they are content to (jintt the Island. '' .4y,,,v"' ]"-^"tends, It was agreed h„t fo,- a part, l„,t they a,-e toUl y Re.o.-d .nentions the whole Island, w- .s more ce.'taine, the,, what hee saith. They ,'efuse to take, what was then ag,vea i,pon. It's tol.l t],e,n if they will not sell they ,„„st Plant in so.ne Con.er of the Island, that ,„nv be ffenet ,n; And ,f they shall disturbe y" People, Cattle or Hoggs that live there, they .Sail bee severely p„„,sht. ' j Sonie of y" Indyans prccont lay Clay.ne to y Land by Jlarl.m, but y" Reco,-ds shews, it was bought it pa,d for 44 yea,-es ago. It being askt, wi,at they demand more then was Agreed for,„e,-lv; They desi,-e to k.a.w what y^ Govern' will give for the Island, It's told the,,,, what was Ag;ee.l fo,- fo,-„,o,-lv, They st.ll ,ns,st, that the Agree,,,' was but for part. They demand for the whole as follows : ' 300 (iOO ffathon, .,f Wampum ;{0 Axes 30 60 Match Coates ^q Hoes 8 Coates of Dussens made up ;{0 Shirts tU J5''"'''' ^ »i''d All that Island lyeing it being in Hudsons Ryver, eomonly called Siaten- Island it by y'" Indians Aquthoiiya Manacknonij, having on y' Sjuth y° Bay & Sandijpoint, on y" North y' Ryver it y" Citty of New Yorke on 2[anhatans Island, on y" eaat Lony-Islaiul it on y" west y'" maino Land of Aftrv Coll or Ncw-Jcvkcij, Together w'" all y« Linds, soyle, meadows, fresh and salt jtastures, Comons, woodlands. Marshes, Ryvcrs, Ryvolettes, strcames Creeks waters Likes it whatsoever to y° said Island is belonging or any way appertey iiing it all it singuler oth' y" p'misses w"' tli'a])purtenanees it everye parte it ])ar(cll tiiereof w'"out any reservation of y" iierbage or Trees or any other thingc growing or being thereupon Autl the siiid Sachems for themselues it all others concerned their heires it success" Doe Covenant to it w"' y" said Govern' iV: Ills success™ for it on y'' bclialfc aforesaid in manii.r it forme ftdlowing, That is to say. That they y" said Sachems now are y° very True sole it Lawfull Indian Owners of the said Island it all it singuler of y" p'misses as being derived to them by their Anncestors it that now at th'ciiscaling it delivery of these p'scuts they a:'e lawfully seized thereof to y'' use of themselues their heires it Assignes for ever according to y'" use it Custome of y" rest of y" Native Indians of this ('ountry And further That y" said Island now is it at y" tyme of Executing of y° said Estate to be niadi! as aforesaid shall be it from tyme to tyme it at all tymes hereafter shall it may stand remaine and continue unto y'' ^aid Govenio' it his successors to y" use of his Royall Highness as aforesjiid freely it Early discharged it Actpiitted from all it every former bargaines sales guifts (traunts it Incunilirances whatsoever it furtlu'rmore the said Sachems for themselues aiul all others concerned tiieir heires it Succi'ss" Doe Covenant, That y" said Cioveru' his success" it As- signcn for it on y' behalfe of liis Royall Highness as afores;iid shall it may from henceforth for- ever Lawfully pit any manner of Lawfull Lett resistance molestation or interruption of any other })erson or pel-sons whatsoever Clayming by from or under them or any of them And It is likewise l^astly u i4 hi 456 Colonial /Settlements on the Hudson liiver. Covenanted & agreed That y» Bnid Sacl.ema & j- rest of y« Indians concerned w'" tl.cm now In- habiting or residing npon ^ said Island .hall hane free Lea •, & Liberty to be & renmino there- upon nntill y First Day of May next, when they are to sun-end^ the possession thereof nnto such person or persons.as y« Govei-n' shall please to appoint to see y« Sii.ne put in Execntion upon w-^" day i hey are all to Transporto themsel ues to some other ])laco & to resigne any Interest or Clayine thereunto or to aiiy parte thereof forever To hauo and to hould y" said Island so bargained & sould as aforementioned unto y- said Francis Lo.eUce Govern' & his success" for & on y" behalfc of InsRoyall ILghness his hoires & Assignes unto y" proper use & behoofe of his said Royall J.ghness h,s he.res & Assignes forever. In witness whereof f Partves to theise p'sent Indenture haue Interchangably sett to their hands & scales the day and yearo first herein wrytten. Sealed tt Delivered in y= presence of CoitN. Stkknwyuk, Zdayor Tnos. Lovelace Matthias Nicolls c. v. ruvvkn Oloff Stevenson van Coktlandt Allard Anthony Johannes van Brcgh Gekkktvan Tkicht I. Bkdloe Warn. Wessels, Constab : W.LLiAM Nicolls IlnMPHKKV Dauenport CoKNELIS BkdI.OO A'"icnoLA3 Antuu.nv 4 YontliB Tho marko of ^ Aqcei-u (L S) The marke of Aquepo on the behalfe of ^ Warkenes (L S) The marke of Wawanecameck on the behalfe of ^ Minql'a-Sacuemack The marke of Aqcei-o on the behalfe of >y;) Pemantowes The marke of 7^ Quewequeen The marke of <^ Wawanecameck ;iKii The marke of q Mataris Memorandum: That the young Indyans not being prc.sent at the Ensealing A delivery of the w.thin written de«l, it was again delivered ^ acknowiedgcu before them whose names are hero underwritten as witnesses. Signed in presence of The Governo; The marke of ^^ Phwowahone The Scf^I'""^ nl><>'-t 5 yeares old, a boy. le . tK;re ary. ^^Xxm niurke of c^ Kohique abont 6 yeares old, a boy. The marke of <;->r' Shinolnnemo abont 12 yeares old, a Girle. The marke of O Kanarkhansk about 12 yeares old, a Girle. The marke ^ of MAguADus alKuit 15 yeares old, a young man. The marke of (7^3* AsiiEiiAUEWAa about 20 yeares old, a young man. New Ywh Ilwtorical liecordn. 457 The Payment Agreed upon for y" Purchase of Staten- Island Conveyed this Day by y" In- dian Sachems Propriet™ (viz :) 1 Fowur Ilimdred Fatlioms of Wampum ' 2 Thirty Match Coates 3 Eiglit Coates of Dozens made up 4 Tiiirty Shirts 5 Thirty Kettles 6 Twenty Gunnes A flSrkin of Powder Sixty Burres of Lead Thirty Axes Thirty Howes & Fifty Knives 7 8 9 10 11 Memorandum : It is Covenanted & Agreed upon by y" Partycs within mentioned Francis Lovelace Esq^° Govern-- etc for cfc in y"^ behalfeof liis lloyall Ilighn" k y" wi"'in wrytten Saeheme on y" behalfe of tliemsehies & all others concerned before th'ensealing & delivery hereof That Two or Three of y« siiid Sachems their heires or success" or so many Pei-sons Iniph.yed by them shall once every yeare (viz'.) upon y' First day of Alay yearly after their surrend' i-epair to this ffort to acknowledge their sale of the said Staten- Idand to y" Governour or his Successors to continue a nnituall friendship butweeue them As witness their hands. The marke of AguEi-o The marke of AyuEPO on behalfe " Wewanecameck of Warrines on the behalfe of Minqua Sacuemack The marke of Qi'EWEQUEEy The marke of Aquei'o on behalfe The marke of Wewanecameck of Pemantowks " " Mat^ujis. The Govern" Ord" for v' non-Sai.e ok y' Lanb at Esopcs, w'=" was given to v" SOULDIEKS there. FmneiK Lnielare Esq™ &c Whereas I am given to I'-'derstand, That some of y° late Souldiers, who have had Lands allotted them at y" New Village at Fsopus called Murhhton & have had Discharges from their Military Imploym', have conti-aiy to y» end iz intent Iwth of myselfe & Predecess"- for y" w''' the Land there was grannted to tliein p''sumed to make Sale of their I,otts, whereby y" said place instead of being settled will inevitably come to Ruine & Decaye unless some sjicedy Ilemcdy lie used, These are to juiblish and declare, That y* sales w'^ already have bcene or sliall w"'iii y'' space of Three yeares be made by any perticuler person that hath Land laid out for him iit Murhhton for his service as a Souldier are & shall be voyde & that what y)oi-son soever shall p'sume to sell or buy any such Land w"'in y" space of Three yeares aforcsiiid w'^out my ])erti('uler Lyceiice it consent shall be lookt upon as a Contemner of this Declaration & shall be lyalde to undergoe such fyne or censure as by myselfe & Councell shall be thought titt to be imiKised upon them. And I do likewise hereby ord' that Pid.lication hereof be fortliw'" made in each resiH'ctive Towiie at Ksopux & this Declaration read by beate of Drum & afterwards alKxt in some Eminent place in every Towne, tiiat none may plead ignorance hereof. Given und'' my hand & sealed w"- y» scale of y" Province nt^ort Janws in New Yorke this 23d day ot August in the 22"' yeare of his Ma""-' Raigne Annorlt>n by y" Magistrates of Fordham w"" y» Assistance of two of y" Magistrates of IlaerJem. afoirs". Except those of Fordham will be at y« Charge to satisfy y" Magistrates of Uaerhm for Comming up to tlieir Towuo of Fordham. Orders fob y" Rkgulatino of y' Civii.l & Mimtakv Affayrks at Esoims. 1. Inprimis Tliat Capt. Chamhers comniund y" 'Militia at lunt/xfon and that Capt. Paidhig ('ommand y" other CoiTipaiiy at Hnrhy and MrrrlMoirm: 2. Tiiat for exercizing y" said Militia both private & Gen" they follow y- p''scriptioii of the Booke of Liwes in tliat Case establislit ; And soo likewise for ffiniiig of Delimpients, p'servavoii of Arines, Aminuni(;on8 &C. 3. That every Towne in y" Adniinistrat.'on of Justice follow y" Rules of y" Lawes alreadv sett forth, Tliat is to say. That eacli Towne shall deteniiine definitively all Actioi>s under ilive jpounds according to y'' Lawes of T()Wiiesliipi)s. 4. That there sliiiil bee a C" of Sessions held each halfe y&are at Kimjston, whidi shall determine all Actions, whether Criminall or other (not extending tt) Death) *.t inllict punishm" according to E'l rt' ri { I 460 Colonial Seltlemmts on the Hudson Itiver. the Mcrritt of j' ITact, wlietlier on Christians or Indyans; And for Matt" Civill ns other C' of Sessions doe here hold & determine; w'" tiiis Provisoe, That any Party aggrievd may liave like Liberty to Ajipeale to y" Gen" C" of Assizes held at New-Yorke. 5. The Persons, that arc to sitt at y" C"» of Sessions shall bee Capt. Chamhers, Justice of y- Peace, who is to p-'sido as Presid', y" Sellout of luiujx/on & Elect Comtnissary, Capt. Pawling for Mai'hlcton, Albert Ikymans for Hurley & the Eldest Commissary at Kingston. Q. That in regiird y" TratHck at Esopnx consists chiefly in Come, w'' invites Merchants from this City of New Yorlx to repaire hither to Negotiate w'" y" fJarmers, and that it may often happen out soe, tliat some difference ariseing above y« deternn'na9on of Towno Courtes, soo that the Mer- chant according to y" ordinary course of Justice must be Constreyned to attend y» Sessions, w"" may prove prejndiciall to his Affayre by y'' approaching of Winter or any other Intervening Lett or hindrance; ffor p^•ention thereof It may be lawfull for any Person at any other time to cause a Spcciall Court to be called (as a Court of Sessions), the Person being at y" Charge that coTivenes it; And all Actions soe determined there shall bee Esteemed as Effectual!, as if it had past at y» Court of Sessions held at their usuall Seasons. Octob^25'MG7l. Fhancs LovKLACE. J'tteS; CoiNcn, ^fiNTTK. PuRcnASE OF LiVND IN "Westchebtf.r County. At a Conncell held y^ 30 " (hiy of October 1C71 Present — The Governor Mr. Stccmoyck The Secretary. The Matter under Consideni(,'on is the Purchase of the Land of y"" Wlekerncrrch Indyans, offered to Sale. Part of it was j)urcliascd in y'' yeare lt)40, as ajjpeares upon Ilecord. iShowmi Orochttft Brother, ifc other Indyans present being demanded, what they came for, they replyed, they come to sell their l:iiiil to the Governo'. They were offered a Price & could sell It to othei-s, but would not, having more a Desire, that the Governor should have it or the Refusidl ; It was told them none could buy it without the (ioverno" Licence. Then they went liy chalking it out to shew their Pounds it what was soM, w'"' they describe by a small Stroake alongst the f'Mut Jiit;r. The Names of those that pretend to bee y" Owners — /^rt/wayw/', Tapongeere, Nepahnic'kun, IiKjHUH, Keneninrrl; Amanung, Wyrdndls, CfiemuH, Sesftejxiox. —Ihvy would reserve a piece of Land for themselves. It was askt them how fan- it was from ilonus»ing to Ilnrhin River, And from Joh7i Ricli- ardaom Crosse over to WyckerKcreeke, They answer, it is a good lialfe dayes Journey, about *'. hours or 18 miles in breadth. In length as before. They say It is a good iluycs Journey. It is 3 dayes Journey al)Out in Circumfereiu-e. It being askt, now they are beaten off by the Jlague.% how they can make a good Title thereinto, if it were sold i They siiy, the Mmpies will not say, they have any pretence to their Land, though being at Warre, they would destroy their Persons Ar take away their Pea vers it Goods. It was demanded what Meadow or V^alley did belong to their Land, They say there is a gi-eat deide of Meadow within the f.and. They are bid to consider of what piiiv tliey will a.-k for their Lind vV give an Answer about two oclock Ath'ruoone. i New Yorh Historical Records. 4(n Tlio Acco' tliey rcturno of thoir Price is 300 fiitlioni Wmnp"' 30 Match CoatcM 10 BlankettH 5 Cleat Coates of Duzziiies 30 Kettles 30 GuniiH 20 Shirts 20 pairo Stocliings 30 Ilatchctts 30 Chipping Axes 50 Knives 30 I5arrs of Lead ■J- a Barrel! of powiler 2 \ ftatts of Beero 1 Anchor of Ilunini 3 Howes. S'. Letter fkom y" Governo" & Councem, to Cai't. James Carteretf as an Lntkr- POSI^'ON FOR A RENEWKI) rPRIENDSHIP BETWIXT 11151 cV: CaPT. I'llILII'l' CaRTERE'IT. The Governo'' having lately received a Lett' from his Ma"° Dated y 10"' of March lOTJ^, who out of a Paternall & Princely Regard to y" Safety of these his Doniiiiioiis in America, adnionishos lis (by the great Revolutions, that are now likely to hap])en in Christendom) that wee might timely provide against y" Coimuon Eneinyesof his Ma"'" Just Right and y" true Literests of y" particular rrojjrief", to whom his Ma"" hath most graciously transferred over his Clayme of any of these his Territoryi's or Colonycs on this Continent of Ann'rica, by a more strict Vnion of ourselves together, whereby wco may bee the better able to assist each other as Occasion or Exigence should rc(juire, And having taken Notice of late, that our next Neighbour Governour, Capt. Philipp Ccrti'rctt, wilh whom hitherto wee have had a friendly ik amicable Correspondence, is now in a manner extruded from freely Exercizing that Authority, by w'"" heo was connnissioued to Ride & Governo those committed to his charge ifc trust 6c y" legislative Powers now exerciz'd by others; To the end his Ma"'" gracious Advices it Conmi.ands may bee loyally tL soleiiinly observed, It will bee necessai'v, that a true Viulerstanding bee known liy what means this suddaine Mutation is made, that soc wee may not bee to seek to whom legally to apply ourselves to, if ever any Immerg- eiicyes should call on us conformable to his Ma""^" most Gracious "Will A: Pleasure, Allwayes pro- fessing where the just Authority does reside to bee willing & ready on all lawfull Occasions to bee soo serviceable to them, as wee desire y'' like from cithers, if need should require. Neither have wee occasion to feare, that those unhappy ISreaches, w'" have happend amongst you bee altogether soe desperate and imcurable, but that by y" Interposition of moderate it imbyasst i>ersons to either Party such a Composure may bee proposed, as may satisfy all Interest, but those that delight in Nothing soo much as in Dissent. S^, if these amicable Proposi(;ons of ours bee but liarkenM to (Sc by the Dk ling of AUmighty (iod) take that Etfect, wee cordially wish in y" Peace it Tranon it to believe noe sinister end whatever doth prompt lis to this Interposition, but it being a Christian Charitable Worke acceptable (wee believe) to (.iod, who is a (iod of Order, to y" Loyalty it Duty m, 403 Colonial Settlehtinta on the Hudson River. wee owe to his sacred M,i"", & that Coraon Charity wee desire may Iw paid to each other by oiideuvouriny to p'servo a Vnity of Spiritt ii» f Bond of Peace. T1.U8 recoinending these our Reflections into your candid A- ingenuous Acceptagon wee heartily take Leave of you, desireing you to send an Answ' in Writing by tiiis Gentiemau v" Bearer Capt. Dudley LoveUice, who will deli^•cr this to your Hands. % Order of y° Govern' aud Counuell. ±orte James m New Yorle y] 11"> day of Juno 1672. 1 M 11^^' Right Hon"'" S' ^^'" '^""^' Cabteretts Answkk. & Worthy Gentlemen. I received yo" per yj hands of Capt. D^ulley Lovel-ity in serv.ug h,s «,cred Ma"« m h.s co..cerns either here or elsewhere, & when ()cclves in Military Affayrcs or Discipline ; w«" together with other CJross Miscarriages of his, couti-ary to our Couces.s,o.,s, & contrary to his ow.. C,).n.„is.sio., hath fornierly (in his time of Governmn unjustly dissatisfyed, disturbed, o.., exempt from turbulent, Jeh.., cfc Ishn.aclite Spirits as appca.-ctl. i..all Ages, Province, o. Jurisdic- t.ons, together with the old pc-nitious Sect of Tale-Bearcrs, w^>' the wise .nan siH3aks of; And I wish that you & I ...ay take that judicious &: divine Advice of his; Proverbs y" 20'" & 19 vcr- & y' 17'" & l.--/" ver. '^ iv i>/ nc. . oc S™ In .'cspcct toy- DUrurcnces or n.-caches that have hapcncd between Capt. CarWrctt & ...yself the.-e KS (as you say) noeoccasio.i to dispai.-. but they will i.i tin.c be hcale.l or cu-ed by the Hon"'" Lo.-ds I .-oprietor unto whom they are already p'«mted & referred as y- most an.ple & co.npiteut .lu.igcs m those Matt" ; Aud I dot.bt not b,.t yo'selvcs will grant them to bee modcnite & u.iby- asscd I C.-S0..S on e.ther side; And if soo then ...ost requisite that they should receive that acco' w^ IS re.,dered to them ; the siime which I suppose yo.i mean by a suddaine Mutatio.. here; A true unde.-sta..Jing where of is as n.u.h unnecessa.y to bee declared to unco.iceraed Pei-sons, as What you vourably •i6 ai'e to ■ pujoy Wi.olly New York Ilutorical liecards. 4c;i by what Aiithonfy I aot & transact AiTuyres hero in tliiH Government, a thing w''' I have never Hought to pry into in otiier CJovernnientH ; and wiiy any Acco' tliuro of HJiould bee recjuired or exprctcd by yon as a Conncill I ktiow noc Keawon, seeing tliat I am not under ObligatioiiH to render the Bamo to any but to Ids Ma"" *fe my SuiHiriours the Lords I'roprieto" by wliose Order & Instruc- tions I act ife hhall in an orderly, meek & peaceable way endeavo" to suppresH such who (U>e most falsely without either shew or Colour of truth repute mee a Disturber of y" Countrey, like unworthy Persons as they are ; who some I have accused of Bi)eaking treiisonable words against his Ma"" the King, & under y° Guilt of y" JJreach of their Oath of flidelity toy" Lords Pnjprieto", & have fatally ruined their Interest hero, & y° poore Inhabitants of their Province in a great measure. Tiiese have only lately published mee by their writts a Rebell A Mutineer, who am Proprieto' of my flathers Interest in this Province ; They are likewise great Disturbe" of our Peace. They and only they, ife do(! frecpiently arrogantly, & falsely Dec^lare in New Yofke that I have done it, because I have taken a Legall Course to putt a stopp to their unjust & um-ighteous Proceedings, greatly dishonorable to God, his Ma"" y" King, & y" Lords Proprieto" ; All w'" I cjin sutUeiently prove & make appoaro to y" Damage & shame of the aforesaid Persons, coimte nanced, encouraged, & believed by some in New 1'urke ; which I take unkindly; And if God spare life, I will give his itoyall Highness an Aecompt of them by the first, & after second it myself by a Verball Declaration how I am used in his Territoryes, as also who they bee that have appeared like Enemyes to King & Countrey, & perhaps (as you say) would gladly see wounds fester into a Gangreen, & soo become incurable; which God forbidd, & grant that I may bee by all Lawfull &, just Endeavo"' an Instrument to preserve Unity in the P>ond of Peace ; A tiling w"^"" I cjm appeale to God (w'" a conscience unblameable) & ac(iuitt myself before all the world. I never did obstruct in any unrighteous or illegall way ; And it is my hearty and unfeigned Desire to live in all aiuicable Correspondence & Trunouility with you and all Men. Soe you shall ever find me — Your Ready Friend Elisabeth Tmcne in Nnn Jersey Jasies CAKiKKKn.* June y" U'" lt)72. CocNcii. Mlnutk, Commission fob Indian Affairs. At a Couucell held in Fort James y° 24"' of Juno 1672. » » # # # » The Commission for y" Indyan Affayres soe farre to continue in force as shall relate to keep y" Indyans in good ( >id'' ; l!ut as to any matter of dili'erence of iiwuiih and tuuin or trespas.se, that it be decided by the iie.xt Justice of the Peace and Constable A; Overseers of the Towne, where the cause of Action shall arise, but if the Action bee above 5 Jt, they may Appeale to y' next Court of Sessions. * * » » # # * See " East Jersey umUr tliu I'lojiriitary lioveiuuieuU " ami '■ New Jersey Aiehivcs," Vol. I. — Ed. Vm I -^ 461 Colcmial Settlementa on the Iludmn Miver. Instrikthons you Cai-i DkLavalf, a Mk. Stkk.wvvok, at tiikiu ookino fou AUIANV, Jl-NK Y' It)'", 1C72. GontloiiiPii. Foriwiimeli as you aro snfflcioiitly noqimiiitcd w"> liis Ma'"' RcKolutions of prosecuting a Warr w'" y States of y united Provinces, as appeares botli by his Pul.lished Deciaravon, & likewise hjr Ills particular Lett" directed to meo to heo coinnuinicated to you with said Letters & Declaration you shall carry alon^' with you for your better (inidanco & Instruction, you uro in the firHt place after yo' Arrival to cause your said Declaration to bee soleniidy proclayined, by wiiat Ubrniality you shall conceive to bee most effect uuU accordinn; to his Ma""" Intention & good pleasure. You aro likewise to w!e that y" Forte aiiafis that way) at Antanios None upon the West Coast tiiero is iu a Corner a piece of ground well watered, low, & very strong by nature, where if a Block-house were but erocte.l, k a 15reast-work cast up to make a Battery, «fe but 4 Gunns planted there. It would stop y" l»;urudent Determination. Lastly as soon as conveniently you can dispatcli yo' Affayres both publick it ]irivate I shall desire yo' speedy Return to nice againe, you well knowing how nuich I am destitute iu yoia- Absence of any lielps, and soe God send you a prosperous Journey & Return. AOKEKMKOT JtKTWKE.V TlIK InhaiUTANTS oK ScU KNICfTADY AND THE FoflJ MoUAWK CasTI.ES. On this Day tlie £'" uf July KiTti did Appoaro before me John (hmrtmn van Marhii, pub. Notary admitted by the AVorshippfull Co'' of .lM,,//yand the Inhabitimts of Srhencctmly To- getlu'r with a sartain Indian calle.l T>ohoryim,'h,jua it Criuj,; being tlie liepresentative of y" fouro Molioakk Castells, Who declared it i)romised to hold firme & stable it will Cause to be held in full force & vertuc all and Whatsoever liee shall act it doi; in The side of y" Luids Lying Nearo The Towne of S<-hanhecta(h within Three Dutch Myles in Comijnssc on boath Sides of y» River Neio York Historical Records. 466 Westwiirds whicli cikIcs in K!n(ipon delivered unto y'' s'' Indian as a present for tlio Old Man in The Mti/iiiiiLr Country a Kimdlet of i'randy. To the End all Misunderstanding ife ('omi)laint may he wash t of ami Ilemooved ; To the true performance of the premises the s'' parties iiave hereunto sett theire hands and was Interpreted by Cornells Viele iu the absence of Jaajiwa C'orneliasen, In Schanhechtade The date above written. The mark The mark of DoUOKrVACHQDA of Crage Sandku Lkundebts Glen Jon.v VAN Ers SwKiiK Teunissen Attested by mo J. G. v. Marken Xot. Pull. This day the llV" of .Tuly is payd unto the Indians above mentioned in parte of y"-' pn.chaze foiire hundred hands of Wainpiiin. On barres of Lead, 15 liagges of powder More for a present throe ankers of good beere, one Koatt of duffels, together with the above mentioned Rundlot ot Brandy. A" ltM2 Tli(^ 13'" day of July Did the undcrwiitten Indians aiipeare before ns and do declare that they did confirme all and whatsoever the abovewrittcn Indians named 7'i>/ii>n'(>Wi(rhi/U(' and CriKje in the Annexed Instru- iiient have acted it tlo by these p'^scnts proiui.se with the last payment to give all further Assur- ance of the s'" Land and that they and theyro heires shall di'sist from all further Claymes it pre- tenses whatsoever. In witness whereof they have hereunto .^ett theyre hands in Schan/uc/ttade at the house of Gi'rrit Banner and in the presence of severall particular Indians, the day and ycaro above written The marke of The marke of The marki Attested by me, J. G va.n Marken ACllQUO JAKUY TonoUIOWAOllQUE i''i :>\) i 460 Colonial SettlcmentM on. ih^ Ifiidnon U I vfr. An ()«..- vo^i Caim-. L..vk,.4oic, Mu. Nokw.k.i., .V:.;; n. takk a Hubvkv or Staten IntANn. M.. /^'TV/'/" 'V'"';"'r' '^ ''•'"''"^^•"'•>"" •'"!"• '>«'//'y /-'W,m-, Mr. .!„,/..., Norwo<.l, & . M. A.A,W /u< ,., I.y ,Ik, lK,.t Hkill .V .h.dK...ent that .yo„ Imv. to tako a Survey of y- Houndn & Ly.n>tt«o .SW /./.W, toKOthcr with itn Dinu-nsio,. .fe(;ir..M,nf..ren..e, thow-you o ;| ..1- .; 'lutt. .^ ,..ake R..t..rn thereof „,.to ,ne, An.l y- J.^tico of y- poace. Co-.tahle k o 1 e. Olh..^ u,.o„ y. .ud I.Ia.Mi are herel.y r-quired to l.eo aydin,- .t aBsiHtin,! unto you herein, .« ceaB,on«hall require; Ami for what you nhall Aet or do- iu , ..•.«.■..,, .f y" Prli.He« tS CoUNCir, MiNUTK. TUADE AT SciIKNKOTADY. At a Oounccll '.eld at Fort JaiiwD, Se])t. (i"' 1073 It J^\?TT'^"\ ^"T "'Tr r '"""'""« "' '^'•'^'"""■^^-''' was *takeu into Co.lidoration ; other fn, m l/.,«y l,n,n.ht hy Mr. 7A7«.a/^ ...ado to hi.n & the Co>uuus«aryes when above w'" tlio Appostilis tliereupon. "^ »uo»uw For Scfi,tt)fcl,fl(h\ it is Ordered, TnuH'r ^"'■/'"'''■^''•;;' "VT" ^-'''''^-''''''^^ l.y TrespasKO. n..ht or othorwi..o, they shall have a Townc Court to try all nueh Cause, to the Value of one hundred (Juil.ler., the perL., who nhall r.^ tlH .an.e to hee two t.. l.ee nonnnated hy the (iovnu/ out of three to ij ehose , an.on.st then.selvc. annually, l,n, f..r ..eater Snn.es to have A,vlieation as formerly to the Co" of cI- .n.ssaryes at Alf.,,n, As to the .natter of tmdo with Indyans or others there, they are to 1^ n.«..lated by the Ord" n.ade hy the (ioverno' & CouneoU the h.t Su.n.ner at Alliany Ull further ^^ LKTr- KKOM V" (JovKUNo" ,0 ( 'Arr. Jamks CABrKKKrr of Nkw Jkksev. Skim-. 18. 1672 I received yo-Le.rhyy- hands of W.Jon..; y" Contents were a narrative of what had . b t een one ot yo^ Ma,..s,rat..s .t n.y Marshall ; I ,..ust confess I have heard .onu-thing of 1.. t bto.y though nnperfe..tly ; ne.ther did I give tcx, n.neh Credit to his Relation, lin.ling him TrcirT'"; "•"/■^''•^'•''"''.r ; ^ can attribute to noeoti,er reason, then what ho uverrs, hit hard Tr-atm l.s true en.ploy d hnn to forewarne all persons (that had not that conunon Civility i.. then, to desire L.herty of n.ee) to eutt & earry away Hay from Slaten Jdand without ,ny A,^ proba,on ; but U seen.es M^ /Ay,^-/«, (whether in eontempt or Derision) pr"un.M to n.ake an ts..y, wh.tl.er the r,-op,.,ety belonged to his Uoyall lligln.ess, or y" Lo.l P.-oprieto", .t aa ,ny .Serva,.t averrs, when that was y" Dispute, he was soe ...Ihlent as to .leeide it thdrs (fo! that was the ferme) A.ul upon that Co,.elus.on pc-haps nsM hi,n n.ore .-igo.-ously tha,. so..,e u,.deeent of 1? t7 ^7Tl^ ""^ r '""■'"• ''^ ' ''"1"" "'""' "'" '"" '''•' -' ^^---■' -^ '' Co,.t.-overBy of the 1 .tie o that I laee after . years possessio,., together with a lawful! Purel.aso of the Na- uves, .t not the least Contrad.etion fro.n y Lor.I Proprieto"; but if any pragn.atiek Pei^on, out m New Yoth IliHtuncal liecorda. 4«7 of any OfHcioiisncHri (ir niiiiRtcr V.\nU «if liU own nliikll intiTiiu'ilillo iti tlmt Affiiyro, I Hliall nxHiiro him to iiiiiiptaiii my Uoyiill Miwti rw InieiTHt to that |pla<'e, to the utmost of iiiv Ahility ; M'. Jmu-a l)ruiij(ht HiiotliLT Luttor, hm fiiidhi^' the Su|)i'rHcrii)ti(.ii to ho M'. Ilupkliis liin Hand, witli whoiri I never hail any CorifHpoiidcnco (nuitlicr dchim I any) I ivfimM tlio A('(T])ta90ii. I liavu noo luoro ut jirt'ufnt, hut that I uin Yo' hiimhUi Servant N. V. 18 8i.|): 1(172 Fk. Lovklaok. Lkk to (!ap\ Jamk8 CARTKBKTr AT ELizAHK'rn TowNK IN Nkw Jkkhey. Hon. S'. I received yo' Lro of y" 12"' of Octoh', wherein you seem to coinplaiiioof a harharous it ituir- tiierous Aet (an you aro pleased to name it) committed on V" Body of ^o' iMarfeiiall, «.t at y" samo time, I am sollieitcd hy M'. La Preary, and y" Deputy (lovorno'' Capt. Jicrri/, wiio hotli are in the nature of Kxiles, not daring' t(j return, tlio one toy" peacealilu enjoyment of iii.s Estate, piir- diasM hj»iiiH iiard Labour ik. Iiuhwtry, tiiu otlier from Exercizing tiiat Auliiority of Deputy (rov- oriu)'' in tlie DispeiiBation of Justice, and y' jireservavon of tlio Pulilick Peace, according not only to y' Oath hee stands olilig'd to, hut likewise to that Trust lawfully invested in him hy y' (Jov. erno' ('apt. I'liillj) Carteirtt. What to doe in thi.s ease, & to satisfy two dillurent ()i)poiients iniglit puzzle a greater Statesman than I protend to deternnne ; yet when I reflect on y° Answ' you were pleased to returne to tliat LetT of ours, wherein (mov'd out of tendi'r sence of the In- conveniencyes it mischiefs which were dayly growing to y" hazard of y'' eH'usion of (Christian Blood, w''' since has hapned, & woo having noo other Aymo then tho peace it tranciuillity of you our Xeighho" consonant to y'" Commands of his Sacred Ma , who enjoyu'd all Neigld)ouring Colonyes too uter into a strict Association w"' each otiu^r, that then (1 say) you were i)leased to have 800 little regard to those our kindo & friendly Proil", as in returne of an acknowledgm' of those sentin''of ours, you wondered wee should conceriu' our Selves in y' AtTavis oi yo' Governm' since you never sought it in ours; If soe you continue in those resuiutions still, you have then an- swered yo' Selfe; Neither doe I intend for y" future toconeerno niyselfo w"' yo" in any Pid)lic!: AfFay«', unless you undeceive meo hy showing mee a suthcient DepntiK.-dn from the Lord Proprio- to" to act as a (iovcruo'' w"'out w''' I cannot safely adhere to you as a Puhli(]ue Minisf but al>- stracted from that. As you have had y" largo Experience of my ('ivility towards you, Soo (keej)- ing within that circle) you shall all ways tiude mee ready to acknowledge you as I desire to bo by you. Yo' atfection'' Friend Fk. Lovelace. Oct. 13. 1672 I had forgott to acquaint yo" that y' Prosecuto" attempted to enter on Staten Island \n Quest of M'. J.a Prery where if they had found him were resolved to carry him away w"'ont my Leave. I shall desire for y" future, you to refrayne that course, least you constrayue mo to fetch them back from you. 468 Colonial Settlenbents on, th- Iliidson. River. 9| •! A PlUVILKIUJ- (.UANTKl) TO Cai-' ThoMAS CllAMIlEKS, FOK Y" EuKCTINU FKOX IIaLL INTO A MaNNo". FroMyis Lovelace Y.^^^ &^'. AVhcreas Cupt. Thomas Chamhevs Justice of the Peace -M Eso- pus hath been an ancient Inhabit' in those parts, whore hee hath ,lone si-nall & notable Service n. the time of the warrs ayainst the Lulvans, & having by his Industry in the time of Peace acquired a considerable Estate, of which hee now stands possest, An.on^'st the rest havin- a Man- sion hou8e not farr fron, the Towtie of Kin>j,ion commonly called f,c [Ml, with a gr^-at Tract oi Land.thereunto belonging, w" said House is tnade defensible against anv sudden Incursion of y Indyansor others; In at.knowledgm' of the Services heretofore done by the Capt. Thomas Chambe>-s, & in part of reco.npence thereof, I have thought fitt to Erect the said Mansion house billed /u. Jail ct Land belonging to it into a Manno' to be known bv y« name of the Man.u/ of ffo.c Hall, the w"- shall fur the time to come bee held, deemed, reputed, taken, & bee an entire intranchized Manno' of it selfc, and shall allways from time to lime have, hold, & enjoy life & e.juall pnv, edges with otlu-,' Marnu/' within the Governm', & shall in noe manner or anywise hee under the Ivnle, OnV or Direction <,r any Towne Court, hut by the (ienerall Co" of Assi/es or as from time to time y" said Capt. Chambers shall receive Ord" or I^irections from y" Govern'-' ,fe h.s Councell. Given under my han.l .fe Scale ^^,t fort Jam,, in Xe>o IV/fc this 16'" day of Octob' in y ai'" yeare of Ma'- Keigne, Annoque Domini 1072. in if » ■r Li.7rr« TO Capt. James Carteukit at ELizAiu/m Townk i.v Xkw Jkrsky, Datkd 22'" Ootor: 1072. S' Before Mr. DeUivall resolved to shake hands with Alhamj for this Winter Season h.^e wiis determined to kiss yours, & I luue j-erswaded W Steniwi/ck k W yirolls to accompanv him to try ,t yet there were a possibility left by a fair & amicable Interposition to make 'up those Rents w^' by y sufferings of so.ne, & y» Asperity of others (if not prevented) will grow p^ust their skill to close ; Neither can I .lispaire but by this inconceruM Interview (on their parts) but to hope for a good Issue, & the rather in regard M^ JA/^,v. 6c Hnhr when ],arting last from meo returned to you with great resolutions of propounding siicli Expedi.Mits for a Geiierall A.romoda- 90.1 as might secure each pa,.,v (h,, severall Propositions .t Conclusions thereon) both of their persons & fortunes, till the determinative llesolution of the Lords Proprieto" might i.utt a period to all mistaken Distinctions on either side. S' contrary to my once resolved Opinion of not troubling either vou '"■ '"vselfe more on this Subject, I have (u].on V Address of very manv of your Inhabitants) advent.irM to make this bust E.ssay, w^" I wish may prove elTectuall, that see whenever a Iransmutation should succeed between my R : Master & the Lords Pn.prieto" might not present him instead of a peareable v^' wrll disposM Territorv (such as I b„pe to have & m Lxchange of that a Land only replenisht with P,ryars and Thorns ; thus lioaitilv uL-hin- vou to make a Serious reflection on all the eviU conse.piences that necessarilv must attend those' Dis- orders, & that l,y .>Vj,rudenc.. .V: Moderati,.,, striv., to prevent Ihem, that not only the Proprie- nnitvs it (Tree- to" may be assured of tlu.ir indubitable Rights, but the L.habit" of their Tmmn" doms, w''" it w'" alone is the Cordiall wi.-h of S' IV Adec"'" Friend Fort Janus, Octob' y" SS'* 1072 Fit; !a)vi-.i,a()k. New YorTc Historical Records, 469 Lkttkk kkom Kino Charles II to John Beury, Depcty-Oovebnor of New tllCKSEV, I)I14ECIIN(i IIIM TO EiNFOKOE TIIK AUTIIOKITY OP LoKD JoiIN BERKELEY AND Siis Georoe Caiitereit. Charles R. Tnisty & wcllbolovoil. Weo greeto yoii well, having bcctio iiiformed that some turbulent & (lisiiffefted ])ersoiiR, Living 6c inluibitiiig within the Province of Cesarea or Xew Jersey, The pro- priety whereof weo have granted to our riglit Trusty wellbeloved Councello" John Lord Berkeley of Stratt<)n tfc Sir Geor(je Carterett K?i' nt Reliefe bee see fai-r indnlgf(l as to have Licence to sell sonu; Tlumm to y" Indyans, as also some quantity of Powder it Lead; The Premisses being taken into serious Consideracjon, It is Ordereil, That in regard of the very great Losse it Damage snstayned by the siiid Antonia van Curler m having her House, liarnes it Curne destroyed, as by her is sett forth, as also the Losse of her riusband, Arent van Curler, while bee was employed in his Ma"'* Publick Service, Shee, the said Antonia, hisWiddow, shall have free Liberty it Lieenco for y" space it termo of one whole j'eare it two Months at>er the Date hereof. That is to say, from the first day of .Vprill next untill the 20'" day of May w''' shall bee in the year" of o'' Lord KlTlr to sell it dis[iose of to the Indyans or others in or about Sehatwchliih in Rumiue one hundred Anekers & in lead to tho value of two hundred iff 470 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson liiver. Beav" or 1000 Weight; But for Powder in this Conjuncture of tin>e during the Warr, It's thought inconvenient any Extraordinary Liberty should be granted therein. By Old' &c. The Matt' of Difference between y^ two Tappers at Schanechtnh, not thouglit fitt any order sha 1 bee made thereni further, this Liberty to the Widdow probably being a meane to defeat both their Expectations. l^opus Contribution. The Commissaryes Lett' to y« Govern' about y' Contribution not yet ready, & a Request that a lax imposed about three yeares agone upon their Land, Working Horses & Cowes may con- tinue to support the charge of the Towne,-Mr. Gmveraeta Letter for y Continuance like- wise. "^ The Ord' thereupon. Upon Con8idera(;on had of what liath been rej^resented to his Hon' y« Govern' by y" Sellout & Commissar^-es at y' Esopus as touching tiieir Voluntary Contribution towards the ffortifications here and a Tax heretofore Agreed to bee imposed for f time of three yeares, upon eadi Margen of their Lnproved Land, as also upon tl>eir Working Ho.-ses & Milch Cowes towards the defmy- ing y Pubhck Charge of their Towne, w^" said Ti.ne being now expired, they desiring a Con- tinuance of the said Tax, upon the same Acco' as before; Both the said Particulars havL been taken into considera(;on It is Ordered, That the said Voluntary Contribution bee collected I paid into Mr. Isaack Gravemaf, the Sellout, in good Corne according to V Intent & Meanin.^ of the Donation, otherwise it shall bee in the Liberty of the s<'iid Schout to refuse the same Aconstrayne them to pay better. And likewise that y« former Tax upon y" Land, y« Working Horses & Kine bee continued for two years longer or untill farther Order, beginning from the Expiracon of the last three yeares. And for that there was y^ last yearo the Sunnue of sixteen hundred Guild'- allo^^^d toward the Publick Charge of the Towne out of y" Excise, It is also Ordered, That an Acco bee given to the Govern' how the said ICOO Guil.l'» .t y« last three yeares Tax hath been expended ; when eonsideraon will bee had, how the two yeares Taxe for the time to come snail be disposed of. By Old' etc. That some particular Onl' bee sent to Capt. 0/iamber., who is exempted from being rated by the lowne, m regard of his manno'— * * « * « ♦^'^ LiBEBTT OIVEN TO Mk. DeLAVAI.L TO ERECrr HIM A WahK-HOITSE AT V StRAND IN KINGSTON. These are to certify all whom it may concerne that I have given free Leave & Liberty to Capt. Thoma, Beluvall one of y^ Councell to Erect or build a Storehouse or Ware-house adjoin- ing to che Block-house at the Iieit fort James in New Yvrk y« 19'" day of March in the 25'" yeare of \m Ma"" Reign, Annoquo Domini. 1C72-3. New York Hhtwical Records. 471 An Ord" about y* Manno" of ffouimiam, viz'" that a Co"' bee kept theee qdab- TEBLY, & THAT Mk. Jn" RiDER BEE STEWARD & PreSID'. Whereas Mr Jn" ArcJuir having obtayned a Patent from mee for a certaine Parcell of Land upon y" Maine (of W^" hoe liad made Purchase) lyeing & being over against thia Island Man- hatans, neare Sj>iting Devill, where a New Village is seated, & is called,/'o/vMa?/i, unto y" w"^" I have thought fitt to Grant y« Priveledgo of a Manno' & the paid Mr John Archer being the Principall Proprieto' having requested of mee, That being y" Prinei])all Proprieto'' for y' Decision of Matters of Debt & Trespasse between him & his Tenants, or between one Tenant & another there may be held a Court quarterly or as often as there shall bee Occasion, of w'^'' some Person as Steward of the Manno' shall bee Presid'' taking as his Assistants y" Constable of y° Place, «& one or two more of the discreetest of the Inhabitants ; The holding of a court there by y« Con- stable & Overseer being not practicable amongst them in their Kew Settlement, By these Presents I doe well approve of y° Proposall afore-mentloncd, & doe Order that there shall bee held for y« said Manno' o{ J'urdham a Court quarterly or oftner if Occasion shall bee, the first Court to bee on yo 24"' day of this Instant month when the Steward for the time being shall bee Presid' & that hce take as his Assistants y° Constable of y» Towne, & one or two more of the discreetest of y" Inhabitants as afores'' or neighbourhood, for the Decision of all Differences of Debt or Trespass hetween the Landlord & Tenants, or one Tenant w"" another, according to y" Direction in the Law & y' Priveledges in his Patent. And M'. Joh7i Rider being recommended by y' a^ Mr. ^/r/(tv to bee Steward of the Court, I doe hereby Allow there of, the said Steward taking his Oath to doe Justice in y" said Employm' between Man & Man according to Law k to preserve the peace ife welfare of all our Loving Subjects residing there, Wee doe there- fore hereby require you in our name to use yo"' utnu.-i Endcavo" to prevent all troubles fKWARK KIO. IN NeW JeKSEY TO BEND DKLB- GATKS TO SUKKKNDEK THKIK T0WN8. At ii Meeting of tlie Noble Ilonoi-fiblc Commanders and their Hon''" Council of War at the City Hull of this City of New-Orange on the 12"" of August A" 1G73. Present - Commanders | ^''^'f ^'* ^"f ^^" ^■"'"■^' ( Jacob Benckea Capt. Anilionij Coloe Capt. Nicolas lioes Capt. Ah. Ferd. van ZyU John Baeker, Jacc^ Melyn, John Oghdon cum sociis request as ilelcgates from the villages of FUzaheth Town, New Worl; Woodhi-idge nnd Pisraiawai/, situate in the province formerly called Neiv-Jersei/, that they may be allowed to scud conimisKioners from their said villages, to negotiate with the Hon'''" C^onimanders and Council of War in regard to the submission of their villages to the sovereignty of Their High: Might:, the Lords States-General of the United Netlwrland and liis Serene Highness, the Prince of O range ; also that no audience be given to their former Governor, Capt. John Berry, until their commissioners had been first admitted. It is ordered : Tiie petitioners, namely the inhabitants of the villages of Elisahcthtoiiin, New Work, Goodbridije and Pincataway have herewith permission given them, to send their commis- sioners on Tuesday morning next following to negotiate with us. Done at the City Hall of New Orange, Aug. 12"', 1073. Signed cornelis evertsen the younqeb Jacob Benckes By order. N. Bayard, Seer''. The Admirals and the Council of War upon further resolution dispatched the following order to tlie remaining three villages in the same Province To the Inhabitants of the Town of Birgcn and the farms and set'icmcnts thereto belonging. You arc hereby directed and charged, to send commissioners of your town hither, in order to negotiate with us on Tiu'sdav morning next couceniiug tiie surrender of vour villatre to the juris- diction of their High Might: the Lords States (hjneral of the I'nited Netherlands and his Serene Highness, the Prince of Orange, oy iqion refusal we shall be compelled, to subdue your place by force of arms. Done at the Stadthuys of the City of New Orange, Aug. 12"', 1073. Cornells Evertsen the Younger Jacou Benckes. By order. N. Bayard, Seer''. (The same order sent to Middletown and Shrcwshury.) 60 474 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River. PltlVILKClKS fiUANTKI) IX) TIIK HKVKUAL ToWNS IN NkW JkRSEY. At ii ]\Ii>uting of the Council of Wur lield nt Fort WUlem Uendrik Aug. 18^ 1673. On tho request of tlio inhabitants of tlio villages of Elhahethtoimx., New Work and PiscatOr toay, situate behind the Coll {A,-h(,r C.-.H) the following order is made: The petition of tiie iuh.ihitant.s .Z Klhah,thUmn\ New Work w\A PUcatawayVvi^mg been received and read ' ■ r',v,„nander.s and the Council oi War, they direct, that all the iidiabit- ants of the said vil.. !„. allowed the same i)rivileges and liberties, which ai'e granted to the born subjects and t :>Hirh natio.,, the petitioners and their hein shall further possess and enjoy without moleiitation their lawfully bought and paid for lands, which tho Governor is to eon- firm to them hereafter in due form. The boundaries of each village shall be settled by the Gov- ernor and Council at a later date and orders to that effect shall be published. As to impressment, no E iglishman shall be impressed to serve again.st lu's own nation in case of war against his Majesty of England, provided they conrport themselves in such case (juietly and i)eacefully, but their ship.s^and ves.sels shall be subject to it. Regarding inheritances tluy are to be ruled by the laws of N-therJand, but they may dispose of their estates by testaments as they think fit and in ca.sosome are willing to withdraw from this territory witli theii- ].ropcrtv, they mav do it within the time of six months, provide.l they have paid their debts aiul obtained a pass-port from this Government. Further, no person shall be allowed to settle under this Government except on l)revious approbation by the Governor and lastly the petitioners are granted such freedom of con- science, as it exists in Nitlurhiitd. The dei)uties fi-om Woodbridgc, Slirewshuri/ and M!ddleiovm appearing before tlie Council the same privileges are granted to their villages at their verbal request, all until further orders from their High : Might : and his S. II. of Onnuj,: V' ns- 5' Council Minijti:. Submission of East and WESTcnERTKU with extent of the JUKISDIOTION OK TIIKIK ColUTS. At a Council etc. Aug. 21, 1673. ** * * * * *#* The deputies from Oos/durj} alias W.sfr/u.^fa- and the neighboring farms, called F,ifijd<'n to be Sellout Mr. (Suitiuti JA>j>ki>it to be Secrclaiy \ f of all the respective Towiies. ♦Ki!i''sl'ju. Ulster Co. m 470 Colonial Setilen}('nU on the Hudson River. Giving & by those preBotita granting unto tlie 8'' Jno. Ogden & Stimuel Hopkins & oaeh of them full power, Strenj,'tli A iiuthority in their s' ollicrs, the Sellout to.i^'eOier with y" Sehep^ns or Magistrates ol' respeetive Towiies lo Rule it (niveriie us well their Inhaljitaiits as Straii;,'ers and y" s'' ^umud Il„j>klm to administer y° olHee of Sceretary in y" s'' Townes aceording to Lawos of y" Unitid Behjwk ProviiuvK and sneli Partieiilar Instnietions as they from time to time shall receive from ns & from our Govern" for y» time heing and wee doe herehy Strictly order & Com- mand all y Inhabitants of y« s" Townes to obey & Execute all such Lawfull Orders & Constitu- tions, as shall be made by y- Sehout it Magistrates for y" wolvaro of y« s'' Kospeetive Townes & he Inhabitants thereof. Dated Ut supra, Sept. I, lti73. fJ Rknewal ok tuk Pkach wmii tue IIackknsack Inoians. At a Meeting of the Hon"'" Commanders and the Council of War held the 13'" of September 1673. {Jacob liencken ) Conielin Ererfnen, the Younger \ Capt. Anthony Colve Commanders. The Sachems and Chiefs of the JIach-nmck Indians with about twenty savages requested admittance and appearing before the Comicil stated, that they had been sent by the re- mainder of their people, to ask tl,o Commanders, that they might continue to live in peace with the Dutch, as they had done in former times; tiiey declare, tiiaton their part Miey are very desir- ous of iloing so and in token thereof al)ont twenty dressed deerskins, two or three pieces of beaver and a string of wam]>um wen? given by them as a present. They were told, that their i)resents and propositions were accepted and that they should con- sider the Government hero their good friends as tbrmerly. In conlirmation thereof a present was made to them in return of {]{ ,Io.u/>,tJr.s of ciotii, lU pairs of woolen socks and live handfulls of powder, for which they gave their most cordial thanks and retired. t\\ rh Census of the sevekai. towns in New Jersey. At a MeetiTig of tbo Hon'''" Commandera and the Council of War held the 14'" of Sej>t. 1073. Capt. Knijf ami Lieutenant f^n,'J, having returnod yesterday from the country behind the Coll, report, that in ])ursuanco of tlieir connnissioii they have administered the oath as prescribed to the inhabitants of the villages, named below, and have, found the population to be as follows, according to tlie lists delivered to them. FA:,uah,:th r„um, j.opulation Su heads, of wl i TH have taken the oath, the others wcrj absent. New Worl, pop. Sn, of whom 75 to( k the oatli, the othei-s absent. Woodbridyi; jiop. 51 jica.ls, who ad twk the oath, except one, absent. '1-? ¥\ New Y(yrh Ilidorical liecorda. ill Piamtmoay, pop. 43 heads ; all took tlio oath. Muldlctuuon, pop. 00 lieiids ; 62 took thu oath, tho rest were absent. iShrewnhiiri/, pop. 08 liciids ; 38 took the oath, 18 being Quakers, promised ullcgiuncc, tlio rest were absent. MiNUTK OF TiiK Dki'akti'uk (IF Mohawk Cmikks from Nkw Youk. ScnKNKcr.vuY Affairs. At a Meeting etc held Scptbr, 18'^ 1(573. The Sachems and Chiefs of tho Mohmoks appeared before tiio Council, iiaving come liither, to view tlio naval force under the Commanders and to reiwrt thereon ; they now request leave to return, which is granted and a j)resent of 8 dozens of handkerchiefs, pairs of woolen socks, 3 cartridges of jiowder and 3 gnns is given to them. The petition of the iidiabitants of Srhenectnilij was taken up and read, they ask in sa -stance, that tho privileges and liberties given and granted to them by the lato Governor Stuijvemnt be confirmed. It is ordered, The pi^titioners hiive our consent and permission, to enjoy their former privileges and lil)er- ties, provided the same have not subseipiently been countermanded by the said Governor Stuy- vesant and Council. Ordkr to thk Maoistkates of thk Vii.i.AOEa IN THK Nevf,sink8 in keoard to Al'l-KOACnlNO SIIII'S AM) FOR A NEW EI.KUI'ION OF OFFICERS AT SlIREWSUUKY. A letter was written to-day to the Magistrates of the villages, lying in the ^i o-.iinln on tho Beacoast to direct that they and their inhabitants fthould speedily inform the Governor General of the arrival of any ship from sea. AV^hereas the Late Chosen Magistrates olT S^hrouxliury are found to be Persons, whors Re- ligion will not Sutler them to take any oath or administer thi^ same to others, wherefore they oan Nott bo fitt Persons for that otlico, I have therefore thought titt, to order that by y'' s'' Iniiabitants oiFy'' 8'' Towne a New Nomiiuition shall be made otT four Persons off the true Protestant Christian i-eligion, out off which I shal Elect two aiul ('onlinue one olT \' former for Magestrate i of y° B'' Towne. Dated i\\.Xffort Willein Jlemlrlck this 29"' Ttember 1073. Signed. A. CoLVE. Letter fuom Governor Coi.ve 'ro S(Miorr .Tons' Ocden at Ei.izAnKTn X. J. on Imhan Afiaius; skizlki: of Gov" Cartekkts i-koperiy in New Jersey. Mr. John Oijiha ; Yesterday I sent yon y" Instructions by y' way of Neio 'Wtb^ last and vnderstond out of y"' same y' proceedings of your peo]>le with y' Indians, of w''' I do wel ai)])r(jve and according to your desire I wil alsoe Endeavour that Satis- factio.i may be given by f Imlians to y" owners, to w"' End T have once more thought fitt, that y'' Indian Sachem bo smnmoiu'd to appeare before me to give nie satisfaction about it and that j" 1 rP ( I It'r.. 478 Colonial /Settlevienta on the Iludmn Jim K'r, Mo88eiijfor doth Minify t.. l.iin, tliut I do n.ucli woi.der tlmt all y (Jheifc, Sm^Iicms hcrc-abouts, aa also Uicso of )■" Mu/ia,k.H liuvo bene liero to i.roBent theinselvuH unto luo uiid that ho only Roinains Defective therein : wherefore I wouUl willingly speako w'" him to know y Ri,iho„ and that I promise hin. & hi. Conii.any freely to Pause it Uepa.s without any Molestation you may alaoe give order what goods he hath Tendrud or yett shall Tender to Rc-store y" I'uople may ]{..ceive from him and lett an acco» bo sent mo what y» loss may be of y" goods, w" still are wanting. You are also re-iui-Td to send hither by y» first opportunity the armes k other goods according to Inventory formerly belonging to y" late Govern" Carhrctt and to C use this Inclosed ..rdor of arrest to bo published in your soverall Townes and to order y° sevorall Clarkes to retnrne an acco' thereof unto you for to bo presented unto me. And lett Air. Jlopk!n.s Examin uppon what Conditions y" Tennants are seated uppon the plantations of Cupt. CartcrcU and ace' thereof Returned U!ito mo. Not Else ntt Present, but that I am Dated at/.,.^ W;U.,n, y,,,, ,„,• , ^^..j^^j Ilendnck, U " Oct. 1673. (gj^^.^a) A. Oolvk. Ori,v:u kv CoDNCir, ox -ini; J^-kchase of iNmAx Laniw in New-Jkksey and on Tuv. Tkauk to tiik Esoimis At a Meeting in Fort Willvm. Ifnulru'l- etc, Thursday the s"' of Alarch lfi74. Received and read the j.ctition of B,iriholam,m AppU;j,t,h, Th,nuiH Apph,jailtixvl\ Richard Hadh'r rcpiesting permission to purchase from the In.lians a parcel of land, situate about two DuiA:h leagues on the other side of the village v,i MiddUtown towards tho Nemdmjx and suitable to settle or 8 families t'lereon. It is ordered, The iH'tiHonei-s' rcpiest is granted .„, the condition, that after having purcliased the land they shall obtain proper patents tjierefor an,', actually settl.i it within two years on iwin of confis- cation. Date as above. Whereas several skippers and boatmen have recjuested iwrmission to sail with their sloops to the Esopus and Willeimtadt*, which would .Ici.rive this citv, we fear, of sloops and weahm the population, therefore in order to prevent this, tho authorities of this city ai-e directed to smnmon before iae:- all skippers and masters of boats and inform the same, that not m.,ro than two yachts may go to WUleimiadt and Ewpux and one ♦<> tho Southriwr, the sjum. to be desitrnated iii turn by lot, also that tluiv must not take from here any ].assenger unprovided with a'passport ; for thus It has been decided necessary for the welfare of this city. Date as above. il' Council MmrrE. OnnKK aitrovtno an OKntNANOE madk i.v Middletown. Tn- niAN (,'laim on Skcaucus Island, N. J. * * . * » A certain ordinam-e was handed in on behalf of the Magistrates of Middletown, directing that no inhabitant should be allowed to I<.ave their village unless he gave bail to return, as soon as ho had done his business or unless he was engaged in the service of tho place etc. They ask * Albany, N. Y. Ne>D York Historical Jieeonh, 479 for its npprovnl liy lim Honor, tlio (tovcniorfJoiicriil. Tlio onliimnoe Imviiijj; l)cen read niul considt'rod tlio Uov<;riior aiitl (Jomicil order: No iidmltitaiit can lio [iroventod from changing liia reeidunco witliin tiiis province. iinlcsM liu m arrostud for lawful ruaMons : l)ut no rutiidcnt of the villrtgti of Miildletoimt, bIuiII bo uliowud to Iciivo without having first given notico of it to the Magistrutct). The Councillora, Mciwrs Cornelia Steeiiwyck and Corndis van liuyaen have to-day licard, by order of the (K'vornor, tho cl.wuis made l)y Boino Havagcrt, that SicaJcun, a, small island lying back of /ie"ij(t), liad not been sold, but only ICijHitiiKj ami its dependencies and that they were now re- proached by the otlior savages for having sold land, which did not belong to them. Tho contract of sale was theieupon examined and after hearing further debates, it WiW found, that tho said island was included in tiie 8Jiiv< made in January 1(!.j8, b it not in the sale of /'.\i>atiti(j. After Snartie van Jioraim haci interpreted and explained the matter to them, they said, they had not known it nn 1 represent, tliit they were now entitled to haves an anker of ruin, wliich tho parties in interest agreed to give them to avoid further trouble. Dato as above. PRorosrnoNs of 'nv-i. Mohawks to Oovkbnok Colvk and ma answkb. Propositions made to his Honor, tho Governor General of Neni-Nt'theiiaml by the Mohawk Chiefs from tho two nearest Castles, situate above Feace. They give a string of wampum. 2 His Honor has been well pleased hy the re- newal of the covena.it at Xassaii last fall and he will take cure that the Dutch shall duly ob- serve it. 3 They arc thanked for thoi" offer to assist tho Dutch against tho French aiui other enemies and a jironiiso is given that they shall in like manner be protected against iuvassiun by tlieir enemies. •Albnny. N. Y, They say, last fall they have made a new cove- nant with the Dutch iit Xaxifdii, they come now to confirm it and give a string of wampum. 3 They say, that if tho French should come as rumor lias it, to attack the Duu'h, they will niaivli out with the Dutch and live and die wi ii them. A string of wampum. P 480 Cuhnial SeUUvants on the IluJmn Jiiver. m k Tlio answer jjiven Ih, lliat \m Honor, the Gov- eniiir, li;is Imilt thin fori, iiml furtiticiifiiiiin ex- j)ri'K.^lv with ;i vimv to ki'(3[> olT nil i'ii(!iiiiort,yi't ho is grateful for their airuction and good wishus. Tlioy e.xproHB tlioir plpusuro WH-ing, that liin Honor, tlio (iovernor, ims Imiit micli a Htrong fort lure anil \ui\w tiiat thin country shali ho defended liy him againnt all enemies uiul that no other nation will again hecome master of It. They give a string of wampum. "Whercrs they are sent out and nro going to Boino other nations, hix Honor, tho (roveruor, wishes thorn a happy journey and good suc- coHS in fh(! renewal of their covenants witli tiieso nations: they iiave permission to eome hero on their return. ti His Honor, tho (iovernor, believes that when they camo down, there was no yacht at Wt'f- lemstddt to hring thcni here, hut after having done their business with the other nations ami returned hero, they shall reeeive a token of his fricndshi]) and he taken up to W!llem»tiult witiiont expense. Done at Fort WUkin IIendn,k in Xcw-yetherland, May 22'', 1074 Thoy say, they wero sent ont to Bomo other nations to renew their eovenants and intend to pass through here on their rctm'n, therefore they ask permission to come and give a string (if wainpuni. Tiiey say, tliat at uXuxMni they had asked to ho brouglit down in a yacht, but at the time thero was none at Xasmu and as thoy are old men tiiey re(juest, that upon their return they may be taken up the river in a yacht. FtTRTUKK TKANSAtrnoNS WMU Tni: AfoIlAWKS. At a meeting in Foif Wilhm Ifcndnrl-, bdd liy his Honor tho Governor General Anthony Coh'i- and the Council of War, June ,5"', 1674. The J%J<'«« Sachems, who left here on the ii2'' of May last past, returned and appeared to-day before the ("ouncil, rc.]uesting, that they might now be taken in a yacht to Furt .\(i.iKan, as they had been promised. They ask further, ihat, as for some time past neither they nor ail other sjivages have hee-n allowed to remain over night at Wdleuistadt, this privilege might bo given to tlieni, they being tho brothers of thi^ />(//.•//, also that some orders concernini; trade might lie made, so that tlicy could buy as formerly a (lulfel coat for one beaver ami all other goods m proportion. Lastly tlicy proudse to remain faithful U< iIk' Dutch, their brothers, for all times and say, that in order to increase their strength and jiowcr to resist all enendes. they have drawn their three castles into one. They givi- hereupon two strings of wampmn. His Honor, the (Iovernor, answered, that according to j)romise thoy slioidd be taken to 1^7^ leiiistaiU by tho first yacht going up tla^ river aucl he gave them a letter, directing the Connnis- siu-ies to show to the Jlmjun. .i, as the brothers of the />»//r/(, all jiossible favor. As to the high price of goods, he said, the same was caused jiy the long and wearisome wars in Kuropf, but aa soon as ])eace was reestablished and the Dutili can ship larg(' (piantitics of goods from the Father- land, then they will sell them as cheap to the .Wm/uae-f, their brothers, as possible. Three duffel coats, two packages of gunpowder, about 20 pouiuls of lead, one pair of socks and a hat was then given them as a jtresent and iiighly satisiied they left. i( i JVisw Yark J/iatorival Iteconh. 481 LicrricH FnoM (Idvkknou (;osnenmi mywlfo of the Bame, in liis Royal! lli^iinesNC' naiuo and to ills UMo: Tlioso are in iii.s Ma"" name to will and rcijiiire you, fortliuilli to lay at Attacli- inunt u])on tliu Houses and I'lanta(;on upon tS'i otiif.us Fon Pekmission to i-ukoiiase Indian Lands at Katskii,. To the ITonorahlc Schout and Commissaries of Alhanij, lii'UHndaeru'ijch etc iShow with due reverence Jurian Tht'intissin^ lln'inanvan (jly etc they arc Youi' ilouors' well-inclined subjects Juki Jan Teinissen IIakmen IIarmense Gansevookt The mark of yj/ (iekkit Tueunisskn made by VK himself {In marghie:) The Oourt refers the petitioners to his Honor, the Governor-General of New York; if liis Honor gives them the desired liberty, this Court has no objection to it. Albany, December 17"* 1G74. By order of the Court JouANNES Peovoost, Secretary. Gl 483 Colonial Settlements on the Jhuhon liivei: The Govern' dotli consent vnto & allow of tlic within written idircliaso, rrovided tlie Tiir- clms" doe forthwith settle it as they ought it not liiuder others by having greater Quantityes, then they can improve. Gent. A LirrrKB sknt to tiik iNHAurrANrs ok IIuklky anii Marblkton. I received yo' Letters and addresses of the 4"' of January, and shall not bee wanting in main- taining every ones just Rights and Triviledges, But tliinke I had sufficiently Authorized Capt. Thonias Chambers as Justice, and Mr. George Jlall as Sellout in your Townc, as well fus Kimjs- ton; Nor do I lindc upon duo examinaijon, any ground for yo' lato Scruiiles or Actings; How- ever, I haverein forc't my former Orders, to the which I do expect a punctuall obedience, for his Royall Ilighiiesso service, and tlie good of all the Inhabitants, and that you beware of any Partyes, factions or discontents, amongst you, which T shall in no ways Suller. When I come up (wliicli I hope will bee this Summer) I shall give further Orders, in what may bee then necessary, I am New York, January Yo' aliectiouate ffriend 11'" 1«7^5 E. Ani.kos. \ 1 I, N"' f^ f\» w. Gent. A Lkitkh wuriTKN to ■niio T.\iiABrrANT8 of Kinoston at Esoi'us. I received yo" of the 2d instant, that all things are well and quiet in yo' Townc, I thank you for yo' care therein ; I thinkc the JIagistratcs being discharged from their Oathes, is a SuHi- cieiit discharge for all others in yo' Towne; However, if yo" thinke it necessary, you may appoint a Geiierall Towne meeting where M' Greveraet according to Orders, may declare it to them all ; As to the Militia, I have ajipdintcd Cai)t. Thumas Chamheni, to Command till further Order; For the Peace you mention with the Indyans, you will do well to renew it, as hath been Custom- ary formerly : I do intend to see you this Summer, and give all necessiiry Orders for yo' future good Settlement. 1 do agaiiie recommend unto you, the carefull exercize of yo' Charge, and sliall bee ready u])on all opportunities for yo' welfare, to testify my being New York, January Yo' affectionate ilriend 12"" 1074-5 E. Andkos. Indian Dkkd vuk Land is Gkkenp: County. (Fort Orange Uccortls. Vol. Dpi'Os 3.) Before mc, Johannex J'roroosi etc, appeared an Indian, by the Dutch commonly called Scher- mrr/ioorn, who in his own l)ehalf ani/«>r.sf and Ailrian Girritmn, Com- missaries, that he cedes, transfers •ind conveys to and for the benefit (4" Jan Jironk, his heirs and successors a certain piece of land at KotxkU m\ the northside of the Kil, called by the Indians Paskaicq, lying under a hill to the West of it. Etc etc. Done at Allan ij the 2.-)"' January lb74-5 Gerrit van Sliehtenhomt Adrian Gerretnen This is the mark (^^'\ \) of the Indian. called SCHKKMEEIKKIU.V In my presence Johannes Provoost Seer" M New Yoi'h Historical Records. The Ordkr for kkkpinii thk Court at FoRiiitAM. 483 Tlio Goveriio' liuviiig given I'onuissioii, that the iisiiall Court of tlie Maniior, should be lield at Fordhdm, according to the Priviledgesjy^p^ho liatsiiitrt, aiwii-former.CraetiaC/'jJt is Agreed upon, tliat the Court shall be kejit at SP. Archern House, on Wednesday come senight next, being the 3'' day of March, of which you ai'e to give notice to all Persons concerned, who may have busiuesso there; Dated at 2fewYorke, the IS"' day of tl'ebruary, 1674-5. Mattuiab Nicolls Seer. To M'. liich^ Cage, Constable of ffurdhani. f,^ jpoiiNciL Minute. Inihan Affairs. At a Couneell Aprill 16'^ 1675. Present • The Crovcrno'' Mr. Ltmreiw. The Secretary Capt. n'" Dyre. The letters from y' Coniniissarycs at Alhnny and Propositions from the Nnques Indians to them w"' the Answer being taken into Considera(;on Resolved, That y" Jfirtjncg Indyans boo encouraged in their Loyallty ife friendship to y" Emjlixh & y'' French to bee sent to, not to molest them without Cause and forthwith to release any Hostages tliey inny have of theirs ; Engageing to interiiose or help (for due satisfaction to bee "■iven from y" Jfaqinn to the Frcnc/i) upon all just occasions reipiiring. Tim J'rench Governo' promising the like for y" Natives in their Limitts. That v' Jesuit or other French residoing with the M<(ijiick bee sent for to y" Governo' at his Arrivall at Allan;/, to give an Ace' of his being it Actings in those parts and if to Continue, to give such Assurance, as is proper, for his future Comport. 41) A Letpkr sknt iiY nil-; Govkhno" to tuv. Commissarvks ash SciiorToK Ai.uany, Apbii.i, Tin: V,*™, ItlTa. Gent. I have received yo'^ of the S"" instant, together with the inclosed Copyes of the Jlnqiiea Tndvans Pro])osi(,'ons and desires, of a continued fTriendship; To which (as you have already told them) I shall give effe<-tuall Answers, when I come up; which will be about the beginning of .luiu', upon my returne from Defairnre, where I am now j)repanng to go; In the meane time (as von mav have uccasion and thinke it necessary) you may further let the Maijiics Indyans know, and assmv them, lli;it if they bei^ not wanting themselves, I shall not on my ]iart, in continuanco of the ifriendshi]), hath been hitherto w'" them, and also interposing with the ^fnnch.nr any other Neii'hbour, in anv just matter, nor shall sutler any to come to F//>ii.% Allmn;/ and Precincte, or anv other liis Royall Hi I W) 484 Gent. Colonial Settlements on the Hudson Jilvei: A Lkitkk to Cait. Cu.vmueks and Gkoboe Hall of the 2-1'" Apbill, 1075. Ileer having been fi late report of the Mnrtlier of two Christians about tlic 8'" day of this Moiieth, between the JVevisam and Delaware River, of tlie whieli the (Toverno' was yesterday advertized hy L" from thence, sent hither cxpresse ; And the South Indyans of those parts, having been lately somewhat troublesome to Strangers, and have refused to deliver up the Mur- derers of those two other Christians, killed by thcin the last yeare, as they were Travelling this way, upon p''teiice of two of theiis being killed, which wee iindo to bee no other then by accident and through their occasion, I am Ordered by the Goveriio'' to give you notice thereof, and the rather for that its also represented to his Ilono', that the So2>e3 Indyans are in Conibinayou witii them, the truth of which latter report, you are desired fortliwith to make inquiry into, and kTiow of theiTi whether they will eoncerne themselves with them, in case wo should bo obliged to use force, to bring tiiem to Kcason, and to returnc Answer thereof to the Governo'' by tiio first con- venience, or by exprcsse, if you sliall iinde occasion ; The Governo'' did on the 20"' instant make a Peace with three Sachems of y" Ifevisana and adjoyning, having about 30 in company with them ; And they did also engage, that they would neither assist, llarbu'' or have any thing to do with tlieir Xcigidni'''' to the Southward, or any others that might bee our Enemyos ; The Gov- erno' is resolved for Delawarr, either this day senight, or Monday following, accompanyed with 40, or 50 men : As to a Message you may have had from Albany, of the ffrench menacing yo' Indyans, the Govorru)'' hath writ to Alhanij, That hee will not suffer the prosecution of any Indyans, within his Royall lliglinesse Tcrritoryes, whilst they shall continue under the Protection of this Governm' ; But if there shall bee occasion, will bee willing to interpose in any Just matter. This is all at p''sent from Cient. W most humble Serv' New York Aiu-il the i^, 1075. Maituias jSTicolls. A Pk(u i.AMAf'oN- Aiiorc Tin: Inhyans and makino oi' 1>i.ay proporgonably. Ordered, That all persons, wlio liave "Warr" for Land upon Staten-hland doe make applica- (;on to y" Surveyo' to have their Lands laid out in six weeks time after y° Date hereof and y" Survey to bee returned into y' Seeretaryes oflice in the Fort, in Order to their taking out Patents for y' same, otherwise y'' Warr" to bee voyde. Tiiat eight rod be layd out for a Iligliway for Outdrifts and by y' Sea Side six Letts to joyiie together. Orderai, That all improveable Uplands being layd out, the Meadow ground to be layd out next proportioiiably. That somewhat of Lnprovem' be made by each person in one yeare, an Improvement accord- ing to Law in three. The Neck of Land Capt. Billopp is upon, is judged to bee about 1300 Acres. Ordered, That ho have the wliole Neck allowing halfe to be divided into Lotts, y° rest to be allowed for (^omiiioiuige, so to l)0 entyre unto him, but then he to have no Counuoniige upon y" rest of y" Island ; — Tiuit a Survey thereof be made to know the true Extent. ****** s, of tlic iiitimied, ir Palisa- T?Y TtlE GoVKKNO*. iNSTRUCriOXS FOIi THE CoMMISSARYES OP ScnANErTAPK. 1 You are to keep Court, the s(>eond Tuesday in every Moneth, and oftner (if there tje occasion) to which all ['ersons are to have free accesse. and all Cases to be heard and detennined Publickly and impartially. 2 You are to Act in the AdministraQou of Justice, according to T-aw and formor Practice, not 486 Colonial Settlements on, the Hndson River. It H' Itepngnant to tlie Laws of tlio Government, and to detonnine definitively, to the value of 40 Gilders Eeavui-s; Above which, to adniitt an Appeulo to the Court at Alhaiuj, and in Crime, you are to Judge as furrc as jiutting in the Stocks, or fHnc, not exceeding fforty Guilders Beaver. 3. You are Authorized to make necessary pnuleneiall Ord", or by Lawes, which are to bee ob- served, but presently sent to the Coniander at Albiiny ; And if not otherwise determined, or dis- approved, to bee of tforce, till the next Gen"" Court, whc>n (if not confirmed) to bee void, if con- lirnifd to continue till the next Gen»" Court after that, or Order from the Cioverno' Gen"". •1 You are not to make or liaise any Cotisacjon or Taxes, on the Inhabitants, without the approba9on of the Goveruo' Gen"" unless in Case of emergent occasion or necessity, with the knowledge and consent of the ('ommander at Alhany ; And all Taxes or Levyes, to bee yearly accompted for, at the next Gen"" Court, and then sent to the Governo'' for his approba(;on. 5 The Gen»" Court is to consist of the Conunander at AUniny, and five or more of the com- iiiissaryes of Alhamj and Cohmy of liemliwrnwijcl; and two or more, of the Commissarycs of Schanectodij, to nieet and sitt once a yeare, to begin the first Wednesday in June, and to deter- mine all Cases under five hundred Guild". 6 As per Instructions at Albany, yon arc not to Suffer any Traders, or to have any Indyan Trade, for the Indians in yo'' Towne, nor any Liquo" to bee sold, but in the Licensed Houses, which to be Limited as to the Indyans, not to exceed one or two Drams, and Beer to refresh them, under Penalty of forfeiting all such Traile and Drinkc in tlie Houses, and further flino or Punishment, by you, or the Court at Albany, (if above 40 Guilders) as the Case may deserve. 7 The Gen"" Comt is to Choose yearly, two Commissaryes of Albany and Iiendaerswyrl\ and one of Schanerlaily, to go to Yvrh\ and Assist at the Gen"" Court of Assizes there. Given under my hand at iSc/umecta y" same year Granted it to y" L"" Darclby it S' George Cartrett betwixt y= Dukes Grant to y" I;' liarchly it S'' (leonje Cartrett and Xntice there nf in America Severall persons took (irants lanters have i)urchased of y° In- dians 1ml liefuse U> pay any acliiiowledgnient tn v" Kin:rs (iranli * I'iiijiliMi, Kiiiglil, Knrl-l';il;iliiii' of \c\v-.\ll)ioii. N. Y. (',,1. r)nc. I, iiHH. New Yorlc Historical liecorda. 487 Q: 1"' Wither y" Grants made by Coll. NIcoUd are good ag' tho Assigns of j" L'' BercMcy & S' George Cavtrett. Q ; 2'"' Wither tho Grant from y° Indiana bo Sufficient to any planter witliout a Grant from y* King or his AsMgncs. Ans. 1"' To y° first Question tho Authority by which Coll. Nicholh Acted Determined by y' Dukes (irant to y" L'' Berckhj iV S' George Cartrett »ii all Grants made by him Afterwards (tho according to y° Comison:) are void for y" Delegated power w''' Coll. Nicolls had of making (irantesof y° I>and could Last no Longer then his Ma"'" Intrest who gave him y' power »fe ye having or not having noti-je of y" Dukes Grant to y° Lord lierrkly &, S' Gconje Cartret makes no Difference in y" Law but y" want of Notice makes it Great E(iuity y' y" present proprit'" Should Confirm Such Grants to y" people who will Submit to the Conssions & payments of the present proprioters Q\utt rents other wise they may Look T"i)on them as Desseizers ifc treat them as such. Answ. To the 2'' Question by y" Law of Nations if any people make Discovery of any Comitry of Barbarians the Prince of y' people who make y" Discovery hath f lliglit of y" Soyle & Goverm' of y' place it no people can plant there without y° Consent of y° Prince or of Such Persons to whom his Plight is Devoulved k. Conveyed the Practice of all Plantations has been accordin" to this & no people have been S\iflered to take up Land but by y" ('onsent & Lycence of y" Gov' or proprietors mider ye ]>rinees title whose people made y" First Discovery it Upon their Submition to y" Laws of y" Place it Ccntribiition to y" Publick Charge of the place & y" payment of Such Kent it other Yalue for y'' Soile us y« Projjriet" for y" time being Eecpiire and tho it hath been it Still is y" Usuall Practice of all Propriet" to give their Indians Some Recom- pence for their Lund it So Seems to Purchase it of them yet y' is not done for want of Sufficient title from y'' King or Prince who hath y Right of Disco\ery but out of Prudence & Christian Charity Least otherwise the Indians might have destroyed y" first planters (who are usually to few to Defend themselves) or Refuse all Conunerce and Conversation w"' y° planters «& thereby all hopes of Converting them to y'' Christian faith would be Lost in this the Common Law of England and y" Civill Law doth agree and if any Planter be Refractory it will Insist on his Indian Pur- chase and not Submit to this Law of Plantations y" Propri" who have y" Title lender y" Prince may deny them y" benefit of y" Law it Prohibitt Comerce with them as Opposers & Enemys to y"" Publick peace, liesides tis Observable y' no man Can goe from Emjlnnd to plant in an English Plantation without L(-ave from y" Govcrm' it therefore in all Patents it grants of Plantations from y'' King a Particular Lycence to Carry Over Planters is incerted w''' Power in Prohibitting is now in y'' Proprie" As \' Kings Assigns, and therefore tlu) Some planters have purchased from y" Indians yett having done Soe without y° Consent of y" Propriet" for vMime being y' title is good against the Indians but not against the Prupriet" without a Contirmatiou from them upon the usnall terms of Other Plantations. W" T.KCK — Jo. IfoLT — W Williams— W" Tuomson Jo. IIoLLHs — Rich" Wallop John IIoylk IIkn. Pollexfen A true Cop]iy. GauvtiN Lawiue. Rou^ West 488 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson liiver. Assessment Roll of West & East Chester m 1675. 11 Wffi 'If' Tf^pS St , »'ii *i Panons honcB. Oxen. Cowa. 3>T. oM. 2y™. lyr. Swinc. linil. Mcoctow. Sheep. Henry Gardener 1 3 3 1 2 4 8 Isaac Ditarnian 3 3 1 2 4 12 Will' Shippard - - - - _ _ - _ _ _ Joseph Tailor 1 3 1 2 1 6 6 John Wintar - - _ — _ _ _ , , , _ John Ginby 4 4 6 3 3 3 3 20 23 4 Joseph I'ahnar 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 6 24 6 Samuel Palmar 2 2 2 3 14 13 Rich'' Ozbun 1 2 3 2 2 4 1 3 12 Widow Plat 4 2 9 Thomas Mulay for each of them contoyniug 20 IVforgnns & so propor(;onably four Bushells of winter wheate p' Annum as a (piitt Kent. To y" 2'' concerning their Priviledgo of Trade or handling with y" Indyans : The Goveriio" Order made above to bee observed. To y" S"*, That they may bee excused f paym* of their Burgers Packt or Excise att Alhituy & may he admitted to i)ay it at Schancchtade. It is Ordered, That y" Packt or Burg" Excise upon Lirpiors for Schanrchtadf being not well to be distinguisht at AUmnij, It is not thought titt to make any Alteracjon therein, but those of Schanec/dade may have liberty to take anothers Burgers Packt at home, over & above y" former for drinkc, that shall come there, as is practised at ^1 /?*««//, the whic" to be dispose ;'. of by tlio Magistrates ior publick Charges, they being accomptable for y" same to y" Generall Court at Albany, as for any other their publi21"' 1075. E. Anokob. f'or.Ncn. Mini TK. T.nkian .\kkaiks. Esoitb. At a rounci)ll Oct'" '24'^ 1675. Capt. J)ijre Present Tho Governor The Secretary Mr. Frnl. rinlllps. «# # » * <■ »«« Letteis being brought i\\>\\\ y" Commissaryea at Affniiii/ by Mr. luiiijifon, who had been Commander there, cdin'erning a peace newly made or reneweil by them at the tYort bctweene y° Maijues and Mdh'nuiuderK Indyans, though without leave, It is Ordered to be kept. It is likewise lu'solved, That tlicru bo at this juncture a p?-ohibition of selling powder it lead to any Indyans whatsoever at AUxiny, 'Tnlessi; it be to y'' Maqiwii it Sinnrkt's, The same to be inider y*" ])enalty of one hundriHl (iiiild" beaver for eai-h (juarf of a pound it so |)ropon;oiiably for more or lesse or Corporall jMinisliment, extending to life as tho Ciuso mayreipiire; Except allowed by the Com- mander himselfo under his hand to some adjacent Mdhiciimhr Indyan well knowne to liimselfo or Magistrates, the quantity of one ipiarter of ;i |ioimd tor y'' present bunting or to some few such iiiilyaiis, who shall be knowne by tliem to be designed for y'' beaver liiiiiiiiig, who m.iy by the said 493 Colonial Settlements ProliibiQon to contiiiviu for y* Hpiico of six luontlist aftiT tliii* i'..iti'. It is also OnliTod it UcHolvcd, Tliat y* like Ord' bo sent up to KsojniH, Only tho altoralion of tho words {MuUilis Mutandin) Instead of y* Coinander the Justico or Cheife OfHeer to bo inccrted. l'l)on }■" recMiito of a letter fi-oiu y KxopuH, relateinj; their great ap])rehi'?iHion of y" Indyans, It iti liesolved, That y"' Magihtraten tliere he eheckt for tiieir needlesso feares and they are all ordered to keep at their usiiall hahitav'otm it places of abode, both at y° diftfutt Villages «fe Out- farnies, untill more apparent t'atise to y' Contrary. Ordered, That y'' Magistrates doe give a present Ace', what is meant by the Indyans offering to d( liver up y° Articles made betweeno Coll. AieoUn and them and.who spake of it first, w iiether private jwrsons amongst tho Iiidyaiis or SacheniR. The Agreem' in y' said Articles sett forth having been renewed with those Indyans this very Spring and themselves having no authority to alter or make eitlu^r Peace or Warre, nor to treate of either in y" least, but to do their dutyea in continuing things as they aro. PtrrrrioN of Tnit.viittantp of Voxkkks, i-kaviso to iif, F.xcrsFO from .ioinixo the I'Kcei.K OF FoKDHAM IN eASK OK AN InOIAN I.NVASION. To the Right honorahle h'tlmimd Aiuli'im Esci' tJov' Oen" under his Royal Tlighnessc i-f all his Territoryes in Anu rica. The humble peti(;on of Jnhn llnuhj Inhabitant of the uiac^ .iud yonk\<'s Land, on the beh.ilf of him and his w ighbours lonsi-.iiig in 4 Familyi . Sheweth with all Submission yo'' lion- ' x\\ i;.. . '.,.0 of a Long mile from tnc Towno Fiirdluvn as that being coinande' ..y IP John Arclwr r^oprioto'' of the said Tonov, ] ord- ham, to eoine hec and his neigldxiuv .nto his Towno and there to make Such Furtilicai/ons as heo Shall order, But yo' bono" Pet" .iid his neighbours being n rmved from the said M' Ai'clur his Towno above a mile, and w- being strong enugh (or tlio ght .-.o) to resist this huatheinsh warr, having a gooil and Stroi- . blockhouse: And to remove ..r.d retire their Selves to Fordham Should bee l)ut an occ!:-'jn of prey to tlie Heathens. Therefore it's ;0' bono" Pot" humble Iieave *' ir liouses, ami goods and to i)luase the bumoi,'- <>f the sii'l 'W Arrhvr and therebv pes!- ^s to loose all what they have: But that yo' liono' i>c ■ j-k-ased to gra\mt to yo' bono" Pel'' an<' to his Neigbbo'^ to joyne togather and to make Such defences as (with the helpo of God) to Secure them Selves. Yo' bono" Pet" and neigliliours t»'ng at all tytnes ready to be helpfull to tlu'ir ni'ighbiiurs in a Christian way, Shall expect from yu bono' an unler which shall be observed from Yo' bono'' humble Pet" Which shall euer prav. No'" 8, if.rs. Ordi I'rd d'l'. Whereac a petifjon hath been pre8eiite: ordiT oxcmiscmI from any further worko at Fwilham tluiv KoiiiK vigilant at their i>wno jilacu and koeping watch upon all occasions. Dated in ;V. Y. this 8: day of Nov. 1075. Copies of CcrtUieato ifiven by nice to John lleddij by tho Goveruour to cxcubo them from working at John Ai'chcm Fortification. A LE-rrKR wurrrKN ro tuk Maoibtbates at Esortrs. Gent. New i'ork-e, January 0"" 1075-0 I roc'' both ^"o" of tlio 25'" ])a8t, and am glad you are (juiet, and in so good a posture ft)r all Events, in w"'' I j)ray contin\,} yo' vi^^'ilancy, And that no Christian show any apprehunvou of fearo or Danger ; You'l do well a« you nienqon, and aa is iisuall, to send to the Indyan Sacho- luacks, for confirming tho ITreindship, .iccording to tho Agreenu-nt : The weather hath been so hard, that wee h.'ive not licard anything from tin- Eastward, almost this three weckes ; When a Ship from Lmdon, was arrived to h'oad Inland, and soino others there bound to this Place; As also a Iii)ston Army itc inarcht against the Xitrrixjiinsitt Tndyans, who arc reported to have groat Success, but no certainty; I duiitit not but will heare from time to time, from Alhmiy, according to which, you are to Order yo' selves in this Juncture, giving mee notite upon all occa- sions. I Pray f;iiU' not to take care of the Wheat, which I am to have upon M' Mhwiden Acco' ; As to the l)\itch Debts, 1 can dcurmine nothing in it, iintill 1 see von, or have a more particular Ace' of tho same ; I doubt not y' care, and thou (God willing) all will do well with you, renniining Yo' loving ffriend E. Andbos. 'hbii CoDNciL Minute. WEsronESTEu Tndianu. Indian Wak. Present : At a Councell, Feb' 20'" 1076-0. » 4 * The T-'iverno' . The Secretary Capt Byre Mr lued. Philips. Upon reading Ooverno" CodduKjfon'x letter and Coiisider.K^on of other letters ife roturnes of niesnageri from other Colonyes : liesolved, Tiiat it is not adviseablo at this juncture to make any application or send any friendly message to y' North Indians, but if they apply themselves, not to refuse hearing of them, Tlie I'ther Colonyea viz' f Matimchtixettx, Contcticotl S:. Plimouth principally engaged in f Warre not having made us ac.pciinted with their concernes and some of them slighted our friendly tendei-s, to continu.' our Kiuleavours as Christians an.l y" Kings subjects, for y" good of this Oovernmen' without farther ai)plicati(m to tho said Colonyes. llesulved, That y" Goveniour goo fi)rthwith to .l/irtwy to settle matters there, It being of very grciit import. I i ' ■..I i> ' 404 C'oloniiil SfiUlefnmtn on the lludmm Jiiver. Tliiity" W!,l.erMrri;'k Indyana, if tlwy (li-Hiit) it ho (idiiiittod witli tiicir wlvpn t6 cliildreit, to l>l.int upDii till* Uliiiul, liiit tut wiuiro dIhc. if tliuy mnovii i\c f it Im upon y» NdMIi puiiit of y' InIiuuI lu'.iro <'?;>/(;t//y DcpHI ; Tiio h' Iii.lyiins to bo protwitwl (iomportiiig tiiomwilves iw tliey (tiiglit and nil our other ludymm round, doiiijr y" hko, to \w iiwinxl of I'rotwtipn. That 11 lottcr ho writtL'ii to y" ().)vitii' of Jioiuffi-hhual to acquaint iiiiii with y" (Jovem" Koin^Mipto Mhanif to tako onU-r theiv, liaviiig iiotico of y" JI,i,ju>m Indiana beiiijf moved io Hwarruliko manner a^minst y« North Indiana: That y" tJovurii' hath not tinui to writo now in atiHWcr to y' i)artieiilars of his Icttor, but HituU havo all duo rogard to thorn, of w'" ho Hhall give him an Act at hit roturiiu. OamcR DiKKcnNo Libit. (Jkkuit Tkiini.hk t.. iTUsr.K I^iir.un- or ,nnKii Nomit Tnhianh. By tlic (lovpniour. louaro hereby niithorised and requirwl, with tlio Indian Guido orderM w'" you, forthwith to poo eiiHtward, A: the furtliiht pairt of tiio Oovernm', or as farr us Canetieut river, to findo out J'/u//!j>or other north Indians, Lately within thin (Jovernm' and Lett liim or otlier Sachems or Commandors in Chief know, y' bavin- heard of tliero bein^r in Warrliko rosture, intfude.l and brou;,'lit6ome('hri.stiMn rriboners inour PuirtH, I havo tliuroforo sent you to denmiid tiio naid Clirititian PrisonerH, i)rought by them into this dovernm', and to Comman.l and forewariu- tli.'in, from, or returninj,' into any Tairt, of tiie Oovernment, or Confines. If they hbouid bo divided, into tieverall partys or Parts, you are then as you see cause, and havo opportunity, to goo to each, but to make no Longer tstay, in any, tlien to deHver your messad','<', and ri;eeive Such Prisoners as tliey ehall deliver, and refreseh and rest y.-ur self, and without delay t.. retniii and make tlio best of your way to me. (iiven under my hand and Seall in Allntiii/ the 4'" Mareii J0T5-6. Was signed E. Andkosh. Aggreos w'" y'' I'rincipall, Quod atU^tor U. Lm.NdSTo.N, Seer. To llcrrit 'TcunUnit Lcift to Cap'. Valchrt. CoUNOIL MlNl-TK, E.XA.MINA-no.N- OK WKSTrnKSTKU iNmANS AS TO THKIR INTKNTION TO .loi.v Kino Puilii-. Present: Comaiul' BrnckhoJln {^W. Afareh 20'\ lfl7ti. The Indyans of Wh-l-ergrreeh' liaving beene Rent to the ST"- ins' come now this day liero. Their names are Wlnsitkdnc »S: Avion,' tlie two Saehems Sent for to come. The occasion of their sending for was upon a Letter from y^'Go: intimating a mi.'^trust of them by report alwve. M'. S(nii. KiIhiiU. Inteqiret'. The matr being told them l>y the Intor]u-ct' they deny to havo said or thought of joyning or treating with X(,rfh Inn, romovo and pioviilo themsolveB coiiveniont Houses, within the Haid Townes of llurU-y or Mitrbh-Tiunxe ; And that no Cattle bee turned loose over the River, on Penalty of forfeiting the Bimie; And the Magistrates and Ollic-ers of /,'«('/>»(« are n^juinMl to cause this Order to bo I'ub- liBlicd, put in Kxoeution, and duly Observed; (iiven under my hand in A'cw Yorke, this Id"' day of April, ItiTt). £. Andkos, S. To the Magistrates of Empxm, to boo forthwith Published and put in Execution. Minute of a visrr to tiik Goveunou of two Wiukf.kscuekk S\rnKM9. Aprill 14, 1676, Tliero apj)cared the two Sachems of the Wick Gov( rii' being intended for Alhany the next wccke & Capt. Tho. Delavall being now goeing up. That he be desired & authorized as soon as bee arrives there, to connnuni- cate it to Serg' Sharpe, the ])rettcnt Command', it with said Shar^c, by means of Arnold* tho * AriioUi Corni'lisaen Viclf, fur nmiiy years u iiimous Imlian inturprctpr. K<1. Neio York Historical Records. 497 Interpreter, send word to tlio ^Fnqu<•H and Seimekes of y" Govern" said coming and that he desires & Orders, that some of them will meeto him thei'e and particularly Oarrieontij ; The said Mes- sage to be sent by a Maqurs from AJhdni/, who is to bi well jiaid and no further men(;on to any others or talke thereof at Alhanij ; Also to send word by some good Mahicander Eastward (wlio is likewise to bee rewarded), that all Indyans, wlio will fome in & submitt, shall be received to live under tlie protection of the Crovernment and that the Govern' will bee there as afore, where any of them may freely come and speake with him and returuo againe, as they see cause without Molestation. Memorand"'. That the ffrench do receive North Indyans imder their Protection, and its said, that live hundred of them arc already there. That tlie Governm' of CimcriicvU hath likewise made an order, at their late Gen'"" Court, That any Indyans, that will come in, shall be received, have laud assigned them & bo protected under their Government. Minute of intkkvikws 1!i:i'wki;n tuic Govkunok and Scsqufiianna Indians. Juno 2"'' 1670. At u Meeting in the Fort of some Sufujnehanna Indyans from Deleware the head of y' I'ay *t those j)art8, having beeue sent for by the Gv : r, 7 - 2 bachcms. bneeao. ) JiK'oh The (Jo. tolls them they are welcome & hee is glad they have come hither to see Loockcnnan him, it saiih tliat if lieu can doe them or any of their Nation Courtesy hee will Inteii)ref doe it. They are told that if they will come & live any where within the Gov- Mr. KiLsall ernin' the Go: will jjrotect them, but cannot undertake it at great distance. uIho [ires' but The Governou'' saitli ho hath spoken to the 2laqu>i already about them, and understands they told him these were their brothers & children. them not well The ( ioverno' bids them to thii\ke w' hee can doe for them with \\\(i Maques nor Mr. Strjih : now at liis going u]), (w''' will bee in few days). Tli;it having heard a good Re- 1'. I'urtlainl. port of them hee is sorry from his heart of their trouble, and would willingly help They speake them out. Mwfu^i. They are wish' to goe eate & Drinke & thinko upon w' they have to say, & come againe tomorrow. They are told further that if they are afraid ik not well where they are, if they will come into tliis CJovernm', they shall bee welcome vt protected from their Enemys. That the Go : will take Care the MatjM.i it ^imukea shall bee at peace with them »t will also make peace for them with Virginia & Maryland. The Go : gave the 2 Sachems 2 Coates it to eato & drinke. Jimo 3'' 1076. Tlio same Indyans appeared againe They being demanded what they now have to say. They answer that they now have no mind to goe up to Alh" but to returne to the South Kiver, to their folkes. The tio: saith it is will & further tells them that the Maipies shall doe them no hurt, for he hath sjioki'ii with the MiVjues about them already, it they have promised it, calling them their brothers it Children & if they will they m;iy goe it live with them. 03 if k m If' I 11 498 Colonial Settlements on the Ifuihon liiver. Tho Go: asks them if they will goo & sj)eako with their owiie Nation about it & return an Answer. They say they are but two bo can give no other answer than that they will goe to the rest of their people. & tell theiu what tho Go. said & will retunie with an answer. The 2 Saehonis will returne themselves. They say they will when they come againo bring some present with them to appeare like themselves. The Go. tells them its no matter hoc hatli heard a good Report of them, «fe they shall bee welcome whether they bring anything or not. The Go : saith further that they should say whether they will come into the Govemm' or no, if they will not it is well, if they will hoe will make provision fur them, it they shall bee pro- tected & welcome. So that when they return They should make answer whether they will come or no in briefe. They had given them to cato & drinke, so they departed well satisfyed. Minutes of the appearance befoke the Governor of Wickersckeek Indians, CLAIMINO payment FOR THE YoNKERS LaND. July 25'\ 1G76. Tliere appeared Clars the Indyan with others before tho Governour and Wiclrrscrceke Indyuns etc. Thoy ])rot('nd not to boo p'' for tiic Younekcrs Land. Mr. Delavall produces a patent to II. Oneule and deed from /i7. Donghty^ the record viewed of the Indyans acknowledge- ment to have roc'' satisfaction, VhwK was tlion ...... The Go : will epwike with Mr. Domjhty about it in a few duyes, when hoe will answer them farther. i< ••<-♦ ♦ Ooni^iL MiNiTE. The AirrnoRnv of hie Sheriff at Esopus defined. ***** Upon some inisunderstanding of tlio placte and power of the Slicriflfo at the Esopus, Ordered, That Capt. Chambers and Mr. //a// have iiotico, that tlio ShoritI is the person, who is to see the Law putt in Execu(;on and to apprehend it prosoouto any Transgressors, as heo shall see cause, though not to bee judge in the Case. (August -i, 1070.) • « # * « Coi'NciL Minute. Indian Reih)rt of a MEnrrATED Invasion dv the French. At a Counccll August 8"' 1070. Present Tho (tovenio' Tho Secretary ('apt. Brodholea Capt. Ttelavall Capt. Dyre. Tlie Occasion of meeting was uj)on y" roeeit of a Letter from tho Govern' of Canada with New York Historical Records. 499 L'"" from Albany from the Coininaiid' and tlic relation inado tliero by Caniacko, y" Maques Sacliem (wlio is now conio hither) of tlie iipproauhing of the llreuch. Resolved, To stand i>y y'' Mikjuck as formerly. A farther determina(;on to bo made, when it is known, w' the Sachem hath to say. At a Meeting of the Ciovenio'' and Coiinuil, Aug" y' 10"' 1676, wlion Caniaako, one of the Maques Saehenis of the tirst Castle declared the occasion of his Coming downe to visitt the Governo'. Tiiere was another Sachem with him, whose name was Deluwsimhujareere and some other Indyans. The Interpreter was Uorruils Arnonf, who came downe with them. Caniacko tells the having heard strange news iibovo, wiiicli caused him to como hither, to be satisfyed. The news was bronght from Canada by an Indyan present with him, named Tayadm'as who related severall things spoken to him by an Interpreter in the presence and by Order of the ffreiu'h Govern'', The most tending to breede a distrust and dillerence betweeue the (lovern' (who they call Curler) and y Jfujiu'n Indyans. But Caniacko declares his not believing those rei)()rts, yett undertook the voyage to know the truth and now saith he is satisfyed of their falcity and is ashamed of itt, so gave a band of Sewant on behalt'e of the Maqucs io the Governoiir. The Govern/ tells them, its a wonder, the Goveriiour of Canada shotdd discourse of things of so great import to a private Indyan, he being no Sacthem, and adminjs the more it being so great an untruth. The Govern'' accpiaints tliem, that he intends to send up au answer in writing, to shew that his lieart is good and it shall be read to them here iii"st. The Indyan lai/aiforafi sett his marko in acknowledgement of the truth of what he had related, the which is more fully and at large amongst y"^ Kelatious of Indyan Alfaires. MlNUTl:s Ol- THK AI'l'EARANC'K BKFORK TUK GoV* OF MaQIAS iNnYANS, RKPORTINO ON Ca.NAPA and NOKTIIKRN Indyans. At a meeting in the Fort before the Govcrnour it Councell nf some Jlaqva^ Indyans vizt, Caniaco & DiJuixxiedcqari'ir,; Sachems of the 1st Castle, Aug. 10"' 1676. Cornelis Arnout, Interjjrcter. Caniaco savs that thev came (hnvn to tlie Go : havinsr heard straiiffo rumotirs of the wivr jvbove. That An Indyan now pres' by name TaijumloniK has been at t ra«i/*/rt where the Go : there told him by his Interpreter (the interpreter''s luune was Oqu- Hon) that the Go: of X. Y. was not riglit and showed liim a letter hee had written to him, that when tlie war was done with the Xortfi Indyans lice would [fall upon] the Maqtias and destroy them, that tlicy luul snudl pres" given them was only to blind them. That if . . . not . . . the war with the A'«/'//* Indyans they would have fallen npon them before now. That they shall have another great prcs given tliem yet before they be destroyed. That the Go: of Canmla gave Cannnoin/iKjc sou of the fourth (^astle a ])acket of lett" which hw iS to deliver with his, but knew not [toj whom they were whether for the father Jemiit or 500 Cohmud SettlmneutK on tfw Tlnifxon liiirr. wild oloo, fill! Iiulvnii li;i' o!' tlio wnv with . . mul Iiml soiiii' h'ttf'rs from ii ,1i-siiii in i',iinula to tiu> .Icmiit iihovo. That tiio ().. : of (\u\iul,t wiim coming with ItHtO men \o Cutiiraxait, and Iiik! thmi Indymia w"' thiMu w''' hi'o int. '11(1 to wond out ono of tlio JAi.y-w, unothor of tho f>/i()/i(/./;/(/'',N', jinolhor of the //(//i/»y/(W whicli ho inliMidcd to 8cnd to tho . . . N'litions to connHo thoin, othi>r ''";f' ■ • • will f:dl n|.on thorn . . . To givo warning to tho .lAf-yr/.y limt tiioy »lioiild not rcfuwo or (h-lny ihoir ooniing wiu'ii hoo sliouhl |('omo| Tho Frcnrh tohi hint that tho N////(,/v,v had w) woll holmvod thomnolvos to tho .Tosuits of wliioh lioo hud two U-ttors from them und doul)tod if yot iilivo so was now roHolvod to goo iiiid dostroy tho said Siiniii;:i iSc l\tt/iirfiui. Tliat tho Sriiiuir.i woro niM.n tlio way to .IM". wh.-n lioaring tlioso rnnionrs it iiows i-oturnod hiioko .... to iho (>iitiiit/ii all ono thoir hoart vt that Ooiiiaco said ho could not holiovo it, hut would oouu- vV .soo which thoy apju-ovod of, whoro upon lioo wiw ooino on tho hohalfi- of all tho i Ca.sth's A- ihorol'oro dosiros lo know if thoro hoo anything of ... . which for his ace' lio docs not orc.iitt. * * « <» * * i,n''-*"">'vod .and illogihht.) * » * H » * « « Tho mark of / Taya..iiok.\s. in acknowhHJgmont of iho truth of wliat ho has related. Ciinj.,,koi> \vm\ a hlankel given hin. A- the other S.acheui iV; other 'J Indvana winch woro all thoro prosent each a coat o{ DutlUs. lilt A Commission ro xni; ('..mmissauyks ok ScnANKer.\nK. ro kkki- \ Court OF JlIDK'ArUKE. Kdiiiitml .1 «(//■,),<, Ksc|' vVc. I'pon tlu> returno of a noinina<,'on of now M.agistrafos, By vortuo of tho Autliority dcrivod unto moo. I do h.'rehy in his Ma"'" name, constitute and appoitit you, Ah'.ctiKhr Cli'n, Sw,,r 7,iiiiiss,ii, ,/,in r,iu /yi.t, '/'nmis (oni< 'insrn Sii'urf, mui />.,■«;.'/ ,/((n,v«>/i, to hoo I'ommissnryea of Sc^,iii,vtii to preside, and upon K.ju.ility to iiavo tho (.lasting Voice, to hwireand I>et,Tmino all Causes, according to biw and Tractico ; And all Persons whom it mny coneorne, are re.piirod to give you that respect and Ol.odienco. .iuo to yo' I'lacos, in Kxecueon o't tho Trusts ropo.soii in y„n ; ffor which tiiis siiall hoe to you and every "of yott a Sntlicient Warr'. This Commission to hee of iTorco lor tho space of one whole yearo, or till further Order . (Jiven under my hand and Sealo. in ytw yorJiv, this 1 1"' day of Ai:gust ItiTfi. E. Amjuub, S. New York IlintfU'wal Records. 501 OdUNcu. MiNiiTii. Indian Akkaikh. At 11 Coiinecll Sept.'" 8"' l(!7rt ID * m * * * A licttor fn.in tlio Oounccll of tlin MiM/i(tr/iuset(.s to tlio Govern'', dusiroiiig tlmtsovonvll Nortli IiidyiiiiH, now ill thin dovci'iim', wliii liiivc Ih'cii tlicir Knt'iiiycH, iniiy Im w-c-nri'd anil Hcnt to 1)0 (K'livoi'cil inio tlu'ii' liiiiiilf., Tlic siiiiu^ lii-inf:; liiki'ii iiilo I'oiiHidcnii.'oii. UoHolvwl, 'I'liMt it is not iiroin'i', Imt the wiino ijluTty to lio iiwmI hy nn, as tin y tiiko to tlioin- sdvcrt, :i« tlicro BJiall lice iiccanioii. Ah lo any Norlii IndyaiiH, that arc or tthiiU Iwo rouoivoU by tho Mahiaatuters contrary to Order, to ho still diliveri'd un to tlio Miuiuaa, # # ' « « * * A Lktiku hkni' iiv tiik (loVBHro"" Oud* 'ix) thk Justu'K ok tiik Tka^c ank Okfi- (;KK8 ok WKsnMIKHTKK. Gent. Tlio ( Jovcriio' formerly thonj^ht to liav(i sent IJouttf to fetch down yo' Tiinhor and StoekadooH, for tho whurlV, lint tio it. is, That all thi! ISoatort and Sloopos heinj^ Kinj)loyi'd to fetch Stoiius, und tho hands of tho Towno, in their I>ayly worko about that bnsinesHo, it eannot boo oxpcetcd from hon(a<; I am there lore Comanded by tiie Ooveriio' to Lett yon know, that. liodeKires and expects, that yo" will do yo' best Kndeavo'", forthw"' to put yo' Stockailoes v^: Timber (if any loft) into linfts to boo iloatod downe, as the 'I'ownes of fiuKhiiKj, Jaiitiiica, JlfvipstceAl &e, aro engaged to do; Aiul ymi may assiiri' those that are employeil abont that worko, that they shail have Satis- fai,'on for tho same. I am also to aeiiuainl yon, that though in the time of danger of tho Indyans, tho Village of Kmtchvuftr was excused from giving their attondaiico, at tho Towno Trainings, at Wintc/f-sf,/; yet now that matter being over. They are to bi^ joyneil to the ('ompaiiy as formerly, they never being Ordered wholy to be taken from them, but \ipon such emergent occasion, not to go I'arro from their Habitations: This is all I have in Oharge, being Qont. Yo' iTriond and Sorv* M. NlOOLI-8. .Y. Y<>fl-i\ Sejit. lit"' 1»!7(! Kor the Justice of Mie Peace, Constable iV: Overseers of Wcuk'hcKhr, ife Dop"' Constable of J'.'atitrhiJster. CouNc'ii, MiNiTK. Inkian Akkaius. Present At a Couneell Oct'" IP", lfl7(i. The (ioveriionr ( 'apt. lirorkholen The Secretary (Japt. ])yre Mr. PfiiflpH ('apt. T.' [h-hivnll Major I h'i>/irrf\ Treat Dep. (Joverno' of Confctknttt being pre.-ont, Proposes, That one or more of y" Afttijin.i L^aihenis may come lo s.)ni<> of their Townca to k 502 Cohnial Settlements an the Hudson Itiver. ronow friemkhip, That tliey may acknowledge tl.eir kindne«6o in asnisting them against their jLiiiiciiiyeR, y Nortli Indyaiis and gratify them. And that wliat prisoners of y" North Indyuns are in this Governm' may bo delivered up to him. Its alleadged the Govcrno' received none, till themselves made proclamation to receive all those, that would come in and that he hath Security for them he hath received. And that the uMaquea are our Indyans and are' so to be acknowledged and will ho of ill Con- secjuence for the Maqvrs to treate or to make application to another Governm' the which will brcedo a distraction amongst them. Account of rKKSKNis oivkn to Indian Sooitts my okder of Coll. Sonrvr.KB. e* (Oct.) To the river Indians who had been captured when ,/iirlan was killed and who run away from the Enen.y 2f ells of Duffles, 1 shirt, 1 pair Socks, the Duffles belong to moe, and by order of Coll. Srhuyler 2 lbs. of Powder 2 bars of j.ead. 6'" (Oct.) To Aioans a duffle coat, for his claim, upon the French woman and her child, from my store by order of Coll. ,SV'/( uyla: 6'". To Walla7iticaeUvii 1 Shii-t, and a pair of Socks bv ordei- of Coll. Schuyler. To Quaqiwmlarous son 1 Kettle, 1 pair Socks, 1 knife, 2 bars of lead, by order of Coll. hchuyJrr, because his father had sent him from the Susquehanna river to learn the condition ot our j)lace. To Quaqitendarom son before leaving for his country he took along for his father 2 lbs of powder, 3 bars of lead, and a jiair of Socks. 27'" Nov. Coll. Schuyler sent to llie store for himself for 2 bars of Lead, and lbs Towder. S'O Nov. To the Sachim of Kamu1a,jerea (huhla.s was given f(,r his endeav^.rs last year to ani- mate the Oncula'^ to take ]x)ssession of their Castle \ lb. of Paint, 1 Shirt, 1 Hat, 1 pair of Socks, 12 bars of Lead, lbs. of Powder, 1 Hatchet from the store. 18'" (Nov.) To Temenjoui-ve and Ilen.Mck- who went with the french woman to Canada, each a shirt, a h.at, and a kettle from the store by W. Hanker, for tiie expedition to Canada, 3 lbs of Powder, and 3 bars Lead to the same. 18'". To the Savage who joined the lire watch a knife, and to another one, also a knife. Council Minutk. Enlarokmknt ok thk vir,i,A!«s will not sell their Lands together or 1>o unreasonable, they may keepe it ard then particular men may apply to y" (toverno'^ for parcells, as there shall be occasion. Upon propositions from y' MaqueH sent hy the Conmiand'' and Comniissaryes at Albany. That y" Govern'' of Canada doth pretend some jurisdiction over y" Maijites Indyans. Ordered, That y° Maqucs Indyans and Associates on tliis side y° Lake, (having been alwayes under a part of this Governm') have nothing to do with y" ffrenvh, only as they are our friends, but in no case are to bee conunanded by them ; And that y° Commissaryes do send for y" Maques Sachems and Father Bniijas and signify this to y" said Sacliems before him .md to y" said Father, that y" Govern'' desires and does not doubt his Comport accordingly, for y'- Quiet of those parts pursuant to y" Friendship of our Kings at home. That y° Orders for timber be duly observed att Alhany, and all timber not so fell'd and also barked, (if not sawed in 'Wintei') to be forfieted and if not so sawed, each hundred plancks to pay two heavers per hundred and passe as refuse; ; The Scout to see these Orders observed on Land and y° (Merke of y"^ Fermitts, if shipt otf. Upon Complaint of sevcrall abuses «fe disorders Ordered, That a Proclamation be issued forth to Tnforce y" Law for y'" Prohibiijon of trading Liquors, Guns, powder and Shott with the Indyans or carrying anything else to trade with them out ot Towno on any pretence. 'No Canno(!S whatever to carry Xtians up to KtopitH or y" JIujh Laiuh without special! Lycence. The Indyans, that shall discover the breaker of y'' Law and Ordei-s herein, to have all or the full value of that w"'' shall be so sold and those y' shall conceale or not discover it, to forfict y° like value and to be further puiiisht, as y" Case may reipiire. The like for Christians. A ProclamaVon I'KoniiiniNo TKAnK wnii the iNnvANS, ok ooino vv Hudson RivKR IN Canoos. By the (lovernc/. Whereas many disorders and niischiefe (and likelyhood of greater) have lately hapncd by Christians Trading with Indyans, contrary to Law, in Indyan Townes or Planta(;ons, or abroad in the Country or Rivers; These are therefore by the advice of m_v Councell, in his Ma""'' name, to require all Magistrates, Officers, or persons whatsoever, to bee very vigilant in their Dutyes therein, that no person or Persons, Yessell, Beat or Canooes, do on any pretence, by Land or Water, Trade with any Indyans, on pemdty to forfeit the same, and to bee further proceeded "If 604 Colonial Settlement fi on the Iludnon liiver. ,!■<•:.. f4 w ;;ic jr«*; against, aeeoriling to Law ; And also, That after Saturday tlio 14"' of Aprill next, no Canooe or small Hoat, go, or passu up fludnotm liiwr, to Esoj}),.,, or the IUgh Land, without Bpeciall Licence, on like i)ena!ty; And such as shall presuni-j to do it, to bee secured with their Goods, Canoocs or small liouts, and safely convoyed to the Shoritle of this City, or present notice given, that they bee proceeded against as above, when the discoverer shall have all the said Goods, or value allowed them, and any Sachem or Indyan, to have the like forfeiture for discovery ; But if any Christian or Indyan do know and concoalo. or not discover the same as abf)vo, and can bee con- victed thereof within one yeare, they shall bee proceeded against '.s princi])alls, and any that make resistance as Criminallo, Of which all persons are to take notice at their porills; This to bee of force for the space of one whole yeare, from the U'" diiy of A])rill next ; Acdum in New York, that 14"" day of March, iu the 29"' yeare of his Ma""» Keigue, Anno.iuo Doui. 1676-7. E. Andkos, S. Order in Councii., niKKcriNo tuk Mouawk Indians to dksist fkom makino war UPON Eastern Inimans, wrrn a i.ktikr krom Gov" Andros. By the Governo' and Councell in New York, March 28"', 1677. Upon Intelligence, To prevent any Mischiefe that may happen betwcene y" Maques and Emjli^h forces Eastwai'd. Resolved & Ordered ; That y" MiUjnen have Notice & Oriler given them to send no more partyes farro Eastward beyond our boimds, but recall such as are already out, till y--' (Joverno'- can so settle things there, that they may be in no danger of Christians, but received by them as our friends. And if any Christians or Indyans do come or speake to them of any buisncsse or Ncwes, tliat they give us Notice and bring such to J Ma«y or here and y" Governo-- will take care, that all things shall be ordred for their best advantage it profitt. If Capt. Saksbury bo come away, Tluit Serj' SluirjH;, Lieut' Martin Gerrittse & Lieut' Jan Jansen Blycker do send for some Ma of April 1677, with the inidersigm-d Enoj/u.i IndiauB concerning the purchase of a certain tract of land & that they liavo cnrryed away a man and woman of the Miihimndirn. Ordered, That tho Commander l)eo writt to, that ho send to Bomo of tho Maquea Sachems & Reprove them. The name Messenger to carry 3 fatiiom of sew' to the Maques & give them notice of thoir Condng to Mhanij, according to the doverno" orfler of thin same date. An answer likewise to bee given to some Mahicin,/,,- Indvans, who are come hither it are afraid of the M.i.ju.s ludyaiw. Tliey aro livo in all, to give "thunj one himdred gild" Btrung whito wampum or sew'. CouNcri, MiMUTR. The Mouawkr o^f the 'Warpath. At a Councell Juno 11'" 1677. * * * # » Afternoonc. The Occasion was tho Receit of Lett" frotn Albany sent by an Expresso from thonco, Rclato- mg that eighty or one h.ind,v.l of the Maqu,.^ Indyans had fallen u|M)n some Mahuuiul" &, North Indyans at Phillip J'eiWrs ]?owery and the Ihilfe uVoone, robbing tiie MahlcamI" and carrying 8kmld''fi!Ilow""^ ^'''''"'"''■"'.'"'" ""'•>' '"'•' '•"*•"•"'■'• Homoothor Prisoners and Promised, tho'reflt Also the Maqiies routing some of rn,;t»m,'n, four falling upr()(liU'o ii (Jniiint »r liKleiituio from liis Hoy" I lifrliiuwHo to S' (rionje VarUntt (if Sii/lmiii, ill till' Ooiiiity of Dfium Kiiij^lit, Viii' (,'liiimliurliiiiu! of liin Mu"" Uuuttcliolil Atu. Iwiiriiig (liito tlio ai»"' of July in tlio 2tl"' yeiiro of hin Mu""" Uoigiie, 1(174, for part of tin; liinii comiirirtdil ill liiM Mu"'" Lottcrc I'litiJiitt* to liin Ili^liiK'UHo, to tlin wcstwiinl of tlm Miiiih, iiott giving; hond to goi- directly for lunjland. Copjiy of Miid (iov(Tiiourn tlvo liiindrcd iiouiid lioiid of tlio 1" of I'l'hniury Iti'IJ. Tlic Kings Letter of tliu 2t)"' of Novemlier, in the 25"' yeuro of Ilia Ma"'" Kcif,'iie; und ucta of Piirliuni' for Btiid Dntys; Wliicli beiiii; all read, and (loveriio' i\irtfritt nwA Coiiiicell fully lieanl tliereiipoii, and no more to produce ; 'riio Dukes above .pecifyeil (Jruiint or Iiulentui-u being tiie same for Buid jturt, art tlio (Iraiint in KitU was for all JS'iio Jirtn'ij, Yizt for tlio land to tlio westward of jr, if they have any thing extraordinary to say, they may acipiaint you the Magistrates with it, wlio will transmit it to mee, or some of them may come hither. As to the Insolence & violence used by tho Maquan ife North Indyans with them, in yo' houses or \ one from ('.)11. <>w?ry of tlie 10"' inonroniiif,' an Intclli- gcnc-e from father i/.'«^fw and l.is letter als„ rea.l innn Jl.,q,„,i):x^\h, „f forty Oneym>o?ul,i' We are now come together to make y Coveiiant, \- doe again absolutly approove of y' \v'''ycO>inomla, Hut doe Let you know y' there an^ twenty of our Indians gone out to fight ag- y Indiatis of Your Nation. We de.-ire y' if y'>- ,l.,eany harm, that it may bo excused thi^ time, be.-ause it is Unknown to y'" and if w.- for y" future after our People arc come home shall use any h.iMility y' way. then y.,u may ihinke we (loe not according to our Promise, but arc not Soe minded. tV: doe give 2 hevers. This is li Draught E.xamined by me, Roit' LiviNOSTON Sec' N. B. These Chu'ijih-H were j>n'scnt when f Propos: were iiuide to y" (htrumdiujex ^k wiien they gavi- then! answer. w New York Historical liccm-ds. 511 Lkttkk kkom John PvNoiioy at Si-kiniikiei.]) to Vkvv. Samsuuky at Ai.hany ox InUIAN TKOlllLE.S. Si'RiNOFEiLii Octol/ 5"' 1G77. Just at !Nigiit. Cajrt. Sftlislniry. Worthy S'' yesterday morning I Eocil. yo' kiiul lines by Jinnjn Waite, whereby I nnderetand yo"" Sinipatliy witli us in o' sad disazter hy y' Indians ; it y(/ readyness in making strict iiKjuiry & greate forwardness to doe what Tosihie lys in yo" for ns wliieh I have abundance Cause to acknowledge it doe most thankfully accept from yo' liands, it as to yo"' oiiinion of the 2la(puis being free, it assureing me of tlieir Iiinoceiu'y, I doe fully ("oncur with yo", having Satisfaction from what yo" writ it from Ihii Waitcs Iveiatioi>, 15ut to put it out oi" all doiibt, Gud in his Providence hath sent in one of o' Cai>tivated men, Benoni Stihhhxj.i by name, W' is y" occasion of those lines to yo"" selfe by Post, To give yo" an acco* there off it to desire yo" to Put y" ihujuas upon p'sueing their own Enymys there being greate likelyhood of y'' 2Iniji/a.'< overtaking y"' Benonl StJ)l>in''sons it 3 from I>e('re- fihl, besides this man y' is come in, so y' they now liave 20 Captives with y"' 3 of y"' being men, & all well as ho says, when they took y"' At Durefeilil, after the noise it Colioops were over at D';<;ri'f('tl(1, their first Tmiuiry was, whether there were any Mnquax thereabouts it upon Informa- tion y' some had beene there, it were supposed not to be far oiT, they were all husht, it Startled it greately afraid it goeing silently aw.iy forthw"', they tooke up their lodging at I>cci\p'l(l River Mouth it next day erosseu y" Piver viz C<»)iftici>t to y° east side of it, the next day crossed the Pi ver agaiiu', it againe afterwai-d, they Passed y" liiver many tymes having Caunoes where in they caryod y" woamen it children 1)eing about 2 days journy above Si^iudfi'iuj, they sent a company of v"' about half of y"' to Xiiix/nnrai/ to call of some Indians y' have bin there all this tyme of y'' \var it tooke thin Boioni St,hhinpiaws w"' their children, these they went too to take along w"' y"' ; having travelled from y company they left 2 days to SqiKtllitaij k i\wn from Sqmd-hrmj somewhat more than thirty Miles, tt) y"' Indians neere Niishaimij : who Phick' up their Stakes having Plenty I. r ii>h especially Keles, it many dry ed hurtleberrys but i oe Corne ; thiA Jhiwiti bei;!g sent w"' -J women to carry Hurtleberrys; Ran away fro'" them, it was pVntiy p'sued by some n\en it at one tyme was but a swamp between y"\ but night Comeing on he escaped fro"' his p'suers. He says y' orui of y " Indians y' they Had fro"' about Xun/tairai/ Ponds Semes to be a Counseller, it w"' him they Con.-r uhI much it spake of sending to y" /:/(;// /,s7(, but at last resolved for C(f/(-/'A« yet talk' of making a t'ort a greate way np the Piver it abiding there this winter, talked also of carying the Captives tc» y'frciiv/i it selling y"' U> y'jWnt7i which he concludes, ihey resolved on, but make but slow Passage, having so many women and children, He Concludes it woidd lie, it may be 20 ilays I'.r they gat to y'' lake hunting by y" way. It was Tuesday Morning last that be esciipi'd fro'" y' pMy w''' carved him w"' them nere .Ytus/nnciii/, and they had above 30 Miles to goe back to Squaklu.nj, it then n<>re 2. d. journy more to y" Pest above Sipt,d/i,v nni)ass:ible for /.'//(///V* nu'ii it their goeing is by Parkeii Caunoes nuich of y'' way it then to y" left si j.^suc or doo any good. T^it y" Cuuvcying Spoc.ly word to y" Jfa,jucly Ind)re\ved their hands in most Innocent chtiaii lilood) mav be met w"' on their retunie before they come to y" lake or at y" J,ake it so o' Ca])tives Recovered for W" wu shall give y" Miiqinu Sutable rewards, (lood S'' Put forward y" MaquuD to Surprise & ent off these villaines, Let y'" know y' it will be a greato demonsti'ation of their tidellity it freindship to us it it is a very Likely opportunity fory'" to kill it Catch Indians whom they so much Hunt alU'r. And this man y' is Come lioni says they dri'd y" Maqucu^ it all tiieir feares was least some Ma. quns should j.'sue \"\ they did not exj.ect or think y' ?:>i(jli.sh could. A- desired to get out of y" MiKpni.'^ way at lirst goeing oil' from />gged w"" women & children, I doubt not of yo"- heljifnllness in this Kxigence w''' will abundantly Ingage us it w"" greate ready!U'ss shall satlislie what yo" disburse: w"' my endeared Lov(! it respects to yo" Corn- ending yo" to y" ii^tection of y" Almighty CJod, I remaino S' Yo' very Loving iTreind it Servant, .loUN Pv.VOIION. Bin Wail,' is gon liom lieforo this Infelligenco canu- to me. Ho talk' of goeing tf> Canada before it I 8uppos(3 will rather be forward to it now then Backwanl, Posiblo he may be at Alhany about a fortnight hence in retferem-e to a jonrny to y^'french when if I bo not gon to lio.^ton (W'' 1 have some thoughts to (kie next weeke) I shall have opportuiity again to write yo". Vale. J. 1'. These flbr liis Ilonore.i iTriend ('apt. S<,/,\f„ir>/ : Coman.icr in Cheife ntj'nrf Aihanij. Hast Post hast, for his Mu"" spociall Service. Ekoui.avon fou Mii.niA Okkkkks a.\i> (>iii>i:i: lONcKUNma Qcit kknts at Esoi'iia. Cap' Thomas Chamhcru U> (\)mw.\\u\ both ILirseit iToot ; Lien' Geo; Jlidl nvxt in ('ommaml as (apt. 77(". i'liamWr/, Leiu' Tlu! Eldest Lien' in Connnissiou of I/iir/'i/ or Marlihtun, The Other Lieu' of »" Towne. ", »..^ New York llistoncal Records. 513 )f iiiiit- Tlic Fl(]cst (IdiiimisfiiDii df Eiisic^iic, or (jiiartor Master in absoiifo of Supcrio'' w"' Rogiila^ou t(» lio Ohsci'vt'tl till ll'iirtlior Order Acliim in JVw YarJo'. Octol)'' G"' 1*!77 K. Andkon, S. By tlie (tovcnio'' Wlii'i-cas tlie soverull Hariiiors Tiilial)itaiitr< Planfci's or jinraons of Kimjutim, Ilurlii/, and Mur- hli'Um in KsupiiK, liave I'm' tlii'sc two yeai'i's la,st Pa.-^t, Siiiic tlio Lato Cliango of Govornni", Neg- Iw'ted to jiay in their (initt Itents, due iTor their Severall Teinire.-, as hy tiieir grants; I (h) there- fore by Vcrtiie of Jly Authuiity tindei- liis lioyall IIif;liiiessc, ajipoint and Authorize yo Lien' (liovijii Ildll, to Demand, and rn-civc, s' ijiiitt Ivents (hie for llie Past ik Present or eiisneing Yea re ; giveing a (hie acconipt thercuf fioni time to lime; And for so doing this sliall bee to yvUi and every of tliem a snfUcient Warr' iV 1 )iseliarge. (iiven under my liand in Neiu Vorkc, tliis tl'" of Oclol,'': 1<;77 To Lieut, (ii'o. Iliill, Ueceiver of the Quitt Rents att /■.'■tnjnis E. An DUOS, S. LKTrKK FUDM (i(i\" LiivKurrr 'lo imik ^FonAWK Racukms, waknino thkm not to IN.IIKI'; TIIIO I'KIKNIU.Y LvOIANS ol.' HIS (.OLONY. For the Saelienis of the J/'/y"<^v. Jiosfon Oct. 12'" lrt77. Yo\i may by these Take notice that nix of your men (as we Since nni]erstand) Lately tbund neere />V',vA>/Mn the Woods, who bi>ing well arme(l iV in a .... jiosfMre, were by some of our Peoph' Snrpri.-ed iV Carryed to prison, it tliere not knowing but that they were Enemy Indians, till being Examinivi .... tliey were found to lie .l/f/'y(/(/.v as some of ..IZ/wj/^y . . so thereuiion were well usimI I't are Sett at Liberty, by whom we send tliese Lynes to lettyou know how ready we are to hold and contiuui' friendship with yon whicli was .so lately renewed at Allniiii/ loliii I'ljiirhnit A' yourselves A; bath bene by us in all res-pects attended. riowexcr \\ Conies to jia.ss that it hath bene a faibu'e on your part by .some of by some of your men not observing of it and we the rather suggest because the Tndiaim your men who are now witli us acknowledge their ncgU'ct of attending wliat was Conclnded at A//iii/ii/, Namely to be fi-iends to all our l'ri<'nil Indians winch was one of the great things ,ve aimed at. Xow our then moving you to destroy t!ie I'!a:-tiTU Indians our Enenues, we ingaged yon not to meddle with cair friend Indians, i*>: . . . . to take Care of theiri who wei'e True to us, in all the time id' our war, A ventured their Lives for ns, Ar now we must not Let them Loose their Li\es . our fi'ien, that ha\ ing to Car.y it Man, as he was tithing Cloase by an Knijlish house, and Carrying away two Sipiaws who were about their occasions, at lliisdiu niixett, all which being contrary to the agreement made with your Seines. Wee hope ycui will Cause your men to m:dur men, b\il to prt'Ni'lit all groniul ot ilisipiiett to your spirriis, iV being Contident you will do it, namely rctume back those i Sipiaws and forbearo all further misoheife niioii or Toward 'iir friend Indi;'.:is, wee Sett in Liberty all (!5 Mi'i 514 Colonial iSettl&riieniis on the Ihuhon River. your incii, n-sdlviiigo tluu'o shall In) iiou bruiicli on our jKirts, but yol wo will protect & defend our Iniliaus & tliereloro desire you give all your people I'.otleo of it, to bo more Carefull for future, that no Spoile or wrouge l>e done to any of our friend IndyaiK-i. Let none of youi's come iieero Xatick I'unh/u . . Ilamm wee sliall aiTord relicfe as need be ..... . because of some four j)eoj)Ie who were Lately Taken, were ..... by taking the Enemy Indian for Jfa'j'ia.^, whom al.-o lluy should ha\o avoided, wee have not to adde at present But tliat wee are, \ our ever Lo\ lug fi'ii'iid, .loUN l.l'.VKUKIT, Gill'. T.-xTKM-iA FuoM Til ; MiM rKs or ■ruK Coikt at Scukmcctadv in ijki'kkknc.'E to the PrueuAsK or tuk sk.iom) and tuiud ir.AT on tuk Mouawk Kivku. J^''Zw;";;K:r TmeCopy. Kxtra..t fn.n the Minutes, Oet. 2-' 1077. No.5. Dane! dan-yen re.-])ectfnlly riMpiests, that their Honors will give him let- ters of recouimendation, in eonsideraiion of bis \ariou.- services, tliat lie mav have the third Hat on tiiis side of the Mohairk River. Their Honors promise ihiir countenani-e to tin' petitioner, Ihin'ol d,ins,i,^ ibeircolleay-neand acknowledge that he lias done much gnod .-ervice. The hon''''- (ieneral shall tlu'ivfore be written to, on condition that tlie lands be duly paid for. Ity Order of the Court Ll lioviris CoilK,., Seer". Below stood lie shall have preference, when it is ihongbt advisable to ,ici-m]iv the land. l)i.ni in Xiit Yorl, Oct. L",t, 1ared by ine : Li iki. icrs Couks, Seer*'. True Cupy. KmimcI fmm tlie Minutes Oct. L'u', ltl77. N)'ii) York lll^torifdl Jif'confu. 515 Jiii'r'iii.i /'icck iinil Isiiiic xv Esopub. J!y the Govenu/. rpe". the lieipiL'St of Limix la Boln it p'tiiera at &>/)Un that they may ha.e Lihertj to goa ntid .Settle upon the Land liy theui purchased on the Southside of the Redoutfi Crefk,iit their first ('oiivenicnce, These are to Certify that they have Liberty so to do, Provided they build a, liedoute there tirst for a place of Iletreate it Safeguard upon Occasion ; Actum in Navo Yvrh:, Novemb' :!', IfiTT. E. Andkos. An Our>KU to Y\^. Stkimiams Couii.amm' io I'l i:k lanh ai' AN'ickkiis Cuki:k. "Wheri'as a|iplicai,'i'U l.atli In en made unto mee by diviTs Persons for lands at Wi/i'kvrs Creek or adi ent parts mi the Eastside of IIiiiIk(ih!< liinr, the which have nott as yett bene piircluised of lu Iiuly.au Prop''ieto". These are to .Vuthorize iV appoint you J^P. Stijih.iniin ('nrihtttdt Ma^-o' of this (-itty if llittiiij,' Opportunity shall prc-eiit io treale with and atrree fir .any part of the s:iid Laiul, fur wliicli tliere may be iiresciit (>i\'a?i(>n of ."^etllem', or for i be whole with the Indyaii ISaciiems ur Pi'opric-lu'''. Given under my hand in \i n' Ym-k' , Noveudio'' Itl, 1(177. E. A.VDKOS. 'I'lie Pavm' t.i be made Pulilicklv at the il'.irt or Cittv Hall att X, w i'orke. in JVr, Imman 1)i:kii Koit I, AMI a I ('i.avi:ui;A(K. [/•%ff Onuiiji lli'C(ird>, lV'ed>, ;'.. ) P.eforo mi>, Uohirt LielnV^ and coiivo- to him, at the Clomrrark, between the bouwery of .Itin /lonf/iurr and Major A!>ri(hiun Sf,i,s, begiiiiiing at a fall kc 516 Cohuial ScttlementH on the Jltidson Jiivcr. of the Kil called A'cme W'ai/s Kil jiiid roiicrhing to tlio Kil of Mujor Ahr. Si,i,:'<, with tlio im-adows, iskiids and trees standing tliereon etc. etc. Thus done and interpreted l.v ArnoiU ( onwUxtic VieJe at AHinnij the first of January 1077-8. nie/t'' Pretty A. Telle,'. Arnont Cor Interiircter. In my presence KimKivi' l.i\i.\(isTON, Seer''. The mark <«/<^ "'^ WArrwvvT made by his iV ownliand forliiniself and Ills son. The mark ^-i of Sasskh-cua made by her own {_ Ijiind for her herself and her son. Leiteu iiioM Skch"- Xicoi.i.; t,, thk ^[aimstijatm at Ai.iiA.Nv ON Indian- altaiuh. Gent. At a Couiieell held in T. }"; tlu; l.")"' dav of Jii l(i ^ The propositions made to you by the OHr.jde^ Iiidyans the 20'" l)eeend)er last concerning the delivery of the Muhlcnmler boy, as formerly ordered by the Go: it also of y" party of Suxnehn ic Onnjclen which fell upon the Snxqu.hannes Tndyans behind Vinjhita excusing their ignorance of the (V)venant ma.le betwixt Col. (\,urxr,/ \' them .V:c, with y./Answere thereupon, which we doubte ii.it but will bee very well appiv.ved of by y" (io, it are glad to hoaro those Tndyans doe so well comport themselvis iV: comply with y" ing they will still continue in their duty we shall take Care by the lirst opportunity to give notice to Coll. Conmcj of what liath past upon this occaMon. AVe have not further but take Leave. T, „^ 1 , ^ l!v onler of the Councell. Jbor y" Coniaiid'' it Coniissaryes at Alhamj. X. Y. Jan. 17, l<'i77 7'>. Order of (Vmncell Jan. l,",. li;77 7S, in answ'' to the rropo.si,;.iii uumIo by the Onojden Indyans to y'' Couiand'' iV (.'oiuissary'. LK-mcu FiioM John- Tahot ok JIakiimui, ,,, Cact. S m.hp.i uv at Ai.ua.nv on Ini.tan aitaius. Cap' Siilixhiiry. _ t>" — My service being p'sente.l liopeing yo' prosi»erity, have Sent only i.i ac.juant you y' two, Indians viz: Wonthoqum it Woj^rni/ ca,m frnm y,' parts as they say and being taki'ii uj) heer were examined, ami now al yu'' desyres have given _\ '" a passe for tlier returne, an.l commend it to yo' Wisdom, whether it may n .t be a prudent way : When any of the Indians of yo' jiarls Shall desyretojorney into those |.:.irts, that they receive y' passe or a Ticket from sm-h as vou shall appoynr, and wo shall doe the Lyke, for the tnilli is in su.'h a ( riticall tyme. wee are at a loss to know how wee shall behave our ^elves among the fndians, thar wayes are so full of Tricks, and know not friends from Enemyes, when wee meet y"\ E.-pecially in the woods, o^ jieoplle are atalosse, I make bold to suggest it to yo^ ,-oiisi,leratiun for preventing anie In.'onvenieneio, y' oy'wyse may happen to y- or our M'lves, Knowing y' a wuni fnmi vo'-elf will be a SutHcient New York Historical ReeordH. 517 didvo to tlio Imlians, wco liavo no Xewis only a ciit(.-li in com Into Boston, witli Intollij^oni-o that ix ffruHch fik'ct Anviitcd ono Jslanil calk'd j?'V>iaj/w, Bituat 00 or 70 Lt'agiifii from Bnvrhuilime, tliat was planted by tiio Dittcli, and Cntt oil all m(Mi, women it childivn, Siiaring non, wliieli if true is most harbarons & Inlmnian eroulitie, So to Bcrvo a Cliristiaii pecjpull, althongli one Enc- mio in repute, People are generally weell witli uh, the Small Pox yet remanes in Huston, beeing Bpre and down in onr (^untrey, 1 hard ^lajo'' Vini-hon say that Unrasa wold have si'ut Wanipam to the MiUjums, but y" (^ent. of o'' Collony for bid it, and that the S'' Uncass had fomented this amongst the Moquasc which I thought good to acipiaint you, that it is a most grose Lye, for this I can assure yon that o' (4ov : and cuuucell have given ['nrnxs advyce from time to time yt he should keep his covenant with the Mohduhs to i>ay Wampim in t'ase ho had made anie Covenant with them, wee alwayes told him it was his Interest A: Saftie so to doe, and Sundry tymes wold faine have had him send to them what "Wampam was due by Covenant it ho alwayes slighted oi'r Motion, Saying nothing was line onto them I mention it at this tym «& the rather that 1 might take oft' an unjust reflection or Imputation that may be cast npon ns by Uncaxs and y' the M'l'iini.se may not bee disgusteil at ns, for Conncelling fwaxx about kee|>ing of his Yv^ampam peay from them, knowing that he-.' Needed no Such councell his covetous heart being Such a great frcind to tliat Littel pair'., of the wiirkl hue liaith in Possession, but I am sorry I have being so troublesome to you, hoopir.g vou will grant me excuse for all I'h-ratas of this Natur, shall (jnly add y' I am yo'' aftectiouat ifrieud it Ser' Subseribitur Ji)HN TAi.ci/rr. ll'or the llono"' Caji' Sillsl'iirij, CouuiianiK'r in Chief at ITort Allntnij. Hartford, A prill T)i'>e may Knt"nrin any .... Collony that the Indians Wonthoqum, .V ifonij-hn/ .... I,:. Illy com from fort A/han;/ .... upon thar desyrcs, have heirbv .... to return to the place from when . . . without any Lett or disturbance . . . . thini.-ches peaceably and suitalily .... EiujU-sh. p' Jon.\ TALcorr Ass' of his Ma"" collony of Conetieutt. Copieof ^Wy' Tali'otts Letter to C. Satii//iir>/ Apr. 8"' about two Indians of the JI/(J'^M('4 seized on I'li- want of passport tV relcast. Arrived here the '25'" V\7><. To bee answered. The proj.usall of Tickctts approvi'd of, it Signifyed to C. SiUlslitiry. 618 Colonial /Settlements on the Jfmlmn Jiiver. Lirn'Kii KuiiM (\)MMANi)Ki{ I1k(H!kiii>li.s lu (ioN" Li.KiK oy Vuttumnuut auuut „ ., „ IkivKu Indians, dkiainkd xv AVinhok. Hon'"" S', Hv an Exjirt-sH This d,iy from v" Odinmaiul' iit At/xni;/ sr,x iuforiiu..! y' :! of our />';,',;• Iiidiiiiis (young niuii) wlio wiMV liiiiiliiiitr oa^^twiird, in flicir pn.,i,nv8H fell w.m- Ii7«,v,.r in y..' Colony jiiui liuvinj,' fxli.uistod flii-ir small Stock of Sliott, for ii n.'w supply in onlcr to yOprosc'cu- tion^ of tlu'ir r.fvcr killing; Two of y" ;i went to y" Town of Wimor w"' a" licMr skin or Uvo for a KecTUto of sliott, y>' third rcuiaining at y' Indian (Hro, and in Kxpcctation of his <'oui].aui,.ns Roturn waytcd iivo days, hut in y° tiuio noitlicr seeing nor hearing of them, under some appre- hention8 of iToaro hasted home, aiui made Relation of y" matter w" hath a l.illle amused our Indians, where upou y" ifather of y" ahseut ( Waffmn/'f l.y nanu') y" hearer here of immediately Repaired to me at York and made ai)plyeatiou desiring This my Letter to yo-- hoiio' to IJelurno his sons if taken l.y any of yo' people as is hy fhen> pupj.osed and ITearM. w'" if so These are to Request yo"- nn.st i.rudent favo' and tlriemlly nssistance in ITreeing and Iteturnin- Those two young men. Exeusing their mistake if through Ignorance they have extended Their Rang too tfarr or intrenched on yo' Limits: Yet if detained may prove of very III e..nsc.itu>uce and kindle ii fllame not soon to 1.,. Kxtinguished ; Therefore my desires and further Recpu'st to v<,' hon..'- is, ffor yo preservation of y" (ienerall pul.li.pie peace That you will he pleased to (iiveSiu'h or.lers for their Release (if w'" you) as may (in yo'' wi.-dom and (iood Neighhorhood) l?e lit aniniN<» a ku- Mi>K OK A COMUINATION UETWKKN 'rilH '""kKNCII ANIi'lIlK InDIANB. Sir. I thought it my (hitio to inforino you of wlmt M' I'omkdii. ife tlio wife of Jo/in J'tn liath Do- chiretl to mi! niiic'riiiiifX an Iiuliiiii wlio livoH on tliu miiiiiii liiiid luMiifiii j/piictor nt' Sdid' that tlk' Frciu'li lit Ctuiniula a;nl tlio liwliaus on tho inahio liuvc mailo a iMnnliuiatioii thit* Suiiimur To (^iit of tho EiKjl'mh. I liiivo not luul tin; Indian in Kxamination of it, hut (iesiiv to acoali it in liojio to giot Di'inU, f I- iinl)ly rinjucist tliat yon would lio ploasi'd to st>ul Horn dirootions ahout it that it might Stop tho nioutliis of limomrt pcopio, that aro redy to talc up I'vory n'i>ort for tnitli thougli thcro may ho litlo in it. Thnw w'" my Scrvico p'scntcd to ('ai>t. Jiivckhiilln I rent your hmnhU; Servant iilCllAUl) WooDHlH.I.. ffor Ctipt. Muthiiin \iciills, Socntary at .\'. m York. Keo'' May 17, 1C78, hrought yestorday. M"- R!rh'' Wixxlhiill Sottiih'ott y .y IT ~H!7P Thought iitt hy tho Connccil to oxamino tlio Indyaii of tlio (iroiindH of thin report without trouhling tho othor Indyans. AuBWorod May L'2, KuS. InMiIAS' r)i;Kli Koi; 1,\NI) IN ('oI.UMUIA CoI'NTY. (t'ort OniiiKi' UiM'orils. DcciU ;l.) Before mc, lioh-rt fJvin-i/Kton, Socrotary otc appoarod a Midiu'inulcr Indian, callod hy the Christiaim Kiuiep and hy the navagos /'iiinit(ii'/uiijk for their right and title upon a certain piece of land, Hilimto on the East hide of Huilson river hack tif Jdn (him^, ahout live I'JtiijIisli miles from the river, it heing a meadow called liy the tiavagen Tnkkichcnoii and re;iching to or iKinltrlng oil a piece of woodland called /'iiiii.\i'/ii iiiikitn.i!k, also upon another jiiece of laud called Kcliantik, having for- merlv heon used as a cornfield, reaching towaids the ri\ Kic. etc. Done at Alltany, dune 11"', lt!7y. Tho mark \ — £,^ ,,f Knakp made hy ^~pr— -^y hhnself. RUhanl Pnttij Jan ThomOM Ariiout ('iinidifiKe F/c/r Inferpreier. The mark ^'^ of Tiamokknis made >K l,v liimselt'. In my jiresenco Uo. LiviNOHTo.N, Sec'y. LKrrKK KiMM Cac' SAi.Hinitv at Ai.ha.nyto (Jommandku nuiH'Kiioi.sr, aium r cak- rll'S OK .MollAWK.S (iiUNO o.\ IIIK WAi: I'A-ni. Cap' Brorkho/ls. S'. Upon the 'iH"' of ]>resent I received ;i Let' from S<'rxt,«/,r, y' there i» ii great troopes gooing out of tho Afitin/in(.'<, tightciiig to y' North one troope for tho Unii'j'iuni/an, hut y" other I '|fv 520 Colonial Settlement n on the llitdnoii liivei'. ftiu ill tliouj^litrt }■' tlmy will goe, to Wiir.U Miij .r J'l/n. „/,< or tiiat waj, fd hiv \w many tii/ro in in eui'li tiuopt! I eiuniot Li-jirru luid wimtj ''vimt will lie, tinu! niusli! brin;;- to j.ii^sc-. I Imvo not Imd noe op'tunytio, to writ to Major Tulk'itt, sinco I Imvo recuivcil IiIm T.> . \>u\ if yon \Avm to (^'t nic know any thing, wliat I shall, write, to hinu;, if op'tiitiity, Doisth invsint, fhhall he very llwiv, all is well at tho iiriwiit, hut my |Miori) ('liil.l is iit y presuiit vi'ry -on", hiil I hmio in (lotl ho hiiull duo well, whidi is all at jiresont from him \ U your vcrv humlilu Horv' furl,' Allxiny, y" i'4"' of Juiu", 1(17M. SiLUt: Al.WUUMY. LKrrKK VKOM Cai''. S.\r isiu i;v \v Aluanyi^' CJuMMA.M.i.ii TIkockiioi.st; kt.i'okts THE AKUIVAl (l|.- A I'AIMV Ol- MoUAWKH WIlU 22 NaIKK InDIAN I'KIHONKKS. Hon' S' Alhaiiii 27 ,lunu 1(178. This day tlinro arrived Iuto a troop of (iO Mmpnis with 22 I'l, iicrs, to witt 3 miri 17 women 2 I?oys k 2 Croiincs ii) wlio .-.ly tluy arc frind Indians of y" /'.'iitjlin/,, vlu-rcupon T i-alk'd y" Court forthwith and Rfsolvod to ticiid y Secrotary i^ Airnutif \'' Intrrproti'r to _v" I'l nucrs, to exam- ine tlieni from whence tiiey were, wlio doe wiy tliey iirc Nittick Indians frinds toy" Eiujlish & under tlie Command of Major (riii/(jiiu' and say they were takm in a Iiuh'an Corntield ealled Mdildihntik t! mile from .SV*/(///«/v'y, wliereupon TiilxiidnvH the f<;re 1ii.'liter of y'' Miuiitnur \\i\a told i.^: Ileminded of y" Propositions made hy Mai'>r Piiifhuii it Mr. lurlmnls then nt^euts of X : F.iKjlund, that y'^ should liefrind y' friend Indians, and like wavse how y" .]/ire that you woidd send nu' your advise then- ahiuits, by y" first, I douht not if y"*' he frind Indians (as they say) hut you or I will Receive Letters there anent Speedily, luit if not Po>sil>lie tliey will not trotdile Them Self's, hut I doe Presume hey are of there Praying' Indiau.s, hecause there is one anuuigsl them that hrou'.'ht y'' Indian Piiblo here in Govern' i^7(vy//,i time, No more at Present I am S'' Your very humhle Serv' Sn.Kr. : SAi.isauK\ . LkTTKR from CaI'^ SaI.ISIUIUV to CoMMANDKlt IiUOlKItOLST 0\ In-|)1AN' AKKATRS, MOST OK TiiK NArncKs havk iii;e.\ ulunkd uv tuk Mohawks. Cap' Rrockholls. I have Received yours Imriuf,' Daite ye 4tlie of July, Col^cerninlJ Tijailoi' y" Maqua.-> ioxo fighter, k, his prissoiicrs, y" yittlrk Indians which I doe heluive. diat y'' Moste part of them Are hiirned eare this time, as I have liard from others Indians yt Comes Every Day (uit of ye Lande, yon say y' I shoulde Se(piere them in my iiands, or be put to he kep' in y'' hands of om- freuds, y' Mohoeatuhrx all this was well, what you write, but tho Mauijiuin, Are imt those s(jrte of people, y' Deliver up ther ])risaoners, for nothinj,', I doe beleivo, I eouldo have Released them for 11200 or there abouts, but nea.er had any orders, To I)i>burse any Money for aiiother Collonys New Yorh Historical Reconh 621 Iiiflians it if 1 Klumldc? tlicti, tlic Gov' woiildo l)o Aiij^orry, wo Imveiiig notliiiig to Duo with them, nor Uccoivts any protKtt liy tlicni, and witli your luavo my thoiiglits in, y' if yu .\,:w Knylmul |)ooplo hiuJ any i. ON A MissioN lu Tiijs MoiiAWKs wrrn 1'ktkk kv. Voks yo* Intekpuetku. 1 You nro bcerhy ordered (aeeii 111! I »i; to }<<' ( omissiuu) hy the first opportunity and as spcdely & hy tlie host way you ean To Travle to y" J/tivipia.1 Cuiitry. 2 As soon as yea eano speako w"' any of the Jfaajmin tell them yea are sent from y'' Gov"' and Couneell of the Miixmchuxittit, and with a Message of great Coneernment, which you are to Im- pairt to the Seaeheiiis iV therfor desyre a full meeting of all ihar Seaeliems, or as many of tlio ehcifo of them as ean he procuntl to whom when melt declare mii'i y'" from whom you are sent iV: show y'" yo' Commission. y Then tell them y' y" Gov"^ ami all the ///(///«/« in these pairts, iiave hene (ever since thar first coming hither) good ifriend.- to the J/iiiqiui/i, m anumgst us, as they well know and may remendier. And Therfor tluit they think it strange iV: can not hut tak it very 111 that i.a»t act of llostilirieat AI-h/'/uciKj, where they killed three A: carried away Captive Twentie foin- of our friend Indians, who are his Ma"'" Suhjects w"' out any cause given hy them y' wee know oil', or any Complaint made to use hy the MactjiiaK and 80 contrary to ther agreenuMit tV: promise to Majo"^ Piiichnit at Allxinij y" Last yeare ife .it Hofton. afterwards hy a party of y'" y' Cam to ^Majo'' l^infliiui at IIikUcij m\A to it'. SalUhury :\i jf'urt Albany, on heo Informes us, that they wold not kill or hurt anie of our Indian ft'riends Especially any of tliosi' hehmging to .\(itick, wliich tho.se diil, and theri'for telly'" you are sent to know the Cause iV' resone of ther thus acting as ciiemyi'-. \' contrary tos" many rejterated ])romisses; and ho verie Carfull to uiiderstiintl all thar ausweres cfearly and fuly, which you are to Sett tloun in wryting. Gti IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) V. // 4- :a Us 1.0 ^ I.I mill o 2.2 :^ lii 1^ =^ ^ lis 12:0 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 ^ 6" ^ 7^ Photographic Sciences Corporation # ^ .^"^ ■<^ \ \ ,.<^ '^ 4\ ^''^ » ^9) b- ^3 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 873-4503 '^.% C/j 522 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River. If'. . J ^1^'. r f w 4 If tlioy .allcadgo that ou' Indians liave done them anio wrong, you may Tell them, that if y' cane bee made iipj.cai', the (toV it Coiiiicell will canso them to Make due Katisfaction, and bo wold have done befor upon {'nmplaint it prooff. 5 Tell y'" as tJie Imjlish yso to keepo thar word and promise w"' all Indians so they expected the Lyke from them, above oy' Indians as seeming more generous it Ingenous, it having Till now of Laitt Never found it otherwayes ; but have r.ow great Cause to com])lcin it be offended. That instead of restraning o' Indian Enemyes w'"' are com amongst them, from doeing us or o' ffricnds any hurt or Injurie, as they promissed Major Pin<:h w"' the Eiit/lixh, and to ne thar Enemyes, without any Cause given by then. that then they siiould doe well to declare it, that so wee nniy know how to Estemo of them heerefter. 9 ly You are to avoyd iis mucht as possibile yea Can the Speaking w"' the Mac78 iind Signed by EiJWAUu Uawson, Sect"' by Order of the Couiicell. This is a truo Coppy Exiiinincd by nie Rob' Livingston Secr'^. John Li:vkkkt Esti" Gov" of v" Massachusetts Colony in N. England w"' y" CoNSKNT OF Y" CoNSELL TIIEKU To M'. SamiieU FJy & Benjamm Waitt. You arc appointed 6c lierchy Cointnissionato it fully Impowred by y" Gov'' & Council] of y" said Colony with all Speede, to take your journey, ik, by y" best ways & meancs you can to Repaire into y" MiupKVi Countrcy, it find out soino of y'' Jlaijuun .shewing this Coinniission, & acquaint them, tiiat you are sent by y" Gov'' & Couticill aforrsajd w"' a message, of great Concernment, w'''' you are to Imjiairt faithfully unto the Sachems of y' said Jlaiputs, their frinds, in as full a meeting of them all or choifest of them as you can Procure according to y" Instructions herewith given & Committed to you, it your Prudent Mannagcment thereof And when you have attayned a cloere & full understanding of y" said Sachems Mindes, .about what you are sent, by you & your Interpreters, Peter deVors, best skill it knowledge you are at all Possible Speed it diligence to make your Repaire to y" Gov'' it Coimcill in Botiton, it declare to them, in writeing it what you have had and Received from tlem In testimony whereof y° Gov"' of y° Said Colony hath hereto affixed the Scale thereof & Subscribed his name, 12 July 1678. Sill Shhscrihitur, John Leveket, Gov. This is a true Copy Examined by mo, Ron'' l.niNdSTON, Seer. > 1 Leitek kuom Pkuk r.iirvAs, S. J. m Cai>^ Sai.isduky on Indian affairs enclosed IN A LEITEU I'UOM CaI'^' SALISIirUV TO C(JMMANDKI4 BrOCKOI.ST. 8« TiONNONTOGUiN, July 13"', 1678. I give this small Letter to this Sakcmako to Let you know, that a party of the 2Iahintjans Taralions,]\:wG ]>ast this way with two prisoners of the At'joni/io'nn, who arc Subjects und(;r the C!onte of Frontcmte, Major A.idroK did forbid those Indviins to make warrc in those parts, it I doubt not but hee will disapin-ovo so unworthy an action, & will cause those prison''' to bee returned back out of the hands of those treacherous persons ; You will infinitely oblige the Governo'' of Citmidtt in yo' endeavo'''' to maintainc the peace in tiiose parts under yo' obedience, it that you will use tho-je mutinous ones, with the like severity he hath lately, shewne towards those Mnhimjan.^ inhabiting alwMit (^"a/jrfifff, who brought away those En(j!L^h prison", from Boston. It is the prayer which in particular is made by him that is, S', yo' thrice humble & thrice obedient Servant, J. I'ltl'YAS, De la Comp» de Jeans. r 1 . 1 jt^Ti^.tiiC-mii^rw :iii£H; «'_ m i 624 Colonial SettleinerUs on tJie Hudson liiver. The Suporscriptioii was, Monsieur Salisbury, Governeur, Alhanie, Cap'. Brockhols. I have not iiiiytliiiig, to acquaint yon with siacc my histe, only upon the 12 of this mounth Come to this Towne, y" Greatc Seauhom of y° Mauquds, called by y° Name of Caimvuundowa to hand us his beavers & with all ho brought me, a Let"^ from Pere Bixuyas, the which 1 have herein cloesd, y' when you have perused I pray you to give me your Ad\is &, Let me have it gaine 1 Likewis tould this greate Sachem what an Evell thing, tliay have doiio in takeing the JS'aiUicke Indians, & Did Demande them as you Did advise in 3'ours, he tould me y' thay was ther olde eneniys and Couldo say Littell, at y" present it, but when he Came into y" Lande, lie woulde Call y° Woulfe, y° Bcare & ^iel/jwU meaning there 3 houses togeathcr and woulde see what would bee Done & he woulde Let mo here by y" fei-sto, I have written to W. Wel/s y ' Laste month for pro- vitions, for y° Garrisson but Doeth not Lot me here from hime neathr by provition or Let', Ipray you take some Care in it & Let there be som sent up by the ferst, for I have bought 3 barrells & now its uj), tt here is not any to be gotten, Soe having noe more to trublo you with, but Desires to Remaine your humble Serv' to Command. SiLVE. Salisbury. fort Alhany f 15'" of July, 1078. S', I have spoken to y^ Catkilti Indians y' have those 2 prisoners ahout them, & thay have promised nic, y' the Indians, shall be forth Coming. For Cap' Antliony BroukholJs at ffort Javies in New York. These. (Endorsed by Seer. Nicolh ;) that M'. ^ye^U hath already sent two barrells & sends now two by Tho. Verdun, for Pork M'. Welh sayes they had enough, before, for fresh provisions not iitting to be killed to save tt old \ery scarce to bee gott. \a\i 13" -t i Lktter from CoMJtANDKU Brockiiolst to Cap''. Saltsbpry on thk mttrder op THK Xatpicks a.n'I) thkiu NKGi.Kcr i!v TUK New Enoland people. Cap'. Salisbury. I have ree'' yo" of the 0"' on occasion of the order from hence. Truly had it beene imagined that it woulil have admitted such a Latitude, wee should have beeno more cau- tious in giving it, for I am very confident it will bee scrupled at, if not downe right found fault with by the Go :, it I know not how it can now Iiei; ])ut u])on the Governo'' of Boston to pay it. Except wee coulil have had it time enough to send when tliese Gents were there, for they have already concluded with them it paid all their disbursem", & pretences «fe so that this after bill will hardly find acceptance which wee thinke it more convenient to Let it rest, till the Go: comes. As to yo'' owne eidiansing the reckoning, or countenau'^i ig any extravagance to occasion it, I can not thinke any of the Councell are of that opinion, hut doc believe you will doe yo' best to render a good ucc' of all matters with you to the Go : In yo' other of the 11"' concerning Tycukm the Maqves forefighter ife his carryeing tho Natuck Indian prisoners to their Castles, where its said tiuiy have burnt tho greatest part of them. If tho Letter from lu^nce came to yon before they went away k. you demanded those prison" according to tho directions therein, mee thinkes they shoidd not bee so perverse to deny it, & it si;- New Yorh Historical Records. 526 BGcmes very strange that tlio Peaco bctwccuo U8 should bee held upon such nnoquall it ticklish, Turmes, that not withstanding wee dcalo with thoin in all Friendship yet they shall p'sunic to brcake it when they please without contronle, as now p'ticularly, their falling upon our Neighho" friend Indyans, contrary to their Engagein', & to expect money for their delivery, They deserve rather a Check for their Insolence, then to bee soothed up in it. If they have such Encourageni' their next attempt may bee upon Christians, so they may bee p'' for their Ransome. I suppose that Cousideracjon hindred the New Emf men from sending money, neither could it bee expected you should have disburst it for them, but its a wonder they neglected them so much as not to send after them sooner, when they themselves might have come & spoken with them «fe heard their reasons & not to impose the trouble on you. However its not thought amisse, that thay should bee made ac(juainted of their breach in this p^ticular with our Neighbo" ; which is not to bee endured: The troope of 30 North Indyans with one Maquea onely gone out as you mention, seeme to per- tend no good, & having begun this by a party of Maques, greater Mischeife may bee expected from those others probably ag" Christians as well as Indyans, which I pray God divert. I have a Letter from M^ Griffith complaineing of Chr-istoj)hi:r Scaffe, who instead of making him payment of what heo owes him, gives him ill words, which is an unreasonable thing, I pray take some Order for Scaffes making M^ Griffith satisfaction, or Let hi;n have his Remedy at Law ag"' him. Thus having answerd the p'ticulars of yo' Lett" I conclude, remaining Your humble Serv*. July 20, 1678. Lettek fkom John Pvnchon to Cap'' Salisuury, RucoMMMNmso the MAssAoiinsETrs AOKNTS TO niS KINDNK88. Sprinijfidd July 20'" 1678 Capt. Salinhnry. S", Having Reed order fro o' Govornour Sz Council to send away fro hence M' Sam" Ely & Benja. Waite who are Commissionated to treate y" Maquas in hehalfe of y" Natick Indians, Two whereotf are gocing upon y' designe, w'* an Interp'ter sent fro o"" Councill l\;ter Van vorjs a dutchman who formerly Livwl at Alhany : so that there are live in all viz a Dutchman, 2 English men & y" 2 Natich Indians. I am advised & ordered to accpiaint you w"" y" affaire & to cra>e yo' favorable aspect towards y'", & p'^moteing of y° designe w'*" is quietness «fc Peaco among y° In- dians & consequently w"' y° English In order to w"" a right understanding betweene us &, y° Maquas is needfull, tfe y' they may know & understand o' Praying Indians are c' Subjects, and that w'^" is more his Ma"™ ; whose corporation in London for p'pagating the Gospell in N. E. (some where off are of his Ma"'" Privy Councill) have desyred & advised y"" securing & p'serving, of them, & It will not be well resented l)y his Ma"" right Honorable Corporation whercofi M' Boile is Governour, That the Maquas who arc under Goverm' & order of y" English should w"" cut any cause destroy & captivate such his Ma"" good Subjects, w'" I hope when kiujwn & Consid- ered will occasion a stop to further p'ceeding A p'cure release & d'lry up of y'' captives, y' they have taken, I request yo' furtherance of o' Messengers there in & that they may as v)' Councill Judges it best treate y" Marinas in their own© land, yo' civillity toward those o'' Messengers & fur- therance of y"" that they may have free Passage to y° Maqvas, will I hojie tend to settlement of Peace & quiet & p'mote all o' Interests, And unanimity among all y" English & setling Peace & 52G C'oloithrt iS^tleiuentn'on ilie Sudaon Jiiver. quiot betwixt all o' Indians may be of grt. concerning, shonld }•" French make any Incursions w"^'' iff warr goe on iwtwixt o' King & tlium they may bo like enough to attempt. Greate p'parations for war are in J'^iujld, & expectations y* it will be w"' France yet it is by some conceived to be a measuring cast whether it will bo nr noe, for y'^' Z'MfcA Boggle at im Ihibition of French ^oiAi. for 3 years w^'' ()■■ King req" of y"' & all y" (confederates. A ship vi^^french goods at Weymouth ill EnyM. was burnt according to ordinance of Parlam' ifec : I suppose yo" have these things at a better hand then I ; S' Edmoml Androx is coming over it at Sea so y' yo" may expect his happy arrivall at Ywlce Spedyly, w'"' I pray (rod grant; S' I have not to adde at p'sent but begging yo'' Excuse for this Troblo, w'" my endeared Love ic reall respects to yo' selfe & M" Salisbury, I am S", yo' assured lirieud «fc Servant, John Pynchom, S', it is reported y' one Nathnnel Panvmpwn an Indian Murdered an Eiujlish man nero Brainiry last Sep' (by siabbing him in several! i)laces, and then Run away ;) is at or about Albany, if it so prove y' he is there, Please to dlv' him to o' Messengers to bring away y' ho may answer for so hori'id an act. These, ttbr y" Honored Capt. Silveiiter Salisbury at y° fort in Albany. if m Lettee from Cait. Salisbuuv to Comm* Bkockiiolst on Indian mattebs. Capt. BroeMols These Are to Lot you kno\/ y' yesterday, Did Arrive here 5 people from Major Pynchon, by ord' of the Gov' of boston, liS you will see by y' Let' and y° Commission IiicK)sed, & Are ordered to goe to y" Mawjiia.'i Land, & to treate witli th' m, and to see if they Cane gett y" Natick Indians againe, but I am very much afraid, y' tliay will Come to Laitc, for as I have hard, y' y" moste p'of them Are burned, they Desired noe Assistance from me, only y' thay might have Lib- erty to goe, which I have Given Leave, not seeing how I could avoyde it, & have sent irnolt alonge with them, into ye Lande, but not to Assiste them, only to goe aloiigc to heere, what there Demandes is of the Mauquas, soey' 1 may by y° uext Give you An Account of there proceedings but my thought is, y' y» Mauqnas will not answer tlioni anytliing there in y" Lande, because y' thay has'e Desired y' if any body that was strangers i-'.ionld Come for to speake with tliein, y' thay muste speake at Albany, thay Demand of the Ilaxuptas y' thay will live in quip* ;>d not to mol- leste any of these nations of Indians as followetli viz, J/au-yk Indians, /V/ lapok Indians, Ilassanamasasitt Indians, Wama»it Indians, neere Concord, Unkus \\uV\i\n\iik Martins Vineyard Indians. Soey' if thay Doe prejudice to any of these nations in Confedrecy togather & if y' Mau- qnas will not be still then thay will fall upon the Maiiquaa with 80(1 Indians, & soe as one troop Coins in another to goe for, but if thay will be quiat untill our Gov" good Arrivall tliay will bee Con- tent, it then to make a gcnerall peace, I Doe not understand y' y» Emjlish will have anything to doe in y'= Warr, but if it Cane posable to make pease, soe S' 1 Desire your advise if tliat the Mauquas should not Consent to there Demands, what I shall Doe or behave myselfe in such a Casse, Soe haveing no more at present, but I Remaino Your verry humble Servant, S^ July 23 1678 Silee. Salibbuby. New Ywh Ilidorical Itecavds. Letter from Caff. Salisbury to Comm" Brookuolst • tiik murder of the NATrioKS. 637 Oapt. BrocMoUe S^ These are to Let you know y' at y" present, woo bee at (juiat, but liowe Longo it will Con- tinow God Doeth know, y" Mauquax, Arc verry nuich truhled, Hcmeiiigly, at there Lasto Action in taking and buring of thos NatUk Iiulian prisoners, fur Contrary to wliat thay promised me, thay have burned the mosto parte of tbein, if not all, and finde thay have hard, y' new Emjland. people Are very Angory with tl 'm, which makes y"' feerefull, y' tliay shall ("uine& fall on them, but I Doe here that y" Maqiuts, Are procuring beavers, and Zcaw', to give to y° j)eople of New England, and to make, An Exscuse for there Misstako. This is all the News at y° present, ihefrench yt Came from BosUm & New York staide hero 3 Days & ailter on y" 4'" Day tooko there jorny to wards Vannadny and was very well sattistied with y'" entertaiiuncnt, y' thay Received at Nero YorJce, and this plase, but not sattisfied with Boston Entertainm' w?/(««c, They having beeno forbid by o' Governo' to make warrc in these parts. Ilee speaks som w' of pun- ishing' these who have done this Injury as tiio Governo' of Canada hath lately beene Severe with those Indyans of Canada (whom bee calls Mahinyans likewise that brought the prison" away from Boston Governm'. As wee are ignorant what Seventy bath beeno so wee from thence butitstliought requisite you secure tho two prisoners in the liar.ds of Catskill Indyans which I take to bee the same eoinplaned of & take them out of their hands that (if understood to bee freinds) they may bee sent againe to their people. The Letter I have here enclosed sent you back. As to yo' discoui-sc with the great Sachem of the Maqucs Cannommdcioa who brought , it yo' demand of those . Indyans taken & carryed away by them, you did very well in it, 6c theyl I hope advise together for their returning them back againe. I have spoke to My. Wells about some proyissions for the Garrison with you, who tells nice liee hath already sent yo>i up two barrels .... & now sends Two more by Thomas Verdun . . . heo say<;s you had enough before . . There I m\ 528 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River. had boono fresh provissioiis sent, but in this weather its not fitting to bee ifilid to save, & old pro- vitions i\Yi\ vory scnrco, Imt liowovor Oiiro will lioc; takiMi you hIiuU not want; There is a veHsol arrived from Lc/ndon that had 12 weeks passage, the Master brings . . Nowes of the Gov- orno" being prepar .... when hee came w"^'' was .... Aprill no warres tho . . great preparagons. I shall eoneludo having not further at present, & Reuiaiue July 28, 1678. Yo"-' luunble ScrvS 1^: m W "•fj' Ml The Maquase anbweii to y' Propositions Pkopounded to tukm rnis oay bt M". Sam'-"' Ely & Ben Waite Messknoers sent uy y'^ Gov" «& Councill of Boston & m y' Covrt house of Albany this 1" day of Aug". A° Doin. 1678. Karnhize — Kaewannere — Anworongee — Tio'ie — Interpreted Tho Names of y° Sachems. Camachkoo — Soriwesce by Aeniout Com. Vide. 1. They doe say, that y" English of N. England &. they have alwayes been good frinds, and are so still, & must Acknowledge to have been always welkoni ife well Received by y' Englinh in there Plantations, but neverthelesse that this is y" ordained Place to hoar Propositions in, lett them come from what pairt they will, to speak w"* them, & were spoke to here Last year by Major Pynchon Ac in y" presence of y" Gov'^ Gen". 2. You say there is a fault Committed in takcing away of those Indians at Magoncog, tis true wo acknowledge it, Butt in who lyes y° fault ', it may be in our young Indians who are like wolves, when they are abroad ; Possibly in y' North Indians that live among us, & y" Indians of Magaucog iv:o not y' lesse to blame, they not dwelling as t'rind Indians in y'' Woods, havcing a Castell so well fortifyed w"" Stockadoes, which frind Indians need not have, therefore did Imagine them to be Encmycs, for these Indians that live in or about y" English Plantations, w'out fortifi- canons, we did never any harm too. You have spoken to us by way af discourse without giving of any Presents (though usnail upon bussinesse of Consequence) and we shall answer you y'' same w.iy y' never by us is I'racticed. 3. That whicl) is now done by our Young Indians or Soldiers vizt y' takeing of those Indians at Magoncog, we give them no thanks for, neither was it by your order, but it is as we has-e said, when they are abroad are like wolves in y"' wood. 4. Brethren you had warrs w' y° Indian Enemyes before we, for when diverse of your touns were burnt doun, then our Gov'' Gen" did Inconrage us, & told how his frindes in iV. England were Involved in a great warr w^ Indians and that some of y'' Eneiiiys were fledd to husack, Incourageing us to goe out against them, and we and oiu" Gov'' Gen" being as it were on body, went out, upon his desire against them, and killd some and Putt y'' Rest to y" flight, & soo have Continued in y" M:irr ever since, and if we came to night to your Praijiiig Indians, why were not we warned it bid hold up, it goe no further. Therefore y" Brethren may be assured of our good heart & y" Continuation of Peace & vrindsliij) on our sides. 5. The Brethren desire that we should Restore all y" ('aptives y' we have of your frind Indians taken by our folks, w''' we doe not K iuse to doe. You desire likeways that we may come to Hartford, hadley, or Boston, to treato w"' your Commissioners there, to that end there might be a Right undei'staniling of all affares betwixt us itc which we cannot Resolve upon to come & treat ill your Governm' This place being thereunto ordained, but let Major Pynchon (or any other New York Historical Records. 529 rprcted whom y" JJrethren plcnHo to send) como liore as ho did last year, wo shall then in his lion' y' Gov- Gen" Presence deliver up y° Duuiauii'mitted to goe to & treate with these people for a future good understanding betweene them & to give them thankes for the diversion they had made of tlieir Iiulyans euemyes Armes from them, C7 mi 530 Colonial /Settlements an t/i^ lluclmn liiver. lit'. PI. ^■1 by tliuir falling on ife eiigiigiiifif ng*' them, then thnt after ciuno their dopnty Govemo' Major Treute to roinfoiTo what formerly htiil been inopoHeU who though all civilly treated by his bono' wont away with tlatt (ienyallB of their making any treat with them iinlenH at Allinnij, with the doverno" approbav'on & in bin preoenue, whifb afterward you very well know wan admitted when Major Pincheoii & M'. liichards appeared there on behalfo of y* two Colonyes (whoso InterestB are Lineked) & Coll. Cournii/ upon another subject from the Go: "f Martjiand. The Go: being allwayoH present, «.V Managing the diticourHe on all liauds that they might not prove prujudiciall to the Interest of his K. II' in this Province; It is a thing of extraordinary Consequence «fe most unecrtaino how tho proiriises of those of & treats on tho other may workc with those Indyans, who formerly lookt on none b\it o' Go : for their Patron & now will tind him slighted by these Gont' botii who sett up for themselven, it would make warro or Peaeo with our Indyans without our Consent or privity, wee are all troubled to think how ill tho (io. will resent this, especially when bee shall reflect on tho vast c.xpenees bee hath beone at, in obliging these people which now will prol)ably bco to litle or no purpose, if tho Maqnes should bee tempted to soeko . . . . It is somewhat also to beo admired what tho Go : of Jiontan for Indyans, knowne sufficljntly to bee in this Government & in his liasto heo takes no notice of our Govenio' or his deputy by whom they are to passe but directs them to goe to tho Matjv^a Land, &c In the passe there is mention made of Instructions given them, but you particularise !>.one of them, wee hope they had the good manners to shew them to yon or that yon demanded the sight & copy of them which would have beene well to have sent down. Yon suggest, that the EtKjiixh will have nothing to doe in y" warre, if there should be any ; tis not well comprehended by us for the out plantavons at least, will bee lyable to outrages «fe Mischeifs on one side or tho other, & it may beo the whole CJovernm' rue for it : Major PincheouH plausible {jretences to you it desyre of your assistance in dcsigne of sending their Messengoi's forward might beo admitted of some longer Conaidera(;on, it it would have beeno more acceptable to liave sent them domie hither, or to have kept them there, untill yon hud some advice or directions from hence, then the sending Jienjaniiii W'aite it his Comerade downe was, who went in Quest of their . . neither as yo' saying understood that you could not avoyde their goeing, when but that one word of your mouth I know would have put a stoj) to it, their number or force was not so great, but the buis- nesse being so farre gone, wee can oncly give our sentiment, but kno'v not what to doe in it now but Leave tho rest to the Events it tho Go : Judgment it determlna9on who will not bee absent much longer. As to what you mention in yo' La^t Letter, of the uncertainty liow long tilings will bee quiet with you, it tho Jldijues being troubled about tho Nattlfk Indyans, who you thinke are most burnt by them, what is past cannot bee recalled, but doe wish you hud nmre vigorously demanded these prison" out of the Maqiwn hands, wliil.st with y" (as directed) which might have prevented these apprehensions, but there is no living with the Maques at this rate, that they shall take what j)risonerrt they i)lease either freind or foe it without a ransome destroy them. I shall conclude it heartily wish there may bee a right understanding of these matters, that the Go : at his Returne bee not too much displeased therewith w^'*" I am not willhig to question but you have done to y" best in yo' Judgtu' so I remaine. W York llistoriaal Hecarda. 691 LkTTKKH KBOM OaPT. SaLIBDI HY to SeOB' NiOOLLB and CoMMANDKIt BuooKiior-iT. Indian akkaibs ; Fbknou Fobt nbab to thk Sknkcas auovb Cadauack«iui. Doaro S'. I httvo not nnything worth acquinteing you with onely on tho 5 of thig mounth ulMnit 6 in the aftornoono god was pleased to heHtou & bleso uio witli a doiigiitr & aH to otlier NewB iB this y» TakiKjhkamtt a torctiglifr of y" MiiqMv has bene in y« North with '20 men &, liaa met with aNeote of llogeH of y" North Indian», y' hatli Lived tiii* 2 year by tiiorselves without any coraspondeancy witli Cln-irttian or Indian, and have killed T) & have tnt!y iiiii()ii;;st thcin, givo grout Kncoiiriigcnicn" to thoni by giving tlieiu Lind & fforts, divern being iviruiidy gnno to tiiein, to whoi.i tiicy luivo giviin 4 Fortu, & i)iit » bend ovor thoni done by tho Go: of Canada ono Gnjno is mudo tiieir Sufiioni, u Maquis. Tiioir opinion is Tiint tho MitqH,'^ nmy beo nndcrhiind odvinod to givo all Encounigiuncnt to draw back tho Indyans that aro goiio to Camuld whether Miujuim, North Indyann or .^/ii/iiratul" by proiHweing to inako thoiu Forts by theniHolvoB & to luivo liberty to ehuso ft Saehoni or head over tliom aa tho othiTs have, tho which tlio (loverno' will alwo countenaiu'e tlieni in. TluTo was discourse whether it beo prop' that thoso of Alb. who trade direct with Brujl' should handle with tho Indyan, and thought not convenient. Aug 22'\ It being represented by M'. Martin (iirritu t& M'. Dirrk Wene/h, Two of tho Coniissarj-os at Alhunj deputi'il That divers of our Indyans of tlio ,]fa(jHt'n it i]f((hicand" with them aro drawno away by those of Canada by tho great promises »fe Encouragements given them, which may prove of ill ConHccinonce, praying «fe desiring a remedy to j)ut a stop to it, Ordrod That all fitting P]n- eouragenient bee given to the Jtaqiicn, Mahlcandcrs, our ludyans or others ifehunl assigntid them to build forts together or a part in some convenient place if desired in y° Govonun'. Aug 23"' Tho trading with tho Indyans at Albany, & t)f the Iidiabitants there trading into Europe being complained of ife en in nnsworo Whorounto you may tnko Notieo, that all IikHuii Trado id Striutiy iirohibitotl at SrhanarUule, an in ail otlior out places, iw per Order, to Ix) Executed hy the Do" ife Sellout of Alhatuj an t'onrierly agw' all Irifriii^" in uaid Si-hanectailtt at) well bh other out placert, & H'" Srhancctade, Art in Apiwaled to beo in thia Ciwo of trado, tk all Ctt«io» relatoiugo to it Concluded hy the Co" of Alhany. The Duke Intendu tho fTainily of Ii>-tuiln«r», their .TuBt ri^htfl formerly enjoyed, to bee Con- Hrmod to tliein, but without wronging any Others of w'" all Care and Regard Shall bee had, & therefore tho Co" and OtHc" are to take Caro there beo no dirtturbancoor NoodlooHO Exponco nnido hy the InhabitantH, upon ReportH or Rumor' to thi^ir prejudice. 1 have Ordered the 3;H & i Schea of Wheato and 00 Schepls of pease to y' Church Offlc' for y« Redeeming Slaves in Ahjiera as sent & not doubting yo' continued Endeavor* for all publick Concern.s as authorised T retruiinc, llor tho Coniissaryes & Scbout of AH. Yo' alloctionuto friend, E. A. Gent". I have together with a Lre from the Co" at Alh. roc'' yo' order or Resnlt of y« 21" inst'. for obstructing the Siiuritri! or Schout of Alh. dueing his duty in yo' Towiie, according to former practice A: orders relating to Indyan trade which |)riveleilge & power of the Co" it Schout of Alb ; I doe not understand to beo any way infringed or taken away from them, but as yo' lirst Settlement was onely for husbandry with Expresso conditions not to trade in yo' Towno often confirmed since, if you have in yo' Late act or Shall transgresse therein you must beo Lyablo to Seizure ife concluded by any C(!nsure therein, or determinavon of the Co" at Alb. or formerly (fe in any of y" particular Concerns or Risks, you shall Alhvays finil nice For y' CoinmissaryeH of iidwncckdado, Yo' allectionato friend, X. r. Oct 31, 1G78. E. A. Tnpian Pekp to Lewis Dniois fou i,\vn \^ V'lstkr Co. Appeared before nie Win. De La MonUujne Secretary at Kingston in y' presence of Wm. Anht'orilbi/ and JookI Aifriit.is two outof y' Court of K!n(jxU»im, Kenikamin, Kapetagin it Sema, Emlpm Indians, wlioo acknowledged to have given nnto Lewin Duhoh their lands laying to y» lands of Ta'Wis Dnl>oln & his partners, to y" Lands of Sewakanainle & tho Same on both sides of y" CriKike and y"" land (jailed in y'' Indian tongue Paiimchta to Pakmeirk, Wahtseeh, Wakan- konarh, beginning from y" high mounts (bli.piary through y" wo(k1s to y" grcate Swamp laying between y" river. The said Indian doo confesso to have given y» said T^nd freely and not to act anything against it «k doo promise to free y" said Dulxn^ for further denumd and doo transport y" i / I m 5.H Colonial Settlements on the Hudson Itiver. said Lar.J freo & Liber &. not incombred for him & his lieires and they liavc signed this into y« records with their ovvne handa y" 28"" Decbr 1678 at Kingstown. Agreed w.th y' records Quod atteotor Wm. De La Montagnb Seer". Signed by y* marko of Kapetaoin by y" marko of Kentkamin by y' marke of Sema. PjrrmoM of John Ward fob leave to ptnioHASM Induw Land nbae Makbletoww. To his Excelentie, S;r Edmudd Andrews K' and Gov' Gen" : Etcetara. The humble petition of John Ward Sheweth y' he hath always 1)€en bound to your Hon* for your former favors And humbly craveth Leave of your hon'' for one more y' 'm t« have Leave tobuv ap' of Land from y° Esopua indians aild Jocksingh it '-eth Almost behind MarhUtown about 80 or something more acres And your petitioner Shall, Ever pray. An ordor sent to Eisopes hereupon to have a patent at the returae. iii-'r.^ OEDEEb To BE Observed by ali. Masters of vesells «fe Traders att Albany, AT Importation «fe Exportatiom. By the Govemour. 1. That no Sloop or vefscll goeing up Iliuhom River for Albany, don unload any Goods by the way, Entered for said place, unless by License & Certificate from the Officer & Magistrate of -EsOpUS. »r t J- 2. That no Sloop or Vessc'! when Arivod, & att Albany, unload any Goods or Merchandize before Notice, & a pernii.^ for the same 6c time for the wayter to goe aboard. 3. That no Merchant or trader or Master, att Albany, doe ship or Receive on Board, any Beavers or poltry, without a duo x perticulcr Entry, of the same, & Clearing, or pcrmitt for it. 4. All which to be observed upon penalty of Seisure, as by Acts of Parlement. J!few Torke Aprill tl at Staten Island, requfsttno ver- MIS-ilON TO HAVE LIME ItlRNT ON HER LAND, UY THE GOVERNORS UrDER. Madam. Here hath bocnc two Men with the Governour, i?a?')'/<;« & Chaa **?/rttVA, Complaining that having (as formerly in otlicr places) provided Sliells it burnt a linu; Kill \\\m\ Staten hhmd, about a mile it- a lialfe from your house, you have fors't them from tlience, upon pretence that it wasy' Land, ^ though out of fence, you would not suffer it; The which the Gov"' having referred to mee, These are to Ac(pi:iintyon, and lott you know, that it hath been the Constant practice (Througho'it the whole Government, that all persons may & have had Liberty, & soe adjudged) to eutt wood, timber, fetch stones, make & carry a way lime &c, upon A from any Land or Ground not within Fence, though some regard to bo had, near the habitation or plantavon of Such as aro Wi' 686 Golonial Settlements on tJie Hudson Hiver. Settled, According to which you are also to have regard & not only Suffer those men to proceed in their Lawful! Labour, (if without fence) but also to take care so to Satisfy them, that they do not further Complaiue of your obstructing them, nor any other in the like occation. I am Mad»iu Tour Ilumble Servant M. N. JVew Yorke June IS'" 1679 Council Minute. Reception of Colonels Kendall and Littleton Agents fkom ViEOINIA to meet the FIVE NATIONS AT AlbANY. At a Councell held in New Yorke the 31" day of July 1679 Present, S'' Edmund Andross, Governour, M' Mathias Nicholls Seer. Mr. Fred- rick Philips & M' WiUJ^ Delovall of the Councell, Mr. Thomas, Mayor' of the City, M' Cornelius Steenwyck, Mr. Nicholas De Meyer «fc M' Stephen Cortlandt of y° same merch Upon Applyca9on of Colonell WiUian,. Kendall & Colonell Southy Littleton Commission" & Agents from his Excelence S' Henry Chicheley tlie Governour & the Grand Assembly of his Maj"" Colony of Virginia to y" Governo' of this Colony relating to their treaty with the Oneyades Indyans or others in confederacy with them who have made Inroades and Committed Outrages in their Countrey. Resolved & it is the opinion both of the Governo'' & Councell «fe the other Gentlemen of the place present That it will be most proper & Safe to send to all the nations of the Maques, Oneyades, Sinnekes &c to bee at Albany to meet the S'' Conmiission" or Agents of Virginia there, about the middle of September next in order to their Speaking or Treating with all of them concerning their affaires. To which End an Expresse is forthwith ordered to bee sent up tc Albany from thence to give notice thereof to the respective nations of those Indyans to bo at the place at the time appointed. By Order of the Governo' in Coimcell Letter from Gov" Andros to Capt. Salisburt at Albany, nrKixrriNo him to call TtXJETUEK TUR FIVE NATIONS AT AlBANY. New Yorke, August 8"", 1670. Cap: Salisbury. I hope you gott good Messengers (as ordered) to y" Maques and other Indyans westward, and that they will bee at Albany accordingly about y* midle of Septenib'' to speak with Coll. Kendall and Coll. LitGetmi, deputed from Virginia when T also hope to bo back from Petiwquid (for which am ready to take y' first wind) however s'' Gentlemen resolve to bee there soone to whom pray shew all Cevility «fe fitting respect, they are sent upon occation of the Oneidcs Inroads with ■whom and other Indyans sent for, y" must also give them all freedom to speak or treate, your Bclfo &, Magistrates may bee p'sent if desired, and also to Advice or Assist thoni in anything lii^ ^ New York Ilwtorical Records, 537 Else, they shall aslce or may have ocicatioii for but their maine or gcnerall proporaisioiis they have resolved already. I am your Affectionate friend and Servant, E. Andkos. For Capt. Silvesf Salinhury, Command"' of Alh, These CouNciLL Minutes; Indians declared feeb and not st.avks. At a Councell held in New Yorke December 5'" 1679 Upon Complaint, that the Inhabitants of Eaiithamj>ton doe frccpiently kill Soutkton mena horses, upon ace' of Trespasse. Ordered That any person or persons killing horses upon pretence of Tresj/asse or otherwise, to be proceeded against criminally. ^ That the I>aw & Order of the Co" of Assizes concerning small unsizeablo stone horses, bee strictly put into cxccu9on. Resolved, That all Indyans hero, are free «fc not slaves, nor can bee forct to bee servants, E.xcept such as have becno formerly brought from the Bay of Campechio & other foreign parts, but if any shall bee brought hereafter within the space of (■ix months, they are to bee dispose of as soone as may bee out of tlie (lovernmont, but after the Expera^ou of six months, all that ehali boo brought here from those parts shall bee free. All Christian Servants that shall be brought into this Government shall bee recorded att y' Secretarys office att importation by the Masters of Vessels or othere that shall bring them, »fe they have liberty to assigne them to another, for the time spccifyde in their Indentures, & no such Ser- vant be reassigned or transferred over to servo his time with anotiier, without the Consent or Approba(;on of the next Co" of Sessions or Jurcsdiction, at great distance of the time of Co"', by the Approbagon of two Justices of peace, one being the president or first Justice of s;iid Riding or Coi'pora(,!on to bee recorded in y" respective place Sz transmitted to the oflicc of Records. The killing of wolves by the Indyans, being taken into Consideracjon that they doe not kill the more for the ])aym' So not to bee p'' for y° future. Resolved That Indyans being not willing to goe out to kill the wolves or valueing it, are not to be p'' for them : And Chr'^^tiaiis being supposed the like, the same to bee re))resentcd to the Co"" of Sessions, Their payment being a great charge out of the Rates & the countrey in debt. For the limiting of publick Charges at Sessions t& Assizes. That it be rccomended to the severall Co"' of Sessions to assert what each man shall boo allowed per diem giving their attendance there & the like for the Assizes. There being differences, as to flie ])rices of what is p'' in, upon ace' of the Countrey Rates, It is likewise to be recomended to the Co"' of Sessions for Regula(;on or asserting the prices thereof, for tliis present yeare, & for the future to the Co" of Assizes. Default" for not Training Ac. The ilines to bee levyed according to T,aw. Wood for sale to bee by the Cord, as formerly ordered. Stillyards not judged a Lawfull waight. The ill Consecpienco of keeping Indyans to beo Servants or Slaves witluu this Government being represented and taken into Consideracon, (J8 538 Colonial /Settlements on the Hudson Hiver. Resolved That all Indyana liere are ffrce and not Slaves, no can bee forct to bee Servants, Except Such as have been formerly brouglit from the Bay and other forraigne parts, but if any Sliall bee brought hereafter into the Government within the Space of Six months they are to bee disposed of as Soone as may bee out of the Governm' but after liie ExpiraQon of s'' Six months all that shall bee brought here from tliose parts and Landed to bee as others, firee Indyans. By order of the Governour in Councell. CouNciLL Minutes. Spuyten Duyvel to be viewed with eepehence to a uKniGE. Jan : 7'", 1670-80, At a Councell. M'. Joanes, M'. West, & M'. Phihome appearc according to order. M^ Joanea putts in an abstract of a Lre from M^ Lewin & W. WooUeij, complaineing of the great Losse, tliey are like to bee at, by the latitude left by the Co" of M'. Palmers paym' in Tobacco, which they seeme to desire ^leife in, but being tendred a Review or appeale, M'. Joanea & M'. West declare not to bee unsatisfyed in what is already past, M'. Pinhonie speaks dubiously as to an Appeale that it might bee well for their employers, but saith liee hath no power nor directions to act therein. They againe say matters being so farro they have no reason to complaine but are satisfyed with all past proceedings here & desire neither Appeale nor Review, w'" might have boene had of Course before as they say & f(jr the hardship complained of by M'. Lewin & Woolly, they knew no cause for it. If they had not rt c' this last Lre' for the complaining of y' Tobacco, They had no Cause of Comp"'« at all. All former Orders about the prchibicjon of bringing dead Hoggs ;S:e to Towne to bee put iu Execuyon. The passage at Spiting deoill to bee viewed & considered of, for a bridge tfec. Whether any store house is in the Valley or at the Ferry. No Store house or bolting Mills in the Valley, nor Water to bee kept there, but in lieu thereof As well as at all out places, as JIarlcm, the Bowery, &c being under the Jurisdiction of the City doe pay proporcjonably w"' them, or worke at the iIortiti(;ation. No Store house, bolting Mills or Trade at the Ferry or parts adjacent, nor any bolting Mill ' unlesse for private use through the Governm' unlesse allowed of by the Go : & Councell. A Comp" about the Coopers of the towne iiuiking a private agrecm' amongst themselves to raise the price of Caske etc. CUme Seahroke tfc Evert the cooper uametl, ordered to hue sent for this afternoon. All appointed to meet at 2 O'clocke tomorrow afternoone. P; Lettek from Gov* Andros to Pnii.n-p Carterkit of New Jersey, complaining OF ms DOINOS, AND ASSERTING THE DuKKS OF YoKK K'GIITS TO N EW JkRSEV. S'. Being advised of yo' actings without any Legall authority to the great distin'bance of his Ma"" Subjects, I doe here w'" send you attested Coppy of the K' Lett" patents, & his II. II' Gomission for Lands & Territoryes, as also farther for authority & Jurisdiction over all persona New York JlisiorUial Hecords. 539, within those hounds etc, aa hy liis Ma"" S'' patent to hia R. H" in which heing comprized you are therefore iii ohedienco to his Ma""* said authority to forbearc & not presume further to assume or exercise (distinct or) any Jurisdiction over liis Mil"*' Subjects or any person, within any the bounds of that his Ma"" patent to his s'' R. H' without Lawfull power recorded as it ought iu tliis place : I doe also acquaint you, that it being necessary for the Kings Service, & welfare of hia Ma"" Subjects living or trading in these parts, that Beacons for land or Sea Marks, for shipping, sayling in & out & a fortificapon bee erected at Sandy Pointy I have resolved it accordingly, but liaving due regard to all Rights or propertyes of land or soile, shall bee ready to pay, or give first satisfaction to M' Rich* Ilartshorne, or any assigned to or interested in S'' Sandy point, or place, & not doubting your due regard & observance of the above, remaine S' yo" affectionate friend & Servant If. Y. March s'" 1679 — 80 E. Adeoss. For Go : Phil : Carterett at his house in EUaahetk Towne. A Deci.ara(;on Setting Forth Cap*. Philip Cabtkeetts aotinos in rela9on to THE GoVERNM* OP NeW JkESET TO EEE IlLEOALL. S' Edmund Andros Kn'. Leif . and Govemour Gen" & Vice Admirall under his Royall nighnesse, James Duke of Yorke and Albany «fec of New Yorke & Dependeneyes &c in America. ■Whereas upon Informagon of the Actings of Cap*. Phillip Cartterett, Assumeing & Author- izing others to Exercise Jurisdiction, without any Legall Authority, to the great Disturbance &c of his Ma"'"" Subjects w ithin y" Bounds jf his Ma"" Lettera Pattents to his Royall Highnesse, I luive Sent to forwarn the S'' Caj)'. Phillip Cartterett from Such his Illcgall Actings &?, I doe hereby by advice of my Councell by vertuo of his Ma"" Letters pattents and Authority derived unto mee under his Royall Highnesse, In his Ma"" name further Require and Comand the S** Caj)'. Phillip Cartterett, and all other pretended Majestrates and Officers Civill or Millitary, Au- thorized by him to forbeare and not presume further to Assume or Exercise distinct or any Juris- diction, over his Ma"™ Subjects or any Person with in any y® Bounds of that his Ma"" Pattent to his Royall Highnesse, and alsoe that noo person or persons doe any wayes Abett, Assist or rl^oerve y." Same, or any Such Illegall Authority, but they and all persons Forthwith to Submitt as they ought to the Kings Lawfull Authority, Signifyed by his Ma"" Letters Pattents to Iiis Royall High- nesse here Established, as they and every of them will answer the contrary at their utmost pcrrills iipoii which I doe remitt all past Actings on S'' Aco", and for the preservagon of the peace and Quiett of his Ma"" Subjects In tho^e parts, I doc confirme all the present Constables In their Severall and Respective Townes and piecincts, am! Shall bee ready to take further order for the good and wellfare &c. of his ]\Ia"" Subjects, Pursuant to his Ma"'" S'' Lettere Pattents and his Royall Highnesse (l^omisi.ion and Authority to nice, Respecting the Jurisdiction &c, without In- trenching upon any mans Just Right, Property, Freehold or Possession. Given under my hand and y' Scale of the Province in .Yfw Yorke this la'" day of March iu the 32'" yeare of his Ma"" Raigne Annoq. Domini 1G79— 80 E. Andeoss. One of the above Declaragon Sent to Ca]>'. Philip Carterett and one to each of the ffollow- ing Townes. (vizt) Beryh -n Nmoark, Elisabeth Toione, Woodhridge, Piscataqua, Midietcn & Shrewsbury. i»m ■ !ii 540 Colonial Settlements on the Hudmn River. ;!', Lkitkb fbom Secr^. Nicolls to Cait. Sandfokd with the fokeooino procla. MATION AND INVITING HIM TO COME TO NeW YoKK. S'. I take this occaBion to present you my Respects (it this particular Juncture of affairs, relating to no Lesse then the Revolutioi^ or Alteracjon of Govcrnui' & shall bee glad I may bee serviceable to you in my Station. 8'. Edm: Androa at length well considering the latitude of his Ma"" Lred. patents to his R. 11'. with all power of Govennn', which by Commission hee invested in his Governo', & having Likewise duo regard to the scantynesse of his R. H". Conveyance by Lease & Relejise to that part of his patent comprehended in New Jersey (I meane relating to Governm' of which there it, not one word incerted in the release, although sufiicicnt for transferring Rights of Land, thinking hiinselfe obliged in duty, to prevent disturbances that might otherwise ensue upon y» jarring Consulta<;ons to the detriment of his R. II". Interest, hath thought fitt no longer to de- lay the same but hath sent to Cap*. Carteret & all the Townes in order to their complyance, & it is by his allowance & ajiprobagon that I now send this to yo\i, «& give yon my advice as a friend not to act further but to repaire as soone as may bee to N. Y. where you may receive assurances of a right understanding & have Satisfaction in all matters from the Go : with free liberty to re- tnriie at y' pleasure, This I doe engage to you, both as from the Go : «fe also from myselfe having hi.: word first, being fitt to preserve old friendship w'" Go : Carteret & all other my friends, & desirous to appeare yo' affectionate friend &. Serv' N. Y. March 15'" 1679—80. 5(»i Extract fuom the Concessions to New Jeeset. (Drawn vv in 1()65.) To those that goe over at first with the Go: anno. 1065, provided as in the Concessions ex- prest to have 150 Acres of Land, & for every man servant the like quantity & for every weaker servant or slave male or female above 14 yeares old 75 acres, & to every Christian Serv' exceeding the age afores'' after the expiracjon of tlieir time of service 75 acres for their owne use. To every Must" or Mistresse that shall goc before the 1" of January 1665, 120 Acres, & to every able man servant provided as afores'', the like & for every weaker Serv' or slave exceeding the age of 1-1 as before 60 acres, vfc to every Cliristian Servant to their owno use the like. It" to every free man or woman that shall come into the s'' province to plant & within the s* yeare 90 acres of land, & for every al>lo Serv' the like, ife or every weaker Serv' for Slave (aged as afores'^), iS Acres & for every Christian S-^rv' that shall arrive the 2'' yeare after the expira9on of his or their time 45 Acres to his owne use. It™ to every such p'son that shall come witiiin y" S""" yeare provided as afores"", 60 acres of land, & for every able man Serv' the like, for every Weaker Serv' ifec so ciirryod as afores"" 30 acres, & to every Xpian Serv' so ciirrycd ;50 acres, after the E.\])irai,'tin, of liis or her time. All tliat shall coiiie within thirteen yeares, to bee obliged, that for every Mast" or Mr'" that shall have 100 Acres of Land, nor besides what is granted to his owne person that serves one able man Serv' or 2 such weaker Serv" i^-c. The 7"' part of the land taken up to bee to the i)ropriet()". The halfe of golden ife silver mines reserved. The Quitt rent said to bee one penny or halfo ]>enny p' acre, according to the value of the land, for what will bee layd out for particular per- sons &c. New York Historical Records. 641 Council Mindtes: The towns in New Jkkbey to have helegates ab other TOWNS OK the neioubouhood. The Question of Government u' N. J. An election in New Jehsey ordered. At a Oonnccll New Yorke March 21" 1679—80. Upon Considoragon whether it will bee for his Ma'"" Service to admit of Deputyes from th« Townes in New Jersey, as others o' Neighbor' have. Resolved That it will bco necessary, & convenient for his S-" Ma""" Service, that they have Deputyes »&c. New Yorke, at a Conncell, etc. Mar. 23, 1G79-80. A Letter from C. Ph. Carteret Dated y" 20"> March in answer to the Go : of the S"", l)roiight by C. IF"*. Scmdford, & M'. Johnson with other pap's, vizt. A Letter to Go. NieoUa from the Duko No. 18, 1664 relating to his R. II". Grant to y' L* Berkely & S' Geo. Carteret. Another to Go: Lovelace from the Duke also dated No. 25, 1672 to assist etc. & declaring Go : Nicolls Grant to C. Baker &a to bee Null, bearing date after the deed granted to y» L" B. & s' 0. a. The K' Letter to C. Berry dep : Go : Dec 9'" 1672. Another to C. Ph. I 'arteret June 13, 1674. The K' Grant to the Duke — dated June 29'\ Nothing uiateriall in either Ires. 0. Sandford & W. Johnson appearing (being sent for) declare not to know the Contents of y" Letter brought by them, nor to have authority to speake any thing concerning it, but are as private ])'8onB. Resolved, An answer to C. Oarteretts Lres. tfe being inform"" the K' Lres. patents have not been publisht or made knowne amongst them, That eiich Towne bee sent to who are to chuse Repre- sentatives to meete upon y» 7'" day of Apr. next at Woodbridge in order to y» K* Service, & the quiet of all his Ma"" Subjects in these p'ts. Hfl An Order Sent to the Constable op Middlbton in New Jeksey, to issue writs OF Election of Deputies to meet- at Elizabeth, N. J. S' Edmund Andros Kn. «fec Whereas by vertuo of his Ma"''' Letters pattents under the Great Scale of England, and Authority derived unto meo under his Royall Ilighuesse, I did the 13'" Instant give publick notice of lUegall assumed Authority and Actings to bee forborne for y° future, and did Confirmc the present Ctjustables in their 8e\-erall Townea and precincts And that I should bee ready to take Further order for the good and wclltare of his Ma"" Subjects in your parts ifec as (heroin at Large Ai>pears, By which Letters Pattents any former or other Letters Pattents or Grants \\hatsoevcr are revoked and made Null as by s'' Letters Pattents at Liu-ge Appcares I doe hereby by advico of my Conncell i,i his Ma""' name Authorize & order that the ffreeliolder and Inhabitants of the Towne of Middlelon and precincts have notice and doe mceto together with all convenient Speed and make choice of two Fitt persons to boo their Representatives, wlu) are t.> repaire to EHzaheih Tomne being the place appointed For their assembling on Wednesday the 7'" of ApriU next in order to his Ma"" Service & .piiet Settling the publick (Joneernes of your parts (having due Regard to all Just Rights Unds and possessions) And the Constable or his Deputy to make due Returne 'I, I ■ I 'li' 649 Colonial Settlemmta on the Hmbon River. with the names of the por .is Bocliosen to tho Socrotitryos Office in this place; Given under my hand ' with C. Gre&ntund at the jwint, and heard of another Comp)" by the way, when they arrived at C. Cartcrelts there were others in Amies who challenged them why tfe from hence they were, & C. Sandfonl with his sword drawne came to the landing place, & demanded if they were friends, to the w"" C. (Jolly er rci)lyiiig yes, hee s"' how shall wee know that, but let them come ashoare. The boate came back, but they stayed all night. Wednesday the 7"* The same boat was sent over to the point about Six of the Clock in the morning, to bring the Mosseng" aboard, who were come dowue. At their arrivall they gave ace' of their Renoption & of C. Carteretts answer. That if the Go: & his Retiime would come to him as fr-iends, hee hhoukl bee welcome. About an houre after, the Go: A Comp" went in his pinnace & Coll. Morris boate up the Creeke, There was at the point, Capt. Greenland w"' i)art of a Company witliout Colours who saluted the Go : they were relieved by another party from the Towno, just as wee went up the Creeke. The Go: etc. went ashoare a little Ik'Iow M' Hopkins house, & walkt to C. Carteretts house on the hill as wo crost the hollow just hy the house, there was part of a Company with C. White- Iiead at their head who making a pjissage for uk, wee walkt through to where wee mett C. Carterett, V!\\\\ C&\A' C. Sandford, C. Pike, & Capt. Bollen, Capt. Carteret inviting the (4o: in to his house in the Stockados, another party opened for to receive the Go : which was comauded by C Sarulfiyrd, who gave a volley just as wee passed through. New Yorlc Historical Mecorda. S48 A wliilo ftftor o' being goiio in, S' lidm. Andros acquainted 0. Carteret & tho rest witli tho ocwwioii of lii» coining to unducuivo tiio people, iiud to shew his pretciisionu on his Roy" Ilighuesse belialfo to the Governni' Tlioro upon couiunded ineo to read tho K» patent to hiuisclfo &, to re- ceive the place & Countrey from the Dutch, which was done Together with Go : ColveH orders under hia hand & soale to all offic" to Burreuder unto tho Go: & one particularly to M' Oyden tho Schout for tho surrender of N. Jersey. Tho K' patent to his li II" was likewise began to bee read, but the people crowding in to hoare it, being debarred by C. SandforiTs Coniand to tho Marshall to keepo them out, which he did somewhat Churlishly, S' Edm. bein- unsatisfyod therow'" & not willing to trouble C. Cartcreta house, ho ordered nice to follow him out of dooros, there to reade it in tho open field without tho Stockados, that all his Ma"" Subjects there pros', might heare tho same, which was done accord- ingly, also tho Duke Comission to tho Go: & tho Kings order under the Signet, to resurrender all back to his Iloj" II' order etc. Whereuix>n C. Carteret desiring S' Edm. &c to goe into tho bouse againo where hoe would produce all his Rights to tlie Governm', ho showed the lease & Release from his R, II' to 8' George Carteret, W^ was read by C. Berri/, & pleaded to by him & Capt. SaiuJfm-d, C. Carteret in the midlo betwcene them, and C. Bollen thereby, who read one of the letters with the signet from his Ma"' to C. Carteret, there being also anotlicr to C. Berry as dep. Go : & 2 others the one from his R. H." to Coll. Ninolls, another to Coll. Lovelace, relating his Conveyance to s" Gov: »fe order of assistance to his Go : or dep : There was also a Copie of another Letter part read from the proprieto" to Coll. Nieolls, i)romi8ing to Continue his Grants. S' Edm. Andros insisted upon his Ma"" Ires contents as being of greater force then tho K* pri- vate Lre" & the Conveyance by lease & release so very conion with other materiall Argum", That which they at last centred upon, was that S' Geo. wiis the s^ Assignee, & by vertue there of had as ample power of Go"" as the P. hinisclfe, & both C. Carteret, Berry, Sandford & BMeii declared that they could to their uttenuost hold & defend their Go"" untill the K» pleas- ure were knownc therein, who would onely bee judge in the Case with his Councell betweene his R. 11.' & S' Geo. Carteret. Sometimes they insisted upon the long possession unmolested, but a while after the discourse was broke off. Al\er dinticr S' Edm. walkt downe to tho point accomjjanycd by C. CarUret & Capt. BeiTy with a party of men in Amies, a guard being made for him, from the doore to the Stockados, & after to the bank of the kill, each of the pty. giving a Volley. There was only one Colour amongst them. Tlie Souldry giive a volley or two -it o' going above, soe having a very good wind we reached home before night. a Berry Talks of Ai)pcaling into Ewjl^, w"* hee s" They had already sent about it, but being minded by S' Mm. That it was an Iiuprop' thing to doe before y^ Judg"", however they per- sisted in it. li 'i'li' PBrrrrioN oy the Inhabitants of Esopus for a Ministke of the Gospel. To tho R' Honorable S' Edmund Andros K'. Signo' of 8aucamares ; Lieutenan* and Gov- erno' Generall Undar his Royall Ilighnes James Duke of IVIvand AUmivj and Dependan". The humble Petlison of Severall of the Inhabittance of Esopus humbly sheweth unto yo' Hono' . Whereas this place is desstitute of a Ministar for the Instruction of the people ; It is our IS h ' 644 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River. Eriieat deeiar and hnmblo requcBt, w'" all SiibniiHsion, tliut yo' Ilono' will boo plonsod to bee aid- ing and a8t)i«ting ; in the procuring one for un ; that can preacbo botlio Jnylish and Dutche, w'" will beo niottt lilting for this j>lace, it being in its Minoritty ; and having great chargea is not very able to maintaino twoo Ministara ; ncthar to bee at the Charge of Sending for one out of Englaml or Iloland, and wee are Infornvod, M'. Veetar Taschemaker \» at Liberty, who is a person, well knowno to yo' bono' and oticitted in this place, for sum time. And if to beo procured, is very well aprovod of and much dessired by moste, heo being a man of a Sobar life and conversason having Deportted himselfo to sattisfaction of y° Inhabitanse, Wherfor woo Humbly pray that your Ilono' will bee pleased to bo Instrunientull in the same and yo' Ilono' humble Pettiqon" shall Evar pray. Harmon Uerritnon Thwnas Vandcmark, Ilcnrivk IJerricltaaiu liol)ert Biekerstaff, Andrie Pe- tersen, An Broadheoil, liobt. Paycock, Wm. Gray, Jacob Johnnon van Men, lilcAard D. Vfilhon, Melyur Clare, Robert U/iimm, I'ho'. Gart&n, John Cock, Georg Mailes, John Biyyci, George Porter, Jacob Janaen Decker, Fredrick Peterson, Jeremiah Keetcl, William Janson, I'homaii Quynell, John Parton, Anthony Addison, Tho. Quick, Teunia Jacobson, Clam I'eunisan, Arson Garreaon, Garett vanffiet, lienry Pawling, GiUwrl A'rom, Gerrit Gisbert, his inarke Peter p^ Ilillibrand, Ji'vert Price, this is tho niark of Warrener llooris Beeck, Nieklaea Eosevelt, his marke Jacob J ^ Basteyaensen, Jleyman Albertaon lioose. Alien Albcrtson Room, his niarke Lam- hart \ Ilubertson, Roelof Swartwout, John Albertson Roose, his mfko Garret II Comelisen, I f^ Mattya Blanc/ian, Im marko Derick J^ Keyser, Anthoine Cres/jel,lm marke Albert J^ Gowersen, Johannes de Jlooges, Jan Joosten, Louys Dubois, W'*. AsfordUe, M IF"*. Fisher, his inarke Cornelius rV^ Der . . . , Ed. Whittaker, Jan Jansen Van marko Thomas 9^ Mattliews, William Lcgg,John Ward, Walter JJanniell, John Ball, lis marke Thomas -L Chadock, his marke Poulus y^ Poulison, his marko Ucndrick S^ AUlersen, hia marko Peter r/^ Petersen, Weynte Ariens jun'. Garton, . . , his ^^ 1 A Speciall warrant from the Governocr to Summons Cap'^ John Berry of New Jersey to appeare here before him & the Counoell. Whereas I am Informed That yon still persist to act as a magistrate without any Legal! authority with in the bounds of hi»i Ma""' Letters pattcnts to liis Eoyall Ilighnesso I doe hereby Further by the advice of my Councell in his Ma"" name require & comand you Forthwith to make your personall appearance to answer before mee and my Councell in this place what shall bee alleadged against you on that behalfe. Of which you are not to Faile In default at your utmost perrill ; Given under my hand and Scale in Jf^ew Yorke, tliis 30"" day of Aprill 1680 Edmund Andros To Capt. John Berry. (scale) The Like was sent to Cap' William Sandford & Laurens Andriesen, 1 1 Neri> York HinUn'ical lleeorrciciiu'tH, of wliicii tlio Constablos, to give publi(juo notit-o in their Scv. procinirts and that as soono as may bco tlic S'' JimticcB doo mccto and Ilctunio meo tho names of two Fitt iicrsoiis of whieh one to bee clarko of the Sessions, and tlio K'' Constables are Likewise Forthwitli to sunioiis the ffreehold" and Inhabitants of their 8cv"" Townes together to make choice and retnrno tlio names of three Fitt persons for keepinu' of Monthly courts an-iinh,', tho track consisting of four flats, lying on i)0th sides of Klndm'- /i«o/fc Kil, about one /)«^■A mile from -/«» -m'l Tysen'tt place; the two largest fiats are on the East side of tho Kil and the one towards the North contains about 27 morgens, the southerly one about fourteen ; tho other two fiats are on tho Westsido of tho Kil containing about twenty-five and six morgens. The l\)ur fiats with the woodland to tho high hills are bounded at the South by the land bought by Jan Briii/ii, of PaMij)uc)i and at tho North by Malit miniinam land. Allintvj, Octbr 1"^ UuO. Indian Deed for Land given by tho Indian owners Knxheknn alias Calkoen, Wmjmcheek alias Sjh'k and Philij>pawa,s having power of attorney from Aimnnlx, one of the owners, to Anwut Vomdmen Vi,d IMIKCIIASK LaNI) UPON TloKLKFK .TanBKNH KiLI. NRKUK CaTTB kill and OKDKK TIIKUKUl'ON. To his Expclloncy S' Fdviund Andro.i R'h. Govenio' den" under his Roy" Ilighnesso of New i'orkc and Dependences in Aincrnv. The humblo Petigon of Jiob' LivlMijufo.i of Alhniiy Humbly Showotli. Thnt where as there is a Certaiiie tract of T-and Lying upon Roclof Johnmm kill or (Vecko ui)on tho East side of Ifwlmm River, near CutikiU belonging to tho ladyan Proprietors not pur- chased by any body hithertoo, and your humble Petitioner being Informed that the ownera arc willing to Dispose of the same w'" tho rimn of AVater or Creeke, Your Excelly. Inunblo Petition ors rwpiests your Excelleneycs (Jraunt to purchase the sanio of the said j)ropi ietors who shall Sattisfy them to their Content and prtKlueo A Returno thereof from tho Court of Alhany, liope- ing that your Excellencyo will then be pleased to Clrannt him a Pattent Accordingly. And ho shall Ever be bound to Pray "Vc Granted to be Purchased according to Law And npoTi A Survey thereof Duly returned a Pattent to bo grauiited him for A Rowery or farmo there as Desired. Neuo Yorke tho 12"' of November, 1680. E. Andbob. I'ii A LvoKNSK TO PrucHAsK Imnho.n Each bidk Pcmjanteco ait Wiskkkbokkekk iiy M*. Fkkd: PniLLii's (Wkstohebtek Co.) By tho Govcrnonr. TTpon Applypa(;on and Desire of M . Fivdrlrk I'lillliptt for Liberty to piirehaso a parccU of Lantl on Eiu'h side of the Creeke Called by the Indians IWantico att Winktrnvtveko on the East side of Iludnom River and Adjoynmg to the Lmd be hath already Purchased And Confirmed to him; there to build and Erect a Saw-Mill or Mills thereon These may Certitio that I have Given Lycenee and Liberty to the said Fredrick Phillips to Purchase the said Laud According to Ijiw and on Survey and Returno made to he Confirmed to him Accordingly. Given iulcr my hand in New Yorke tho First Day of December 1C60. 1-. A. Names of persons appltino kois land on Statkn Island. Pattents Humbley Desiered by thees under mentioned that have bin settled and Made improvement on the !ior.'> vst side of StaUn Hand nero Smoiikiruf J'oynt, viz. John liridijei, f 'O Akers, Francis liarhor So ditto, Cap'. Tlwmas Williams IfiO ditto. Neiv York lliHtorieal liecon/M. 647 WiirrtB put. I)»K!tor (hwyf LiH'ki'ft 228 dittn, Ki,.^anl IJallc for lOO AkeiB, M'. William Darnall 240 ditto, Ant/mwy ye am (it Deuciii- „ iHir. lilW. ^y* «0 ditto, Lind liuiiiliii^y iK-hioicd I)y lliu iinderiui-ntioiiud upon tlio Northwest «idc of Statten Hand biding Hitiitited betwi.xt tilitck jkhjiU and Jwoh ilf Mujfi'ti iii'cli viz. John Wait 540 Aiicre, John iShottwi'll bO ditto, Phillip) Wellen 100 ditto, Anonias Turner 140 ditto. Detiiurod on tho nortli bidu of StatUn Hand in tiiu liuru of Pceter Johnson <& Vla^t Arentiy viz. I'eeter Johnson 80 Alicre, John Vincent 80 ditto. 'W.Janun (iiuhuin for A peeco of Liiud on thu North hide of Statten /lend and Likowis for Shut^rs Jlaml Adjacont, 12(i Akors. M'. /ioltvrl Jiyder iitt tho head of thu Fre«h Kill, Y 320 mrres. Land humbly duHicred by thuea undorniontioncd l)eiiig Sitouated oil tho north side of Statten Hand and kuowno by tiio nanio of tho Great Playm: Cornelius Corxon for & Company 160 John Taylor Sargant 80 John Fitnyarratt 80 \^ Daniel Thomas 80 Dcsiored on tho Little Playne, John Shottwell 80, Daniel ShottweU HO, Francis Lee 80. Pattc-ntH iiuirihly di'siured by tiiees nndurmuntionod that havo bcttlud and Made Improvoniont on the Went side of Statten Hand. Francis Ihirhor 80, John Bridyes 80. Edmond A rosinith 80 Joed) Corhett 80 Etiu). Clarke 80 Fra' Lee 60 Anonias Turnir 120 J'hillip liendaU 60 John Taylor 120 A ken. Lambert Dorian 1 30 [ North eido of Staten Hand, tho front of Phillip Welles about 3t)0 ( (Toverno' Lovlace Land to the water side. Jaeob VoiiwUus 30 ) The Rare of Garrett Corson, Peeter John- Janies Gllles 120 ) son. Warrants past for tho above. i;i35 to 1)0 payed in 3 paym" by Eipiall Porc^ons, in Winter Whcate or winter barley not e.x6eeu»t. Colonial ^Settlements on tite Jliidaon Itiver. liohert Write desires SO Akers, Frances J>iW-SO ditto, William Elston— 80 York HutoHcal liecmih. 549 A Lkitek From Cap'. IJkockholi.s lo S" John Wkbubn keuakuing tub Nkw Jeimky titlk. New Yorke, May tho 14'", 1681. Hoiio"'* S'. Yo" of tho sixth November past lieoeivod wherein Is Advised that his Royall IlighncBse was pleased to Confiriiie and Ileleasu to tlie Proprietors of both Moyetys of New Jersey all their and his llight to any tiling besides the Rent reserved Whetlier as to Government or publique Dutyes Ileferring to Respective Deeds to be produced which as yett have not been nor any thing Else shewne, soe that New Jersey as S' Eilmand Androns Left it Remaines under my Command An- nexed to the Governm' of New Yorke and if Devided From tlience, AVill much Rredjucc his Royall liighnesse Interrest In those parts The Advise was very Convenient to Prevent any Doubt or Inconveniency and shall be Attended and Observed Accordingly when what therein Men(;oned is produced and showne I have one thing of Greate Monuuit to acquaint you with which is the Losse or att Least wise a present Cessiition From payment of his Royall liighnesse Customs Es- tablished hero the time to W^ They were Limitted to be Received Being Expired in Novemb' Last it being inen(;oned in the Regulatjon of the CUistonis that it is to hold good for three yeares fro;n November 1(577 which being Publiquely Knowne to tho Merchants Ihey all Refuse to pay any Customesor Dutyes and Cap'. Dyrc the Collector being now A'ery ill a Pinko from Lmdon liaUi Unloaded her goods and Carryed them to their 'Warehouses without takeing any notice of the Customc hou.se or ()lli(u;rs absolutely Refuseing to pay any Customs. I have Done as much as in me Lyes to maintaine and Supporte it Considering the Cireato Charge of tlie Garrison and Sold" whicli know not now liow it will bo Defrayed and have advised w"' the Councell but Findc noe Power or Auth«;ity lo Continue tho Same withoiit ord" From his Royall liighnesse of the w^'' tliinke fitt to Acquaint you and have Likewise Wrott to the Govenu/ that his Royall Highncsso may bo Informed hero of a!id Such ord'" given therein as shall be thought Convenient w'^" 1 E.ximct p' First opportunity wee are else all well and Qiuett Throughout the Governm' and pray you nuiy bo and Continue soe att liomo and liemaine, S' Yo^ assured ffrieiid and most humble Servant A: B. A Lin-n-.u Fko.m Cai'taink Antuony P.uotKnoi.i.s to tuk Governouk. Nno Yorl-e, May the 14'" 1681. IIono"'» S'. Since yo' Departure I Received a Lre From S' John Werdcn wherein ho advised that his Royall Iligimesso was pleased to Contirme and Release to the Proprietors of both Moyetycs of New Jersey all their and his Right to any thing Resides the rent reserved whetlier as to Governm' or Publique Duty Referiiig to respective Di'ods to be Produced which as yett are not, soe that New Jersey, as yo' Ilono' Left it Remaines under my Command Annexed to his Royall liighnesse (tovcrmn', And hope you will soe Inforino and Advise his Royall Ilighnest^e that it may Continue: The Customs is now wholly Denyed to be ]>ayed tb.. three yeares for which the Regida(,on was to hold good from NoveiJiber lV.77 Being Expired and the Councell Have melt and Advised thereupon but hiid noe power or Authority to Contimu^ the Same Longiir w'N>ut order from Home. Soe that it will be wholly Lost or att Least Cease for the present And Capt. Dyre being now Very Sick of a Feavor A Pinko from London hatli Unloaded without takeing any Notice '•] ''. ' \'r 550 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson Riverr. Either of Custoinc i'' -'se or Officers and Canyetl their goods to tlieir Storehouses without paying any Customs of the wiiich I have Given S' John Werden an account tliat his Royall Iligluiesso may be made acquainted there witli and ord" taken For payin' of tlie Garrison w'^'' I know not now how it will be Defrayed here Unlesse ord" From liis lloyall Ilighnesse to Continue the Same my Lady and all Here are Well and I pray God Keep it soe with you. Remaiuo S' Yo' fFriend & Servant A : Beockhollb. h-^' h' Lk"itek8 Fkom Cai't. Brookiiolls t(j Cait. Caetekctt befi'sino to aoknowledoe CaI'*. CaETEEEITS AUTIIOEITY IN NeW JkESEY. 2Vew Yarke July the 26'" 1681. Cap'. Carter ett. This Day Received Severall Papers from you by M'. B^dleti and AP. Ijiprenj which have been sliewn and read in Councell but F'iud noe Power thereby for you to act in or Assume the Government of New Jerscij and till you Pursuant to o'' Former Ord" and Resolves in Councell & yo'" Paroll to me Produce and Shew a Sufficient Authority you are and I Doe hereby Require you to Disist acting in any Publique Capasety and Remaine, Yo' firiend and Servant A.B. Cap'. Carterett. New Yorke July the 30'" 1681. S'. Yo" of the 28'" Received by wliieh I perceive that if any Incivility were in mine of the 26'" (as I know of none) you are Resolved to Exceed But I Cannot acknowlidge you A Governo^ nor A Genti : of that worth I Esteemed you till you performe your ParroU and Comply with o' Former Ord" and Resolves in Councell by Producing the power if you have any that makes you soe and thiidce you have noe Reason to be higher now then att yo' first Comeiug or in 1674 yo' Reflects I mind not but till am Better Satisfied have Just Cause to finde fault with and Complaine of yo' actings w'" must Doe to yo' Superiors and must Sf!'" Declare against them and forwarno yo' further Proceedings being without any knowiui Authority you abuse my kiiulnesse and Misconstrue my plainenesse to you which if you take not better measures will Redound to yo' Disadvantage I wish you Better then I thinke you Doe yo' selfe and am Sorry for yo' unadviseduesse being Willing to Remaine S' Yo'" llrieud & Serv« A. B. I was soe Kinde to give you a Coppy of S' John Wi'rdens Lre. which thought you would have better Complyed w'" and observed it jxirticulerly Directing to what I Desire and Expect. re J ^ New Yorlc Uiatorical Records. 661 A Lettbr From Capt. Brockholls to S* John Wekden on the claim to New Jersey. New Torke July the 30'" 1681. Hono""' S'. Since mino of the 25"" tho Inclosed Demand of Staten Island liath Come to my hands with a Coppy of the Dnkes Grant but the Original! not having been shewn here and Recorded as I Judge they ought and hath been formerly Practiced Doe take Little notice thereof nor give any Per- ticnler answer to the Demand tho within Men goned Capt. PhiUip Cartei'ett not liaveing Produced and Shewne any Sufficient power to make the Same or act as Governo'. But have in answer thereto Commanded liim to Desist Acting in and Assumeing the Government Till Such Au- thonty Shall be Produced and Shewne and am Resolved not to parte with Staten Island without Perticuler Direcgons therein from his Roy" Ilighnesse, It being soe Materially Necessary for this Governm' and never in their Possession who I thinke Iiicroach much on his Roy'll High' Kindnesao to Clayme the Same I thought ffitt to Advise you there of that Suitable Ord' may be Given accordingly and am Ilono"'" S' Your Affectionate ffrieud and humble Servant A. B. Propositions of Minissink Indians and answer thereto. Att a Counccll held in Nno York the 12"' day of Sept' 1681. Present, Capt. Jirockholh, M'. Phillips, W. Cmirtland. The Mimiissinke Sachamuker Rathjuack, spoake firet, & Sayed. That he was here last yeare & spoake with the Governo'' that is Gone of their goeing to Hunt & they went as furr as the Spanish Indians who found to be Angry people & they fell on them »fe killed 2 of there Indians thou they gathered togctlicr »fe Sent out 20 of his stoutest men to see what People they were it ord'ed tlicm to Kill as many as they Coidd & they Killed C & brought nine Prisoners of w'''' 2 men it 2 weomou Escaped Soc they brought but 5 home & gave. . . This place being the old place ife tlie first Citty here, they doe not Runn about to other places but alwaj-es Come here, to make their CJovenant ife speake of greate ihings in y'" P''8enee of y'' Sachem of Tappan, that as they have Alwayes had peace soe hope it will Continue as long as they (fc their Children Live, it thongli they are but poore people, And have not a Shirte to their back, yett they will allwiiyes Keep their words it gave. . . Although I liave before Sixwke of a tirme peace yett it being Soo Good a thing doe againe Repeate it it if any of his Indians shall !)reiike it or Doe any hurte to the Christians he will Kill them it this he sjjcakes in y" P'scnce of his Young men it will take Care it be Kept & p'formed amongst all his liuli.lus aceordiugly it gave. Relates that his People haveing been hunting thought to Have bought good Cloaths for y" winter hut finding Rumm in every house their men stayed there it Drunk rum it Spent their Beavers, it ah' (!0 were Kille.l by Knives in their Drinke in 3 yeares, thereforj Desires y' Cap'. Carterett may be sent to to forliid his people to sell Drinke to y'' Indians it y' an Orde' l)e made here for that ]>urpose least this land w''' now in peace it ijuiett should be in warr gave 19 Dressed Skins it 1 Otter it a Mnsse, 38 beavers in all. hJ If' hi: p.- ill, * I ■4'' ilH K 563 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River. Answer to y' Minibsinke Indians Pboposi^onb. I am Glad to Sec yo""' S.ifi" lleturne & that yo" have found out boo good a Country to gett Bca\er in believe yo" have behaved yo'selves as Stout Souldiers & am sorry for yo' losse but that mugt be Expected when wee Goo to Warr, W^" I hope will not iiappeu againe; yo' Endeavoring to make an advantageous Peace that you may hunt in quiett. You Doe well to Come & Continue y« Peace it friendship between us & soo long as yo" Doe well onyo' Parts shall not be broake on o". \i Shirts. fathom A Continued firmo Peace is good & yo" Doe well to take Care of yo' Young Duireii»,2 BittHkets, ^^^^^^ ^^^^ gj^jj^^. j,,, „,,[ broakcu & wee will Doe the like on o' jxirts. rKrleTpe™' Tlioro is ord" und' Greatc penaltycs here to prohibito y" Selling of Enmm to Indians, & shall Send to Cap'. Carterett that it be Soo there, but if they will Discover who sells to y' Contrary they shall be punished. A Lktter from Cap''. Buookuom.e to Cap'. Thomas Dklavam, at the Esopus DESIKEING niM TO KKEV I'EAOE AND GOOD OBDEK IN HIS DISTKIUT, LATELY Mi;CII BisTUKiiED. ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ Novemb" lO'i' 1681. Cap . 'Thomas Ddavall. S». — Being Informed that Sevcrall Disord" and Troubles have and Doc Happen and Arize att the Esopua tending to the Greate Disturbance and Breach of the Peace which you Being Clieife Magistrate there aught to prevent and now Goeing to th(jse partes Doe hereby Perticalerly Ilecom- mend the same to yo' prudent Care and Mannagem' not Doubting all other Officers will be Assist mg on their partes and performo their Diityes in Like Manner that the publike peace and Quiett of the Inhabitants may be preserved and the Gcnerall publiquo good Advanced and Promoted. To which end I would have all undue and UnlawfuU Meetings of i)coi>lo without Authority pro- vented and all Erregulcr practices in procureing Subscriptions from the Inhabitants avoyded, Being not Justifiable by Law And that you will take Care the Eight hundred Gild™ payable for his Roy" High' use bo Secured and Collected which is all att present wishing you a Good Voyage. Remaino S' ,,.«... ^r • j \ o' Affectionate ffriend, A. B. A Letter from Cap'. BROf-KuoM.s to C!ap . Thomas DeLavall: Distribition OF Land at lui; Ksopiw. Quarrels to re avoideu. New Yorh', January 12'", 108 1-2. Cap'. Thomas De Lavall. SB _ Yo" of the Second Instiint Received am Glad to hearo of yo' Good Health But sorry soe much trouble happens to you which tha;ight my Last would have Greatly prevented. To the Matter of Disposall of Land P.uiiig the thing Clieifely Insisted on I thinke you much in the Right when you Insist on the Observance of the Law which (iives perticuler I)ircc(;ons aiul is the Rule for all to walke by, and the Best way to Prevent Disord'' According to which as yo' selfc fioe all Others Auglit b> Regulate thcniaclvcs. Y..' many yeares Practice Being a Good and Lively Example As for Building in out fai-mes if IIk; Law bo syleiit iu that Perticulci', the New York Historical Records. 553 Several! Orders of Former Governo" must bo EiKiuired after and Observed But Certainly most Neccessiiry in yo' Parts to Keep togatlier in Townesliips, and If any Act Contrary to be Pro- ceeded against Accordingly. I Know yo' (lood Xature Did soe Farr Condesend when here to Passe by all Former Affronta From Justice Lcwi^ Dc Ho' a and Hoped his Carriage and Comport- ment Would not Have Provoaked you Againe b\it finde iiy Expecta9on Deceived and a further Tryall putt on yo' Patience which I must Intreate you to bcare as Easio as Possible their Being att Present noe Other Remedy to Prevent Quarrell ami the Further III Effects, yo'' Assistance \s soe Neceesssary in the Publiqne Concerns of those Parts that Cannot any wayes Admitt the Lay- ing Downe your Commission Butt Desire the Dilligent Exe,?u(;ion thereof for the General! Good, in which you Never Ilave Been Wanting and shall Oblidge me to Remaiue S', Yo' Affectionate ifrieud, A.B. A Lyoenoe to Jacob Rutoeks »& W". Fisiiicu to PrwjuASE Lanu atf Esopus of tub Indians. By tlie Comand' in Cheife. Whereas Jacob Jiufgcrs of the Kwpus Did on the 11"' of April! past make Applycai^on to the Court there for Liberty to buy of the Indians a parcel! of Land over the Redoubt Kill Lye- ing againsi his Land wliich the Said Court Granted liim on Condiqon If I Should Approve thereof and the said Jacob Ruttijers now desireing my Approba(;on Tliese are to Certifie that I have & Doe Hereby Approve of tlio Same and Grant Liberty and Lyccnce to the said Jacob Ruitijcrx to pm-chase of tho Indian Proprietors tlie said Parcel! of Land makeiug Due Returne thereof to the Ortic-e of Records Here in Order for Confirma9on and Improvement Accoi-ding to Law Given under my Hand in Nem Yvrke this 12'" January 1681-2. ^ A. B. II A rWKJI.AMA^ON RuNKWINrt A FoRMKH PUOCI.AMA^ON PROniBlTINO TRADE WITU TUE InDIA.No l.N- TUKIK ToWNKS AND PI.ANTA(;oNS IN THE CoUNTUV. By the Comander in Cheife vt Councell. Wliereas Upon Complaint of many Disorders and Mischeifs tliat liad Happened and were Likely to Happen by C^hristians tradeing with Indians Contrary to Law in Indian Townes or I'lantaqons or Abroad in the Country or Rivcrr;, There Issued out a Proclama(;on the U of March l()7f RiM|ulriiig all iMagistrates Otlicers or I'ersons Whatsoever to very V'igilent that noe person or persons Vessells Boate or Canoe, Doe on any Pretence by Land or Water trade with any In- dians ou penalty of ITorfitui'e of all Such Vessells Boate or Canoes, and tlie (ioods tliey shall soe Carry to trade with or trade for, Which were to be Secured and Conveyed to tho Sherrilfe of this Citty, or present Xotice Given that they may be proceeded Against as Above, When the Discoverer whether Lidiau or other to have all the said Goods or the Value Allowed them for Discovery with Puuislim' for Concealing or i\ot Discovering the Same, iis in and !)y the said l'n,cl.imav,Mi may more att Largo Appeare, Which being Limitted for one yeare from the said Date is Expired.' And Dayly Coniiilaints Being made of Like Disord'* and Mischeifs Occasioned by said trade with the Imlians as Aforesaid These arc tiiereforo to Continue and Ileuuo tlie said 70 554 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson Miver. Prockma(;on aiul in liis Ma'"' naino to Eequiro all Magistrates and Other Oflicui's fully to i)\itt the same in Exe(ni9on an.l to Exact and take the penaltyes therein Direeted as Aforesaid from the person or persons Olfend' .g or Acting Contrary there to till further Order, of which all persons are to take Notice and Confornie theuiselves Accordingly Att their pcrrills, Dated in New Yorke this twenty Eighth Bay of January ono thousand Six Hundred Eighty one* in the thirty third yearo of this Ma'"' Ileigno ; „ To theDep: Mayor and Ald'ineu of the Citty of New i'orfe to bo forthwith Publiahod. ry 'h A Lyoenok GKANTEn TO CoRNEus Van Bursum to Phrciiase Land of tub In- niANs HACK OK tue Highlands on tue Hudson. By tlio Coniander in Cheifo. Whereas Cornells Van Bursum of this Citty hath made ApplicaQon For Liberty and Lycenco to purchase of the Indians a Certaine parccll or tract of Livnd Lyeing on the East side of Ilndson River Behither tl'O Hhjh-Lamh to Settle A fEartno or Planta^ou or for the luiproveni' of Hus- baiidry, These arc to Certilio that I have and Doc Hereby with Advise of the Councoll Grant Liberty and Lycence to the said Cornells Vuti Bursum to purchase of the Lidians the said Parcell or tract of Laiid and to Settle A ffanuo or Plantayon thereupon, he makeing Due Returno thereof to the Office of Rec^ords Here in Order to Confirnia(;on, and makeing Improvemeiir and perform- ing what the Law i-i Such Cases Reiiuires, (iiven under my ILmd in New- Yorke this third Day ffeV ill the thirty Fourth yeare of his Mil'"' Rcigne Anno(i. Domini 1G81-2. A Lettkr From Cap\ Brookhom.s to Cap'. De Lavai.i,. Internal disorders at the Esopt'8 CoNTiNi'K. Defenoe of the district, a "Petrara" to he bent to the Esorus. ,_ , ,, , „.^ .„„^ „ New Yorke March 9'" 1681-2. Cap'. Thomas De Lavall. Yo" of the third Instant Received and Expected a Better Ace' of yo' Partes then the Con- tinued Disord'- Especially Amongst the MagistnUos whoso Buisnesse it is to Prevent it in Others much more to Avoid it in themselves. I know not where the Ifault Perticulorly Lyes But Beleevc you will be noe waves Wanting, what you Menijon About Indian Reports Beleeve to be Ground- iesse, But Commend v-ri>m Cai''. BitocKnor.Ls to my Lord Bai.temokk ani> Counckll a'it AIakylano, (on tuk kelations between New Yobk Indians and Mabyi.and.) New Yorke, March 29'\ 1682. Right Ilono"'". Yo" of the 4'" Instant per Cap'. Jiichard Hill yesterday Came to Hand whom kindly Received anil with all Speed Dispatched Am Extreamly Troul)led att tiie Effusion of Christian blood and Other Deprada(;ons in your Province (which were not Before Informeil of, and Although Rumoured Unwilling to beleeve llopeing their might bo noe truth therein) to Prevent which as it hath Alwayes been the Care and Endeavour of my Predecessors not oidy out of Christian Duty but A Perticuler Respect wee Beare to your I'rovince soo in toy Station sh;dl be as Dilligent and Ready and noo waves wanting to Doe you any Service therein; Assureing you that all Ills Ma""" Sui)jects in afl our Leagues and Treatyes with Indians Have had Alike Ecpiall Esteeme, And wee the sjime Regard for their Safty and Defence as our Selves, However Vyolated ; the Northerno Indians whom you Charge to have been the Actors of tliose Mischeifs are soe Numer- ous farr, Distant and of soe many Severall Nations that I know not whom to Asko Sattisfacgon off and Have Little (?ause to thiiike tho Maquas and Saiaw who have Heitlierto Continued true and keepe their Leairue with us should soe soone forgett that more Perticulerly made for you by Coll. Cnirsry (and wliich I P.eleovervai;(>n of Pcai'o and qiiiett and Cinitimia(;()ii of llrioiulBhip Tlic Yi'ry liumotir of what, in yo" is Pcrticulcrly Mon9oned luitli l)cen sou Ili^senti'd by tliLs (lovernini'nt that tlio il/(<ono Any Ilarino to them and are Sorry to Ileare Any is l)oi;c and that they Seeke to Live in peace and not have Any"\Varr with the (Christians. I have Onl'cd Strict luqnirey to be made Amonj^st the Scverall nations of Indians for the MurthcriM's and that none Doe ramble or make Any Iiu'iirsions in your Partes. And Doo not find the Indians Any wise Inulynablo to make Warr but all Desireoiis of tlie Contiiuia(;on of pouce and ITrienilship and Am sorry the Present lunctnre t)f Affaires, will not admitt mo to serve you as I Could wish and Reuue your Pertienler League which Judge Absolutely Necessary you give Order in and I thinko was Promissed Should, and may prevent further trouble or Addresses In the meaiie time bee Confident you shall luit be out of my thoughts, And as farr as I have Power and Abillity will Serve you and Indeavour the Peace and Quictt of all his Ma"'" Subjeeta Perticulerly yo' I'rovince whose Ilappinesse ainl Prosperity I Uejoyce att as our Owiie AtkI yo' Desires in all IJesjiects shall meote with as Uemly Concurrence and Accomodayon as Canii Possiblie beo Expected from and is in the Power oiF. Right llono'''" Yo' Affectionate Neighbour arid bumble Servant, A. 15. A Lkttkr fkom Cap''. RuocKUoi.Lfl to tub Commysariks anh CoruT att Albany (iNFOKMINi' •, IlKM TUAT (^)LONKLS CoUKSEV AND LoYI), AOENTS I'UU LoKD RaI.TI- MOltE, AUK OVMINO To AlbANY TO MAKK I'KACK WITII THE NeW YoBK InDIANb). Gentlemen. New Yorke, Juno the lO"", 1C82. This Acpomjianye.s Coll. Cmti'sey and Coll. Ixtyd who arc Conunissionated from the Lord Baltemorc and Province of Maryliiml to treato with the Indians and I'rocure A firmc and Last- ing Peace for which Ilaveing made Aj)plyca(;on Have (xianted them Liberty, and Desire you to be Assistant to them tiierein a.s Needfull my Occassions will not Admitt Mee to Come \ip There- fore Desire that you or Some of you bo Present att all Discoui-ses iw Meetings of the Indiai;.< And see that Duo ]\Iethod Observed as nuiy be Best for the Accomplishing the Same And Con- tinuance of Peace & that you see nothing be Any wise to Farr Insisted on to Give Any Dislikes or Predjnco Ilaveing Regai'd 1o the Peace made with Coll. Co'iivci/ Aloiu', w''' is Perticulerly Recoinend'jd to them And that all Treaty's Aiul Discoiirses be in Publiipie to Maintaine tlie Hono' of o' Govermu' in all which not Doubting of yo' Care & Cireumspec^on And that from time to time may have an Account of your Proceedings. I Remaine, Gentlemen, yo' Affectionate ffriend, A. 15. Resolution of a Town Mketino o\ Siatkn Island audi't Tin; v.w of tueiu Ministek. Att a Towne meeting held the l'."'" Day of .luru! Itlsj ^',y onl' of /,'ifh'' StiUweU Esc^' one of his Ma" ' Justices of tlie P(>ace. 15eing put to the vote whetlujr the Inhabitants would freely ('onsent that a Towne Rate Ntw Ywk IIiHtorical Jiecortts. 557 bLou1(1 lid foitliwitli iiiiuli! in oie causo a Itate to he made wherehy a Hnflicieiit Suuniu' of niimi^y nuiy he raised for the iniediate Satisfaction of y" »'' M'. Monjan Jinus according to agreement & that they take some speedy Course that y" Same nuiy be collected, Ordered that this he oresented to the Court of Sessions. Per Fma. Williamson Cler. Cur. Lkitku i'kom 'rnn (^immissionkus ok Makyland at Ar.nANY to Comm* Ukockholls. TiiK Onkiuas ANii Onondaoas on tiik wau 1'atii AciAiNST Makylano. Ilonoii'd S'. Att Albany June 24, 1682. The 7"' Day after our departure from you iKsing the 2:i"' instant, we arrived iicre at Albany ii. that day ohtaincd the favour of the Commysares to come to us, who readily jn'ocured for us .5 helts of peak to send to the live nations to como and sjieak with us, (which this morning Arnold went away witli) Since his going we have rcc'' Infornui(;()n y' there were gone 2 trooj)e8 of the Oniudcs down into J/ury/aiitl. & a Third pre|)aring to goe. The Coiise- (pujnce of w* wee believe may heo very ill to our Country. This S' put us upon hupiireing of y" Connnissayries whether yo' hoiio'" instructions yo" were pleased to acepiaint us w'", were put in ])raetico (viz. y' the S'' Indians should not attempt any more to goe into Maryland or Virginia to (iisturho or dcsfroye any of his Ma"'" Subjects tlicre, & upon the discourse wee find y' y*' Irdians have no such Commands laved uiion them. Only some kind of words used to some . Indians tending to y' p\n-pose & this ill consequence, this will be wee arc here coming to treate for y" j)eace it they whom wee are to treate w'" are cutting the tliroats of his Ma"'" subjects in Thyinlit it Maryland in the meanetimc, it this we con- ceive arise in y' y" s'' iiistnu-tioiis were not soc ])08itive or well carryed, as the quality of the affair recjuired. Now S'' o' humhlo re(piest to you is y' y" will please to send up by y'' first y' comes this v.-ay a jiower from under your hand to us to despatch away from hence some person y' wee may employ f(»- our money to goe after tlie s'' troopes, in such manner it wayes as wee shall find most j)robable to draw y'" back it j)reveut y" going of the 3^'', it this wee the more earnestly desire, be- cause wee (iiulerstand some of the troopes are commanded by SuKijufhannan of wliom wee liave '•'Kj greate caiiso to believe y' t'ley will bend their designs upon y'' Xtiann. 2"''ly That tliis being the oidy it greate affair weo came about, may not be sliglited or neglected, in passing through other hands soe y' wee may use all our endeavors for the preservation of his Ma"™ two Collonies, . . Ke have beouo slain, «fe many taken prisoners, yott there was hopes y' tliey would hue fully suppressed in some short time, for v' tlie Governm' had very timely secured all arms fmni them. S' The news you had of S' //cnri/ Chio/i.hi/8 house beiuf,' burnt is too trew, but my Lord in- forms me it was not by them, Hut by accident, whereby S' J/euri/ liad a very great los.se, saving no part of his goods, b' This w"' my hundde service is all at present, from y' very thankful us well as, Honor'' S' y' very humble Serv' Phil. Lloyd. S' "Wo have thought it necessary to despatch two of our attendants to Mai-yland to infonne my Ijord y' some troopes of the [/niadi'K, rning betimes, Aemont took horse and Proceeded on his journey who intends w"' (lods Assistance, lo be here again in 20 days time, They have desyred him to speak to y^' Indians, to be all here att one time, soe y' the nearest Indians, nuist waite y° furthest Indians comeing downe, & soo be here altogether, w^" indeed will bee more advantageous to their Proceedings, y' one being apt to accuse the other and So i)robably (as you intinmted in youi-8 of y 20"' March Last) y" Mm-therers may be disccjvered. They have not yett shown us there Propositions, neither have they divulged to us, what their In- tentions were, and how they intend to Proceed, but as farr as wee can understand it a distance would willinglv draw ns in there Line, it have y" ]\:o\y\ii unanimous rniii' to IuBwt on y' Point, tliiniving it most Siiifu to liuup our linger out of y' tire, «!■ uy iw wl'o can, lor if wco did but onco nggruo to y', Thut tliore Covonimt & ours were ono & y' Bunio, tlien wlmtsoover Evill dono !)}■ }■'■ ludiiina to tiioni, wuo wuro ol)ligi;d to I'roHocuto y'' OfFendfrrt, an tinnu to ourhelfe, i>y vcrtuo of H'' Covenant, i)ut wuu Bliall acc^uaint y" Indians us you mention in yo' Letter hy way of dlBcourso after y° Propositions. Tiuit tliey are . . . ids Jfaj' 8ul)jec't8 as well as weo & y' in violating y" (Covenant w"' tlieni, they eannot Expect any Uuliefo or ussistanco from um, it lieeoni- mend to tliem the Continuance & due observation of y" Peace niaile w"' Col. Coutacij, and y' they must have ii Particular Regard in there Leagues w"' otiier Indians, not to joyno w"' any to wrong or Pri^jndico y" Cliristians, and to prevent there yoinig mens goeing out a lighting to y° South- ward, for fear of maki'H^ Incursions on y" Christians, which wee think is as much as neigldjonrs can doe. Except woo n ;iko no ditlerenco at all betwi.xt our Peace ife there Pcuee, and our warr and there warr. This is all y" aco' wco can give you at p'sent of Proceedings till woo are Certainly Informed of y° Intentions when wco shall also give you a particular ac'. Expecting a lino from you p' y* iirst, Weo Koniaiue, Your most hnmblo Serv'" Y* Comis. of Albanie. CouNKr.Ys Van Dyck. To tiie Honored Capt. Antlut. Broekltolla, Comaiidor in Choefo at iV. Yorke. A Lkttkb Fbom Cai-'. Bkockholi.s to my Ikiio) Baltemobk Arr Maryland. Indian AKFAiits. R' IIon'>'" New Yorke June 30'* 1682. Yo' Lordships of tlio 15"" Past by Coll. Coitrscy and Coll. Lhxjd Gratefully Received and to them Doo (Jive all faith and C'redence Ik'ing Persons tridy worthy of and Capable to Performo yo' Lordshijjs Comaiuls and Countrys Service. For the Expeditcing of which what Capable to Serve them in Hath in noe Case Been wanting And they are now att .l//ia«y where my Occasions would not S iiitt me to waito on them my SVdt'e But have ordered all in place to Serve and Give all Assistance to them in their Negotiaijon. This Day Received two Letters from them by tlie Bearers Hereof In wliich they Intimate to have Received Informacjon that Some Troops of Indians are Gonn towards y' Parts of which Have noc Certaine Advise And Haveing Formerly on yo" by Cap'. ///// Ordered the Contrary, Cannot Absolutely Crcditt the same Butt shall Give Renued Orders for the Gcnerall Safety of his Ma"'"" Sid)jects Especially in yo' Province and Viryiniu. Tiie Enclosed Came uiuler Cover to mo by A Vcssell that Arrived hero From Lmidon the 27'" Instant which by this as tlio Iirst and safest CoTiveyance I Forward to yo' Lordship have Little of News Butt that all is Quiett and liis Roy" High' well att Londm Am Sorry to here the Tumult in Virijlnla is (iott to Such A Head Butt hope they' bee Su))prest without much Losse all well liere as I hope it will Continue with yo' Lordship, To whom the Tenders of my most Humble Service with full Assurance that I am and will Remaine R' Ilono'''". Yo' Lordships most faithfidl and IIund)le Servant, A.B. K' 660 Cohmial Sfiilements on the Huifmii River. A LicrrKK Fki«m (Jai-' Bwkikiioi.i.h to iiik (kiMMVHAKiK* Arr Alhanv. Indian AFKAIKri. Gentlemen. ^'""' J'""^" J""iii:i>i/ mu\ VaAI llayd Iiitinmtoing tlmt tliey iiro Informed tlmt SeveruU Troojm of the (hiliuhsAwA otlii-r Iii.lianH are (.onne And < toeing For JA/ /•///«//(/ »Vc wliifU tliey Feare to l.e of III (JoiiHCiinence. I'.utt llaveing noe Account tliere of From .yo' Selven or (Uiicr lliinil« licing A iMatter of Importo Ami wholly Forl.ideu (Jive Little Crcditt there to However would Have you Advise And Assist thinii iu all Neccessury For hU Ma"'" Ami Countrys Service? Ksi.ecially to Prevent Any Incursions or ilurthcr Trouble in .)/*'"' Y-''^" -T""*^- •'^'^;" ^''^2. Yo's of 24"' And 2.')"' Instant this Day Al.out iioono Camo to Hand And .\m (Jlad to hero of your Good Health atid Safe Arrivall Putt sorry you sh(.uld he Informed of Troops of Indians Goeing Towards Mari/l,ind A thing soe Perticider Forl.iden And which the (^.m)nysaries noe waycB^Advise me off which makes me Doubt the Truth However Have (iiven Orders to theConi- mysaries And all in plaee to Advise and Assist yoii in all Necessary to ])rcvcnt any Trouble to his Ma""" Subjects in 3firi/hni>f or Else whore and if S'nch Reports be true to Diverto the Indians from Sueh Intenvons \tc Ijuestion not hut you will mccte with Full Satti8iTac(;(m Accordingly the 27'" Instant Arrived A Shipp from I.onJon by whom C;np' /lixfo' A Leiften' in the Gar- risson Little News l.utt tlu? Dukes Being in /.ox'fon And all Quiett there. T wish you a Sj.cedy and Sattisffactory Dispatch In yo' Negotia(;on That I may have the Uappinesse to Enjoye yo' Good Conipanys much Acceptable to Hono' S'* Yo' most humble Ser^'ant, A. B. A Lkitkb Fkom Cap' Bwhkuom.s to Coi.r.. Coprsky and Cou.. Loyd att Auiany. Indian Tkoublkh. Ho^^bu gr. New Torke July the 4'" tfiS2. Yo'B of the 24'" and 2.5'" June T Answered the no'" Ditto since which yo's of the First of July is Come to Hand in Answer to which 1 am Strangely Surprized and much Admire s<.o f ! \ Nmo York Iliatorioal Recoi'dt. B61 GroundlosB A llcporto no tlmt of Iiuliiiii TrDopH (Joiio to Mariflund Should Oett roo irmch Croditt as to givo you tliu Troulilu of \\n Kxprutwu wliicli Poririihiy iimy Allaniiii tlioM! |iiirtK with Ciivtitor Fuurea uiid JealoHioM tlioii uvur wliich Iliivuiiig fully Kii<(uircd iind KmiuukhI Afti'i- Ciiuu tiiidu nuo CiiUDu for iiur could I havu thought you would havu imidu l'roiH(Hi(;oim to thu Couunywirii'ri ]iiH Mh"" SuhjtrtH iu that Manner yo' nuiHinuttHO Aix'urdhig to thu (JuninuHHiou you Produced Iluing to treatu witli and Continnu A \\vavm with tho SeneooH And Other Indiaim According to tho Artick^H luado hy (Joll. Cournei/ in which wcu are nMiuuHtcd (if need he) to (Hvo you All AiwiBtaneu And I thon^dit lioforu y(ju went From Ilenc' vou had A Full AtiHurancu thereof and of o' Reall and Noighhourly Inclyna9on to Servo you Anil ail hin Ma"'" SuhjectH in Such MethodH as o' Long Kxperience hath (iiven uh to Know in nioht UsofuU Neccei-wiry and Kxiiedicnt jiui- ituant to which wee Sunt Ordern to tin CoininybarieH And thoxu in I'lace to Aniiicit and AdviHU you Accordingly. Tho matter Uuing Ohoifly to (Jontlrmu or Ileuiui a Pence Formerly made may more Proj)erly he Done and Aecomplieihed witliout noe much Threats (»f Warr or Oiveing thcin Ojiportunity of (Jreatur Fcares or Jeaiosied tiien they havu Tiio Methi>d that heitherto lve[)t u« in Peace And hy o' nieancH tho Re«t of his Ma"'" Suhjc Indians therewith ami Endeavour their Releaseni' and speak with Some of the Cheife my Selfe, (^oppv of which with their answei-s is Enclosed who seemo Like- wise sorry att the acQon, and have Sent to the Rest butt aa yett noe answer and Doubt not butt to m 564 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson Itivei'. ■/: Gett all tlic Friend Indians, tiicy being alive rekWd and SattisfacQon for the Damage Done to the Christians when knowne. For the Accomplisiiing of whicii nothing of Care paines or Indus- try shall be wanting in me, and two Dayes since Returning From Albany lieceivetl yo' Lordships of tho 18'*' past Coiiti'inoing Expressions of Gratitude farr Transcending the Deserts of your humble Servant who Cann never Sniiiciently acknowledge yonr Hono''a Kindenesse and Favour therein haveing Already Received Greater Obliga(;on8 From your l^^jrdship then Capable to Repay and as already soe Siiall Still Continue my Endeavours to Divert our Indians From Visiting your Parts Espetially to Disturbe or Prejudice any of his Ma"" Subjects which I Iwpo the Late peace will be a good Step to Attaine, shall Greatly Rejoyce to see your Lordship in those parts & hope ■when so ncere nothing will Hinder or Di yrt but all Forward and Incourage soe good an Incly- na(;on thougli truly not in A Capacity to Receive soe nol)le A person as your Lordship, Cap'' Ificolls is not yett Arrived but Expected shortly ahout three Dayes Since arrived A Ship From London little new's all things att home Remaineing quiet and as they were, nor Any Orders for Settlem' of this Province of the Disposall of which is Various Reports I sliall be Allwayes ready to Serve your Lordship And Province on any Occassion and to Demonstrate that I am, Right Honourable . Your Lord'"'p8 Most Humble and Faithful! Servant, H. Bbockiiollb. i' A TiKTrEK FuoM Capt. Brockuolls to the MAorsTKATES AND Court ait Albant. Gentlemen. New Yorlr October 25"" 1082 The Messuage From the Mnquas was this Day read in Councell which lindo very Uncer- taine and Doubtfull of Complyanoe, of which Expect further Account Butt thereby Observe That Jiohert Sanders Continues his Meddlcing Talketivo humor Coneennng himselfe with Indians In matter of Publiipie Imports to the Prejudice and hurte of tlie Governm"' as well as perticuler Persons of w''' Severall Complaints haveing licen formerly made and now Committed the like offence, I would have yon fully to Examine and beSattistied therein and as he shall appeare faulty that he be Censured therefore by fine or otherwise as you shall thinke litt that thereby if possi- ble his Tongue may l)e Confined to \\\^ perticuler Coiicernes if any thing further from the Indians Lett me be Speedyly Informed thereof and presse what you Cann, the Releasem' of the Indian Captives. I am, Vour Affectionate ffriend A : B. Endorsed. Since the writeing of this have Receiver] the Messuage from the Miu/iias of the 20"* Instant w'''^ is Something in Complyance with our Desires and perceive the Rest are not Deteined but stay on their owne aceo"" of which Shall Aci|Maint my Lord Baltimure and Expect an Account of their Meeting att Tionondoye as Soone as possible. I: A Lettkk From Cai-t. Bkim'kiioli.s to tub Magistrates & CotrRT att Esopi's. Gentlemen. New Vorke Octtober 25"' 1(582 I have by the Advice of the Couiu-eil Pursuant to his Roy" High' order (/ontinued the Present Msigistnites and Justices in the Exereisos of tlieir Severall Functions till further Orders New Ywk Historical Records. 565 And to Supply tlio Vacancy by tlio Doiith of Capt. Tlwmm Da Lacall liavo Indosed A Cominis- sioii to Capt. Tlwmaa Cluimbers to Act as Justice of the jwiuio Accordingly ; your Designo of Building A Prison and Court IIouso is well Approved of and the Charges must ho home and Defrayed by all the Inhabitants in the Severall Townes Proporcjouably to bo Collected in tho best manner as usuall, I have Lately had an Account of Towne Troubles Occassioned by Lewis Doholn att the Last Court of Sessions and y' the Same was putt of on his Account which and tho Former Complaintes of his ill Carriage hath made me Resolve to Boniove him Therefore by tho firi-t Opportunity send me the names of two litt persons Iidiabiting neerc him to be ])utt in Com- mission of the peace which shall bo Sent before winter, all well here and hope will Continue soo with you. I am Gentlonien, Your Affectionate fFricnd November the L3th : 1082: A. Brockholls. A Commission was Granted to Aliraham Uaesbrocke to be Justice of the Peace For E»opu8. A Lirn-KK Fuo.m Capt. BuocKiior.r.s to thk Lord BAi.TrMORE. li' Ilono''"' Xew YorU October 20"' 1682. I have at Length obteinod Some Effectuall Issue of our Endeavours for Releasem of tho Imlian Captiv(!s \\ thereof being Released. Accordingly as the rest may and I beleeve are att their Liberty either to Returne home or stay with the Northernc Indians, Butt am Certainly In- formed that Some Doe Deny to Returno to their Country haveing A more PlentifuU one and hotter Provission whero they are. Those willing to Returne Judge will Goe over Land else Siiould have taken Care to Transporte them by Water and Shall Continue Indeavours that nono be forceably Stayed bat all att Liberty to Ctoe to their Country or stay as they thinke fitt. An 0])p()rtunity j)resi>nting by the Bearer ^[' Kihtiard Anti/l bound for your Province, Could not Omitt to Acquaint your Lordsliip of the above and of n\y Continued Endeavours to Serve you and Province for which as Occassion need no other Promjrter then your Lorilships Connnands. havo nothing of news to Imparte, butt to begg your Lordships Acceptance of my humble Service with full Assurance that I am, R' Ilonouniblo, Your Lordships m()st humble and faithfnll servant, A. Bkoc'kbolls. A Lirrncu From Capt. Brotkiioi.ls to the Lord BAi.TnktoRE. R' Honourable. New Tarke November IT'", 1082. Tills Accompatiyes li oi your Indians willing to Returne this winter the Rest att Liberty butt the Cold weather 800 neerc A pproachi!ig Likeing tho Provission and Entertainem' to tho Northward are not willing to Returne till Spring, therein luive fully Accomplisliod your Lord- ships Desire and luy Earnest Etideavours though not without Some DitHculty, which Resolved to wade through to Servo your Lordships as Shall in any thing Else for the Gootl of the Province and his Ma."'" Subjects in Generall hopcing you will Still beleeve that I am, R' Ilonouralile, Your liOi'dships most liumble Serv' A. B. 'f'i ') if II ■I I 'I ■|i.il. :i 11 I 1 1 It I 56ft Colonial Settlements on the Hudson River, CoNTKACT TO SELL LANIJ ON THE EaST SIDK OF IIdDSOn's RiVKE NEAR MaODALEN IsLAND. (Fort Oraugo Records, Vol. Notarial Papers 1877-1095.) This day, tlie 3'' of January 1682-3 appeared before me, Adrian van Tlpendam, Notary Public residing in Nno Albany, and before the undersigned witnesses an Egopits Indian, called (.Japt. Jan Tiavhtcr, who engages himself herewith to the effect, that ho will not sell the land, which belongs to him with all its privileges on the East side of the river near Magdalen Island, or the kils and creeks to anybody else, but to those, who have given him already earnest-money upon his promise of the said land, to wit Jacob Jansen Oardenier and Jurian Teunissen van Tappen and Ilarman van Gansevoort, The aforesaid Indian acknowledges herewith, to have already received as oarne«t-money half a barrel of good beer and in confirmation hereof ho has signed this act with his own hand in the presence of Jan van Loon and Fieter Pieteraen Wog- gdom as witnesses. New Albany, date as alwve, This is the mark AS of Capt. Jan Bachten, made by As witness and Interpreters Jan van Loon Fieter Woggelom } himself, which i certify. Adrian van Ilpendam, Not. Publ. A Lettee Fkom Cap' Bkockholls to Cap' Chambeks Justice of the pkaok att Esopus. Cap' Chambers. New Yorl-e January IS"" 1682-3. Yours of the 28"" Past by the Indian Post yesterday Received with the Good News of peace And Quiettnesse in your Partes as here and hope will Continue, I thought Dehovt being putt out of Connnission would have Ceased Givcing y(m further trouble which find he Does not but if Persists Troublesome Such Lcgall Course must be taken as may make him Quiett. The Sallery Allowed in the Law was Long Since taken off and none payed to any in theGovemm'. yourCui-e in Restoreing the Indian Child is nnich Conuuended It being Insufferable That any thing Should be taken by force from the Indians much more their Children, And if the Inhabitants trust Any of them it is on their owne Perill and Ris(pie Peing without Remedy for Recovery unlesse will- ingly payed by the Indians but in noe Case any force to be used towards them, An Ordinary for Eiitertainm' of Strangers Judge very neccossary and if an homiest Sutficient man will under- take the same may be Lycenceil and Aiitliorized as the Law Directs, have Nothing of News but Dayly Expect our new Govern' when all things may be well Settled, In the meiine time your prudent Mannagem' for the Preservaijon of the peace and Publiipie Good to bo Continued I am, S' Your Affectionate ffriend, A. B. New York Historical Records. 567 Pktition of Fbancoi8 Mabunou, John Boulyn and others of Statfn Island ask- ing TO BE EXCUSED FROM CONTRIBUTING FOR THE SUPPORT OF A MINISTER. To the Right hono''''" Capt. Anthony Broekhoht Cohmii'' in (Jhiefe, and the hono''''° Oouncel of iVe-w Yorke, ett- : Tlio humble Petition of fraivcms Martinmi & Jno. Boulyn inhabitants of Staten Island , for themselves ami in behalfe of the Major Part of the Inhabitants of S'' Island. Most humbly Shew »L' Comjilaine, That nt the last Court of Sessions held at Gravesend, yo' potion", wlien ordered to Contribute towards the Maintaniance of a Certaine person called Joanea JI/orr/aAi. a prete.ided minister in ord" but by reason of his 111 life «fe Conversation, is much doubted of by y' pet", w'^'' s'' order of the Court of Sessions was obtiiined by the meanes of Jus- tice Stihoel without any Summons given to the petit" but only uppoii the Misinformation of the s'' Stilwel alledging that the Major part of the Inhabitants had consented thereunto, w""" y' petit" are reddy to make apj>eare is a great faisehood, for soe it is that the Major part of the s'' Inhabit- ants although several tunes attempted by the s* Stilwel and some few others to disjxjse tlie petit" thereunto, yet the petit" have alwayes refused, and still do refuse, to give any consent to the call ng or maintaiiiaiice of the s'' Joanes ; And yo' petit" are further Informed that the e,'* Stilwel is Empowered to make the taxe for the same at his discretion ; and are threatened by the Constable Thomas Walton for to straine uppon yo' pet" Estates for the same. Wherefore y"' pet", do humbly Imi)lore to yo' bono" humbly requesting that a Stopp may be made to the Illeagcll proceedings of tho n'^ iStUwd ; and tliat y' bono" will please to graunt the pel'*, with the s"" Stilwel a hearing of the whole matter, or otherwise that the same may be remitted by way of an appeale to the ('ourt of Assizes; where the Petit" doubt not but will be releived from the oppression of s'' Stilwel, and obtaiiie justice vfe Equity, And as in duty l)ound shall ever pray viz. This is the mark y^ made by francoia MartinoH Jan boiliu January 15"- 1C82-3. iliH»:r Letters from Justice Stillweli. to Skcuetahy West in relation to the foregoing petition. Staten Island January 19'" 1G82-3. S". -I Received yora of y' If)"" instant & was much Surprised when I perused y° inclosed Petition, but more to soe y' confidence or rather y° impudence of y' Subscribers, who assume to themselves a power w* I am very confident they can no more produce, then tliey are able to jtrove what they Igivc in the said Petition alleadgeil — I have discoursed w'*" Severall of y" Inhabitants of this Island since the receipt of yo" ifc have not yet found one man, that knew any thing of the Petition, either Englinh or Dutch, it if there be any otiiers concerned in it beside y" Sub- scribers they are onely some few of y'' ff reach '^^ Walloonx, As to the liiatter contained in y° peti- tion it is all false, for M'. ^lorgun Jones was hired publiqiiely at a Towne Meeting, most of y" Iidiabitants being present *t in particular, Francis Martino one of the Petitioners, who did then it there approve of the Choice as will be most easily proved ; Soe did likewise the major part of y° rest. & afterwards at another Towne Meeting the S'' M^ Monjan Jones was againe confirmed it his Salary voted to be paid him as by the inclosed will playnly appeare. At this Towne Meeting there were present Sixty nine of the Inhabitants ; the greati;st appearance I ever Saw at Such a !i'it'1 'I il 1 :. 568 Cohnial Settlements on the Hudson Itiver. fc' if 1-1' W meeting on this Island, & it was carryed in favour of M'. J&nes by the Major part the Sub- scribers of y" Petition being both then tlierc present : afterwards the s'' order was presented to tlie Court of Sessions who eontirined the same iz this is y° wliole trutii of tiie matter, I never did anything of myself but by y° good likeing «!Sc by y" approbation of the Major part of the Inhabit- ants, neither did I ever heare y' M''. Jones was a person sue Seandalouso as they represi'Ut him, nor doe I know any thing concerning hia ordination but from his owno mouth, but I beleivo bee was quallificd as heo ought to beo, because heo was recomended to us by S'' Edmund Androas who I presume would not knowingly encourage Soe ill a man — As to what they Charge me with- idl about my being inipowere to make a Tax for his pay:'. -ording to iny discretion 'tis a very great untruth for I never concerned myself further the' , i )y my warrant to Convene the Coinrs who by the Unanimonse consent of the whole Islai. . annually Chosen & appointed to make all Ilates and Taxes for the defraying pubhipie Charges, and it was by them the Rate was maile & none else. The Reivsons formerly opposed against M'. Jones when his time of payment drcw neerc, were none of those specilied in the Petition : All that ever was alleadged against iiim was by theyVtrcA & Dutch, who said heo not being of tlieir Nation they could not Understand him, & therefore were not obliged to pay an Eiujlwh Minister pleading the articles made w"" General! Nicolls ; & in truth those are their reasons still although in their petition they Cloake it w"" other pretences, however they were allwayes wut voted & everything was concluded accord- ing to the opinion of the Major part as the Law directed. Thus S' I have given you the whole truth of y" matter, & doe Jesyre that Capt. JirockhoUs &. y' Conncill may be theirewith accpiainted not doubting but they will take into Consideration the abuse w*^'' is offered to mee, in this false & Scandalous Petition, when my reputation is soo neerely Concerned, & my authority brought into Contempt, for if such things as these are Countenanced, it will tend to y° destruction of the peace of this Island, which I have liitherto carefully preserved & for the future will doe my endeavour to continue the sanu! whilst it is comitted to my Charge, having noe reason but to hope I shall be justified in all my lawfull actings by their Authority — If my jiresence bee needfull at jT. Ym'ke upon advice given mee I shall be there, & am ready to Contirme what I have here writt by sufficient evidence in the meuno time it is my humble Request to the Councell that noe stop nuiy be put to our proceedings in this busincsso for M'. Joiies hath beene long out of his money : wants it extreandy & 'tis a greate Shame hee is not yet paid, having honestly performed his part, Pray give my humble Service to Capt. JhvcMolls & accei)t the same yo'self from Yo' affectionate friend (i; humble Servt. RicuAKU Stilwkll. M'. West. I wrote you at large on the 19'* of tliis instant in answer to yo" of the 15"" but the badnesse of y' weather hath not afforded an opportunity of conveyance. Since v,-'^ I have heanl y' y' Peti- tion" have made it their businesse to send round y' Island to perswade y* People to deny their former act & deed, concerning M'. Jones w'*" promises if they would soo doe that they should pay him noething, & otherwise telling them that they nniste i)ay a greate deale nujre then they really ought to pay ; I ain greately tit)idjled at such jiroceiidings & now hope y' y" Councill will consider how much I am hereby affronted, to such irregular dealings w"^ will be acknowledged as an obligation by S' Yo' ffriend K1{ ATI' Al.HANY. New Yorke A prill «"> 1(183. Sir. 13y Tjottcr from tlio Commisarvos of tho Seeoiid Instiint, Am Advim'd of A Hnrboroim nnd Oruell Aft Committed by A J/titjuds Iiuliim on ii Jioy iitt Allxinij and that tlioy havo Secured tho Imliaii And Sent for the Sneliems to wlioni tlie whole matter with its Ciretimstaiices mimt bo Ho- lated and tiio Indian kept in Safe C'nutody till itn fully knowiie whether the Hoy will Uecovoror not for !w I understand ho is Dangerously woiiiuleU, And by Another of the fourth Instant Am Advised tho Indian has Confessed the fact if tho Boy Uyes notice being Given A Commission will be Sent to try the Indian for tho murther And he must be Proceeded against as the Law in such Ciuses Directs of which the Sachems may be Likewise Actjuainted And that he has noe other n.sjtge therein Then if one of tho Christians has Connnitted the like fact for nnirther will not bo hid nor the nnn-thcrer Goe Unpunisht plesiso to Communicate the Above to the ConnnissarycH This to your Selfe being in Answer to tlicira have Orders About the Trade up the River Ami Expect the Govornour very Spedyly Capt. Nicolh Heing A rrived, Glad all clso well in yonr Parts and hopo will Continue, I am, Sir, your affectionate U'riend A. B. •Ii A Letter Fuom Cait. Bkookholls to M". Sam"^'-. Ciuoomk Arr East New .Tebsky. M'. Sam". Gromne. New Yorke Aprill 7'" 1(383. S'. This Day liad Perusall of A Letter from you dated the 2!t"' i>ast Dinu-ted to one StmniHn A Tennant on his Itoy" High" Farmo ai\d I'lantagon att Jlaneinim there in Ilequiring him to Come and Even Accounts And agree with you about the Kent tor the Same in which matter 1 thaught none would have meddled but my Selfe he not being Act'ountable for the Same to any butt his Roy" High" or Deputy of whom he iiolds and Possesses the said farme and Soo hath Done and Payed Rent to him and his use only over since the Settling or this and the Province of Ni'W Jersey under his Ma"" if you or any one have to Demand from the said farme my Selfe in be- halfe of Ilia Roy" High' tho Chiefe own' and Proprietor nmst and will Answer the same it not being tlio Buisncsse or in the Power ot the under Tennem' to make Any Ternu-s or Agrement, And that Riglit ifc Posscs-sion which the Authority of Kaxt new Jersey for Soe many yeares past havo Allowed and Admitted his Roy" High" to hold and Enjoye I thaught you would noe wayes Endeavour to Distroyo but Rather Countinanco ami Eiu'ourago And therefore wonder att this your Proceeding tiierein And hereby Lett you know that I must & will maintaine and Assert his Roy'' High" Interest and Right in the Said farme to the TItmo.st and maintaine his Tennant in the Quiett Possession there of with whom you are not to Kxpect any A(W)nnt or Agreem' to be made but what Ever your Pretences or Desires are therein Lett bo (Communicated to me tliat his Roy" High' may be madu Accpinted therewith And you Shall have all friendly and Neighbourly Sattisfai^ou from S'. Your Affectionate ffriend A. B. Nrv) Yoi'k Jfiiitorical liecorda, 571 QirrrnLAiM von i,ani> and a kai.i. (lAr.i.ici) 1'()0(iiikki'Khin(iii, (iivkn iiv \h Iniman. (Fort Omngo Uii>ijhkii>ixii>,\\Mt the aforesaid J/r//<^'//i// had snmMidered llie afore said land to the said J'tctir /miikIiuj/i, and Jan AwcfvAw, without n^tainin;,' for him or for his dest'ondents the rifi;ht to c^laim hereafter ovon a stuyver's worth fn>ni them; also that the said Indian Masnani/ is the lawfnl owner and inheritor of tht! said land. The forefi;oiiif; has heen interpreted in the presence of their said Honors, tlie ( 'onnnissaries, by the wife of Jurldii TeunlMi'n niul the aforesaid Indian has sij^ned it with his own hand at New A/bani/, oi\ the date ua ubovo. As witnesses Tlii.< is tin- mark [/^ made liy Vorndh mn J)yk Massanv ./^^r. himself, l)irck WtiHSi'lscii whicli I certify Adrian van Ii.cknd^m JVot. I'uhlic. I ;ii|: A LwrrKii Fkom (Japt. Bkoc^khom.s to (Jai-i. ChiAMai-.us Arr Esopib. S' A^wfl } VA-o.Tnne ao'" K'.HIJ Have Reeoived yours of the S.'"" Tnstant. and EnqiiinMl Into tlu' DilTerence hetween Iliirhj and /Vn*^/«7 which find ()ci!asione(I hy a Orant j^ivcn hy the (iovernonr to said /'mifiiii/ (or twenty Acres of meadow or t.hereahontfl neero there towne which yon are ordered to Lay ont and if the towne have any I'erticuler (/laynie or Property in tin; same Prior to i]u: said (Irani they Au{;ht to have a faire tryall therefore in your Co\irts of Sessions p' Jury and then if Hither Party I)isatisfiei>, sell in presence of tho otliur Moluuok Saciienirt to Jan MaiKjdnf, a piece of woodland near Cuiiantdgiona on tho other side of the river, stretching up tho river from tho upper end of the land of Ryk Chieaen van liokhwK'in at a treo marked with tho mark of llarmen Yi'ddcr and Davent Eymhrtaen and running along tho Ha jr over a kil, called by the Indiana Otxhmilaraixjuo, included in tho sale, to a largo oak tree, marked by the Indians' and Jan Mamjelnen mark and stretching into tho woods, as far as Jan Manyelso or his heirs shall havo occasion to use it. Albany, March ■1"', 1082. Land at (latskil. MVannachquatin, an old E»(*pv» Indian, Mainanauuhqun and her son Ounpaeton, Ugwwan- neen alias Squintiny Ja(wb and other K^ojnm Indians sell to William, iMveridye son' hatter, their wood land reaching from the irouth of tho kil, whoro tho house of WUlia^n Loveridge now stands southwards along the Xorth or /fiidnon's liiver to beyond one half of tho great l)end, where tho trees arc marked W and from the liiver Westwards to a fall u[> Juu'ten^kil called Quatuioiohnaak and then along tho East side of the Kaeterakll, where it empties into tho Cat-nkil and then along the Catskil to the house of IF™. Lowridyi' and to tho Xorth river, with all tho kils, creeks, tlats etc except a Hold bought by W'\ Loviridge from Jan Cj>aen Sehiiyler iiud Johannr.t Wendel, a trant of land called Sarachtogoe or by the Maquaa Oehseratnnque or Orhaeehrage and by the 3fahv II I Nem York Histancal Jiecorda. 573 canclera AmissohaendteJc, sitnato to tho North oi Afhany, beginning at tho utmost limits of tlio land bouglit from tlio Indians by Goose GernUe and J'/iilipjj J'ieteme Schuyler deceased, there being a Icil called Tioiiee-ulehouwe, and reaching Nortliwards on both sides of the lliver to tho end of the laiuls of Samvhtmje, bordering on a kil on the Eastsido of the River called Dimoen- dogfiha and having the same h"\gth on the Wcstsido to opposite the kil, reaching Westwards through the woods, as far as tho Indian proprietors will show and tho same distaiico through the wootls to .ho East. They Burreuder all tho land, kils, creoka, woodland etc except liberty to hunt and fish. Albany, July 2(t, 1083. Under the sivmo date, as tho foregoing deed, tho MahiGander Indians renounce their claims uiwn tho fore described lands, which they might liavo upon it, "because iu oldcu times tho land belonged to them, before tho Maquaes took it from thom.' DuKn OF GIFT TO ArNOLD YlELE BY MoHAWK SAOnEMB. Ecfore tho Commissaries' Court fo/ Albany, Colony licmelaermyck etc. appor.red the fol- lowing Maijuaes Sachems, representing; all the three tribes of tho Marjuaen, owners of a cerUiin piece of land, lyeing above Sfhinnechtady on the Northsido of tho ri'-er, covering about 10 to 17 morgons, over against the Hat, where JacdntM V'"k lives, calleil by tho MmiuacsWachkeeshoha, which flat tho Jitaqnacs hcrewiMi cede, transfc. and convey to and for tho benefit of Aemmit Carndm VieU, Interpreter, in consideration of his having great trouble every day with travelling to their land, to the Slnnekm and to the North and in his other duties among tho Savages. Tie transfer is nuide by them in their quality of lawful owners and proprietors of the aforesaid land and they convey it to A>rnout Comelhe, his heirs and successors, free and unencumbcired, without burden or ta.\, giving liim, Aemout Corndim, his heirs and successors full power ind authority etc. Interpreted by Akus ComeUse at the Courthouse in Albany, Sept. 20, 1083. Dirck Wetmc-lwn Jan Jansen Bleecker The mark Tho mark tlie A of Akcts Interpreter The mark The mark TlOSKANOENDA 10 Turtle of OWEADACHANE the Bear of Tahaiadobie the Wolf. i M >%■'' r '» 674 Colonial Setth'meiitH on (Iw Ifitdnon liiver. At-tV OK WUAT EbTATK TIIK iNIIAlirrANTS or WlCSTniKBTKB HAVK OIVKN IN TO BR 1688. Uated this tkauic. } 1 i & i r I i f Mi 1 E i i f i E 1 «. «. ii. (fahrieU Tyeggatt « 10 2 3 3 3 2 1 2 07 10 ThomdH Hunt ,\\\n' 8 20 4 5 3 2 4 2 3 12 1 Tliom Countykh, I'ahhkd Novkmhku 1" 1688. (DotiKnn'i Lawi.) IIavetno taken into ConHiilcrnijoii flio nivciwity of tlivi(loin(» tho Prnvinco into n-Hptrtivo Ooiintyeri for tliu iKittcr ^ovuriiin^ and Hotling C'onrtit in tiio Hauif, \W.v. It EnaotiMl liy tlut (iov- ornour ('oun('i)ll and Iiuj>roHontativi>« and by tiui antiiority of tiio wiino Tliit tlio wild Province buo dividud into twolvo Countyi'H ax fullowntli : TuK (Mtty and Connty of Nfin Vorke to contaiiio ail tlio iHJanil (!onion!y culloii Matihtittiinn hhtntl MnnnliiijM Inland and llio two Harm' Jnlunih, tlio Citty to ho called lui it in jVew Vttrke and tlio Islands abovo Hpocifyod tlio County tlicroof. Till; County of Wist C/ietifrr to foiituino Wmt and /uml CftiHffr, Ilron.r /.iiiuf, ^(f'ord/niin, Anne llookx Xtrk, lilchUlh, Min/'on/n hluiul and all tlio Ijind on tlio Maiiio to tlio KiiHtward of Miuihitttiiiin IhIiihiI Ah farr as tiio Govorninont KxtondH and tlio Yonokers Ia\\u\ and North- wai'drt aloiii; Hiidmniti Kivor iih farr uh tlio llUjhlanih. TiiK County of riittcr to eontnino tiio Townoa of KinijHton, Jlinhij and AlarhhTtnone, ffox Hull and tlio .\iin Pitlir. and all tlio villa^^os noij^liliourlioodrt and ('liritttian ]Ial>ita<,'oim on tlio Woat 8ido of Ilndmrnn /itiw from tlio Murdirem Creekc nearo tlio lliifhlandn to tlio tSatrijn's Crvaka, TiiK Connty of Albany to coiitaine tho Towns of Albany, tlio Collony of liemlaermiyyek, SchoniHida, and all tho villagort, ii('igliboiirhoof//c/i«%v<'.v ( 'ounty to 1k) f rom tho hounds of tho County of VTistrliA'fiier m\ tho South Sido of tho llUjUlaiuh aloiif? tho Eastsido of lIudHonn Uivor aa farr as Jtiiehif' Janseim Crooko and Eastward into tho woods twenty miles. TiiK County of (>ri(d to contaiiio all Staten Inland, Shutturs hliiml and tho Islands of meadow on the Wot-l.-iido thereof. Kings (Joiinty to contoyno tho Sovorall Townos of /lunkioyrk, Bidford, Urniklin, fflatthmh, Jfltittliiiid.1, .y,ii' rinr/d liud {,'mr>'ni'nd \\h\\ tho scvorall Sottloinents and riaiitai;ons adjacent. tiiJKKNKS County to (lonteiiio tho Sovcrall Townos of i\W 7'»wiii\ Jamaica, fflunhitiij^ lli'tnpnteed and Oyntir bay with tho Sovorall Ontfarinos, Sottloinents and Planta(;oii8 adjacent. Tm: County of Suffolh- tofJonteino tho Severall Townos of nuntiiujtoii,Snuthfeild, Hriioke, haven, >Soiit/iai)ij>tini, Soiithold, Fant Hampton to Mmitaiik Point, ShrltiT Inland, the Inl,' of Wight, ffinhern Island, and I'lmidj Island with tho SoveiiiU Outfarnios Sottlementa and Planta- (jons adjacent. Dukes ('ounty to Contoino tho Islands of Nantuckdt, JIarti/w Vineyard, Elizabeth Island and Noe Man« Land. TiiK County of Vornicall to Contoino Pema^jnid and all his Uoyall Ilighiiossos Territoryca in those ])arts with tho Islands adjacent. And for as much as tlioro is a necessity for a U\^h Sh(>rifTo in Every County in this Province Bkk It tlioreforo Enacted l>y tho (lovernour CouikioU aud Ilopresontatives in Gonorall Assomhly mott and hy tho authority of tho same, That there sliall ho yearly and Every yearo an High Sherriffe CoiiBtitutwi and Coinmissionated for Each County And that Each Shorriffo may have Ilia under ShcrrifTc! Deputy or Dejintyos. ■H APPENDIX A. Extracts from tiik Narrativk ok tiik Caitivity of Father Isaac Joouks, of TiiK SowCTy OK Jesus, amono tiik Mohawks, in 1042 and it)43, with notes BY John Gilmaky Shea. (Uupiinti'd from " CoUfCtioiia of the N. Y. Hist. Society, Second Series.") lleveroiid Father in Clirist, Tlic Pciicc of Clirist : Wisliing to write to your Kevcrcncc, I at iinst hesitated in what language to do so, for after 80 long a disuse, ahnost equally forgetful of both, I fomid equal difficulty in cither. Two reasons, however, induced mo to write in the less common idiom.* I shall be bettor enabled to employ the words of Holy Scripture which have at all times been my greatest consolation, " amid the tribula- tions which havo found us exceedingly," (Ps. xlv. 2 ;) I also wished this letter less easily understood. The exceediiiL: charitv of vom* Tlevorencc, which in other davs overlooked mv manifold traus- gresaions, will excuse mo if, after eight years' intercourse and residence with .savages, nay, !> savage now in form and dress myself, aught be here wanting in corre(!tness or decorum. I fear still more, that, rude in language, I may be more bo in knowledge, "nor know the time of my visitation," (Luke xix. 44,) nor remendter the character imposed on me by God, of preacher of his Gospel, Jesuit and Priest. This induced me to write to yon, that if this letter should ever reach your iiands, I may, though living here in ihis hard land amid fnn/iKu'.^ and Maaqiiax, be helped by your masses and the ])rayers of your whole province. This aid, I trust, will be more earnestly given, when from a perusal of this letter you shall have seen both how much I am indebted to the Al- mighty, and in what need I am of the prayers of the ])ious, in which, 1 am aware, I have a pow- erful shield. We sjiilcd from the JIuronx on the 13th of June, 1(142, in fotw small boats, here called canoes ; we were twenty-three in all, live of us being Fi'i iivh.\ The line of travel is in itself most ditlicidt for many reasons, and especially because in no less than forty places both canoes and baggage must Ihj carried by land on the shoulders. It was, moreover, now full of dangers, from fear of the enemy, who every year, by lying in wait i.i the roads to the Frciwh settlements, carry off many as prison- ers ; in fact. Father Joint t unjust terms, anil then conducted themselves in a very hostile maimer, so that they were driven otT by om- cannons. 0\\ this they declared, "^hat if they took another Frenchman prisoner, they would tori lire him cruelly, like their other captixes, and then burn him alivi' at the stake. * Till' IctU'r is written in Liitiii. t The phico from wliidi tliey deparleil wits the l^[issioll-hoIl9C of St. Mary's, on ii little river now iiilled the Wye. Traces still exist to mark th(^ site of Ihis (Tiulle of Kuropenn roloiiizatioii in Upper Ciinailii. It was al first nt some (listiuKe fron\ any Ilinou town, but some years after this date, on the ruin of the frontier towns, II village wiLS grouiMcl aidiind it. 73 VH 578 Colonial Settlements on the Hudson liiver. w L I „ -. n fi i i * Tlie Superior, conscious of tiio dangers to wliicli I was cxjiosed on tliis journey, (one, how- ever, absolutely necessary for CJikI's glory,) assigned the task to nie in sueh a way us to leave nie at liberty to decline it if I chose. "I did not," however, "resist, I did not go back," (Isaias 1.,) but willingly and eh.eerfidly aci'cpted this mission imposed upon ine by obedieiu'o and charity. Had I declined it, it would have fallen to another, far more worthy than myself. Having therefoi-e loosed from St. Man/s of the Jhirons, amid ever-varying fears of the enemy, dangers of every kind, losses by land and water, we at last, on the tiiirtieth day after our departure, reached in safety the ConivjHiou. of the- lllcused Vlryin. This is a French settlement or colony, called Three liivers, from a most charming stream which just there empties by three mouths into the great liiver St. Ldwnnce. We returned hearty thaidis to God, and remained liere and at Quebec about two weeks. Having transacted the business which had brought ns down, wo celebrated the feast of our holy father, Iijnatiu.i ; and on the second of August were once more on our way for Iluronia. The second day after our departure had just dawned when, by the early light, some of our ])arty discovered fresh foot-prints on the shore. While some were maintaining that they were the trail of a hostile, others that of a friendly l>arty, h'u.sldcc AJuitsisiari, to whom for his gallant feats of arms all yielded the first rank, exclaimed, " Brothers I be they the bravei^t of the foe, for such I judge them by their trail, they are not nu)re than three canoes, and we number enough not to dread such a handful of the enemy." We were, in fact, forty, for some others had joined us. We conse(piently urged on our way, but had searct'ly advanced a mile when we fell into an ambush of the enemy, who lay in two divisions on the opposite banks of the river, to the number of seventy in twelve canoes. As soon as we reached the spot where they lay in ambush, lurking in the reeds and tall grass, they jxiured in a volley of musketry, for they were well supjtlied with arms, riddling om- canoes, but killing none: oners. " Dearest brother," r then exclaimed, " wonderfully hath God dealt with us ; ' but he is the Lord, let him ecially tliosc wliom you love as yourself. Yet sucli are the souls who, though but laymen, serve (Tt)d and tlie society among the Hiiroiix, with no views of earthly reward.* It is ])ainfnl to think even of all his terrible sufferings. Their hate WJis enkindled against all the French, but es])ecially against him, as they knew tliat one of their bravest had fallen by his hand in the light. lie was accordingly first stripped naked, all his nails torn out, his very fingera gnawed, and a broad sword driven througli his right hand. Mindful of the wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ tliis pain, though nu)st acute, he bore, as he afterwards told me, with great joy. When I beheld him thus bound and naked, I could not contain myself, l)ut, leaving my keep- ers, rushed tlirongh the midst of the savages who had brought him, embraced him most tenderly; exhorted liim to otTcr all tins to (rod for himself, and tluise at whoso hands he suftered. Tliey at first looked on, in wonder, at my proceeding ; then, as if recollecting themselves, and gathering all their rage, tliey fell upon me, and with their fists, thongs and clubs beat me till I fell sense- less. Two of them then dragged mo liack to where I liad been before; and scarcely had I begun to breatlie, when some others, attacking me, tore out, by biting, almost all my nails, and crunched my two fore-tingers with their teetli, giving me intense pain. The same was done io Rene Goupil, the Huron ca])tives being left untouched. , When all had come in from the pursuit, in wlilch two Ilurons were killed, they carried us across the river, ami there shared the plunder of the twelve canoes (for eight had joined us). This was very great ; for, independent of what each Frenchman had with liim, we had twenty packages, containing Ciuirch i)lateaiid vestments, books and other articles of the kind — a rich cargo, indeed, considering the poverty of our Huron mission. While they were dividing the plunder, I com- pleted the instruction of sudi as were unchristened and baptized them. Among the rest, was one sere octogemu-ian warrior, who, when ordered to eater the canoe to be borne oil with the rest, ex- claimed, "What! shall I, a hoary old nnin, go to a strange and foreign land i Never! here will I die," and there he died, for absolutely refusing to ge employed as they siiw lit. Tliere proliiilily never was ii set of more humble nud lieroie men thiin the Doimi's of the early (,'atliolie missionn. i I 111 -^aigwm sjiwMuwiMf 580 Colonial Sattlemenfii on f/ie fliitlmn River. -.t B '\! ItL ii ni)proai'h us j.-.ilcd with t!ui inairli, {iiid, in coKl Modd, with miiuls in nowise oxcitoil liy ]>assi(m, phick out our hair ami heard and tlrivo their nails, wliich aro always very sharp, deep into parts most teiulor and sensitive to the slightest impression. But this was outward ; my iuterniil snlTer injjfs affected mo still more, whei\ I hehehi that funeral proi'ession of doomed Christians ])ass he- fore my eyes, among them live old eonverts, the main pillai-s of the infant //nroii Chureh. Iiulced I ingenuously admit tliat I was ngaiii and again imahle to withhold my tears, uu>urniug over their ' )t and that of my other eom])aiiions, ami fidl of anxions solicitude tor the fntnrc. For I beheld the way to tlie (Christian t.iith closed hy these //'D'/iioin on the Ilnroiis and countless other nations, unless they were checked hy sonui Beasonahle disponsiition of Divine Providonco. On the eighth day W(> tell in with a troop of *200 Indians going out to tight; and as it is the eustom for savages when out on war ]iarties to initiate themselves, as it were, hy cruelty, under the belief that their success will be greater as they shall iiave been more <'riiel, they thns received us. First rendering thanks to tlie Sun, wliii'h they imagine iiresiiously. The following day we fell in with sonu^ other war canoes, who cut oil sonn^ of our com]>au- ions' fingers to our great dread. On the tenth clay aliont noon, we left our canoes, and pertbrmeil on fool the rest of the jour- ney, which lasted four ver iiu'reased by the ever increasing w.ai\t of food, so much so that for three days we ate nothing but some Ijcrries once gathered on the way. * * * » * On the eve of Assmnptiou, then, about three o'clock, we reached a river, wlii<'h flows by their village {O.-iHi'meiKni). J'oth banks were tilled with /niijunis, who received us with dubs, fists and stones. As a bald or thinly covered head is an object of aversion to them, this tempest bui'st in its fury on my bare iiead, "Surelv, brother," said 1, "thou wilt not send ni(^ till thus nakeil, tliou hast taken enough of our i)roperty to enricli thee." This touched him, and he gave mo enough of the hempen bagging, in which our packages liad been put up, to cover my shoulders anil jtart of my body. Hnt niv llesli, niangleil by their blows and stripes, could not bi^ar this rough anil coarse cloth. On the way, while scarcely and at last not at all covered by it, the heat of tho sun was so intense;, that my skin was dried, as though in an oven, and peeled otT iVoin my back and arms. Ah we entereii the sccoiul village blows were not spared, though this is contrary to their usual custom, which is to be cdutent with making prisoners run the gauntli^t once. The Almighty, dotditloss, wished ns to be somewhat likened in this point to his .\postle, who glories that he was thrice beaten with rods, and though they received us with fewer blows than the tirst, these were nuire cruelly given, lieing better ainu'd from tiiere being less of a crowd, and some struck con- etiiiitly on tho shins to our e.\(iuisite pain. The rest of the day we spent on the stagt>, and the night in a hut tied down half naked to the bare ground, at the nu'rey of all ages and sexes; for we had been handed over to tlu; s[)ort of the children and youth, who threw hot coals on our naked bodies, which, bound as wo were, it was no easy matter to shake olT. In this maniuM- Indian chihlren make, their apprenticiwhip in cruelty, and from less grow accustomed to gre.iter. In this village we spent two days and nights, with scarcely any foo grief as you can imagine a most loving father's heart to feel at the siglit of hie children's misery, for, with the exception of a few old Oliristians, 1 had begotten them all recently in Christ by baptism. # * # » • Never till now had tlu' Indian scatTold beheld Fh'nGh or other Ohristian captives. Ilonco. contnu-y to usual custom, we were led around through all their villages to gratify tho gonoral i I 682 Colonial SettlenteiUs on the Hudson River, m ,^ 't it > m curiosity. Tiio tliinl ii'ulood {TcoiKiiifoj/eii) wo ciitcrod Rnitlieloss, hut on tlio sfiifToltl a ecciio mot my cyc8 moro lieart-reiuling than any toinieiit ; it was n groiij) of tour J/itiv/m taken eisewlicro by another party and dragged in to swell our wretched company. Among otlior cnielties, every one of these had lost some fingers, and the eUlest of the liand his two thund)8. As soon as I reached them, I began to instruct them sei>arately on the articles of faith, then on the very stage itself I baptiiied two with rain-drops gathered from the leaves of a stalk of Indian com given us to chew; the other two I l)apti:/ed at a little stream which we )>asscd when led to another village. At this place, cold setting in iifter the rain, we suffered extremely from it as we were entirely uncovered. Oflen shivering with cold on the stage, I would, unordered, come dowu and enter some hut but I coidd swircely begin to warm myself when I was commanded to return to the scaffold. ***** They next hung me between two poles in the hut, tied by the arms above the elbow, with coarse rope woven of the bark of trees. Then 1 thought I was to be burnt, for this is one of their usiud preliminaries; and that I might know, that I had thus far borne any thing with forti- tude or even with jiatience, this came not from myself, but from llim who gives strength to the weary. JS'ow as though left to myself in this torture I groaned aloud, for " I will glory in my intirmities that the ]io\vcr of Christ may dwell in me" (2 ('or. xii. !•), and from my intense pain I begged my torturere to ease mo some little from tliose hard rough ropes. But (iod justly ordained that the more I pleaded, the moro they drew my bonds. At last, when I had been hanging thus about a ipiarter of an liour, they unloosed me, as I was (jn the ])oint of fainting. I render thee thanks, O Lord Jesus, that I have been allowed to learn, by some slight experience, how much tl'i' I didst deign to suffer on the cross for me, when the weight of thy most holy body hung not by ropes, but by thy hands and feet jiierced by hardest nails! Other chains followed these, for we were tied to the ground to pass tiie rest of tlie night. What did they not then do to my poor Huron companions, thus tied hand and foot i What did tliey not attempt on me ^ lint once more I tliaiik thei;, () Lord, that thou didst save ine, thy priest, ever unsullied from the impure hands of the savages. When we had thus spent two days in that village, we were led back to the second {AndOr gomn) which we liad entered, that our fate miglit be finally determined. W(^ had now been lor seven days led from village to village, from scaffold to scaffold, l>ecome a spectacle to (tod and to liis angels, as we may hope from liis divine goodness, a scoff and jeer to the vilest savages, when we were at last told that the day should end our lives anud the flames. Sooth to say, this last act was not without its iiorror.s, yet the good pLasure of (Jod, and the hope of a better life, where eiii should liave no place, reudiM-ed it rather one of joy. Addressing my Fiviirh and Ibiron com- panions, for the last time, I bid them be of good heart, and annd their mental and bodily suller- ings to think "diligently u|ion Ilim that had endured such opposition of sinners against himself; not to be weary, fainting in their minds" (Ileb. xii. ;i), but to hope that the morrow would unite ns to our (rod, to reign f(jr ever. Fearing lest we might be torn asunder, I especially advised Emtaa to look towai-ds me when we could not lie together, and by laying his hand on his breast and raisiiig his eyes to heaven, to show contrition for his sins, so that I could absolve him, as I had already fiwpicutly done after hearing his confession, as well on the way as after our arrival. Acting on my advice, he several times made me the sign. The sachems, however, on further dt-liltrM-ation resolved that no ])r(^cipitate action was to be taken with regard to the FrenrJi ])risoners, and sumuniiing us before the council they declared that our lives were spared. To almost all the f/urons they likewise granted life ; three only were New York IlutoHval Reconh. 688 excepted, Paul, Extntnoc, and Stephen, wlio wero ]>iit to death in tlio three villages which make up the trihe ; Steji/un in Andaijoran, the villiigu where we were • J'atil in Osnernenon, and JSustaxe in TeoHontogen. * » * « » Towarda evening of that day they carried of William Couture, whom they regarded as a young man of un])aralleled courage, to Teonontoyrn, the furthest village of tlieir canton, and gave him to an Indian family. (It is the custom of these savages, when they spare a j)nsoner'8 life, to adoi)t him into some family, to supply the place of a deceased member, to whose rights lie, in a maimer, succeeds ; he is snl)ject thenceforward to no man's orders but those of the head of the family, who, to ac(piiro tiiis right, offers some presents.) But seeing that Retiu and I were less vigorous, they led us to the first village, tlu; residence of the party that had caj)tured us, and left us there {Osserncnori) till some new resolution should be taken. After so many a long day spent fasting, after so many sleepless nights, after so many wounds and stripes, especially after such heart-reiuling anguish of mind, when time was, so to speak, given us at last to feel our sufferings, we sank into a state of hel|)lessness. Scarce able to walk or even stand erect, nor night nor day brought a moment of repose, from many evils, liut chiefly from our still imtended wounds; all this state was reiulered more trying by the myriads of lice, fleas and bugs, which it was not easy to keep from us with maimed and nuitilated lingers. Besides this, we sulfered from hunger; more true here than elsewhere i the saying: "Non oibiis iitilis iBg.o." So that, with notliing but unripe squashes to aild to their American (or, as we F](tropeann call it, Turklnh) corn, carelessly bruised Ijctween two stones, we were brought t(j the verge of the grave, especially Jitiic, whose stomach refused this food, and who, from his many wounds, had almost lost ids sight. The Indians then seeing us fail day by day, hunted up in the village some small fishes and some bits of meat dried in the sun or smoki^ and pounding them, mixed tliem with our sagiunity. After three weeks we were just recovering from our illness, wiu;ii we were sought to be put to death. The two hundred Iiulians who had maltreated us so on the way, advanced into Neio Fraii<'i\ to the ])oint where tho river Iroquois,* so called from them, empties into the river St. Lauiri'ihi'c : here seeing a party of Frngageil in tlieir \arious works. At tin; first onset of the foe, the F/viu/i, though but a handful compari'd lo the hcjstile forces, flew to arms, and so bravely and successfully withstood their savage assailants, that after killing two and wounding matiy nmre, they put the rest to flight. The war party returned furious, and as tluMigh they had been greatly wronged, who had gone forth to do wrong, demanded the death of such of us as were yet alive. " It is a shame," they cried, " that three i^/'laints Reiu^s safety especially and my own wero brought into great jeopardy. lie alone, who as he gavt , „ proteeteth life, wardeth off the blow. [Sept. 7.] On the eve of the nativity of the Blessed Virgi.., one of the principal Ilolland- ei's, who have a settleiiu'ut not more than twenty leagues from tln'se Indians, came with two others to effect our liberation. f Tie remainetl there several days, offered uuich, promiseti more, obtained *Tlii' Sdo'I, or Uicliilicu. 1 Tliis WHS tilt' I'di'lmitrd Ai-i'IkU Van CinliT, so liij,'lily rstwmcd liy the Frciicli and Imliaiis. Tl\c tfttter t!Vfii i^iivo his imriic |)iT|ii'tuiilly lo till- Kii\'lisli jrovi'triois. fic wns tin' constant fii('nt a friend asked, but to i'ohcihIo soinetliing to liiK di'sires, tlicy iyingly uHsertod that thoy would in a few days rostoro us to our countrymen. This was jierhaps tlio wish of some of thoni ; but in the latter ])art of September (fi>r eonstant rains had put off tlio matter till that time) ft final coun- cil was held on our fite, although ostensibly provisions had been prepared and men appointed to take us hack, lloro tho opinion of the few well inclined was rejected, confusion carried the day, and some clamorous braves declared that they woidd never suffer a Firnchman to bo taken hack alive. Tlie council broke up in alarm, and each, as if in llight, returned to his lodge or tho villago whence he camo. Left thus to the cruelty of bloodthirsty men, attempts were constantly made on oiu- lives. Some, tomahawk in hand, prowled an.uiul the cabins to find and despatch us. How- ever, towards tiie close of the council, Ciod had inspired mo with some thought that induced mo to draw my companions together, without the village, in a field belonging to tho cabin where I was. Here, ignorant vif what had traiispired, we lay hid in comparative safety, until the storm under which we should all have fallen, had we remained in the village, was somewhat calmed.* ♦This letter, n(1dre98e,'iiveiiy, xi l, 544. Abmhams, Conii'lis, xiii, 233. Abriihfims DeliKlit, xii, 544, 547. Abralmms, Jan, xii, 200. Abralianisun, Isaac, xii, 03. AbraliamsiMi, Tennis, xiii, 338. Abusi'.4 in land (grants, xiii, 33. Accomack, Va., xil. 503, 571. ,583, 587, 055, 050. Ackcrniau, .Iiihn, xii, 024, 040. Ackennan, .lolin, jr., xii, 024. Ackciinan, Mary, xii, 050. Acliinkesliaky, xi 1 1, 14. Block house at, 53, 55. Sec ITnclrnmrle. Aehtcr Col, xil, 131, 51H, 510; xiri, 210, '^21, 470. Enj^liHli |)C()|)lc desire to settle on the, xiii, 1U3, 105, 21)S. Addams, Kenwvck, xil, 609. Addi.soii, Anthony, xiil, 428, 448, 544. Adrian, Dirck, xiil, 230. Adriaonsen, Jost, xil, 325; xi 11,401, ,507, .533. Adriaensen, Maryn (Van di'r Veere), xi 1 1, 10, 12, 13, 22. Adrian.son, .lohn, xiii, 414. Aepjo's Island (ScbiMbu k), xiil, 20. After Coll, xi 1 1, 4"i5, See, Arhter Coll. Agawam (?^l)rin;,'lield), xill, 30H. A{,'ricultnre, xii, 41H, 420, 450, liC, .500; xiii, TO, 171, 231, 202, 3;13 337, 342, 353, 374. See Plantation; Grain ; ViUiii\i». Ahasinins, N. .1 , xili, 1, 2, 55, 233, 282, 200, 300, 570. See Ilnfmimnn k. Albany, xil, 40.!, 500. 513, 543 el neq., 550, 500, 03;i; XIII. 404, 400, 408, 481 el h,u/., 401 it .w,/.. 400, 400, 504, .-)00, 512, 517-8, 521-3, 524-5, 528-0, 531-2, 530, 503-4, 570, 573. conunissioniTS of Alaryland at, xil, 508, 510, 557 et net/. trade of, xiil, 420, 430, 532, 534. trade with Indians at (limited), XI 1 1, 401. New Knfjlanders trading at, 458. jnrisdietion of the co\irt of, xill, 400. called Willemsladl, XIII, 478. Sec Fort Oramje ; Furl Xumiu ; Willi-mntailt. n 178. 10 of the eight 03, 71, 08, 120, Alberts, Dirck, XI f, 401, 517, 630d»fg., 540, 049. Alberts, Hubert, xii, 201. Alberts, Ja;., f.\i\. 245, 240. Albertsen, Albert, xiil, 45. Albertsen, Arian, xil I, 415, 448. Albertsen, Hans, from Brunswick, XI I Albertsen, John, xiil, 440. Albertsen, Storm, xlli, 283. Albertzen, Wouter, xill, 213. Aldersen, Rcnrick, xill, C44. Allard, John, xil, 500. Allen, Anthony, xil, 013. Allerton, Isaac, pctiti(m of, xil, 100; men, xili, 10; mentioned, xii,00, 120, 143 et nrq., 154 it seq., 158, 101, 108, 173, 204, 20S; XI 1 1, 55 et seq. Allvn, Jolm, secretary of Connecticut, xili, 403. Alikha, Jacob, xil, 132, 100, 100, 175, 184, 107, 212, 215, 210, 221, 232, 246. 240, 252, 253, 254, 255, 258, 250, 200, 202, 204, 205, 200, 207, 200, 272. 280, 282. 283, 288, 200, 201, 202, 293, 204, 300, 304, 805, 307, 300, 317, 318, 320, 327, 328, 3;,0,332, 333, 335, 343, 347, 348, C40, 351, 357, 374, 421, 442. vice-director of the colony of tlic city of Amster- dam on the South river, xil, 132, 100. letters from, xii, 103, 173, 185, 187, 103, 104, 107, 108, 200, 201, 204, 205, 213, 210, 222, 223, 224, 226, 228, 220, 231, 235, 230, 242, 243, 245, 247, 248, 250, 253, 257, 272, 284, 285. letters to, xil, 280. death of, xil, 280, 805. Alrichs, Pieter, xii, 202, 321, 351, 354, 355, 857, 858, 308, 301, 305, 404, 414. 447, 450, 453, 454, 450, 400, 401, 402, 471, 470, 484, 485, 488, 401, 402, 403, 400, 504, 505, 500, 508, .500 et seq., 513, 517, 521, 533, 530, 5;i5, 514, 548, 580, 501, 500, 008, 623, 032, 033, 034, 047, 040, 050. letter from, and William Toon, xil, 403. sherilT and commander at the South river, xii, 500. Alsop, Mr., XIII, 281. Alstone, Arthur, xil,005. Alstone, A., xi i, 005. Altena, xil, 188, 103, 203, 307 et .seq., 338, 255, 257, 203, 273, 274, 278, 204, 302, 300, 314, 315, 310, 320, 330, 340, 340, 350, 355, 350, 300, 370, 370, 883, 38tl, 380, 303, 40;!, 412, 410, 423, 427, 429, 435, 437, 445, 449, 451. I i| 5i ilife ii'llr U I iii;ti i If ■ f '■■■ f\ I 1=1 '■ t| 586 Index. Altenn, Fort CliriHtina (30 cnlW). xil, 188, lOM. Ktr(Mi);ih of H'"'''!'"'" "'' -'''■ Eniflinli comniisHiomrH iit, xiil, 810. Alwiird, John, xil, (!03. Vmboylo, xi 1 1, ■40.'). tinorsfoort (I'liitla!..l9, L. 1.), xii. Oil; xill.'OO, 12-1, 1.54. order for tlic Bufcty of, xil I, 45. AmiMsfoort, Ilolliind. xiii, l.-)4. Ammirslariil, xil, (147. Amiiioiisoii, HiiiiH, XII, 41i3. Anderson, Iloiiilriik, xii,400, 470. AndiTiioii, Liii's, XII, !)'iT. Anderson, Will, xii, rm. Andrni-s, I'eter, xil, 4ll(). Aiidri'sen, Curl, xil, KU. Andruw tlio Kin, xil, (147. Andrrws, FreiU'rir, xil, (148. Andrews, Peter, xil, (IIH. Aiidries, (Ic'rtruy, xiil, l!i4, 21'3. Andries, Lowrens, xi II, iM, i:U. 3(10, 544. Andriea, M(Mi«je, xil, .'i04. Amlries, .Monn, xii, 107, 1i)7, 141, 153, l.')5, l.'.H, 1(12. Andries the Weiiver, XI ■ i, 2.s(). Anilriesun, Andries, the Kin. XII, 3(10, 430, 470, 4(11. .Vndrie.sen, .\renl, xii 1,253. Andriuasen, (Jhristiiin, xill..:(i2, 245. Andriesen, .Iiicoli, XI 1 1, 77, 7H. Aiidriesen, .Iiiine^ xil, 3;)1>, J140. Andriesen, .'im, xil, 211, 40,40. 178, 181 it seq. Andriescn, .Iiin, from Bireiilmoii, xii, (17. Andricacn, .liui of Hina, xii, 18(1. Andriaenscn, .loost, xii, 210. Andriesaen, Lar.s, xii, 530, 535, 557, 559, 034. Anilrieien, Lucas, xill, 312. 352. Andriesen, Mury, xii, 330, 340. Andries.son, I'ieter, xii, 312 ; xiil, 5, 341. Andros, Sir Kdnuind, (iov.. xii,.">21, 520, 535, .540, .54.'), 51II, 571, 577, 57h, 5^0, 587, 588, 5!I0, (100, (iOl, (104, (100, (110, 013, 014, fit.5, (11(1, (UO, (120, (120. (132, (140, (150, 051, (153, 0.")(!, (I.h, 0(10, (012. (104; xi 1 1. 48.: 480, 402, 404-5, .500-1, .504, .50(1,512,514, 517, 524, 52(1, 534. 530 530-41, 543-1, 510. 510. letters from, xil, 5i;' 51(1, 518-0, 528, 53H, ,542-3. 5,54, .5(10, 5H1-2, -iM, .585, (10.><; Xlll, 482-3, 400-1, 403, 500, 533, 535-(l, 538. letters to, XII, 535, 530, 545, 571, 575-7, 587, 500, 020, 684, 682. Uli, 650, 053-5, 0(11; xil I, 534, 540. visits Governor Cartcrott of New Jor.se; , x 1 i ; , 542. Anie,«, O^.estallV'n, xii, 107. Anthony, Allard, xil, 07, 20S; xiii, 41. (10, 1( 45(1 , Aniiiony, Nirliolas, xill,450, Aniill, Kdwar, a fortification recommendi il t at. XIII, 404. Antoiii.ssiMi, Cornells (van derSlyckl, [ndi-r. ijilerpreter, XIII, 18, Catskil Kirmted to." 20. Apauaniis. part of Mestclie'iter m. eallr.d, xill, 402, A|)o|)calyek (Communipaw, N. .1.) gruntc'd to E^hert \Vonters(.n, x i i 1 , 22. Apeipienaminfjli (.Xpocpiimini), Md., xii. :157, 437, 44(1, 450, 4(14, 477, 530. Ap.)(iueniini Kil, xil, .508. 511, 517. 527, .54.8, 013. Appel, .(an Lawrensen, xli, 53. Appleboom, Harald, Swedish Minister at (!ie Hatrue, XI I, 47 n. 530, 5H2, Oil, 045, 5;i2. 583. (112, (140. A|)plef;adt, nartholomeus, xil I, 478. Apjilegadt, Thomas, XIII, 478. AquehonguManaekuoiib, Indian name for Statc^n Island, XIII, 455. Arcl'er, John, xiii, 421, 421, 4.50, 471, 402. Fordham Court to he held at the houaoof, xiil, 483. A rents, Cliiua, xil, 447. Arentsen, Claes, xill, 233, 3«2. Arer.lsen, Ilendriek, xill, 231. Aresaick lahind, xil I, 2. .\rgansen, Claes, xili,271. AiL'ansick, xil I, 381. Ariaiis, Dirtk, xill, 312, 246. Ariana, Joost, xiii, 240, 450. Ariansim, Henr., xiil,413. Arien'a Kil, ;£ll, 512, 517. Ariena, Weynte, jr., XIII, 644. .Vriensoii, Peter, xili, 413. Arlington, Karl of, xil, 4(10; xill, 473. Armeperid, xiil, 0, (Arniepi)erahin.) AriKstead, ')«niel, xll, 065. Artjenemeek, XII, 300. Arosmith, Kdmoiul, xiii, ,547. Arromsinek, N. J., xiil, 316. Arsen, Hartel, xi i, 304. .\rsen, Cnrnelis, xiii, 419. Araen, Jan, xiil, 110. ■Vrte, Qerrit, xiii, 411. .\rtse, Dartoloni' us, xil, 330. .Vrtsin, .Fan, xiii, 115, 117, ]."4. Arlluir Cull, xi 1 1, 405. See Acliltr Cull. Ashforilhv, William, xii 1,401, ,533,544. Ashman, John, xil, 400, (148, 051. Ashmiiii. l{oh.rl, xil, 40(>, 048. Askuil. .lohii, XI I, 401. Aasaw.'.rMiui Creek, xll, 583. Aasawoma Inlet, XII, 577. 3(111, hehuilt 105, 446, 520. See Lulheratm. 550, 578, 583, 58(1, 580. OO!'.. 020, 027, 031, 033, 634, On, .\sMierns, lUiiliek, XII,? AufishiiiK Confession, >' '. .\very (.\uere), Johr .»ll, 601, 005, f" ., 63 052, 654, :i50. letter fp , xll, 582. Awiehake: (>Veehawken, N. J.), granted to Maryn Adriiv en, xiil, 23. .\wni- , a liipiid imasiiie, xil, 187. Axt' , George, xii, 544, 54U. B. Bachtamo, Indian name for Ood, xili, 375. Ha(k'., o Maryn 178, 877. nulHiiKiio (nnltlms Morr), T "nl, xi i, 3 47, 348, 2.10, 2r>3, 'iW, '.vi». ;vi\, ;i37, :i;jii, :i47, :iiio, 417, 4:i7, 457, 4U0, r.m, nio, oas, r,;\, (i.'iii, mw, tioM; x:ii, WK V, r.."., 504. loUors to, XIII, fl.'),'!, n,')!), riO:i, .'iiiri. niilliinorc, Mr., xi i, 4117. Itiiliimiiri'i till' ycjiini;, Xii, 4il''. Biiinbdi ■*, Iliinmn, xill. 11(1. Sec ././ajAw/i, JTurtimii. JiiuukiT, Oirritt, xill, lll)f(«fv., Ilill, 'iTtW, 405,502. lliirlmd.MW, XII, 01, HI), 4UII, 472, 522, 007. Hiiilicr, KriiiK'irt, xiii, 510-7. Bixrends, .Inn, xii, .'>21). Biiri'DN, Trril (Imkcr), xil, \H'A. BiireuH, Aiulrics, xiil, 202, 212, 217. Biu'ents, Chriitiiin, xii, 2:.!"i. Biironts, Fruii.i, xii, 51I5. Biiri'iiN, .lull, XIII, 2411. Harciit», .Iiuini'kc, xii, ICIll, U40, Hiirciitit, JIiirciH, XII, 220. Uiurntspn, FriMlciic, xii, 128. BiirciitHi'ii, Jiu'dI), xiii, 2, 30, 105. BiireiitHcn, Jmi, xii, 1M4, ;107; xiii, 98, 330. Biirciilscii, Tliys, xiii, 200. Built, Siinuicl, xill, 0(1. Barker, Aiiibrdsc, xii, (100. BiirkiT, .John, .vi 1, .540. BiirkiT, Tlioiiins, xii, 0211. BiirkKlccdi', Jdsliim, xii, (147. Biiriiei'ut, XII, ;i:il, 3;!4 ; xiii, 312. Bam 'I, 'ncuoiii, xii, 005. I' ,i:i.-*i j; I'tlicw, XIII, 571. fliirn(.'.s()i .Toiin, xii, (140. Biirnson, '^orii, mii, 410, 415. Bariison, i>lm, xil, 555; xill, 111,414. liani^tap) , xill, 40(i. Baioii, .V.Mliacl, XII, 471,473, 008. Biirri't .lolm, xi 1, i;(!5. Saiici.i, lliirincn, xill, 200. liarti's, Bariiit, xi 1 1, 40. Bartlcson, JIatliias, xil, 400, 47a Bart 1(1 1. XIII, 535. Barton, .loliii, xi 1, 005. Ba.^sctt, Uolirrt, XI 1 1, 00. Bastians( n, llarntcn, xili, 308. Ba.-itiansiMi, .lacoh, xiii, 514. liastiaiiHi'ii, Tiiiiiis, xiii, 300. Baswi 11, .lolin, XII, (105. lialclullcr's liarhor, xil, 544, 020. Baton, Macliicl, xii, 503. Batti'ii kill, Inilian iiaine for, xiii, 573. ISawcoiii, I'ctir, xii, 544, Oll.Oill, 005. Baxter, Garvis, ((inimaiiili'r at .Uliany. litter to, xiri, 570. Baxter, George, xiii, 18. Baxter, Tom, xiii, 4HS, 574. Baxter, (aptaiii, \iii. 500. Baxter, Lieutenant, xii, 41. Bayard, Balthazar, rierk of Beru'er court, xiii, 3ii;;, liavard, Nic., Secretary, XII, 51'J; xui, 473. Bayard, Peter, XI 1, 047. Bayly, .Nallian, xi 1 1, 4S8, 574. Bayly, Niele.s xiii. 4K8, 574. Bi'ar or (fodfried'.^ Inland, xil, 215, 24(1, 247. lieales, Kobert, xi I, 047. Jieek, Mr., xii, 217. lieekcr, .Jan, xil, 283. Bilker, .fan Juriaiism, xii, 290, 2110, 339 t< dcj. Budloo, ("ornelius, xill, 450. Bt'dloo, Isaac, xiii, 421, 45U. Beihvell, Unbelt, XII, 017, 00.5. Beeek, Warrener ll'mris, xiii, 544. lleeekeinali, Cornells, xill, 40. Iteekinan, Hendrick (>ion of Win,), XII, 320. Beekman, Henry, xi 1 1, 4fi2. lieekmaii, William, ('ommi«Hary for tlio W. I. Company at tlie Hoiitli river, xii, 210, 230, 232, 238, 242 d no/., 240, 248, 250, 20O, VA\ 272, 273, 288, 205, 300, 302, 314, 327, 3Jm, 3.jii, 338, 1)30, Tit, H neq., 3HI, 382, 380, 387, 3hm, 'dm it n«/.. 300, 308, 300, 400, 401, 402, 412, 417, 421, 422, 425, 427, 420, 517, Coininissarv nt tho Kwipun, xiil, 385, 401, 408, 42K, 430," 443, 44.1, 453, letters from, 252, 2.'.5, 257. 204, 205, 282, 283, 288, 289, 202, 393, 208, 300, 3O0, 309, 312, 315, 318, 321, 322, 324, 331, 33:t, 334, 330, 343, 344, 345, 340, 349, 350, 351, 354, 355, iJSfl, 3,i8, 350, 300, 301, 303, 304, 308, 379, 381, 384, 887, 391, 395, 403, 100, 410, .M, 412, 413, 414, 415, 417, 418, 419, 423. 431, 13^, 433, 434, 485, 436, 487, 488, 440, 447, 448, 440, 451, letters to, 250, 337, 380, 400, 416, 424, 448 petition of, for eadet'ri |iay fur lii»i son, xil, 320. son Itorn to liiin, xil, 335; ouotlier, 410. brother of, xii, 350. Jii.stiee of the I'eaee at Kingston, XIII, 806. Beekman, Mr., XII, 012, 043; xiil, 400. Deekman, Mr.s., xil, 330. Deer, C'orneli.s Willemsi'ii, XII, 110. Beeron Island, xiil, 348, 398. Bct'tman, .\Ir., xii, 3.55. Beets, Goodinan, xi 1 1, 41. Bei.ekes .lacob, x 1 1, 507; XIII, 473, 476. Henikson, .Sndries, XII, 580. liendall, I'hilipp. xi 11, .547. Benfnll, William, xiii, 00. liengson, Mathys, xil,41.5. Beri'iitseii, Hans, XIII, 75, nergeu, N. .T., Xill, 207, 214, 231, 284 et scq., 268, 271, 204, 318, 300 (( xeij., 383, 305, 470, 539. wants a eleifxyman, xii 1,233, Sco (Minanceii. Berkeley, Lord John, of Sirnttoii, jiroprietor of New .lersev, xll, .503, 508, 579, 592; XIII, 409, 471, 480, 511, " l!i risford, Christopher, Mil, 407 iily-Qoyernor of New Jorse'', xii,473, 480, 402, 404 (7 ,w/, ,• xill, 407, 473, .-.OS, .543, letter to, from Kiiif,' Cliarles U, \ 1 1 1, 409, summoned before the N. Y Council, xil I, 544. Berry, William, xil, 047. Berry, Willni, jr , xii, 005. Besteyarr, .bin .lansen, Xli. 110. Bethleliim, .\lbany county, xill, 103, 34.5. Belt.-i, William, xni, 44l! Beyerwyck, xiii, 30, 30, 114, 132, 1,80, 193, 220, 251, 255, 258, 311 1, ;i.«2, 387 < .' siv/, Hiehasoii, Waller, \ii, 047. Bicker, Qcrrit. xii. 80. Biekerstair. Hobert, x 1 1 1, 4 ; 44S, 450 ct teq., 544. Bi.,'.!is, .lohn. Mil, 418, 430. 148, 4.50, 544. Bijcker's in \ ii;;inia, xll, 250. Bi'les, Willi.iiii. Ml, 'UO, 050. IJilling, Kdward, xll, 5~0, Billop, Capt, ChristopliLi-, Xll, 580, 581, 584, 503, 695, 090, 007, 013; xill, 485. r, \i Si ■'iji 588 Tnileu. W^ 'm •IT!I, .101, loa. ;i07. nillnp, lottpr In, Til, fiSI. UilliMi (Dilntiii, I'l'tcr, Mil, 30(1, 434. Biiu'kHoii, .Icihii, XII, 4I1H. SiM' I'oiiiiigminrX: Biiu'vio, U'wU, XIII, ftOd. Biiitgcii, TliDiimH, XI I, ISO. BiHllOj), .lolill, XIII. tlDt. Bitter, Krcd.iir, xil, IMT, 1!)!). Black roint. Hlulcii Isliiiid. xiii, .'i47. Itliirk, VVillinm, xil, Uir>. Hliickwooil. Pliine, mi, (lilO. Blimchiui, MatlikH, xill. 3ia, 2:lH, 'J4(l. 401, 44.-) «/ 44H, .1 14. Bluiik, .lurinpn, xil. HO, 111, 32, IIH; \iii, 1)2(1. Blceckcr (UlyrkiT, lilcyckiT), .laii .Iiiiiscn, xiil 504, .572 -a. Bliiiil Brook, xm, 4011. Blinks, Kicliiinl. xi i. .'i4l. Block, Hans, xil. 2!I2, :I21, nOO, 402. 4tl2, 47.'5, 400, ,"50(1, ,"•:«», .■i!n, ,5;)2, r);)!!. nai, rta,'., n4(i, 538f<«v. Block iMlmid. U. I. H.'c /;,-/ Uii„l. Bloi'in (Uloiii), Ucv. Iliuiiiiuius, xiii. HI, INfi, 180, 213 «< «7.,22U rl »-iis, xiii, l.l.l letters from, Mil, all, a7a. letters to. and consistory of Wlltwyck, xiii, Blocmert, Ariaeii, xii, (12. Oa, Blo(Miiiid)\ir{r, HuUivan comity, xili, a40 H. Blotke, Hiins, XII, (140. JJoathman, I'rin, xii, 048. lloeckcr, .(ems, xi I. 40. Boelsen, .Ian. XII, (1117. Boen. Andries, xii, (107. Boers, Lars, xii, 137, 14a, l.ia, MS. Boes, Nicolas, ('ai)t., xiii, 47a. Boeitjen'9 inn, xi i, I'iO. Bojjarilus, Itcv. Kverardus, xii. 20. 27. BofTiirdus, Williain, Mil, 270, aoa. Boijliard, llarnian M., I'nmniissaiy, Mil, 22. Bohemia Hiver, .Md.. mi, aa7. Bollen, .lames, Secretary of New Jersey, xii i, 40(1, 542-a, nw. Bombay Hook, Del., xii. aOH, 477. Bones, Kiista. xi i, (I4H. Jloners, Hans, Xli, 400, 401. (MS). Bontcmantcl. J., xi I. 2a4. BooUassen, I'cter, xii, 04H. Boomfitjes Hook, Dcl.,xii, Hill, .108. Boon, Francis, XIII, H8, 100, Uo Boon, .lolin, xiii, aOd. Boone, Mr.. XI 1 1, 421. Bordingh, Claes, Mil, 2.")0, 204, 2(l."i, aOo. Bore, .loshua. xii. HI."). Borfjh. Mr., xi i, aa."). liorsboom, IVler .laiobsen. Mil, 2.ia. Bo. ion. Win., XII, .18(1, (10.-). Bostii'k, Thomas, xii, (147, 0(1."). Boston, XII, ao, 41. (la, 240, 4a7. .')22; xili, 102. 224, 20,-), aoo, 4oa, .ji2, .-)17. ,-)2i. .wa 4. .-)2ii-H. .lao. ICnjrlisIinun from, at Fort Oranfje, xiii, 107. Gnva, a,M, an7, 28a, auo, ao8, a7i. letter from, 43. Brnbandir, Jan Jansen, xil I, 212, 330, 400. BradlioiiH', John, XI i, 402, .131, .')40. (120 Bradford, William, (iov. of I'lymonth, Ml, (53. Hraey, (lisherl, scr^'cant, XII, 133 it hij. Braintr(e. .Mass., xil I, .')2U. IJralev, Uichard, xil, 580. Brand, llernard, xil, (120. Uranfsen, Ciielis, xi 1 1, l.")4. Urantsen, Kvcrt, xil, 223. ItranI/:. Corn., xi 1 1, 212. Brasev. Uichard, xil, (lO.'). Hra.sev, Hobert, Nr., XI I, 580, (lO.V lliasidy, Uobcrt, jr., xil, 580, 0O5. Bniti'. .\lirani, xi i, Od.'i. Bratesnian, Jurian, xii,.-)a.'?. Braiin, Williain, xil, 414. Brazil, xil, 55, 87. Bread an. Ann. xil I, 420. l!inadlH'aMia-<, XII, (triO. Hiirlimis (Itocrluiiis, HuirlmnH), .Tnrnb, xlli, ir>,'), 'JO.', •j:i(l, 'J47. liiirliaiiH, .Ian, xi 1 1, 4.~>l. Iturlians, .lohii .lacolis, xlll, 4i:i, HuiliiijjKm, N. ,1,, XII, 4H, (115, 034, 083, (140, O.W. Ilurtiiii, .liio., Ml, (117. BiHiiiiic, Mitttys, XII, 14(1. liiiltcin (llollicii), Jdlis, xiii, l,"i.3. lliiltiTlli'ld, llic. at Ksopiis, XIII, 444, IliittcrwiirHi. Daniel, xiii,41l. Hiiys, .Ian ('iiriirt near, .Mil mil. Ciifjc, Uielnird, .Mil, 4(17, 41S, 44K, 4h;1. Caliocw, (lie, XI 1 1, !H."i. Calc Itcri^e (Maid .Mountain!*), XI II, 444. Cidlcddiis llddk, XI I, 048. Calldn, Ml. .I 111. Cidvert, Charles, Oovcrnor-Ocncnil of Marvhind, Mi, 47S, r,'iH. Calvert, I'liilipp. Qdvcrinir of Marvhind, xii, 1147, ll.'ill. irn, 417, 4i-2, .Km. Cunipaniiis, .lohii, xii, 2H ii, 1!0. Ciiimda, MI, 4S, Kll, ."i43; xiii. S!i, wi. W.i. HI:!, 17(1. 2()."i, rill, r,'i\, r,:u. govcrndr nf, xi 1 1. 4!lM ,i «iri W «v/.. .MH ,^ ,■«,/., ,^i2!!, K:>. .'>27, WiS\ 5!il, r);!0 H mil., M'i it .«,/,, TiTiW el so/., r,\M d «i,/., ri7(! H, .-,s3, r,H'~H, :,>.v2, rm-r,, :>»', am. mr,, 007 H, (111-2, 014, (120, 03;!, o:i;i, o;!8, (I4i-r), (un, 0.51. letters from, xii. .10."), .'i4.1, ,')7S, OH 1-3. letters to, XII, 510, 518, 511t, 5:18, ,-)43, S.M, 555. 03;i. 2!M, 3aH, 24S, 248, 8cii 480, 580, Oniw Cod, XII, 48. (Jiijiii K(m(lii, XII, 48. CajM' llciilopi'ii, XII, 48, 11)4, 305, 315, 331, IIMl, 414, 508, 577 "8;i, (lOll. Ci>|H! M(didi.ir, XII. 48, Ch|h> May, xil, ;I40, 050. Ciiplto. .MiitlheiiH, XII, 851, 431; xlll, 313, 380, 237, 340, 3511, 307, 374, Illll, 880, 841, 847, 851. letter)) from, xii, 838; xlll, 3U7. Careooirx llodk, xil, 483. CardoHo, Ikuiic, xii, 180. Curl. Anlhdiiy. xi 1 1, 154. (.'arl (liLHlaf, KiiiK df Hwedcii, xil, 87. C'arle, .Iiicdt>, XI 1 1, 448. Carle, ThdinuH. xi 1 1, 424. Cannan, Culeh, xil, 048, Carnuin (Ciirrcinan), Mielinel, 88.'i (I, 21)1, 2118, 21)1), 801, 800, 815. CaroliiM, Liiincntiui*, Ml, 4U1, 544, 550, 030, 033. Liirr», Ihiiiiiiie. Caroluseii, lliinn, xlll, 347, 840. Carr, Andrew, xii. 4110, 401. ,5.VJ, 018, 030, 048. Carr, .Idliii, Captain, xil, 401-2, 404, 400,47:1-7, 485, 488, 41)0, 41)2, 41)7, 501, 500-7, 530-7, 581 .-., 587-40. 580, 000, 018, 048, 04U. letter from, XII, 603. httem to, XII, 488, 503. Carr, Nath'l, dipt., xil, 674. Carr, Patrick, xii, 403. Carr, Sir Uoliert, xll, 457. 458, 400. Caisten, the Norman, xiii, 280. Carstcii.scn, Claes, the Nornmn, xiii, 21. CarHtcn.Hcn, KoelotT, xii, 04. Carterett, Sir Oeorne, of Saltrum, Proprietor of New Jersey, xil, 808, 570; xm, 400, 471, 473, 480, 600, 541, 548. Carterett, Capt. .Tames, xii, 484, 480, 498; xm, 401 et iV'j., 400 ef nei/. letter from, xll I, 402. htters to, XI II, 401. 4(10, 407, 408. Carterett, I'liilipp. Odvcrnur of New .h'rs'ey, xil, 484, 48(1, ,-ilO, 521, 521), 545, 041); xll I, 405, 401 et sei/., 407, 471, 477, .508, .580-41, 551. cstnto of, in New Jersey, Hcizcd l>y tln^ Dutch, xi 1 1 477. visit of Gov. Andros to, .Mil. 542. letters to. xlll, 585, 588, ,548, 550, 508. Cartwrijiht, Ocoific, xil, 458-0. Cathcrwood, Jiio.. xii, 507. Catskil, xdl, 21), 20, 28, 74, 7(1. 200. Indian lands at, xili, 481, 573. Catskil .Mdunlaii's, xlll, !)!). Caturaxas, Krcneh j;oiii;c to, xlll, 500. Cav, ileiKlrick, xi 1 1, 888. Ceilar Neck. xll. 01(1, 081, 010. Census of the Delaware Di.strict, xil, 040. of the New .Icisey towns, xm, 470. Chadock, Thomas, xlil, 544. ChatTan, .lames, mi. 04!). CImmlurs, Thomas, xii i, 0!). 73. 70. 81-2. 80-9, 02-7, 100 4, 115-0, 120, 122, 128, 1,54, 104, 100, 178, 11)4, 212-5, 280, 280-41, 245, 247, 249. 351. 250, 275, 817-8, 820 <■/ no/.. 888. 845, 848-9. 851 rt neq., 301), 877, 401, 408, 111. 428. 4;i2 et ,w<;., 480, 440 rt mil.. 451 it m-i/.. 450 ,t .«,-/., 408, 470, 482, 400, 498, 504, 5l)«-7, 512, 505. letters to, xm, 484, .50(1, 500, 571. letters from, xm, 77, 78, 885, 534. Chanuiis, Kdward, xii, 008. !' lis • i . th; : i: if! I M 590 Index. 9 > if i 1 Chmnpiou, John, xii, 015. CImpliinko. Md., xii, (Wt, 040. ClmrloM I of Kiisliiiul, .\ii,4H; xlll,48fi. Clmvlca II of Eiigliuid, .\ii, 408; xiii, 400. letter from, to Ciipt. lierrv, xi 1 1, 4Ui). Pliil Cartcrctt, 472. Clmrleston, MasM., xiil, 517. Chew, Mr., XII, 5;!it. I'liiopicssiiiR, XII, 47!1, 494, OHO, 043, 051, 055. Cliiclu'h'y, !^ir llumy, ('.(iv. of Virgiiiiii, xili, 5;!0, 557. Cliisaiii, ll()l)cit, XIII, 544. Cliriltscmo, Del., xil, 048. Cliristiiiiv, Del., xii, 408, ^vv Fort Cfirintina. Christiim kil, xil, 141, 175, 508, 5;«, .VSl. Sue Miu- qiiiiun hil. Cliristiiui, Queen of Sweden, xll, 7i!, 413. Christiansen, Piiulus, xiii, 153. Cliristofels, .loliannes, xiii, 3U0. Claerhout, AValnief, .\ii.4;!2. Clae.s, the Norman, xiii, 30, 148. Claes, the Smith, xii, 178. Claesen, Abbe, xii, 101. 103. Clacsen, Hendriek, xii. IHl. Claesen, Jacob, alias DeVrint, xii, 45, 1107, 317, 335. Clae.sen, Jan, xiii, 200. C^laesen, Pietcr, xii, 41)1. Claesen, Tjerek (De Witt), xiii, 312, 230. Clae.ssen, Direk, xli, 104. Claessen, Fiederiok, xiti, 303. Claessen, Vah'iitin, xiii, 153. Claessen, ■\Villiain, xil, 15S, 511. Clail)orne, Col., xiii, 140. Claiborne, William, jr., letter from, to Dir. Stuyvusant, XII, 400. Clare, Melgur, xiii, 544. Clark, Walter, xiii, 300, Clark, William, xii, 032, 034, 054, 0.50. letter from, to I lov. .\ndros, 030, 054. Clarke, Edward, xiii, 547. Clascu, Leendert, xil, 15H, 101. Classen, Direk, xlil, 233. Cla.s.sen, Peter, xil. 530. Classen, William, xii. 143. Classis of .Vmsterdam, lloliiuid, minntes of the, xil I, 4115, 41(). letters to, 384. 890, 303, 428. Clauson, Clans, xiii, 414. Clauson, John, xi i, (!4n. Cliuisnn, Peter, xll, 048. Clauson, William, xii, 048, Claveniek, xiil, 345, 380. 3!m;-7, 515. farm ,it, leased, Mil, 180. Clayton, William, sr,. xii, 015. Clavton, William, ir.. xll, 015. Cleft, Samuel, xil," 034. CleuK'Ht, Abr., xll, 5.xO, 588, 580, 005 Clement, Mrs., xl i, 034. Clemenlson, Jacob, xii, 017. Clennuy, .Miraham, .\ll, 515. (.'liinoiitee, Ulle, XI I, 401. Clentz, (iottl'ried, xll I, 153. Clerek, .Mr., xi 1 1, &81. Clevn (Klevn), Eiimihuvsen, xll, 114, 133, 135 cf «y/., 15H, 101,' Kit), 305, 31li'l, 300, 303, 331. Clevnsehmidt, M.irten, xl I, 283. Cliford. Thos., Xll, 005. Clock, Abraham Martensen, xill. 01, 71. Cloeek, Cornelis, xil, I4:i. Clousjhk Awukauoe Creek, xin, 400. Clutc, .Toliannrs, xiii, 300, 307. Cobes, Ludovieus, Slierill of Sehcncetady, xiil, 388, 480, 514, 533. Cock, Eriek, XI I, 544, 551, 580, 020. Cock (Koch, Koex), Gerrit, xii, 440, 443. Coek, Jan, xil, 580. Cock, John, XI 1 1, 544. Cock, Eanse, xil, 523, 524, 500, 030. Cock. Lars, xll, 047. ("oek, Lawrence, xii, 544, 551, 580, 020, 051. Cock, .Morris, xil, 580. Cock, Otto Ernest, xii, 544, 551, 557, 550, 020, 034. Cock, Peter, xl 1 1, 17, 44, 330, 300, 435, 403, 491, 505-0, 510, .537, 530, 535, 544, 645, 550, 551, 557, 050, 020, 034. Cock, Peter, jr., xii, 580. ('ocksinj;h, Indian name for a tract of land in Ulster Co., XI 1 1, 534, 571. Coddiiif^ton, Governor, XIII, 403. Coelen (CooO, Cornelis Jansen, XIII, 10, 17. Coen, .Vdriaii Dircksen, xii, 40. (.'oen, Jacob, xi I, 117. Coenratsen, Corneli.s, xil, 59. Coeiten, Myndert, XIII, 200. Coertsen, Evert. XIII, 233. Coettrier, Ilendrick, xll, 429. Coettrier, Jacob, xil, 429. Collin, .\brahani. xii, 545. Cohan/.y, xi i, 050. Cohocksinks Creek, xil, 551. Cohoes, N. Y., xili, 308. Colanl, Win., xiii, 488, 574. Colo, Samuel, xii, 050. Coleman, Henry, xil, 403, 409, 470, 048. Coleman, Lars, xi i, 048. Collens, Geo., Xll, 040. Collier, .lolin, Capt., xil 049. letter f- )iii, XII, 577. Coltissen, John, xil, 589. Coliyer, Mr., xi 1 1, 543. Cohii-ibia County, mii, 519. 573. Colve, Vnlhony, Capt., Governor, XIII, 473, 47(1, 535, 543. letter from, to John Ogdeii, xill, Comepys, Corn., xll 337. Comuiiipaw to lie forlilied, C, i'eler, xil, 040. Craliln', Jaeoli, xil, 13 310, 325, 328. Cram Kil, xil, 551. Crane, liolii'rt, xil, 00 Crane lIuoU, Del., xi I Crale, Johan, xil, 282, 380, 302, 205, 803, 335. Crawford, David, xlii, 410, 430. Crawford, James, xil, 40O, 402, .543. Crcfrier, Kraiicis, xil, 223 321, 331, 350, 375 , 207, 270, 297, 301, 30,5-0, 810, 315,434-0,438, 403, 513, ,542; xlll, 09, 71, 73, 70-8, 81, 81, 80, 89, 91, 98, 103-4, 111, 114, IIH, 134, 13.5, 1,54, 158-9, 100, 170, 1S7, 193, 19.5, 221, 238, 240-2, 245, 250, 273, 280, 283, 380, 291-2, 323i 354-5, 382, 385, 438. « s<'q., 440, ii'ietseq., 457, 404, 490, 498, 515, 534, .543, 552-4. Indian name of, xl 1 1, 47. called ■\Vil, 7.5-7, 83, 85, 98, 100-3, 11.5, 110, 133, 13H, 131I-40, 145, 151, 100-7, 170, 173, 175, 177 <•' srq., 197, 305. called New .\mslel, xll, 133. conililion of, xi l, 135. Indcw. 595 Fort Caaimir, Iiidiiui inline of, xll, 1(10. iiiliitl)itnnts of, xi i, ISH. (N'liw Giustlu, Del.) Fort ChriHtiim, .\li, 28 (note), 2U, i)0, !)8, 100-2, 104, 100-7, lOU, lit), 122. 173, 175, 188, 103, 207, 253, 314, 423, 441, 445. culled Altcna, xll, 133. (Wilmiiijrton, Del.) Fort Elaenlmrgh, xii, 39, 101. Port.yames, xil, 4.58-1), 463, 482; XII I, 395. Fort NassiiU, Fort ()niiij.;e ho ciilleil, xi 1 1, 479. Fort Nijssau, on the Dcliiwaiv, xi i, 20, 28 (note), 33, 39, 41-3, 53, 50, ■ilOetscq. demolished, 73. Fort New-Amslel, xii, 174. Fort on the Sandhook, xil, 105. (Fort Casiinir.) Fort Orange, xii, 48, 55, 04, 108, 117. 196, 109-301, 208, 237, 255, 372; xiii, 31, 23, 30, 39, 73, 77, 79, 83, 80, 88, 90, 95, 98, 101, 105, 107, 114, 131, 102, 108, 170, 175, 178, 188, 190-1, 193, 203, 215, 219, 223-t, 344, 250, 254, 272, 275, 377 et seq., 283-3, 294, 39(>-7, 299, 303, 317, 324, 330 et mq., 345, ;!t8 ct «<•'/., 355, 308, 378, 383, 388 et scq., 390. bricks from, xii, 230. called Fort Nnssan, xiii, 479. Canada Indiana to be encouraged to come to, xi 1 1, 35. condition of, xili, 258, 303, 309. conferences with Indians at, xiii, 73, 92, 108. See Alhiuy, Ni'ir-Alliiiiii/, WilkmHtiidt. Fort William Henry, xll, 508, 509 et seq. Finirloung, Kdw., "xil, 580, 005. Fowlebeard, Hen., xlil, 409. Fowler (Fonler), .Joseph, xiii, 41. Fox Hall, XI 1 1, 448. erected into a manor, 408. France, Hnbertus, xii, 580. Francis, Olle, xil, UI8. Francis, Holiert, xii, 544, 005. Frani,()n, Arian, xill, 448. Franien, Ololf, xii, 107. Fransen, Dink, xii, 584. Fiiinsen, llinricli, xil, 529. Fransen, Olle, xi i, 470. Fra/.er, liobirf, xll, 005. French, the, of Canada, xil, 90; xlll, 109, 133, 170, 305, 225, 483, 519. on Statcn-Islaiid, xlii, 391, 507. prisoners anumg '.li(! Mohawks, xiii, 15, 113. Mohawks at ])ea(i' with the, xil I, 2.!. Mohawks at war with the, xi 1 1, 28. must redeei'i their own [irisoners, id. the Mohawks ])roniisu ussistancu iiL-ainst the, xlll, 479. menacing ICnglish Indians, xlll, 484. receive N'orth Indians into their protection, xill, 497. reported as mcditaling an invasion, xi 1 1, 498. French fort cnt . Umii'ii, .loliii, xni, 48tt. iJoilrn, Smmicl, xlll, 481». Uoi'bciiaon. AUhmI, xlIl, 104. OlH'foiS. .VIIxTl, Xlll. l.'>4. (JocMi'v. .Iiifi'th, XII, (K!.5. (i()l. Otiv., XI 1, 82. Uoisiicli, H'u'liunl, xii, TiOd. HollciilmrjiT in Swrdi'ii, xir, 110. (JoiililslxMiy, Hoboit. xiii,4;(2, 448. Oouldsiniil." Mr., xll, H.'i.'), 4:1:1. Uovfinor'.s Islaml. Sec Xotni hhiiid. (JovoitsiMi. .\ll)irl. Xlll. 214. tJowcisoii. .Vlhi'ii, Xlll, .'>44. GnmlT. Dink lleiulrickscn, xiil, HI. Unii'lTs, ,laii, Xll. \M. Gracvoiinu't (Grcvcnu't). Isan '1111111 (if Ksopus, xill, 401. 41(1, 4.'>8, 470, 4S2. Gnilmni, .liinu-s, xiii. .'i42. Ml. Gmiii, XII. (12, (14, 1:14. Iii8. IHIl, 11)4,202,204,200, ;!,-)4. 418, 4SI till;!; x HI, 21:1. TT, ir.4. Gravosciul L. 1., xil. .'il; xiii, 30-41,4.1, 47, 270, !1.50, :t.")8. ;i'.i:t, :i'.Mi. ;!y8, 410, 007. Gray, .loliii, xi 1 1, 07. Gray, Samiii'l, xii, «;18. Gray, William, xlil, .VU. Great Mohawk Flat, xiii, 344. Givat Plain, .^. 1.. xill. .')47. Great Plot, the, at tlic Ksopus. XIII, :!:t:l, :14H. :!.i;i. Gri'fjory. .lolii., xiil, 210. 221. Ort'ciibusli, KiMisselacr comity, N. Y., xiii, l.^O. fort at, 204. Grt'iMir, William, xil, 047. GivcMc coiiiitv, Iiulian dii'd for laiul in, xiii, 482. Grivnlaiul, Caplaiii, xlll. ."i42. Groi'iiwioli. (.'(inn . xlll. 24, 4il."). Gri'vu (Gricii, tJrviif). t)tlo. xii, 120, IXu 112, i:)7. Gritliii, Uicharil.'xii. 00'). Griltilh, Mr,, xiii. .'i2.5. Grilsaw, .lolin, xii, 047. Groonenlu'rHli Cimstantimi.s, xii, 100, l:l!l .7 .w/., 148, !.-)4-.'), l.'">8, 177. Groiiii'ndyko, IVt.-r, xil, .122, .'571. .■.82. Groi'niiijicii on llu' Di'lawarc. xii, .")44, ri47. Groomr. Samml, Icltir to, xill, 570. Grotcnluivst'ii, .^licrilT, xii. U22. Grovcr, .lames, xiii, 270. ;11.'-., M'l-ii. Groves, Pliilipp. xiii. 221. Groves. Thomas, xil, 047, OO,"). Qiigsjinc, Major, xiil. .'520. Giiilyek. XI II, l.")4. CJuhieiiijrva. See HillriKji-ii/. Gun. Deaeon ,I«sp. (iyl)l)inks, rf<'rj,'eant. xiii, 31.">. Gylart. . xlll. 7.'i. GysI.eit, Merten, XIII, 2:10. Gvsbertsen, .Vlhert. xlll. 212, 2:i0, 2;10, 2:iH-U, 2,-|l, "2")0. ;il8. Gysbertscn, Pred., xii, 42'.l. Gysberlsen, Gysbert, xlll, 212. Gysbertseii, l.ubbert, xm, 37, H. llaek, Dr., xli, 34:1. llaekeiisaek. xll. :1I2, :ll.'i; xlll, 147, 201, 21)4, !t21, ;l2:i, ;101, :180. .^ee Ar/ihihlir.M,irl,i/. llaikister, ,lohn, xll, 0:18. lladtey. Mass., xm, 1181, .'ill, .V,M-2, .128. Madly', .Joseph, xlll, .174. llailsim, Kev. Warner, xm, ;1H4. Ilaen, Diiek C'ornelissen, xii, 184. Ilaersimons. See A/ni^iiiiiiH. llaesliroiiei|, Abrahani. xm, ftOO. ,10.1. Ilajjell, .Ian, Mil, 271. llairmoon, the, xlll, !t87, .108, .121. llalfwav tlriHiiid. xll I, 4:18. Hall, (ieorfT,., siii. 401, 408, 7, «,,/., 41.1, 41.S, 448, 4.11, 482, 480, 4118, ,100-7, .112. teller to, from Seerelary Nicolls, xi 11,484. Hall. .lohn, xm, .144. Hall. Thomas, xll. 22;i, 220; xm, 10, 21.1, ;104, 420 ,/ s,;/., 444, 440. Halle, Uiehaid. xlll, .147, Ham, Conrad, xill, l.l:t. Hainan, ,lan. XI 1, 1.18, Hamblelon, *lr,, xi 1 1, .121). Ham 1, D. V., Seeretary, xm, 1.10, Ilamel's Neck, xll 1, 2. Hamelton, .Ian, xm, 202. Hauler. Kiehard, xlll, 407 (7 »(vjr., 415. Hamilton, William, xll, ,178. Ilaneoek. Hirbard. xii, .101), 008, 0:1,1. Hand. .Iinian. from I'oland, xll, l.l;t. Hiilidwiek, .Ian, XI I. 4!MI. Haiionw, ,l'.irian. from Poland, xil, 1:17. Hans the Ni rman. xi 1 1, :I40. Hansen, Andries, xlll, 1.13, Hansen, (lertrey, xm. 2:10 Hansen, llarmaii. xi i. 1:1'.. Hansen, I.awrens, xii, 1:17, 100, 10;i. Hansen. Miebi.l xi I. 00. Hanson, .Malys. xll. 211. :tilO, 42.1. llanseson, Hans, xii, 040. Hansjen, Clevn. xll, 411, Hap.'.laeol.. xll I, 178, 21:1, 21.1, 2!10. Hap. .laeoli, widow of, xm, 440, llap, .laeob .lansen, xlll, 82, 114 .1, Hap, William .lansen. xm, 24.1. llarboken. See IliJinkoi. Hareke, William, xi 1 1. .19. Ilardenbrouck. Ailolpli. xm, 2:14. Harder, I'ieler Pielersen. xll, !i81, llardiiif:. Thomas. \i i, (il.1, Harlem. XII, 2,1.1; xlll, 4.10, .118, 5118. Harlem river, xi 1 1, 400. Harmaii, Marcus, xii. MH. Ilarmansen. Krederiik. e.idet, xll, 1114. Harmansen. .Ian, from LemiiK'l, xm. 111. llarmen, Henry, xi l, 020. Harmens Choice. \l I, 020. Harmens. Doune, xm, 2:1:1, 2:14. Harmens. Kvtje. xili. 2.12. llarmeiisen,"Harenl, xm, 221, 210. Ilarmeiisen. Martin, xlll, 240. llarmensin, Pieler. xil, 20. :!?'. 11, 4(1, 180, U71. Harmen.sen, Thomas, xm. Ml. Haruiuns. John. xii. 471 11.1. ;ill2, :I00, 401 Hi , 'J88, ;;(ii, ;io,'>, :iio, :il-J, :!l;i, iu.->, lod, ill, ■11(1, I'Ja, 118, 18 1, ,-)(»;(, ,'j.'i:l t ; XIII, 117. Ii'lti'i'.i from, XII, !l!17, .'i.'i.'i. lIci'iiniuiM, Vx\^\v.\\\ XII. ,'ill, .M7, .MO, .'1811. llroniiiiiw, Kiiliniiin. M l, .'il I. ."i7;!, .'i7.'i 0, .'>H1, .'i8l, ,1.8(1, 51)0, .--.l);!, M'^, 51111, (100, (108, Oll-'J, (110, «;t», 0()M-l». IcItriM from, XI 1. (Mt, (UW. (Klil. IIcilTcr, TlionmM, xii. 017, (Id."). IIcllcKiil, Ml. ;!-i:l; Mil, '^7, lit. HillckiiM, ,la.'ol.. XIII. 10. Holm, Isnu.l, mi, MVi. 171, 100, .Mill, .MO, r>'i'.\ I, Wi~,, Ku, .1.-.0, .idl, .'■i7;;, ."iHd, .'.111, (i:i'J I, d:id, (118. Helm, .liiriiiii, XIII, Id.'p. ^I.'MI. IIcIiihIv, .loscph, XI I, .'"1711. .IH,"., {V.\Tt. I!(lyar("l. .loliii. xi ll, •18!l. Ilcmiiirs, linmill, xi I. '.WW. ll(.ni)H((.|i(l, 1,. 1, (lliiiislodi.), XII. '417; xlll, ill), 370. llvidi'iMon, |.;vir(, (111' Fin, xii, 'lilH, Wt. (Ivor, (lie Kin.) lIciKlrirk, .Vil-.ian, xi il, 'iM. Ili'iidrick, llrrnn:' of Devcnlry, xli, 411(1. Hcndiiik, lliii Uidcr, x.::. """. Il(.ndri(l(, from Uticilil, xlll, 201. Ilcndrirks. Dink, .xlii, l.'i:!, 107, 111. Ilc.ndricks, .loclii'in, Mil, l.'i;). Hendricks, .lolmnnc^, xii, '.\WA, lo:!. HcndriikM, .lolin, Mil, .111, 118. llcndriiks. Ilarmcn. xlll, 10."i, KI'J, '107 <( mi/, lltiidriiks Koloir, Xlll, 111, .'.07. Ilcndrirks, Hyck, xlll, 20(1. llcii.|ricUM..n, lie. rile, xii, 170. Ilendricksi'n, Pirek, xill, 7H, 104 llcndricksen, Kvcrl, xll,l70. Ili.ndriikHcn, (Jccn. xl 1 1, 08. IIcndrickHcn. Ilarnicn, xlll. Il.'i, 'j:iO. llcndricksen, llarnicn, cad(.|, xll, :t8H c< ifiq. lIcndrickHcii, Herman, fnim DcvciiliT, xl I,!I81 ft «v/.,40.'). 17H, .VI 7. II, i:m. 418. 1 8(1. I\!i!, ID'J ;t, 'Jill, Hendr'u'kiirii, .Iricoli, Holdier, xll, !t:i. Ili.ndricksen, ,liin, mm, ;rjt). Iliiidricksen, .Ian, of Miirciis Kil, Ml, 471. llendri.'Uscn, ,liin. from SlriK^khoiiHcn, xll, llciidrickscn. I'lill. Xlll, 'J,'>:l. Ilendricksoii, llernaril, Xll, .''.48. Ilenilrickson, .lolin, xi i, .VI 1, .'ilT, 048; xiil,l llendrickHoii, I'clcr, x( i, (i'JO. Ilcndrix. Ucndrick, xlll, 'JI'J. llcndryik, llarmans, of liiclefcld, ('or|.oriil, l.M,'l.'>4, 1.'.8. liencrics, ,lolin, x 1 1, 470. lli.nricliHcn, liink, xlll, 104, 117, llenricks.ni, Ucndrick, xlll, .Ml. llcnricHcn, Hiiivi.r(, xll, 11)1. Henry, .lolin, Xll, 471, 4lM); xl il, Henry VII, K'litf of Kiifiland, Mil, HcrasmiiN, ,lan xi i, 111.'.. HcrlierlHcii, Andrlcs, XI 1 I, 101), 110, 244. Ili.rl.erlseii, Kll.crl, xlll, Ml.".. Herder, I'clcr I'ielcrsen, XII, ll.'.ll. Hcrmanseii. I'c.d'r, x 1 1, 1)10. Ileniiins, Mar^cH, xlll, 117. llermens, I'ii.(er, x( I, 18(1. Ilcrmscn, Iterenl, xui, ll.'".. 117, 111). Hcrrison.s, I'clcr, xi i, dl.".. Hey, Kran.'ois, xlll, l.'.M. llevmans, .\llici(, xiii, 212, 2:10, 2:10, 24d, :tll, illH, :i.M, 414, 4;ld, 44.'. rV«-/., 448, 4.'(0, 4(10. Ili.yinenscn, .\ll.ert. Sec lioiinr, lleyn, .Ian, xl i, (l.V lliK'«ins, 'I'liomaH, xill. 11.''), 117. HiKldandM, (lie. xlll, 21), 147, IIM, ;ld:l, .lo:!, .VVt. Hill, Nicliola.s, x)ii, (Id. Hill, liicliard, XII, r.8(l, (10.1; xll I, .'..'..'), .V.l). Hill, 'I'hoH, Xll, (Id.V Hill, William, xili, 40(1. jliljcl.ranlscn, I'clcr, xlll, 118, 12d, 212, a',!l, .VI 4. HillyanI, ,lolin, xil, (100-1, (147, MV>, (1(18. Hinks, Madicw.s. Hee ('iiiihiiiminn: llinssendor|), Com., xlll, 202. Ililelicoek.s, .lolin, xlll, 488. Holihcrl (Hiil.liaidi. XIII, :U.'.. Ilolioki'ii (lliirl.okcn, llol.oekaii, IIoliokim-IIiickinK), XII, 1)8; X) I I, I, ;!, 07, 21)!), IK)."). Ilod,!,'cH, Harnard, xll, d.")2, d.")7. Iloiinocll, MareiH, xi 1 1, \Tt\. Hofniaii. .Mardii, xiii, 114, 117. Ili.f; Crick, XII, (110. Ho},'eland(, CorncliH, xiii, l.".4, 11)0. llo)^r|iliome, Corn., xi 1 1, 4i:l. Host's Neck, I,. I. See lltrriliwini liny. II. dies, .1..,, Xlll, 487. llollin]L;w(.r(li, Williiini, xii,:!4:i. Hoi s, Ohadiali, Xlll, :tlld. Ilolsl, lliiieiil, Xlll, :i)id. Ilohleii. liarnard, xi 1 1, 1 M. Holsteii. Malliias. xl 1, (118. lli.K. .li... xlll, 187. Honintili. Dink Cornelissen, xll, 1H4, 187, 208. Hooclileylin^di. ,lan WilleinNiill, XIII, :idd. Hoi.fman, Hans, xll, 470. Hoofnian, Marliii, x 1 1, 404. Hoop'lioom. .Minis, xiii, .l.'M. Hoo^'cnliiir^li. KiiKcl Ciiriieji.s.seii, xii, 1:17. Hoorn. ClacNJc, xlll, :i:tH. Iloorii, Meyndorl .laiiHcii, xil, 412. 407, 4i:i, i r j% 598 Index. '\f.'' nu. 8;!, 170, 114, 175, Hosiick (Hoosick), xiii, 380, .les. Ilopkiiia, Mr., .■iccri'liiry for tliu N. J. town?, xill, 400, 47.-,, 478, .'-,4^. Hopiiiiui, Hans, xi I, VA'i, 135 et mq., ISl, 471, S44, 547, 048. Hopp, JniM)l), XIII, 440. Uorokil (Duiile, Del., Sikoiicmi). .\li, 201. 215, 221, 22il, 2;iri, 2117, 243-;), 2rj4, 27;t-l, 282, 28,'., 2U1, ;!15, 821, :!yi, ;!;t4, ;J44, ;m2, 414, 410, 4:i0, 4.'-.0, 4r.l), 472, 475, 470, 481, 484, 41l«-7, 4!)!»-:)0l, TidH, r.or,- 8, 511, 5!;i, 515-0, 52;t, 524, 5;i7, 542, 544, 545, 640, 550, 551), 501, 502, 571, 570, 578, 585, 587, 588, 58il, 5!)4, 000, 001, 004, 000, 012, 010, 020, 022-3, 0:!l, 01)4, 035, 052, 057, 050, 004, 00!). inagintnitc's at, letter fnim, xli, 034. Hornbeek, Wanlener, xiii, 448. Hornet, KihvunI, xiii, 574. Horton, .Joseph, xlll, 403. Horton, William, xiii, 400, 448 rf MJ. Hoskin, Holf, xii, 040. Ho.skins, Hohcrt, xii, 024. Houghton, William, xiii, 418. Howard, Thoina.'f, xii, 038. Hoyle, .John, xi n, 487. Hoyt, .John, xiii, 480. Hoyt, Mo.xes, xlii, 489. Hubbard, Mr., xill, 404. Hubbert, Kdward, xiii, 574. Hubertson, Arient, xiii, 411, 414. Hubertsoa (Huybert-son), Lambert, xill, 413, Hudde, Andrie.-, xii, 31, 33-4, 41-0, 53, 08, 133, 135 et Heq., 138-0, 158, 100-2, 108, 178, 182, 1112-3, 207, 218, 283, 28b, 28H, 293, 208, 200, 301, 302, 310, 313, 314, 315, 335, 34.5, 352, 3fiO, 371, 383, 380, 388, 391, 430, 432-3, 435, 439. dead, 140; xill, 27. secretary and survevor at the South river, 115. letters from, 33, 3(C 38, 870, 374, 430. Hudson, Henry, xiii, 480. Hudson's river, xiii, 515, 554, 572. traffic on, 503, 534. {Urmite riter.) Hucsted, Uobt., xiii, 488, 574. Huggcns, Thomas, xlii, 188. Hulard, Ward, xiii, 488. Hulkc, John, xii, 049. HuUengreen, Elias, xii, 412. Hul.st, Laurens, xir, 527. Hultcr, Mrs., xii, 10(1. Humphrey.^, Alex., xii, 047,005. Hunt, .John, xiii, 488, .574. Hunt, .Jose])h, xiii, 488, 574. Hunt, Josiali, xili, 488, 574. Hunt, Thomas, sr., xiii, 488, 574. Himt, Tliomas, jr., xiii, 488, 574. Huntington, xiil, 194. Hurley, xi n, 241 (note), 420, 443 H neq., 440, 459, 475, 482, 40.5, .507, 512, 571. boundaries of, xi 1 1, 443 d my. order for the .settling of, xm. 435. HUSS. S(!(.' Illtl/K. Hussev, Frederick, xiil, 411, 414 450." Hutchins, Charles, xii, 402. Hutcliiuson's, xlii, 4(M. Hutchinson, Italph, xii, 524, 525, 01' Hutchinson, Hobert, xii, 021, {SA'i tt neq. Huybcrts, Arian, xili, 212, 440. Huyberts, Marietje, xill, IB.S. Huybertaeu, Lambert, xill, 240, 445, 448, 50 418, 430, 448, 041-2. Huygen, Hendrick, xll, 30, 32, 33, 30, 37, 38, 66, 57, 122 d «v/., 140, 174-5, 188-90, 193, 207, 34», 357-8, 305, 370 it nq., 400, 412, 415, 418, 410, 420, 423, 430, 439. letter from, xi I, 424. Huygen, Maryken. xiii, 213. Huvs (lluysen, Iluss), .Jacob Jnnson, XII, 71 106, 108, 204, 208, 214, 323, 250, 310, 321. Hiiyt, Kandal, xi 1 1, 315. Hysliebou, Jolin, xii, 4U0. I. Immigration, XI I, 120, 103-4, 183, 104, 310, 337, 231, 208, 350, 300, 427, 431, 430, 447, 570, 584-5, 593, 001, 0.5O, 003; xill, 8, lO.S, 130, 103, 105, 808, 437. invited, xlii, 424. encouragement of, xm, 485. Tinlian Allairs, Commission for, continued, xm, 403. Indian brokers, runners and scouts, xil, 200, 334, 434; xm, 72, 17.5, 502. Indian ca.stles, xlil, 380. Indian <'Ustoms. See h'intekoi/. Indian corn plantations, xm, 203. Indian, description of the, country west of EaopuB, xm, 272. Indian lands, licenses to purchase, xm, 305-0. at Esopus, XIII, 553 (/ unj, near Schenectady, xlll, 480. in New Jersey, xlll, 478. deeds for 1, 2, 5, Schodaek, xm, 30. in Westchester Co , xi 1 1, 24, 402. for an island in Hudson's Kiver, xm, 102. Mahicandei's Island near Alliany, xm. 193. in (ireeiie connty. xlll. 397, 481-2, .545, 572. Columbia county, xm, 3!I0, 515, 519, 54.5, 573. I'lsler county, xlll, 500, 533, 553. Putnam county, xm, 554, 572. Saratoga county, xm, 573. Dutchess connty, x III, 500. Staten Island, xill, 455. Indian nuirders and outrages, xll, 193, 197, 837-8, 348, 417,402,477, 4.84, 487-8, ,502, 510; xlll, 11, 10-7, 22, 40, ;.«,/., 77-0, 8'2, 03, 130, 24.5, Indian names, for places in Columbia C. , \iii, 572. in (irecne county, xill, .545. Albany county, xm, 103. lister county, xm, 533. Indian Kiver, xii, 574, 010. Indians, xii, 34, 39, 11.5, 120, 120, 138, 140, 1.50, 101, 180-7, 193, 201, •24'2-3, 247, 252, 254-5, 357, 2(>2, 200,283,290, 292-3,295-0, 308,311, 318, 330 ei • .,■-, 343-4, 355, 808, 370, 409-10, 414, 440, 4i,i, 402 it w,/., 400, 475-7, 403, 50,5, 510, 518-9, 524. 520, 528, 541-0, 553, 550, 570, 585, .501, Oil, 015,023,032-3,045, 0.50, 0.55, 0.58. 000; xlIl, 13, 10, 30, 39-41, 45, 48. 50,00, 77, 180, 227,484. conferences with, xll, 523, 541. attack New-Amsterdam, xll, 98 9. make peace with Slaryland, xii, 357. to be treated b'liiently, xill, 23. treaty of peace with, xm, 147. war among the, xll I, !)0. declared free and not slaves, xm, 537. soliliers ealle, 200, 3(lit, 303-;!, Kis Kightkonk, xm, 30;!. Long Island, xm, 10, 147.380. renew the iieace with the Duteli, xm, nt war with Narragansctls. ib. allies of tho Dutch, xm, 75. Mahingans Tiiruktons, xm. 534, 527. Manias, xll, 31C>, 414, 403. Marnepiiighs, xl 1 1. 284. 880, 295 r.t seq., 33 Mawyk, xm, 530. Miuissinks, Nlinissinghs. Menissings, xl l, ;!00. 315, 4;i8. 440; xm, 107, 230, 270, 380. 2.S1, 380, 204, 324 >t .vy. conferenei! with, 551. MiiKpiaes, Mingoes, xii, 30, ;iO 3. ;U, ;W, 40, 4;1, 40, .55, 57 8, 01, 00-7, 00. 10;t. 30;1, 313, 317 8, ;!31, !!43-4, .'.40, :!57, ;!03, 418-10, 4;iO-l, 434, 4;t8; xm, 05, 100, l;!3, 337, ;i01, n,ssisted l)y the V.nglish of Jbiryhnid, xii,;t-lO. interceile for the Ksiipns Indians, xm, 104. Miiiipiaes. Black, xii, 41il. MiiKimK'S, .Southern, xlll,25. Moliawka, Ma(pias, Maipies, Mauquas, Molioaes, by ^ the French called Iroipiois, xii. 08, ;iO0, 308-9, ;!12, 430. 520, 540, 55:t (1, 573; xm, 1.5, 18, ;t4 .5, 88-0, 03, lOli, 100, 112, 12:i, l;!2-;!, 140, 107, 100 1, 205, 307,340, 2.50, 252, 3.55, 304, 87;i, 275, 378, 383-3, 280, 201, 387, :i00, Maipiaes, ;i, ;i04-5. 375. Indians, tribes — 207-8, ;!03, n08, 310, 330 d leq., 845, MV 375, 378 et ««;., 380-00, 430, 43;t, 427, 439, 440,458, 400, 404-5, 477, 470, 483, 401, 404, 400-7, .500, 501. .507-0, 511, 513, 517, 519-22, 53.5-31, 5;50, 555, 504, 570, 573-;l. t\u'. Dutch endeavor to keep the, fiiriHlly to tlio French and Knglish, xm, 23. invade Canada, x 1 1 1 , 28. renew the covenant with the Dutch, xm, 72. coiifereneo with, at their ensile, xm, 113. nt Fort Orange, x ( 1 1, 108, 133, 224, 470, 528. Mas.sachiis(!tts people call for tho assistunco of, XII I, 511. Massachusetts Bend agents to, xm, 531. plunder n fort in Nova 8colia, xm, 224. cut oil a French fort, xm, 175. in the Xiirragansell country, xm, 517. make war on Canada Indians, xm, 34. make war on Northern Indians, xm, 510. Maryland desires ])eaee with, xl 1 1, 507-8. French influences among the, xIli. 531. names of two castles, xi 1 1, 470. divided into three castles, xm, 534. letter of Uovcrnor of MasHnchusetts to, xm, 51;!. Mohicans, Mohegnns, Mahicanders, xll, 08, 520; XIII, 18, 72, 11;!, 122, 120, 1;12, 101, 1117, 170, 173, 330, 201, 374, 282, 201, 200, 30;i, 308- 10, 3;!0, 345, ;i78, 387, 420, 430, 458, 400, 501, 50;i, 507, 5o0, 530, 533, 545, 578. projin.'.itions by, xlll, 101. intercede for the Ksopns Indians, xm, 108. ])eaic between, and the Mohawks, xm, 440,401. ofNalwctog (Xalvotogg), xm, ;i08, 511. Narragansetts, xil, .54;!; xlll, 403, 511. at war with L. I. Indians, xm, 58. Natick, captured by Mohawks, x III, 520 <■< ofj., 524-0, 530. Nevisinks, Nevisans, xil, 308, 510; x III, 84, 103, lOO, 204, 230, 311, 314, ;!10, 423. of New .Tcr.sey, xilI, 3(>1, 370. of New York, relntions of, with Maryland, xlll, 555. N.athern, xll, .59; xm, 23.5, 207, 300, 40!M, 400, 400, 501-3, 508 0, 525, 538, 555, 505. Northern or Onejagese, Onojakes, or Socjuaehjek, XIII, 208, 355, 389. Sec .•yH/vurliH-t. North River, xm, 17-18. 2.5, 53, 518. Onconnti'hoeks, xlil, 378. Uneidas (Hunhles, Uniadest. xm, 500, 503, 530. eastle of, called Kanadagerea, xm, .503. intend to fall on the Catskil Indians, xm, 610. nnswer of the, to the propositions of the Mary- land agent, xm, 510. nt war with the Sus(piehannas, xm, 510. going to .Maryhuid and Virginia, xm, 557, 500. Onnogonges, Onngongas, xm, 370, 381, 519. See h'linii'Mn. Onondagas, Unedngoes, xili, ;i.55, 500, 510, 558. Paeanitehock. xm. 370 d *v/., 380. of raeomtuck, xlll, ;i08. of I'ajassui'k. xm, 308. I'iscatlaways, xm, 501. Praying, xii>, 520, 525, 528. I'uni|uap<)k. xm, 520. t^uingocs, XIII, 558. .11 ifii.t**! 600 IiuUkc. ll. i f h 'I IniliiiiiM, tribra — liuritous, XI t. 255, 208, :112; xlll, 7, 28, 103, 204, 2:11), ill t. tnulu with, XIII, 2J. fiiriueily Hviiij; ill Wi'Htchi'HtiT t' , i "'■, Rccliowarky, xill, 1122. of Ki'\v('},'iiiioiik, XIII, no;i. HcUL'i'iiM, HiiincciiH, Siimcki's, Siimcinn.-,, \ii, l;ll, 344-0, ;i:i7, ;!(i2. 4()i)-i;!, 4i8 in, 4 mo, 4:t!l, fi4;i, r(5!t-t, 004. XIII, 7,', ;t.'i, 10(1, iiii, t;rj, 240, 250, •,•:).">, 2in, ;ut8, ;i55, aoi, 42a, 4ul, 407, 500, 510, 5;!1, 530, 555. BtrciiHlli "f, XII, 4;iO-l. confcreiu'c witli, xiii, ISt. Miiryliuid (Irsirca lu'iu !■ with, xlll, 507. nttiK'k the 8iisi|ii>'liuiiiias, xiii, 510. of SiiisiiukH, Xlll, 1102, 110;!. 8outhcn\, Xlll, 0"), 100. South liviT, XII, 110, 57-8, l;!5 0, ;):!7, 1144 ft »,,/., 357, :Ui2. 1180, 410, 417, 4;tO, 411.5, 4:18, 572. So«<|iiackickM, \iii, 808, 377, 381. Spanish, xi 1 1, 551. 8tiimf()i>l, ill arms, xill, 400- tOO. Stutc'ii Islaml, XI il, 172, 201, 270, 30,5, 311, 42><. cluiiii not to havu born jHinl for thoir lands, XIII, 153. Susquchftnnocks (.-!iisiiu('hannas1. xii, 1138, 543, 5|il, ;,5:l 1, 55r-M, .500, 572; Mil, tllc olfspiiiif^ of tiic .Miihawks, xlll 401. in confcri'nci' with Oov. Amlios, mii, 41 nttackeil by Onciilas and l:*cut;rii.s, xili, of Tapitaan, x 1 1 1 , 300, 438. Uricius, Xlll, 508, 520. Wainiisi't, Xlll, 520. Wapiiiiigs, Wii|i|MiiKi'ra, Wappinjjocs, or IIi;,'hlaii(l, xi:, 17 s, 17, 104, I4.H, I,50, 282, 280, 200, 20'J, 200, 302, 304, 314, 324, 3:14 H wy., 345, 340, :103 (< seq., 371, 420, 427, 440. the Eii^^UhU of N. E. resolvo to inakn war upon, XIII, 27. nt peace witli tlio Dutch, xili, 107. iutiTcodo for tlu^ Ksopiis Indians, xiii, 172. peace with, renewe-3, :i04-,5, 140, 4t; J, 405. not williii}; to join Kiiijf I'hilipp, xiii, 404. allowed to take refuge un ilanhattau Island, XI 1 1, 404. of Wissatiniewag, xili, 308. Inkhorn, Andrews, xii,048, Inons, Symon, xil, 047, Insten, Jan, xi I, 137. Isaiie, Mr., xl 1, 047. Israel, Isaae, xil, i:!li, 1 17, 147, 450, Ivcr tlieFiu, xii, 425, 488, 557. 10. J. .Tftckson, Christopher, x 1 1 , 580, 005, .laekson, .John, xi I. 524 ; xi 1 1. 480. .laekson, Samuel, xi 1, 051. .fiU'kson, Thomas, xi 1, 4liO, 401. .laeol), Hendriek, xii, 400. .laeob, Mu ten. vii, 130. .Jacob, my Friend, xi 1, 4:10. Jacobs, Arcnt, xiii, 212. 040. Jiieobs, Arian, xii, 180, 181. Jacobs, Henry, xil, 525. 015. .laeobs, Jan, xil, 1 10, 104. Iiieobs, Marcus, xii, 473. 800 Long Pin. I ' ulis, Thomas, xi 1, 400. liKDbsen, Aert, xili, 230,247. Jacobscp, Oerrtrny, xli, 140. •lacobseii, Hans, \ii, 37, 55, 57, .liicobseii. Hendriek, xil, Oil, (148. .lacol.^cn, lleinmn, alias Uamboes, xi 1 1, 70-7, 80, 87. .hicoliscn, .Ian, xi 1 1, 40. Jacobsen, ('apt. .Ian, xil, 121, 120. Jacobsen, Jan, (,'unner, xil. 140. Jacobsen, Jnn, from Ueenen, xill, 20(1. Jacobsen, I'. ■ xi r. 2:1(1, 237, 341, Jac'l 11, ]lii(y;er (\v\\ ScIum nderworl), niafilslratn of l''ort OraiiKC, xlll, 110, 102-11, 210, 1102, 1104, 1127, 348. Jacobsen. Thomas, vii, 532, 5114, 53.5, 02O, 030. .lucobson, Tunis, xi 1 1, 410 (7 »(■, I'.".'. I U'J, 'J 1 « -'J», 337, am, '-'.■ill, jdi, 'Jim, aTti, :iiiii, iit, .no. .TniiHcn, WalnivcM, xli, 'Jll'J. Jiiiisi'ii, WilliMii, XII, OatI; XIII, HI, nil), 10!), llli lit,'!, 'i\\, -i'.W, 'iXA :>. JiiiiHin, Mr., XII, 'iJlt. •Inn: Will HUM, Mil,,') 14. JiiiiizcMi, MiirriiM, Mil, 1.");!. Jiiii/,, llonimii, XII. Kill. .!( I ('lirisli)|ilicT, XI I, flti.1. Ji'Ki., I'ictcr, XI I, 4111, n-J.-., .-illl, (II l-j. Sep aeyn .r.ii . I'.t ir, XIII. ■:i)'j iiiIh, .\nilik's, XIII, 'iW\. l\i. JriikiMS, I'liiiuis, XII, tll'J. Ji'iikliis, Ml-.. XII, 4!lii. .["■niUMKs, .Idliii, XIII, ."); I ilcrw^y Ci'.v, N. .)., xi 1 1, ;>il(l. .IcsHop, Kilwiinl, XI 1 1, 41. > .Ii'HiiilH, xn, i:il, rii;i; XIII, III. 111,4(10. Jews i'Xi'iii|ilc'il fioiii mililiiry mi\ iri', xli, 00. not iilldwcil 111 tiiidr nil 111,. Hoiilli rivur, 118. .Fdiikiiiis, lliiiili'., XI II, till. Jcmiirs, .Ml., XIII, .Ml^. Jciclii'iii, l'it(.r, XI I, It.s, .[iii'lii IMS, .Minini.'iiiM, XIII,. '■Oil. Joilic'iiinoii, li.iriuil, SI I, 'JIO, ~44. ■1(11 liriMHi'M, hirrk. Mil, !1.')4. Jiiiliciiisi 11, Iliiidrii k, xi 1 1, 212, 2;H), 2:10-7, 240-7, 240, Wl, 2.'.o, ;i;io, ;i.-,i-;i, ,10(1-7. Sc.i. .Ii^di , Yoh Jockiiiii. I'l'tir, XI I ."iHO. ■IlM'SIll, .IlllillM, XI I, l."(H. .IiiliiisoM, Allx^rt, X 1 1, 471. JoliiisiiM, .Niidric: 400. ■IdliMsivii, .Vrcnt, XII. (120, (i:!0. (IIH. Jdliii-iin, (;iiiirli..-i, Ml, 470, 0:18. .IiiliMsoii, Corii'liii..), .\||, 022. JiiliMsnn, I)(.rr(-k, VII, (110. •loll. Jol, Join iirri'tl, XII, 44H. Ilciirv, Ml, .1.')."), ."iH'.i, HIT. .Iiicol'., \, I, M'i, M\\ XIII, 448. JiiliiiHoii, Jnlin, Ml, 102, OO.'i, 020. Johns MulliinH, XII, (ItH. Joliiisiiii, I'ltiT, Mil, hV, Joliii.S(Mi, Uolxit, XII, (ir>.">. Johnson, Simon, xii, 4(!li, 471. John.MiMi, ,\Ir., XI 1 1, .Til. John/, Din U, XI ii, 2IH. J.I M I. )14. Jon . Diiiii.!, XII, (147, 0(i.">. Joiu'H, Klu'iu'/ur, Mil, 4mo. Jones, Onluii I. xii, 047, (liiri. J()iU!s, fliirtiili, XII, Ii;i7, 0.'(3, onH, (m.l Jones, lli'iiry, \i i, 524. Jones, Itev. >Iinj,'nii, xili, TiTu, ,"(07-8. Jones, U., XII, ,"i(»."i. Jones, ftohort, xn. 40 , 4112. Jones. Mr,, Ml, 477, (117; xiii, 40(1. Jon|,'h, Jiieol), XII, !!.'!."), :!.")(1, liilO, ;t08. Joorson, olv, xi .'iSH. 7« JoosllMI, IlftPS, XII, rtIO, Joo'ten, Jiieoli, Xlii, 10.1, 200. .loosten, Jim, XI 1 1, 2411, 210, 4()H, 401, iU, 44.1, 147-8, .144. Joris, ,luii. Mil, 1.10, Joiirniils of Kir. HluyvcBant'it vlsitH to tliii Km)|nin, xill, 81, |H2. Joiirniil of 11 VdViiKe to tlm Nove iii^jlm, xi 1 1, Oil. •loiiriml of ilii. i-'so|iiis war, xlli, !0. loiirniil of till. iii(.sseiijt castle of llio Moliuwks, xill, 113, 470. Ki.liiikasiiik kil, xill, 50,1. Kalniiiksiii creek, xiil,4(l(). Kaik, IMeler, xi I, 21 1. Kakaiikonk, xi l, 00, 00. K!iMailii^,'iira, (liieiila eiisde, XIII, 502. KaiiiiKaro. heeoncl .Mohawk iiiHlle, XI 1 1, 470. Kaiiieliko. xi 1 1, :IH0. Karstensen, Jail, xiil, M4. Ka.stiii, Wolfpiiiff, XIII, 1.14. KecliUawes kil (Maliarnes rivir), xili, 24. Keen iKyiil, Jiuian, XII, 42.1, 400, 048. Keeiie, Jonas, xi i, W.'l. Keesienweyshook, near .Mliaiiy, XIII, !tOO, 1100. Keesjt!way< kil, xi 1 1, 510. Keelel, .Icreiiiiali, XIII, -114. Keetel, Jiii hein, XIII, 088. Kelv. Miles (I., xill, 488. Keiiil.ill, Thoiiias, XI I, Ol.'i. Keliilall, ^VillialM, Mil, 5:|(). Keiisiy, .lolin, XI I, 0!!5. Ki lit loiintv. Mil.. XII, 250. Kent, Slepfinii, XIII, 40(1. Kersleiisen, Kerst, XIII, 212. K( skoskiek, XIII, 5. Kessen, Charles, xii, 1120. Kelt, John, XII, 01,8. Kevser, .\., Coniniissarv, xii, 42, 04. ICeVser, Dink, MI, Olli ; xill, .144. Kirlitawaii;,'ll (Sleeiw Hollow), XIII, 14, 17-fl, 270, 209, ;!(il, :',o:;, ooi, ;)7.i* :isii. Kiefl, Williiiin, Diredorof N. N., xii, 28, 02, 40, 48, ,12; XIII, ;i, 1, 0, 12, 14, 1.1, 17-2;), !)8, 84, 10.1, 200. KiiTsled, Hans, xi 1 1, 202. Kieisted, ^;n, 280 t, 014. KindiTliook, xiii, ;I88, ;jllO. Kinderliook kil, xi 1 1, 145. Kiiniu'iiariones, llalllelield of. Mil, 40.1. Kiuy JullU, .XII, 541, 572, 580. s m Ji: r \ fl09 Jn(Jew. Kin^ PliHi|i|)'!i war, xiii, 'in!l-4. I,n Monfnifiip, Tlaolud do, xiii, 371, 3811. Kiiig^tiiii, XIII, 4(11, 4.">1, 4.I1I, 4f>H, 471), 4Na, n03, n:t:i. La .MoiiliiKiic, William de, wiiufury ut KiugMtou, xill, liiul out, XIII, N."(. 41)1, 151, .500-7, .5;i;i, ,5111). Esopiis, sii ciilUil, XIII, 4;ia. Land, ICdinniid, xi 1 1, 547. town of, IxiiimliiriCM of, xiil, 4411 ('«™. citlluit Swiiiiuuliiirgli, XIII, 47S, Hw. Kmjiihm; Land, Saniml, xil, 58U. wm- Lansing, (ierritt, xlll, 573. wyi'k. I.ansing, llendrick, xm, 470. KiiHcsHiii;^ (Upluml, I'll.), XII, •.•!», llil, nil, :mo, 411, I.ansingli, I'etir, xi 1 1, 571. 4;w, 048. I.a I'rairie, Mr., xm, 407, 000. Kiiilcikoy, XII, 4«.l, riS4; xm, Wr., 3mi, ll:ll, ;!73 I.rupiirc. Jan. xi 1 1, 15;i. Kill. Hnicliick, \i i, I'.'o, 1 (it, l.">o, ;ii):i, :wi. ;nM ii, ; 75-7. l.ardt. .Mr,, xll, 01. Kip, llindr., jr., liHl e/ «../., auU<« «../., iKi, 417. I.aurins, I'aiil, XI 1 1, 1.54, Kip, .liicoli, \i 1, I'iO. l.Murcns, I'ller, XII. I.'IO, 183. Kip, .Iiicol) Ilcmlrickaen, xil, M, 54, 71. Lanrciis, TlioiiiiiH, liakir in Pearl St., N. Y., XIII, Kip, .Mr, XII, JlilH, 440. 41)5. KipsliiiviMi, John, XII, 523, 5.HS-II, mi;l-4, O'J'2, 037, LaiirenHon, Hcndrick, xm, 154. (1;IU.-|, (WH, (LTJ, 0,'V4. Laiirensen, Laurens, xil, 27. Ki|isliiivc'ii, Joliii, jr., XII, 020, Lauter, C'lispar. xi 1 1, 15y. Kip's I.sland, xi I, (01. Lauwerts, Pii'tir, alias Leertoiiwcr, xil, 1117. Kiikc, Jolin, xii, .'iHO, 00.1. I.awcs, Uiehard, xm, 208, 210. Kliicsscii, I'ictcr, XII, IJllll. (.awieiiee, Jolin, Xll, 5;tU-7, 610. Kliti'soii, Willcm, XII, K'i. I.awreiiee, Williain. xll I, 421. Kliiijjli, Mocn.^, XI I, 'AT. Lawrence, Mr., xll, 535; xiil, 48a, 480. KiiiipKoii, ('., XI I, 0:i3. LawreiiMii, ArenI, xill, 271, it8i). Kiiiiptoii, Mr., XIII, 41)1. I.awr.son, .Marcus, x! 1, 470. Kiii'iiwlfis, Jan, xil, !t4','. I.awrson, Paulus, xii, 170. Knyf, Ciiptiiin, xi 1 1, 407. I.awry, Oawan ((iarviin, xll, 571); xiil, 487. Kook, .Inn Gilliscn, xiii, 74. Sec Cwl-. I.awsa, Neals, xii, 171. 1110, 048. Kock, I'i.'UT, XII, 313. ;,.•>«, 440, 47"i. Sec (",»■/!■. Lawson, Heiirick, xii, 018. KocrciiH, I'iitcr. xii, itH,5. I.awsoM, Pauliis. xii, 048. Kooko, ()11(>, XM, 0|M. I.clilein, Jo,innis, xlll, 202, 213. Koomcnakimokomk f>liiml, xii, 401, I.cck, Win , XIII, 487. Krom, Gilhrrt, xiil,S44, L<'i', Francis, xi 1 1, 547. KiyffiT. Hfi! Cmjirr. I.eeni, Simon, xll. 124, 183. Kiiiist, Jail linrciitf, xm, 440. Lcendertsin. JacoL, xm, 2;ti). Kiiypcr, Oorril Jaiisin, xiii. Hi), 100. I.ceiidertsen, .Sander, xil, 102, 181, 183; xlll, 100, 123. KuviLT, Joc'liem I'itfim^ii, one of llic Kijflit Men, xiii. See tllin. 10, 41), 71. I.eendertsen, Paiiliis. 8co Van dir (Iritt, Kytkftuii, Viigiuiu, xm, 140. I.eele, Williiim, (joveriiorof Connecticut, letter to, xill, 518. I.efclire, Andries. xlll, 500. 1.. LelVhre, Simeon, xlll. 507. Labatip, .Tcnn, xi 1 1, I."). LigL', William, xi 1 1, 544. Im Chairu (La Cc:ro, La Sliicro), Franci.t, xm, 414 44.5, Leggiitl. Oabriel, xm, 574. 441). I.emmcs, llendrirkseii, xll, 5;10. Lanliair, Solomon, notary piiMir, \ii, I'JO; xm. 211. Le .Maine, Claude, \m, 200. Laers, Doniiii" (Lacrsm, Caroliw l.inircnliiisi, \ii, 1 50. I.e Moine, Simon, Jesuit father, xm, 114. :!07, iri.-i, :l.')7-0l), :!00-M, 4:!:i, 110, 470 1, .VJil, 048. Le .Mini, .Moii>r. xm, 4i)l). LaiTneii, Olli', xii. 41)1. I.evirett, (iovirnnr of Biwtoii, letter from, to the Mo- Laiirscn, Nils, xii, ].")0. 108, 173. hawk siiehems, .xm, 51;J; iiieulioucd, 53a. Lacrscn, Paul, xii, 470-1, 401. Levey, (iaiiriel, xi i, 017. La (iraii(jfe, Arnohliis (jr. xll. Ol,-*. Levick, Kichard, xii, 0:18. La Grange, J. dc, xll, :!!ll, IMIO, 403 tt ««./., 4()."i, 411, Li'ttin, .Mr., xm, 5:!8. art, 410, 419, 4.'(). 433, 434. Lewis, the Frenchman, xil I, 115. Iittrr from, xll, ;!1»0. Lewis, Thomas, xil, 488, 500. La (irangc, Joo>t 0, 101, 1 13 :l. Little Creek, xi i, 578, 052. 210, 231, 244, 3."i:i, 2.")"), 3.")8, 301, 20.5, 282-11, 2!)2, Little Cupper's Island, xiii, 102. 2!)!), ;)()4, ;i()7, ;!:i(». :!5.5, ;t78, !t8;i. Lillle Plain, S, I,, xill, 547. % letters from, xm, 8!», 11.5, 13;i. i:!l, 13;i, 175 I.ittlelon, South, XIII, 5:i0. letters to, xm, 117, i;!5, M;{, 101. I.ilsehoe, Daniel, xi 1, 77, 108. Index, 608 LiviiiftHtDii, itoiiiTt. Mil, int. :>io, M\ mo, na:), n'iH. M\ i, .i-io. :>vi. IiiviiiffNtiiii Mitniir, XIII, Ti'-i. M«.v\X. I.diK k-i, liicliard, xi I, (1(11. Ldiirenseii, .Viidries, Serf;t., xll, 207, 1101, IIOO, Hid, llll ; xm, HI) 7. H!). Ill, llll, Idll, I 1(1, nil, I.diireii.ien, l.dnl•(•n^^, xlll, 77, 7H, 177. Louieuseii, IVter, xn, 11.1, 17n-MI, Itail, Utll, llll.l, 401, 4ia, 41H; Xlll, ;ii4, I.duwreiis. Areiit, xiii, SllH, :i(10. I.dve, Tiiiidiliv, xll. .144. Lovolacc, Duiiliv, xiii, 401, 4411 ,/ nc./,, 447, 455, 402, 4(1(1. Ldvelnci', Kranci-i, Ooveriidi', xii, 4(12. 4(17, 4115, 50:1. 505, 511. 517. 52(1, 5;|H, .100, ,1ill, 5ii;l, 57:!; xlll, 4111 ct ,«//.. 422, I2;i, lan, 445, 4.15 ./ /(cr/., 4Hl, .141 2, .147. letters from. xll. 40«, 47:1, 47(1, 477, 4H5, 488,500, ,10:1, (llll, (117, (IIH, (IIS; Mil, 422-1, 420-7, 41111 42, 401, 4(;(i. LdVilaee. Tlidiiiiii, xil,48(l; xlll, 450. r,dveiiil},'e, William, sr,, xlll, 572. I,illil)eiseM, CdlMelis, xlll, 271. I.lllilieiseii, 'I'yes, xlll, 2:111. I.llblieiN, Kred, XI 1, 15:1. I.illilxTlsen, (iyslien, xlll, 117. Liibheitseii, .Ian, seliddlinaster, xlll, 1)7, 3ii;!— I, H(!0, Luliy, .laeoli, mm, liUO. Liicii'j. .Idliii, Xll, (124. Lucas, .Niclidlas, xll. 571). Lucas, Udlieit, Xll, 024, 0511. Lueasscn, Kveit. xm, li.'^H, \\m. Liicassen, I'etcr, xl I, 4211, 4:!«. Ludckeiis David, suifiiiin, xii, 201, 205. Luinlcy, Kdward, xli, 050. I.ute, Sauuiel, xi I, 5(18. Luteii, Walraven, xm, 200. Luter, Ciuspur, xll, !58:), »8«. Liitlieniiis, Xll, 4112, 4711, 4ll4. 513, 521); Xlll, 884. I.uyeasscn, .Viidrics, Hki|i|icr. xil, 44, 55. Liiyck, .\('Ki'Uus, Diiiiiine, xil, !IU3, UUll, lAlTerliiKli, .Mr., xn, 4110. Macliawnnierk. Indinn iiiinin for Bocrcn iKlnnd, xlll, 898, .Mllersl II. Niels, Ml, 42(1. Ma^aat Itiiiiiis, Indliiii iii me for tliv Lonx Heach on Hudsdii's river. Mil, 50(1. .MiiKdalcii i.sland, xlll, 21, 1134, 5U0. Ma^owasin^inck kil, xii 1,503. MiiKiiiicoK, Xlll, 521, 528, .Miiliimics river, ('diin., xil I, 24. Miiliieiinder's (I.imi;;) Island, near Allmny, xiii, 108. .Mailes, (iedii;c, xlll, 544. Maine, Xlll, ;!55, Makecy, Daniel, xi I, 555. .Malldck, Krick, xii, 544, 5,13, 030. .Mallsdii, Sander, xll, 0110, (140. Malster, Win., mi, 008, 010, (1,10. Miunakiitiii^', xill, lllO (iidte). .Mainariaiidk, Indian sacliein, xlll, 17. Maniiininock. Weslcliestcr I'd., xlll, 403, 431. .Miinidrinaek river, xill, 40:1. Man, Alindiain, xil, 0(10, 034. Man, Kdward, xil, 544. Man, Mr., xii, OOll. ManneUe. .Ian, xm, 573. Maninjt, Uoliort, xm, 488. Manitdii (Mancltoi, xii, 1)15, 48.1. .Manniiat, (ierril, xm. 200. Manriinir. .Iidin, xm. HOII, 438, 4.10, 473. Mansa, Ilanse, xi I, 048. .Manslaiist, I'ieter, Xll, 521). Mantaes Ilodk, xl I, 1170. Mara, Isaac, xii, 158, 100, 103. Marblelown, Xlll, 430, 420, 447, 457, 400 H nrq., 47B. 4.H2, 405, 512, 5;)4. so called, Xlll. 4H0. boundaries of, xi 1 1, 448 H teq. alldtineiit (if land at, xil I, 440. briilfxc at, xill. 451. Sec Sew DtTp. MiirecUis, Ilciidriek. xm, 74. Maich, IIiikIi, xm, 400. Marcliand, Black, XIII, 67. Marcus, .Idlianncs, xii, 45, 40, 40. .Marf,Mn, Iiiivid, xi I, 005. Markliani, Win., Gdv. of Penn., xm, 003, 667-8. Marius, I'ieter .liicdlisen, xm,20;). Marldc, (irefTdiy, xii, 570, .584. .Mur(|Uesse Iloiik, xll, (148. .Maniuesse kil, XI I, 048. Mairia;rcs, xn. l;!7, 140, 15:!-4, 150,800, 513,500,024, Marriott, W'lii., xi i, 544. Marsepain. Marscpintjb, L. I., xlll, .18, 147. Marsli, Paul, Capt., xii, 572, 588-0, 507. Marshall, .lolin, xii, 401. Marlins, (Jcornc, xil, 005. Marlensen, ("ornelis, xil, 120, 875. Marlenscn, llcndrick. xm. 80, 105, 203, 230 246. 41S. Marlensen. Peter, xiii, 212. .Marthyn, Hobcrt, xii, 140, 143. Martinon, Francis, xiii, 5(17 e? neq. Martinson, .loliii. xi i, 040. .Martinsdii, Martin, xii, 047, Marlins Vineyard, xil, 050; Xlll, 528. Martyn, Capt., xii, 147. ^ 604 Index, Mrtrylnml, xll, 05, 217-r>0, SoS, 251, OnS-O, 201, 205, •20H, 27H, 280, 2XH, 2114, 2!tr, 21l'.t, ;;01. ;105-0, ;i08, 310, :!21, 324, 331, 333, 3;!(!, 313-(i, 355-tl, 3.-.8 -il, 300, 303, 375, 38!l, 414, 410, 41!t, 422, 427, 435-0 431), 440, 448, 450, 457, 404, 47!l, 480, 481, 4!13. 494, 4117-8, 500, 501. 503, 508, 510-1, 513, 542. 543, 553, 557, 558, 500, 504, 571, 570, 577, 583, 598, 000, 000, 012, 023, 025. 020, 020, 039, 042, 053, 057, 003; xll?, 110, 150,497, 307, 555, 557. nj^ents ,)f, at AHniiiy, xi 1 1. 557. letter;) from, xi 1 1, 557. U'tters to, XIII, 500, 502. j^ovornor of. Mil, 530. lottiT to. from (Jov. .ViidroH, xill, 4.S1. Miirytii's Hook, xil, 412, 547. MasHiicluisettM, XI I, 52, 09, 543; xiii, 120 »., Ili3, 493, 501, 524. ngcnta of, on ii mission to tin; Jlolmwlvs, xiii, 521 V.t UK/. Miissun, Ili'ndritk, xii, 048. Mii,s|."niickcrs Hook, xil, 38, 44, 45 Mat;!-:" .\ lulrics, XII, 491. M.itai .Ji Falls, xili. 545. Mathews, .Tiiinos, xii, 570, Matliews, Samuel, Uovernorof VirffJiiia, xi i, 201 ; xi 1 1, 140. Mathews, Thomas, xill, 409, 418, 440, 448, 451, 544. Matliiason, Neets, xii, 018. Matliiason, Peter, Xll, 555. Mathiassen, .Mathias, xii. 042. Mathie.s, Sanuii4, xiii 194, 195. M!>tinnr., xii, 524, 527; xlll, 403, 564. Milteii, HoiMTt, Xll, 005. Milieu. Thomas, xii, 005. .Mitten, William, MI ,005. Moelij;ey( hki>nk, xm, 48, 07. .Moeiiisscn ( ,M..tiseiii, Hans, xil, 812. 491, 58((. .\Ioers. Williiim Martensen, .\iii, 77-81, 90. .\loesnian, .\renl, xi 1 1. 348. .\IoL,'i,'onerk llii', xm, 500. Mohawk l{iver, xm, 15, 514, 533. .Mol, I'ieter Cornelissen, Xll, 184. .Mol, Ueycr l.ammerseii, xii, 179, 180. Molenaer, Peter .laeolisen, XIII, 230. .Miilesline i.Mai'lslevn), Alexaiiiha-, XII, 511. 523, 545, 5;2, 574. 5S0-!l, 597, 004-5, 027, 034-5, 03H, 053. .Molcsiyne, Henrv, xi i, 020. Moll, .fohn, XI I, "530. 531, ,532, 539-40, 544, 545, 558, 559, 500, 503, 570, 589, 599, 000, 020, 034, 030, 009. letter from, xil, 042. Mollart, . .Ml, 414. Moiisen. Curel, xii, 471. Monla^nie. See A<( MvnUtgm. :i,M .] Index. 606 Monussiiifr (Wcatdipsfpr Co.), xm, 4(10. Motir, Mr., xi i, (iH, 'JS(i. Mo. Moi(j;aii, John, xil, 541, (1,-)1; xm, TilH. Moiitiu.s Cioi'k, x 1 1 , .547. Mcirri.'i, Mr, xi 1 1, ,'")42. Morris, Willinm, xii, 107. Mott, .Iiicoli, XI I, (147. MotI, .Iiiiius, XI I, (!47. MoiiMcl, (.'liiiton, xm, 450. Moi ' rciistii, Martin, xi 1 1, a:il. Moy vmsy, xi i, (148. MM(i .1', a Kfiiiii nicasuro, xii, 173. Mud Ivil, XI I, 51 1. Miillicrry Swainj), xii, CIS. M\il(ii(x, Thomas, xm, 488. Mulk. Ericiv', xi i, 58(1. Mulliiii'x, 'rimnias, xm, 574. Muiiiiiik, Kvcil Willcin. xm, ;!4H. Miinlirltil, Dilawarc, xii, 408, (151. Miirdicls, l{(ihi'rt, xii, 580. Mutiny at tlic Ksopns, xm, 400. Mynaclikuu Kil, xm, 545. N. Nnaniaiis Crc('l<, xii, 547. Nanoscok I.shind, xm, 102. Narin),'l()ii, xm, ;i80. NarowalkonKli, N. ,1., xm, ai(l. Narraf,MnscH Country, xm, 517. Narrati<(m Kil, xi I, (11, ;!7;!. Nasshaway (Nashua, N. II. i, xm, 511. Natick, H. I., xm, 514, 5'JI. Nauirk (Navci'ck, Xcvi<:k, Xvack) (on I,. \^ 147, ','(il, ;i'.'i, ;i75, ;i!i2, " ' N'ayior, Kdwaril, xm, •i-ll. Ncajrcrs lloiisr, xm, •J'.J5, 220. Ncalr, Francis, xil, 544. Ncalc, ,las., ('.ipt., xll, ;!20, 1124. Ncalson, lli'ndrick, xll, 470. Ncalson, Malliias, xi i, 470. Nealson, Nc-ils, xi ., 4 70. Ncckcn, Sli'plwn, xl 1 1, 4 I. Ni'dcrliorsl, I.nnl of xi i N'l'cdhani. Koliirl, xm, ;!08, 4i)0, Km, .jn. Nci'IsL'ii, .Iiinas, xil, 588. Nci'yi'ck K'l, XI i, 40. Ncifsdon, I'clir, xi i, (148. Ni'ilson, Iliiidiick, xll, 048. Ncilson, .lona^, xi !, (148. Ntiisori, Malliias, xi i, (148. N<'ilson, Ni'ils. xii, 474, 048. Noilson, ollc. Xll, (148. Ncliscn, Mans, xm, 1(1. Nelson, .lolin, xl 1 1, 574. Ni'uinaii, 'I'honias, x iii, (i(t. Neils, .lacol) Adriacnscn. xm, fl:l ,-l hm. Ni'iiti'ii Hook, xm. ;i88. Ncvisinks, N.iviciiix, xii, 1155, 452 40:1 5 •JO, 111 :!, M4, 100, :ti2, :ii4, ;!22, !(5(!, ;t,i8 184. ;!5, (10, l:ll; XIII, 20. See V,i, ;fll8, 477 Ncvisinks 471. Ni'visiiifjhs Kil, xm, ;tl(l Ncvill (Nuwill), JuiUL's, XII 20 ; ail5. XI II, ;iit5. pat. 'lit for, liy Col. Nirolls. niaclc void. 502, 008, 010, «;)5 Nevill, .Tnmoa, letter frnni, xii, 050. Neviu.s, .rolmniics, cx-Aldcrinan, \m, 4t. .New-.\lliany, xm, 500, 571. Xt'wAmstel, xii, i;i2, 175, 180, 107, aoi, 210 220 ft »«/.,2;i2, 354, 255, 258, 201 2(l;i, 200, 272 201 203 3Ua, 205, 208, liOl, UOli, ;i()4, 1105, 1107, :(14, ;)15,' ;!l(t' iilO, S22, :i25, 1(20, ;!!i5, iiltO, :!40, ;!4:i, :i5!, ;i54 :!55' 1158, ;!(l;i, ;i(!8. ;!74, !!87, ;t82 n m/., ;!87, !i88, H80, y«2' 307, 408, 410 et >.,/.. 417, 410, 422, 424, 427, 4;fO 4:11' 4;U, 4110, 4;17, 4;)0, 440, 447, 418, 451, 453, 454,' Oil', .Nrwark, N. .T. Soc Kcir UWi: .Nowhcrry, xi 1 1, 400. Xfw-Castlc, Xll, 178 et wy., 4(12,404, 471-4, 477, 480 481 elm/., 484, 487, 404. incorpoialiMl, xii, 40(1, 500, 501, 5011 51,'i ,'^15 51(1 521, 522, 52:1, 52(1, 520, ,5:10, 5;!3, 5;i:!,'5;!4,' 5;!8! 042, 544, 545, 55:1, 554, 550, 500, 5111, 502, 5«;i 50(1, 585, 580, 5011, 504, 508, 001, (108 (100 Olo' oi;i, 018, 021, oaa, «a4, oiio, 015, 010, o5o' 000' 000, (1(10. . . , , New Dorp, or Villaijcsut the Esopiis, xm, 210 231-2 34(1, 250, 350, ;!82, 417, 428, 442. See Uiirh',/, M.ir- Miioini . Xew Knf,rlaiid, XII, 278, ;!04 5, ;!5«, 417, 54:!: xm (10, 71!, 1(12, 205, 240,4,58, ,52 1, < aei/. New GoltenlMii-jr, xil, ISli, , ailed Kutteiil.ur.di Island l;!2. . " ' .New Harlem, xm, 134,243, 283, 200, HOH, 431 Sec lliir/aii. New Haven, xii, 52, 00, S2«; xm, 21, 304. .New Hooveii (New Kami), xii, ;i7. New Jersey, x 1 1, 484. 545. 550, 5(l:i. 505, 508, 570. 584-5 504, (110, (11 1, (l;!5, (140; xm, 405, 400, 472, 070. Col. Nirolls' paleiil in, xm, 480. (■■Mirls of sessions in, .xiii, 545. elaiins a iiort of entry, xm,508. election of lelcfrates'in. xm, 541. title to, xm, 5:10 42, CM it s,',j. concessions lo, xi 1 1, 540. Dept Ciov. of, siiinmoiied before tlu^ N. Y. Couii- <'il, .544. New l.eydrtlmni|)ton, Mass.. xiii, 511, 514. North river, Swei'.isli (tesii;ns on the, xll, 372. Norwieh, t'onn., xiii, 517. Norwood, Andrew, surveyor, xiii, 400, 518. Notenlsland, xiii, 50. Nova t^eotia, xil, 455; xill, 224, 240, 200. Nut's Island, xii, 98. 0. Onkly, Widow, xlll, 574. Ohlies, Emnie, xil. 237. Oelsen, Olti', XI.. 170. Ojlden, J.phii, XIII, 47;!. sherill for the N. .1. towns, 475. letter to, 477. Ofjden, .lohn. sr., xiii, 105. Ofrle, John. \n, 531^2. 534-5, 537-0, 513. 013. Old Swedes Chiireh, l'hiladel[(hia, xli, 105, 520. Oleson, Las, xl I, 470. Olferts, Ilev, xlli, 245. Olive (Olave). Thomas, xil. 570, 01,5, 035. Oliver, Sainl., xi 1 1, 408 ,t .■«5. Oryon, Wm., xil, 525, 580. Osliourne, Wiii., xi i, 470, 510, 534. Csbiirne, Rieh'd, xill, 488, 574. Osenbrngge, xili, 75. Ostenengli, xlll, 75. Osterliont, .folui, xi 1 1, 451, Otskondaraegoo kil. xill, 573. Otten, ,lohn,' xii, 580. 005. Otto, Krnestus, xil, 018. Otto, Oerritt, xii, 558, 559, 560, 564, E80, 51)9, 008, 034, 048. Otto, Herman, xi i, 048. Onthoiit, Foppe .lansen, xii, 03, 318, 321, 33,5, 343, 368, 375 cl siq., 381 ,/ .viv/., ;!87, 301, 300, 401, 502, 53!), 558-00, 504, 580, 502, 500, 008, 010, 034, «40. Ovster Hay, xi 1 1, ;!15. O'/.bun, David, .xili, 489. P. I'aaiiw, Mirhiel, xiil, 1, 2, 4. Paelionahelliek, Inilian nami' for ^laliieanders or Long Island, XIII, 10!. Pack, K , XII, 050, 005. Pacanitekock, Indian eastle, xil I, 380. Page, Abraham, xi 1 1, 7. Paghahaeking, XII, 37. Paham's I.ainl, xi i, 98. Pakaseek, a tract in I'lster county, xil I, 538. Paling, Simon, xii, 580. Pnlmer, ,1o!mi, xiii, 488, 574. Palmer, .losinih, XIII, 488, 574. Palmer, Samiiil, xill, 488, 574. I'alnicr. Thomas. XI I, 015. Palmer, Mr., xili, 538. Panton, liichard, Cap.ain, xlll, 07. See Povliin. Pa])egaav, .Vrmgard, daughter of (Jov. I'rints, xil, 130, 400, 5('i0, 018, 018, See /'n'lilK, Arm. I'apegaay, .lohn, xil, 37, 121, 120, 102. Papii'Inimon (Spuyten Duyvel), xlll, 441. Parde Hook (Dcla'ware river), xil, 488, 049. Pardon, Mr., xi i, 480. Parraget, I.onis, xi 1 1, 80. Parriite, Mr., xil, 503. Parton, .lohn, xl 1 1, 544. Pasaipiesing, XI i, 500 Paskaecg kil, xlll, 483. Passayonk, xll, 30, 101, 300, ;!02, lilO, 312, 334, 330, 3.50", 418, 450, ,500, 52(1, 048. Pastoor, Franz .lacobs, xill, 102. Patents for land on the Delaware river, xll, 10-7, 124, 177 83, Kil, 40:l. 404, 51:, 527, 5:i7, 543, ,507, 572-4, 580, 005, 010 7, 020, 031, 035 (1. 051, 003. Patents for land on Hudson's river, xiii, 21, 23, 340, 300, 390. Patents for land in New .lersey, xlll, 30-38. Patterson, Hans, xil,4ttO. Pattoxent, Md., xii, 301, 310. Paugasset river, Coim., xiii, i;I. Paulsen, .Ian, xl I. 471. PauNen, Olle, Ml, 030, 030. Paulsen (Pauleiihon), Paulus. xlll. 154. 202, 41.3, 448, 544. Paulus Hook (PouweU Hook), N. .1., xiil, 3, 35, 44. Indi ■t'X. 607 Mil 1, ir.ti, (II. lit',', I'.m, !it^>, Paulus, PcUt, XI r, 238. Piiuwolsoii, Moms, xii, r>30. Piivoiiiii. js. .1., XII, iiH; ,\iii, n, 10-1, ;);. Piiwiiclitu, liuliim imnu' foi' a triu't in flslcr louiilv. XII I, T)!!;). PftwliiifT, Hciuy, XIII, 401, 410 it .■«<;., 41.">, IIS, IJO, 431), 43(1, 43H, 433 << «U. See Jhuwl: Peaclioll, William, xii, (U."). Peacock, IJoljcit, xiii, 4 IS, 44H rt .■.,7. Peals, Francis, xiii. 4HH. Poaly, Uicliaril, xiii, 030, 038. Pe(,k, .lames, .\i 1, .580. Pcdy, .laim^s, xi 1, OO."). Peeck, Jai'olms, xiii, .Tlr), .'i73. Peorsen, .Ian, xiii, ;;34, ;i4H, ;i,51. Pccrsun, I'ouweU, xii, 431i. Peirst! (Pierce), Josliiia, xl 1 1, 400. Pell, Tlmmas, xiii, ;ilil, 40;t, 4!tr.. ivttc'inpts It sctllement in Westcliistcr county ami i warne, 0;t.-). I'eiui, William, xi l, ,')7'J, 008, 001!, Oil I'ennoyer, Robert, xiii, 13. Pennsylvania, xll, 003, 000, 008. Penobscott fort, xin, 33."i. attack on, by llic Molmwks, xiii, 330 Penton, William, xii, 008, OKI, o;i.-). Peree, Jan, xi 1 1, ll;(. Peri,'eii3, .hu'ob, Director of W 159. Periiatry, Kobert, xii, OO.*). I'ernon, I'cter, xi i, 4113. Perrot, Kicliaid, letter from Perry, I'ctcr, xl I, 514. Peter, the I'lvMiinji;, xiii, 'M'>, ;)81i. Peter, tlw^ Miller, xll I, 313. Peters, ,Iaii, xl i, ;i40. Petersen, Aiidries, xill, 5i;. Cliaile.s, XII, 543. Chu's, XII, 111. XIII, 414, 544. 543, 048. 170. 000. I. Co., XI I, 334; xii 1, XII. 108. Petersen, Petersen, Petersen, Peter.sen, Petersen, Kreileiick, Hans, XI I .lolin, xll, Petersen, l.ncas, xi 1, 100. Peterson, Matliias, xii, 040. Peterson, Peter, xii, 511, 540, 551, 030; xill, 544. Peterson, Samnel, XII, 107, 470, 0|8. I'ew, Francis, xl 1 1, 518. Philipsc, Freil, xii, .540, .543; xiii, 80, 313, 3,53, 300 401, l!i;l, 405, .5I»I, 530, 510, 551, Pliilipps, Oisebert, xill, 115, 117. ( I'lii. \'ill/iiii/.iiii.) Pbilipps, Mr,, XI i, 503. Ihillips, Tlioms, xii 511, 050. I'ia, Pierre, Cadet, xi 1 1, II, I'ickaer, a Kreneliman, xii, 433. Picket, .Ian, xl l, 310. Picolet, .Ian, xii, 141 . Post, Adriiui, Capt., xi 1 1, 44, 48, 48, 00, 74, 200, 233-5, 208, 204. letter to, x m , 4."). Po,,ockii, N. J., XIII, 310. Poiilson, Andres, xii, 013. Poulson, MoiiM., XII, 048. Poulson, Piuihis, XII, 401, 048. Poul.Htoii, Wollev. XII, 400, 401. Pound, .lolm. xiii, 418, 448, 450. Pouwels, .Vbriiliiini, xil, 303. Poiiwels, .lolin, xli, 400. Powel, Tho-;., xiii, 38b. Powel, Walter, xii, 005. Powell, Corporal, xiii, .195. Powell, Robert, xl 1,015. Powson (Paul-ioMi, Moii.-i., xil, 469, 470. Prang, xi 1 1, l-)4. Prentice, Win., xii, .'iSO, .'i80, 005, 012. Pretty, Rielianl, xm, 510, 510, Priced Evert (.Vvery), xl 1 1, 411, 418, 448 ct neq., 5U. Prime Hook (Delaware river), xil, 573, 054. Prince, Ed., xi i, 005. Prince Hendriek river. See I'^mtli river. Prince, .John, xii, 527. Prinoen JIalliies, xrii, 212. Prints, Arnicixard (Mrs. Papegav), xii, 300, 310, 410, 447, 018, Prints, .lolm, Gov. of New-Sweden, xii, 28-30, 32^5, 37, 40, 43, 4.5, 51 «,, 50, 50-04, 70, 72-4, V2, 142, 102, 370-1, 412, 018. letter from, 31, 33. Printsdorp. xii, 1(10, 130,412, 048. Pritclut, Thomas, xiii, 574, Provoost, .Johannes, secrelarv nt Fort Orange, xi 1 1, 74, 110, 175, 103, 258, 283, 202," 208, 355, 308-0, 481 et acq., 532. Pugsby. Miithew, xil I, 574. Pume, John, xi ii, 410. Puni|napnek. xili, 514. Putnam county, xiii, 572. Pyke, .lolm. x'lii, 400. Pyl, Juu, XII, 311. Quackansick, xlll, 380. Quakers, xii, 330, 502, 008, 030; XIII, 477. Quebec, xi 1 1, 531. Queens Co,, xiii, 147, 574. Qiienby, .John, sr., xiii, 574. Quenby, .Jolui, jr.. 574. Quennill (tjnynnell), Thoma.s, xiii Quessanawoniiii (k creek, xii, 544, Qniackitkunk kil, xii. 500. Quick, Tho,, XIII. .544. Quyn, Abr., xil, 158, 101, 102. 418, 448, 574. ■>.50, 551, .5.52. R. Rademaclier, Mr,, xii, 205, 218, Kadi maker, Claes, xlil, 11. Rni'.eman, Anthony, xil, 237. IWeigh, Sir W., xi!l, 480. Rambo, Oower, xli, 544, 551, 580, 020. Uambo (Uombonts), I'eter, xil, 211. 307, 338, 402, 475, 477, 401, 500, 523, 527, 557, 550-00, 034, 048. Hamkokus kil, xii, 48, 40, 523. Hantzau, .Jouas, xiil, 153, 201, 213, 228, 261, 848, 851. Uaphoos Island, .xii., 500. itaritan country, mine in the, xm, 19. Haritan (Haretimgh) kil. xi i, 77, 81, 518; xl 1 1, 7, 31-3, 230, 312, 314, 305-0, 405. Uattlesnako brook, xm, 404. Uauen, llald, xl i, 048. Hausa, OUe, Ml, 048. Havens, Clerk, xii, 453. Hawake river, xm, 405. Uawlings, John, xil, 030. Kawls, John, xm. 403. Kawson, Edward, secretary of Boston, xm, 523. Rawson, Olle, xii, 544, 547. Ray, Alexander, xi;. 047, 005. Reail, Thomas, xm, 41. Read, William, xi ii, 41. Rechgawawanck, xm, 14, 18. Rosary, xll, 204, 213, 220. Rysinf,'li, .bilin. (iiovernor of New Sweden, xil,70 rl «'/■. ^~- ICl, 104-8, 110-1, 130, 101-2, 300, 340, 345, 412. answer of, to Dir, Stiiyvesant's protest, xii, 108. Rysiiif^h, .loh. jr., xii. 100, Rywcits, Dinua, xli, 149. 8. Saekv :,■, !'., XIII, 400, ■Sadler I'- I nil, xl ii, 478. Sairoid, .losejill, X I i 1. 41. Sufi'Ts kil. XIII. 325, 342. Sagertjeii, .1 U 1 , 287. 77 XIII, .508, ,541-2. Council, XIII, .544. Sngertycs kil, xiit, 572. St. Augustine creek, xi i, ,548, 549. St. George's creek, xi.', .54S. St. .limes, XII, 001, 0;;.5, 047, il.54, 001, 000, 008-0. 81, .tones creek, x'l, 527, 052, 057, 004. St. iMary's, .\kl., xi i, 478, 503, 505, 528, 557, 013, Salem, N, .r., xu, 502, 500, 008, 010. 8ce Mi 8i of, Idler to, xlll, 53:1. Silicpmoos, Diick, xlll, 500 7. Schermerhorn, , lacob. xil I, ;>78. Sclii.dack boiiirlit fniin tlic Indians, xlII, 20. Sctiocmnaeckcr, .Ian Coriieli.s.sen, xni, 37. Scliollil, .Ian, XII, 100, Seliolcy, R.ibeit, xil, 040, 050, Scliolcy, Thomas, xil, 040. Scholtcn, .Ian, xii, 3S0, 304, 340; xlll, 233-5. ."-^clioon, .Ian, xl n, 330, .Schot, Rosier, XII, 180, Sellleck, Mons, Xll, 318. Sclucck. I'anlns, xi i, 300, Schut, Jau, XI I, 17U, Ochsecliragc, Tnilex. \i Scliuvlor, Col., XIII, R03. Scliuvlcr, I'etrr, xiil, 4:11, 4:10, 440. Sclurvlcr, TVlcr I'liilippscii, .\ii'. 'J4;i, 2(U, 3«B, r.72. S<-htivler, rhilipi) I'idrm'ii, xlli, HH, 110, SIO, !>l!t, 231, 3j<7. ait:>, 400, 41 ;. .'>o.s, r^r.\. Schuvler. Sco I'ieler.scn, mtiji/i. hicluiVlkil, xu, 2!»-;il, 30-8, 4;!, 44, 01, GT, l!ll), IITO, Soott, Ronjamin, xii, 5711, 885, (jas. Soolt, .lolin, XII, 544. Scott, Hobi'it, XII, 4!tl. Scaliroko, t'lcmo, x 1 1 1 , 5!18. St'iiliriick, Tom, xiii, 4SS. Scit.ilcott, L. 1., xiii, "il!*. Slim, Willoni .laiisi'ii, xiii, 245. Si'iirii, riiMiicnt, XII. 570. SocaiK'UM Isluiul, XIII, 479. Scoi'oii^ili, XII, 321!. St'i'ly, Lil'Ut., XII, 00. SciMi, Mict, Mil, ;'.40. Sceti, William, xii, 82 (note). Scfjerst'ii, (Icrril, xlll, 74. Solyiis. Ucv. Ilcnricns, xiii. ir>\ 180, 189. " k'ttiTs from, xlii, 384, :!Ml. iSeinpIc, William, xil, Odil. 034. SeiibilU". Clnistoiilicr. xil,4!l3. Serjjiaiit, ,Iaic>l>, xiii. 233. Scricks, Widow, xii. illO. Si'ijapke.i, HoMilriik, xll, 138. St'th, .lacoli, XII, (105. Seth. .lamct. xi i, 580. ScviTyii. ^, XIII. 74. SwantrcfiniT, Ihiidiick. xili. 213, 230. .Sl'wi yriukil lUyrains Hivlr., xii, 577. Shakliami'xuiik creek, xll, 550, 551. Sli'ikliamiixiiiik, xii, 020. Shai pc. .loiiii, XI I, 525. Sliarpe, William, xll, 544 Sliarpe, Serireiint, xill, 400, 504. Sheriei'ks, .lolin, xu, 402. Slierwooil, Thomas, xill, 480. Sherwood, William, xii, t/47. 8hij)s ~ I)e .\ront, yacht, xiii. 177. Aventuyr, yacht, xii, 257 Dc Ilarbaiv, harkship, xil, 02. I)e Heer. ship, xii, 110, 103. de Hover, ship, xu, 05, 133, 103, 173, 175, 1H.5, 2.".4. 304. 340, 301 ; xlii, 155, 174. Boiitekoe (liriiidled Cow), ship, xu, 00, 05, 110. de Uniynviscli, ship, xu, 227. Diemen, aliip, I'ormerlv de " Ilav," xi I, 83 (note) ; xill, 1.50. Dolphin, bark, xi i, 72. de Draatval, ship, xll, 190. Kendraeht, Swedish slii]), xll. 118. Kendraeht, yacht, xu. 104: xlll.OO, de Kndt lllie Dnck'i, yacht, xll, 185. de Eyckenhooni, ship! xu, 320; xlil, 189. Falconier, ship, xii, 05, 07. de Fenix. barkship, xu, 148. Fort .VlUanv. ship, xu, 472. de (iekniys'le Hart, xlll, 300. Qi'blerse 11! loni I Flower of Oelderl iiul/, sliiii, xii, 133, 103. Goilde Menlen, xll, 18,5, 100, 210. Ship."!— de OoiideH Sonne, sliip, xu, 208. do Oroem^ ArenI, ship, xll, 322. 325, 481. Grolo Christoirel, ship, xu, 87. the Hiiineu, fri),'ate, xii,458. de Itaen, vachi, xi 1 1. 152. de Hay, ship, vii, ;i ,./..«/., is,5. de Ilollandsclie Tiiyii, shi|), xu, 49. Kent, ship, xl i, 579, Koiiinek (Kiiifil .'-'aloinon, ship, xu, 75, 70, 85. "L'Ksperanee." French privateer, xu, 90. De l,icf, '^"t ''3**. ^I'l'-P, -'"O. St. .lohn, XIII, 150. St. MicirpO, ship, xu, 00. Scotch nutehmim, ship, xu, 20. de Sonne, ship, xil, 241, 384. Sphera Mi.iuli, ship, xil, ;i04 ; xlll, 149. Steilc Amslerdani, xi ii, 81. Swiin, ynehl, xu, .54, 08. Bwarte .\rent, ship, xu, 80. S^V( !, ship, xu, 55, 57, 02. Ue Tronw, ship, xi i, 275, 317, 327; xiii, 11 1, 121, 174, 300. di^ Vaick, Swedish frigate, xll. 445i Verfjnide Meulen, ship, xu, 202. VergnUle Sonne, ship, xil, 217. Vojiclsanu;, ship, xll, 185, 100. dc Wiia>bleek, xll, 213, 217. De Wac^'h, ilhe lialancci, man-of-war, xu, 89, 01, 05, 102, 104, 107, 124, 145, 1W3, I'.IO, lUil-O, 108 0, 201 2, 21H, ;;40. 272; xlll, 43, 03. Welcome y.icht, xi I, 72 William and Nicholas, fripite, xil, 458. de Zee-Rears, yacht, xll, 203, 200, 323. ShippanI, William! xlll, 488. Shoemaker, Olla, xu, OIK. Shoet.s (SelK.ete, Slmls), Swen, Swedish I.ieiit., xll, 45 101 2, 105, 121, 134, 130, 141 <<.■««/., 213, 825. Shoot, Richard, xlll, 4mO. Shooters (Scluittersi Islaml, xili, 314, 542, 547 Shottwell, Daniel, xl 1 1, 547. ■^hotlwell. .lohn, xll I, 547, Shrewsbury, N. .1., xiii. 474 (7 »«/., 530, 545. luiigistrutes of, are tjiiakirs, xi 1 1, 477. Imh I, 8B. \i, 833, !i! li my. ,; XIII, 8, 2S{I, 08, ao7. II, 1(53. ^8, 373, 111,121, , t^l>, 01, i. t., XII, I, Sir,. Siblv, HolMTt, XII, (134. Sililv, Th.i !4. 1(13. 371. Illy, riiDiims, XI I (12 Hi(li't(Wiif,'li, |j. 1., .XII Bicliniiits, .Veil jc, .\i 1 1 HioliiaMlM, SilirimlH. Sec Si/britnt$, Sii'liriuilz, Hail, .xiii, 212. Hicl>nintz, Ddiiiiiiic, xii, 153. Hikcm(',s^^(!, Sfi' liinkil. Hilliiiki'M, .liicoli, XIII, 43. SilvoatiT, .\iit., XIII, 31)0. aimpMoii, William, xii, 544. (^iiupsim's rlioii'i', xii, ."ill. HiiuliiT, Williii, XI 1, 4112. Siiitsinck (Sinj; .Siii^'l, ::iil, 14. 18, 308 Sissdwiiki.isiiik creek, xll. .141), Kt'i. Skilliiiaii, TlKimas, xlli, 418. Skili'|i()lt kil, Xll, (118. Skriik, .loliii, XII, 048. Slaiif,'lili'r'rt ci-iTk, xii, (578-4. SIfclit, CoiiM'lis Hari'iilscn, xill .Stu' IiiUmiik. 711, 81, 80, 03, 100, 12 3, 23t( H. 211, See Kii'litiiwitne 378, 380. 308. KM, l.-)3. 101, nil, 1.-).-.. i:.T. 1(10, 101, im: 311, 313, 401, 407 ./ .vij. SU'clit, .lacDMiiiiljc, XIII, .107. SI('i'|)cr'M llavcii, xl 1 1. 270. Sli'ii|iy lldlliiw (Dulilicss C(i.) Slicliii'iilKir.sl, (Jcnil, xiil,2»8, Sloiii, iMciMs., Xll, 33. ,Sliml)ci', Olla, XII, 047. Siii.M'ili'M, .Ian, XIII, .'i7l. Siiicciuaii, H.-irinin, XI 1 1, 214, 233-,'>, a.W, Siiiil, .)aii .\iil/tn, XIII. 212, 238. 24ri. Hinitli, .\iiiln'\v, XI i, Ol.'i. Hiiiiili, ("apt. I.iiut., Xll, 101. Siiiilli, ('lacs j'iclcr.scn, xil, 170. Sniilli, Cliaihs, XIII. X'Cu Sniilli. Diick, Kiisiijii, xii, 118, 134. 133, 13.1, 174 .■>, 188, ;!23; x 1 1 1, O.*!, 07, 101, 110. 114, 128, l()"i, 170, 178, 20(i. Smith (Siniilt), l>iik. Skipper, xi i, 134, 430, .'id.".; \i 1 1 123, 127 8, l;!2, 3111. 34.-). Sniilli, Docliir. xi i, ."i82. Hmitli. I''ran-i, xi i, 100, 179. Smith, (ian-ell, xll, 010. Smith, llcrny, xir, .j82. ."(80, .•.it7, 003, 012, 0.")4, G."iO. Smith, .Ian Cornclissen, xiii. 407 .Smith, .Icihn, \i i, tills. Smith, .Iiilin. XI 1 1. lOO. Smith, .Ins., XI I, ,")24. Smith, Mat hew. xi i, :>Xi. Smith, M.ithys, xii. r,:\\. .Smith, I'etci-; Xll, .122. .MO. Smith, I'.iiliaiil, XII. 72; xiii, 18. Smith iSmyth'l. Tliiic.ia.s, xlll. 7. SmithsDii, William, xii. Olio, 040. .Smoking I'liint. Stateii Island, xiii, .140. SmiiK?,'ling on the S. K., xii, 214. Sneer. Harth, xll, 018. SmcI, l.ieiit., XI 1 1, 470. HuclliiiK. Thdinas, xii, 044, 040. Siicwit. .liiriacn, XI I, 42.1. Sec AVck. Snyder, .Ian llaiiiitz, xili, 212. .SofTcmiieklie, I'eler. xiii,2.13. Siiiipnapka, xi i, .123. .Siinthainptiin. I,. I., xi 1 1, .137. Simthrin. I'.dward. xii, .172, .174, .187. .180, .107, 0(i;i 012, 038. Sparte:. W illium, xi i, 005. Spci 111, (lerrct, XI I, 180. Spcleii, Kabryk, xll, 207, 218. ',-X. Gil Spiecr, Samuel, xiii, 31.1, 300. Spit.sheiyen, 'I',, xi 1 1, 1.10. Spiinr, .\erl Ottcii, XIII, 313. Springlleld, .Mass., xili, 21, 307.511. Spry, riiomas, xi i, .143. Spnyten Diiyvel (Spitinj^ Devil), xiii, 421.471, hndfre al. xl I 1, 441, .138. scltleiMcnt at, xi 1 1, 424. Inilian nami' I'apiriniiihin, 404. Xlll 441 Xlll, 233. flO; Xlll, 81, 105, 133, 7, It, 200, 424, Spyer, llendriek .lanseii, Siinakheair, xi 1 1, 51 1. Si|iiire. William, xi I i, 489. Slaats (Staasi, .\liraham. xl i, 180, 210, ;;ol, li.lo, 515. Siaey. Kiihi.rt, xll, 570, (ill, 014, 035. Slaelei.p, ,lan. xll, 131, 141, 150, 100, 182-3, 324 300, 300, 417, 400, 400 70, 007, 047. Stamford, Conn., xiii, 17, 58. Slanjfli. .lacol). xi 1 1, 13. Stapellort, liayd., xll, 030, Stalker, llartei, xi i, 470. Starvelt. .\ilrian llnhertscn, xii, 343. Slateii Island, xll, 50, 80, 252, 255, 434; XIII, 0, 22, 30, ;t2, 40, 57, 00, 71, 121, 124, 147, 171, 205 tl, 223, 230, ;!05, ;114, ;i21, ;150, 301 400, 481, ls.1, 518, 53.1, ,142, .140, ,103, 507, 747. ^'ovirnnicnl of, xi 1 1, 415. conditions for settlers mi, xt 1 1, 425. rndiaii lands on, xi 1 1, 441. Indians el.iini not to have liccii paid for their hmda on, Xlll, 152. Indian name for, x 1 1 1, 455. Indian deed for, xi 1 1, 4.15. two new townships on, to \w HUrvcyed, xill, 458. Hiirvey of, ordered, xi 1 1, 400. settlemint of, xlll, 485. ilaimcd hy New .h.rscy, xill, 551. town meeiinir on, xill, 550,507. Slant, Dirck, xi i i. ;II5. StcliliinKs, li, noni, Xlll, 511, Stccnhaki'i-s llnnk ( liriekmaki'i's Point), Sti'cMihiiyseii, lMij;ellierl , xiii, 2:11,233 Steenman, .Ian .liiri.iM, xiii, 154. Steenwyck, Corn., xn, I8i) I, I75 7, 470, 484, -IHO, 407, .100. .107, 512; xiii, 200, ;!02, 377, 450,404,408,479' 530. .Sti'diwyck, CoriK lis .(acciliscn, xii. 111; Stcininits, Caspar, xiil, 214. 2:il, 233-.1, .■^Ici .nits iStinni(.s), xiii, 570, Sterd..iir, liernard, xn, 200, 278. Steur.s, Oloir, XN, 137. Stevens, Francis, xii, 501. Stevens, lleiiiy, xii, 047, 005. Stevens, .lohn' xii, 514. 572, 578, 580, 010, 037 el «,,/ 031, (!;10. 014, 047, 0,12, 057, 000. letter from, xi i, 582. Stevens, William, xi i, 514, 030 H neq. Stephens, Witt, xi i, 0;10. Stevenson, Henry, xii, 544, 020. Stcven.sen, OlolT,' xii, 150, 208; xiii, 18,41, 151, 100. See l'(« ('.jrlliiiiill. Stieklanil, .lohn, letters from, xiii, 103. 19.1. Still. Icii, Tiiiien. Dr., xii, lUO, 158, ;|01, 303,413,432, 420, 007, 042. Stiles. See .Sfi/hi. Stille, .Ian, xii. 580. Stillc, Olotr Xll, 33, ;W7, ;130, 300, 425, 439, S.IO. Slillvvell, Daniel, xlll, 548, SlilhvcU, Nicolas, xiii, 200-70, 324 el wi/., 4M. XII, 140. 318. ; XI 1 1, 51. 294, 31U. 812 Index. |1j ¥ V)' Stillwoll, nidinrd, xiii, 441, SoO, 507. li'ttor Irom, xi 1 1, 507. Stiiv, Uloir, xii, 'Jll. Stirssi'ii, ICIc, XII, l;)«. Stock, .Arlluir, cn.sij;!!. xil, lO'i. Stotri'lscii, .lacoli, XIII, IM. Stoker, ,?iiri, xi i, ;i51. Htoll, .lucol) .laiiscn, xiii, 7ll, 7!l, SI, ;'•» So 87 Hll D" c."m' t^-^' ",'"• "*^-''' '"• "■'. 1'"- isT.'iua, ai'l. ' htoll, \\ illciii .hiiisi'ii, XI 1 1, •ii'i. Stone, Cil|>t., XI I I, l','l. Sioiiehrook, xi i, ."lOS. Sloiiek, lluyberl .liinsen, xiii, 40. Sioiit, Hielmnl, xi i i, ;i!Mi. Stoiileiil)iiif;li, .Iiieol). xi 1 1. |[!». Stouteiiburgh, Jueob.l., xiii, 104, ll,"., 117 1,'>7, ai;!, Strimteiimker, Direk, xm, 14. Stniuteiiiakeis kil, N. .?., xiu, 21, aa. Stratford river, xi i i. 4!l(l. Streeter, Henrs, xii, 58S. Stretelier, lleiiVv, xii, .'iSO, (i05. Strieker, Henry, xii. 544. Strinjflmin, I'eier, xii, (115. Strycker, .laeoh, xiii, 4;j. Stiiyte, Andries, xii, 1117. Stiiyvesant, Halt hazar Laser, xm, 2;tO. Stiiyvesaiit, N'ieolaiis Will., xm, L>HO. Stuyvesaiit. I'etnis, I)ireeti>i-(ieiieral of New Nellier laiKl, XII, 115, 38, 4(»-|, 4:), 4."> i; 52 72 77 si! s'i7t 174, 178, 18;i, 184, 18,5. IIU, 102, 'I'.M, 'lO.-r lim' 1118, 100, 201 ,1 »,.,/., 210 -iViit ,(,,, 215, 210 ,/ scq., 2;i3 ft xer,, ' 3i)l, 41(1, 420, 44(1, 477. joiiriial.s of, .xm, 87, 182. letters fr3,5-il' ■■,., .' 245, 247-8, 2.50, 252-3. 255, 257-H 2I14-.5' "ho ■{ 28(1-7, 280. 202-3, 208, 300, 3(1(1,' 300 3'l" 315' 318, 321 2. 324, 32(1, 328, 331-1, 33(1, :)'|:i-(i' 840-51, 3.54 II, 358-01, 303-4, 308, 374 :170 384' 887, 301, 305 (1, .103, 400-7. 410 5 417 o'4""' 424, 427, 430-1. 433-8. 410. 443,' 445 o' 4.51'' XIII, 23, 20 7, 33-5. 30, 4 7, 03, 70. 73, 7.5-8 ,s(l 88-0, 91, 0(1, O-^-lOO, 11,.-,, Ill, 11 1-0 118 0' 121-2, 120. 120, 132 .4, 140, 1.5.1-0, |58, I'oi lOo' 1.0, 174 5, 187, 100-1, 201 2, 20M •M;i ■>[;' 227-8, 23.5, 237, 244-5. 258, 200, 2(13,'205 2(1(1.8' 271-2,283,280,208, 303, 308, 311. 317-s 351' 3.54-5, 300, 3(i8, 373. Styles (Stilesi, Samuel, xii, 5.s(l, 588, 00.5, 014 05" builbury, xi 1 1, 520. ISO, 284, ••'iO, r3. iOO, 100, 100, 287, 320, Sullivan Co., \. Y., xm, 340 11. Sii|i|)eekonj;li, lixliaii iimiik^ tor Kort Cnslmir, xil, 108. .Siiiveys, XI I, 547. See, also /'((/,/i^ji. Swainpl-nvn, xi 1, 502, 008, OKI. Set- A.vc ,S„lcm, i\. ./. Swaeii, .Ian. xili. 233-1, 208, 300. Swaeiienlniif,'li, Kiiifrston so ealleil, xm, 475. Swaeiiewyik, xii, 533, 535, 575. 045. Swaine, U'oolle. xii, 557.550. Swaniiekes, Indian name I'or the Diileli, xm, 47, 85. Swanseii, .\iiilre\v, XII, 047. Swansoii, ')tto, xii, 034, 030, 047. Swiinson, Swan, xi 1. 047. Swart, O., sheriir, xm, 150, 103, 378. .Sw.irt, .laeoli, xl 1 1, 48. Swart, Jan, xii, 141. .-swart, -, XII, 120. Swart, Tennis Cornelissen, xm, 500. SwiutwonI, Uoeloir, sliiriir at IheKsoims xm 158 17(1 188, 104, 201. 205, 212. 227, 232, 238 9. '245,'249' 251,257, 318-0, 33(!, 341, 358, 357-8,408 445 e-l ««/., 544. appointed .slieriiT, xm, 199. suspended reappointed leders from, xil I, 227, 228. Swaitttimt, Tlioinas, xm, 212. Swedes, XII, 28, 30, 37, 38, 40, 43-7, 51 «., ,50 57 01 03 5, 07, 72, 73, 83, 85, 80, 88, 90, 09, 100 '103' l>l», 113. 11,5, 110-22, 12(1, 132, 130, 109, I,'<8, 190, 211-2, 221, 232, 23(1, 247 2TI, 283, 287. 297, 20,s, 299,' 30o' 308, ;115, 31(1, 310, 322. !57. 308. 37((, 372, 370 ,'l 445. 44(1, 450, 451, 45 xm, 384. I. XII, 121. at;e, xii, 100. . - - - . 299. the sh.'ritr of tlu'. di:(liaii;ed. xii. 338. .^.vedisli desif,'ns on the S. K., xii,445. Swedish Soiilh (^oinpaiiv, xil, 83, 104 10( 101. ' . . .'avens, .faeoli, xil, 302, 312, 31(1, 344, 400 414 419 Swen.ien, Oele. xii, 580. ' ' .■^wenske, .Jacob, xii. 172, 213. Sweiison. .laidli, xii, 420, 4j4, 420. Swerinek. Ileiidrick. xm, 74.' .Swit"., Coriielis, xm, 571. Sybrant.s, Domiuiciis. xii, 377 it 405. Sybraiits, IIcMdriek, xil. 501. Sybraiitsen. llendriek, xii, 530. Syiiriinlscn, .Inn, xii. 490, 491. Syineiisen, .Vrien, xi 1, 00. Syinous, Willeui, xn, 423. T. 10.5. 100, 172, 174, 254, 250, 302. 304, 340. 345, 40(1. 410, 402. 508. 305, 350, 410, 530, 30(1, 152, 4:12. i39 ; uprising of the. fearei oil the S. I{. to form it vil and Fins number of. xi i. 250, 301, 330, «■'/•> 457, 100, HI, *-/., 883 et XI/., 302, Taeli. Aert Pietersen. xii .. 2.30. 247. 'I'Mchpaii- '''■■■' '■ . — piii,u:h. raehpaiisaaii iTaikpnsii" Tapoiisa-'h), eliief of Marse. . ... -Mil. 5s. 14 7. 180, 2S5. 375. Tack, .\re,it I'ieiersin, xm, 212, 347, 370. Tack(|uirasv. xi 1. 544 Tade, .\li<,h'iel. Tailler, Wille Tailor. .IokcdIi Taleot, Jol XII, 104. in, XII. 182; XII i, xm. 488. 574. 31. ".-. [fii, .\ 1 1 I . .J on, ili'i. Taleot, John, letter from, to S. Si Tallent. Hubert, XI I, 044. Talleiir, WilPin, xii, 057. Salisbury, xm, 510, 520. 51 . 01, )(), 108, ;i!i. 10», t7, aso. ()(», ;toi, •1 ;!;i(). '7l «■(/., ■>r>, ■157, Index. 618 Tnlmnn, rctora, xii, 73. Tiiomckiui, xit, Of)!. TiipiH , XIII, 14, 18, 21), Tm, ;I00, ;.51, 1175,(551, 'rappiicn Iloiik, Mil, '.i't'i. 'I'liiila, Ili'iiilrick, xi i, OIH. Tavlor, .loliii, xiii, 517. Ta.vlor, WilliMiu, xi i, 5;17, (ia:i. 't Dvi-icii, .lull, XII, 5(1, 57. Tcrmhii, Mr., xii, (!I7. TccMiMian, Dr., xi i, (l.'O. Teller, .Xiidrees, xii, (Mil, Teller, William, xili, W:), ;!n7. Teiii|ile, Sir 'I'lKiiims. xi 1 1, lilKI, illH, HOT, Ten llriiek, DIrek VVesHels, xill, 571, 57!t, Ten liroek, Wes.si'l, xill, 500-7. Ten i;yek, Connid, xi 1, lllO, Ten I'aniw, tlie, x[ i i, 'lOl. TcTiiiis-ioiirt at K«()|iiis, xiil, 115. Terlieiiii, .IdIhi Alliertsoii, xi I, (IIU). Teschemaeker, Hev. IVlur, xi 1, Ullil, (lIKi, (111, (14:!; ; 544. Teseliett, I'ieler .laiiHen, xii, !!H1. Teiiiiisseii, Chiesje, XI I I, 21111. Itll. 4'eiiiils.ieii, ('(irnelis, xii, l'J4, 15H, IHI); xiii, 7(1. 'reimisseii, Direk, xill, 'Jltlt, 'Jl!4. Teiiiiis-<'.), 1)1)7, 481. reuiiis.^eii, I.eendcrt, XI I, 4112, 'reunis.seii, Mieliael, xlil, 'Jltll. Teiliiisseii, Uiinieiii, xill, 21111, 'I'eiinissen, Sweer, .\Iaf,'islniti! of Selieneetady, .1 405, 500. Teiinisseii, TuliiiiM, xill, I). 'rennisnii, Claii'^, xill, 544. Tlioiiiiis, the ('iM)|ier, xill, 2111', 'riKimas, iIk^ Irislinian, xiii, 2!»0, lllil, ItllH, 1141. riidnias, Daniel, xi 1 1, 547. Thuinin, .Ian, xlii, 210, 220, 2411, 2.50, 203, 200, 5 lit. TiKiinas, .limnetje, xil, 1117, I'liiPinas Mr., Mliynr of N, Y,. xili, 51)0. Tliiiina.sen, ,l!in. Mil, 102, 1104. 1100, Tliiiinason, ('hri^u.iii, xil, 552. Tlioma.wn, I'eter, xil, 541, 552. riionia.son, . xil, (»20. Tlioniassen, Klii>. xil, liNt. Tlioniasaon, I'aulsis, xii 1,303, TlioniiusHen, Tlminas, xlii, 202. 'riiiuiisnii, ( 'liristiaiia. xli. 544. I'honisdii. VVilliaiii, xiii. 487. Tliroekniortiiii, .Idhn xii, 10, 15, TiiniekiMd Inn's Nei k (\Vf,-itcliester C'i>. i, xiu, 15. Tliiisk, XII, 544. Tibiait, ,Ian, xl I, 1.50, 158. Tiddeie*, Tyinen, xil, 1118 0, \\H ,-t n./., ]02. Tillnioiilli 11 liven, xl i, 02O. Tilton, .IdIhi, Cleik iif (Iravesend, XI ii, 110. 11110, Tininier ('rindieri Island, \II, 104. 4'iniinennan, ,lan liareiil/,. xlil, 212, 21)0. Tinnekonek iTiiiii'inn, Pa.), xli, 2il, 112, 48, 41), 151, 100, 204, 207, 1102, 1110, 357, 305, 308, 425, 440, 500, 048. Court (if, MI, 151), Tmuiikonek Island, xii, 520, 018. 431), lliO, 420, 484. 525, 581), 101, 470, 41)0, 500, 530, XII, 50, 00, 11)8, 41H. 08, Seo 208, TiDnnniitofriiin, xiir, 524, 504. Tippetl. (leiir(,'e. xl 1 1, 441. TisDii, ,I(iliii, XII, 048. 'I'lienniHHeii, .laciiW, xiii, 171 Tinii, Williuin, xii, 402,404, 471, 474, 470, 480, 41)0, 41)3, 411.5, 400, 501, r,m^ 015, 517, 524, 5114, 558, .Mil, ,100, .-iOl, r.O I, 575, 577, 681, dies, XII, 502, 505, 507, (100, 000, 049. letters from, xl I, 403, 51)5, Tom, the Irishman, xli, 485, Tomasseii, .Inn, xill, 40, 48, 88, 03, 110. Tomasseii, I'aiilns, xiii, 154. Toimissen, Tomas, xill, 151. Tomisseii, .Ian, .\ii, 280, 300, 1111. Toiiikins, .lolin, xi 1 1, 481). TomkiMs, Nathaniel, xli I, 480. Toinson, Mr,, xi 1 1, 510. Tonneinaii, I'ietur, xli, 100, 173, 174, 11)2, 210 213; XIII, 80. Tdoeke, OeiTitt, xill. 220. ToinabDiK, xi l, 100. Tdisen, Olle, xil. 111), 15.S, 048-0, Tonrseii. Sander, xill, 07, Tonw, Samuel, xl i i, 41, Towoeanowinek, xil, 544, 550, 553. Trade' to and in (he Delaware District, 70 1,87, 117, 128, Hill, 111.-), 212,210, Trade on Hudson's liivia-, xill, 458, 478, Triide with the Indians, xil I, 114-5, 3!t, 07, 157. Oriliiiinireji. Trailv, XII, 005. Trayfy, KoImtI, xil, 5,80,588, Trent, Koliert, Di-p, (lovernor c.f Connecticut, xi 1 1, : 210. 218, 221, 200, 281, 501, 51)0, Trenton fulls, N. .)., xil, 255. See Miy(jerke.»mu. Trinity Hook, xii, 101, 474, Seu I'cninitiye llooh. Trois-Uivieres, xill, I 111, Tidisdlivieres, (iovemor of, xill, 88. True, William, xi i, 580, 0(),">. Trninpelers, .Vndrews, xii, 048, Tudileii, .\ndries, xl I, 138, Tnnys. Aaron, xi 1 1, 448, Turner, .\noiiias, xiii, 547, Tiir •, .lohn, xi i i, 488, 574. Turner, .Valhaniel, ('a[)t,, xii Turnier, Daniel, xi 1 1, 421. Turtle falls, xl i, 210. Turtle falls Kill, xil, 1108, Twyler's Klat, 1,. I., xi i i, 'I'yin, I.saae, ealled I'ierieri', Tyre, Anthony, xi I I, 547, Tyson, .lohn, x 1 1 1, 482. Tysseii, CInes. m 1 1, 250, 277, 283, I'ys.sen, .lacipies, xi 1 1, 240. Tyssen, Lisbel, xiii, 12, u. llst-r CiHinty, xi 1 1, 5.13, 574, I'nd-rhill lohn. Captain, xill, 17, 18, L'plaiid. I'a., xil, 110, 100, 101.307. 1)50, 307, 425, 430, 500, .508, 524. 520. 501-2, 585, 000, 000, 034. 048, 050. Court of, XII, 525, 580. Cpland''' Kil. xii, 321, Wi. rriaii, Iliinsa, x I I, 048. Irianson, .Vndrew, xli, 018. L'lianson, Kriek, xll, 400. 70, 300, XII, 137,503. 308. 135. 614 IniUa 1 » Vli4 Caolton, FrmicU, xiii, MS. V*Uv», .liMis, XI r, MW. I'tio, Naiimiiii'i, Ml, ai7, ano, a»8, ann, anit, am -joj •204, ,m, ;iai. ;1U7, !1.V., 41 r. •,';io. irs, l!»T, ;!1T, r.OT. V. VacRl, TimiiiIh, xiii, 1.14. Viiill, ThiiiimM, XIII, 4SH. Viiili', riiDiiiii.t, wn,, XIII, .T7t. Viiili', Siimiicl. XIII, 'u\. Vulli'll, Vi\y[. XII, 4(Ui. V'li'i .Vikcr, .Ii.ris I'Mas, xi 1 1, I.l;!. Vim Aki'ii. .Ian ('DsttT, xiii, ;17M. Van All', I.awiciu't', xili, ."i7-.'. Van A I. Ml, I'c'tiT, XIII, 'im. Van Hial..lan Il<'nil!i(k>('n, xlii, ;l,10, !17rt. Van Uainifcit, IIiMMian IKiuliii'ks, xill, l,Vl. Van Itick, Mr., xi i, Imi Van licri,'!!, I,uiiu>< Dirks, xii,47:l. Van lldiiklidvcn, Hyk ClaMii, xiii, .■172. \\m llDrsiin, Saarlic, Inili.in intriprcliT, xlli, 1711. Van Hiiinin, Dirk .lanscn, xi 1 1, UfJ. Van Urcinfii, .Ian, xiii, 74, Van llri'nckcli'r, C. T., xiii, \M\. Van l!rni;),'<'. Cari'l, ('(iininissarv, xil, 17'J-!i. Van l)rn!,'li, .Inhaniu's, x.ii, |,"iii. Van Hiirsuin, Conii'lis, xiii, ."i.VI, Van (;ani|icn, (Jcnil, xlil. (10, l.'il, 'JOi, '.'l',' Van ('ampin, (icrril .lanscn, xiii, IDJ. Van t"ani|p(ii, .lacob, xiii, l.">;t. Van Cani|ii'ii, ,Ian, xiii, \T\;\. Van CiirliT, .lacoInN, xiii, 40, 41!, IS. Van (■(.illandt, OlulT .Stcvcns.m, xiii l!il ;!■-",', 41(1. 4.-)ll. Van Corllanilt, Stcplianns, xi i, li:;:!; xi 1 1 'A'\ r>:w, ,->.-.i, .-).-)l. Van ("iirllandt. ,S|.i. Stcrais'm, Ohtf. Van CiinwiMiliiivi'n, ,Ia(^ol), xiii, .'ll'l. Van Conwi'iiliovcn, .lacoli Woll'crtson, Van CouwcnliDvi'n, I'. \V., xiii •,'Sll' _ 30(1, ;!llj. ;i04 ,f .„,/., ;-0H, nu, ;(.,.« ,t ,.i,.!'im^\ Van ronwcnliovt'ii, \V. G., xiii, 27. Van ('iinwrnhovcn. ,'^cc (!irril.i,ii i\ni] Wolt'erf.wn. Van ('nrl( r, Arcnt, xiM.-J."i, loll, 110, li'J 150 IMI, 'Jl.-i, il'.l, ■,•.-.;!, WH .100. Sci. Cifhr. Van Curler, Mrs. .Vnldiiia, xiii,4(UI. Vaii(l,'in,irk, Tliiinius, xiii, !H4. Vatiiliii .Vs, , XII. il'i. Van (Icii Birch, Clais, xiii, 38S. Van ili'n Hiisili, Haniini Martinsi'ii, xiii, liOl. Van ilin Hnr^'li, lliiiilriik, xii, ((41. Van clin lJns.s, ,Iaii, xiii, ].")4 Van iliT liilt. SiM' Wdlin;/,-!,, Su,„;,ii. Van ili'r liosi'h, ,lan. watcliinakrr, \ii, 'Jll, 'J'Jli, 'Jilt. Van ilir Hnrtrli, xii, (;:l(i. Van iler fapiUc hu' livssrll, liarim, xiii, (il. l',>l, joo Van (jiT Capi'lli. tor liyssili. Haron Aloxnii.Icr. xi 1 1, ;l;l \an ilorCaprlli'. Kivilirick. xiii, ',"0"). Van iliT Capi'llc, IJanm Hrniliiik, xi 1 1, 28, III-'' 74-5, li'ttiT from, XI 11. ',Vi. Van iltr DiMiik, Ailrian. xiii, 21,50. Vail liir Donrk, Vounkcr, xi 1 1, 421. Van iliM- (Jiirs, PiMit I. mas, xii, 4.1S. Van il(>r firim, Paiilns I.tindiTsiii, xii, 4.1, .10 ailS-O. nil. :!.(2, ;ir4; .xiii. ,-,0, .W-(i, :117, ;t22, 303, 377, 414, 410. Scu Lcciulerlmi, PauUu. XII, 00, ■t It',/., 2112, 20(1. ir7. 101, IIH. iOO, N. N., XII 6, :i7. 41, 2.'.0, Vnn iliT Iloykond, Co('mili«, Finciil . I'J, 14. IS, 2(1. Van (Irr llwlin, ,lan ('i>rii('lliiN<>n, xiii, 370, ;t74. Van ilcr llviliii, I'aiiliis ('oriirlisHi'ii, xiil, 370. Van iIiT I. null', ,lti,.,,i, xi 1 1, 2ri. Van iltT l.iplnirnl, Lufas, xm, 40. Van iliT .\a», , xii, 234, 341, Van ijcr ShiyH, Aiulrii'.s, xill, 7H 0, 82, 01, |l!l, H flilO. Vail ilir Shik, Cnin, Am., falls to ai-Hiri IiIh claim oii llu! Calskil laiiils, XIII, 20, Van ilrr Slyk. Sro .\),io»iM,-ii. CorndU. Van iliM- \(mIi1.', .IhcoIi, .tii, 4110. \ an ilcr \ri n I'ldrr, xill, !l». \ in ilrr Vnn Wali'wyn, xill. )83. \aiMUr Vier, .laiol., xr , 183, 345. .131, 022, 041, 0411, Villi (ItT VVorc. Hi-e Ailninmfii, Mari/ii. V.in (Irr \'t'iini'. .Ian. notary, xiii, 28. Van Ditintii, Willi un, xii", 320. Van DimklaKc, I.i.iIiIm'iI, \I^ ■■ Oiirrtor 42, 51, ,18, 511; \ i 11, 2'l, ;UI, 33, 75. Van Dor, Conii'li^ . 1 1, 1)8. \aii Diiinkrrckni, A.Irian, xm, 153. N in Dyk, Corni'lins, xm, nui, 571. Ii'ltrr from, x 1 1 1, 558. Van Dyk, (JriKorv, xil, 30, 37. 151, 172, 100 211 258, 204, 2114, 208, 301.308, :il2, 33(1, 338. ' \ an Dyk, lliinlriik, Kisral of .N. N., xii.50 118- xm 50, .10,70, 01, no > , • . Nan i:iinriiijiirp, .lacoli, xi 1 1 Van Klsli.mll, (lacs, xii 1, 38, Van i;is«yck, llciiilrii k, xil. Van Kps, ,lan, .Magisiialc ot 500. Van Kicii, .facol) .lolinson, xiii Van llysl, Kcynicr, xil, 473. Van llct, (iarrcit, xm, 544. Van (i,iii,l, ;i3H, 11:13 :i;i,i, iiiii, imii, ;iii;i, ;mi, ;ihi ,/ „■,; ;ilW, 4(1(1, Kill, lit.l, 4011, lOH, 4111, |:lll It, 1.10, 1,1:1, 111:1. Vim Hwol, Hari'iit. .liiiiMi'ii, \m, r;ii. Van 'rii|i|MMi, .liii'iiiii 'ri'iiiii.>;li, William, xili. 111, 313 \ail \Vci's|l. Sim, II ;//,»/.<, «, A'. Van Wi'ii klimin, Ciiniilis, XI I, IlllI; xi 11, 20, 31-4, (10. Van \Vi'>l|ilialin, .hiiiaii, xiM, 73. Soo \V,„lii/ihmi'k, (hiillim, xil, IJO, (1311; .xll I, 1(11). ViTri.., ,Mlcliai4, xiii, Iia, 1(14, 313, 3;iO, 340-7, UBI. Vcrvi'i'lrii. .liiliiiiinN, XIII. 431, 441. Vi'lurn, Mlick, Mki|i|H'r, xili, 131). Viilrlli', .li'iiii. XII, :14I. Vlclr, Arninil, (lirinllssiii, xi M, ail. 4(11, 41111, 4110, 1()(, 11(1, 11(1 30. 13(1, 13N, 11; N, :,',■> ;i, lilllil kIm'II III, as H iircsciit, hy IniliiuiH, 111. Villi Till, ,liiliii, XIII, 117. Vin... .loliii, XII, 1133, (130. MiKiiiii), XI I, (II, IKl, 111(1, 1111 7, ;!00, 3(|..>, aoi, o|,pj^ oj^^ ;a(l-7, 311 1, 347. 3411. 310, 3(1.S, 371, 37M, 3H7, 3Hlt, ■117, ao,i, am, ai;, ain, 1130, a3H, aai, ;ia3, a4(i, lia, 414, 4:11, 41:1, 111:1, llil, 4IIH, 101,10a, 11(1, 11:1, 171, isa, ,1H7, (13:l, 111:1, (1,10; XIM, 144 ti, loa, 41);, 11(1, ,117. llfll'llU of, NMll, 1(1 IllCI-t lll|, N. V. llKlilUIH lit Al- Imiiy, XIII, lail. Hwi.li.sli, XI I, 47. ViiiKi', J., XI 1 1. 4:1. VJH (ViHi4i), .liiiuli, Xll, I 111, 1117. Virilii'cik, (irrril, mm, 307, 31)H. Vli'<'«in>rin (l''lii»liiiif;, I,. I,), xiii, 370, 1115. VIimIiIit. hki|i|iii-, Xll I, Mi, IHIt, 3111. Nnrlir, Caiit, (WImmIitO, XII, aaii. Vii^clisiiiil Isliiiiil, \i I, 37. Vnkiiirr, .liilm, Xll, 131t. Voli'ki'rt.s('ii, SiiiKiii, XIII, 21a. Vooclit, Trniii^, xiil, 313, Vcrhcrl. Arriaii, xil 1, 303. Vnrik, Mr., xii, aail. Viirniir. Ailriaii, xiii, 1,14,203. Vorni iIm.i-i), 'i'lios., XII, ana, am, ana. Vlriillainl ( Wcslclli'^li'ii, |||,| sclllnl, XMI, II. I':n;;li>.|iiiwii al. mm, illl, ;|N, 03, 00. Vryiimii, llrymlriik, xii, IIH. VoUrr, ('a|it., xll, Ull. w. Wailr, I'.ihviinl, xii, (lOH. Wlliil', HoImI'I, mi, (111. \Viii(r. Iliii|iiiiiin, lilllil (if Mas.HiK liuHiatH, xiii,1ll, 131, 13:1, 131. 13H, l;iii. Witkasirk, a Ira, : in llslcr Ci , xi 1 1, l.'ia. Wakankiniacli, a Had of lanil in UlNlrr Co., xiii, laH. WalilcnsiM, xll, i;i3. Walilriin, UiKolviil, Ml, 301, 303, 3H8; xiii, lOi), 421. Wale. Ann, xii, 54!), 14H. Walclinl, Dr.. xii, 137. Walinttcn, SiiiKni, xiii, I!). Walker, , x 11, ,"il!l. Walker, FiaiK i^. xii, 110, ()4H. Walker. .Icliii, \M, (Kil. Walker, Naliianiel, Cupl., Ml, (110, ():jl ; xmi, 224, •'3(1 Walli, Ailani, .\ 1 1 1131. Q x;^ ^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) fe yf<5 % S' {./ '^° 'iis / e<;. 4. K ^ [.0 I.I 1.25 li 6" mil 2.2 M 1.8 M. IIIIIM Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 873-4503 m- •S5§ -^v \\ % V ^v'-o \ ^A 'c^ .^i^ ? 616 Index. Waller, Frnncis, xiit, 548. Walloons, on Staten Island, xni, 567. Wallop, Kicliard, xiii, 487. Wallmm, .[amos, xii, 580. Walter, Hans, xn, 048. Walters, Kicr. xii, 437. .^ Walton, Tom, xiii, 436,481. Wamesitt, xii i, 514. Wamlall, .!., xiii, 543. Wandall, Tlios., xii, 534; xiii, 431. Wappinfrer kil, xii, 255; xii:, 101, 107, 111, 139, 102, 280, 334. Ward, Edward, xn, COS, 010, 035. Ward, Henry, xir, 543, 558, 559, 503.575, 589. Ward, .lolin, xiii, 607, 534, 544, 571. Ward, William, xiii, CO. Warners, Martin, xiii, 153, 203. Warren, William, xil, 586, 005. Warrensen, Jan, xiii, 10. Washmaker's Land, xi 1 1, 410, 437, 420 et aeq., 447. Waters, Edward, xiii, 00, 488, 574. Watson, Luke, xn, 004, 027 et seq., 034-5, 038, 040, 053; xni, 405. letter from, xn, 624. and others, xn, 654. Watson, Thomas, xn, 650. Watson, William, xn, 629, 030, 630 et sej. Weale, George, sr., xn, 498. Web, .lohn, xn, 544. Wche, Isaac, xn, 065. Webber, .Tan, xn, 393, 404, 423. Webber, Wolfert, jr., xn, 381. Webster, John, xn, 665. AVeedon, James, x n . 533. Welins, Rev. Domine, xn, 808, 213, 228, 880-7, 305 xni, 384. Wellburne, Thomas, xn, 587, 588. Wellburnc's Wilderness, xn, 588. Welles, Philipp, xni, 547. Wellingbrook, xn, 038. 630 et neq., 038. Wells, Mr., xn, 062; xni, ,534. ,527. Wells. .Tames, xn, 586, 604-5, 637, 634-5, 038, 053. Wenip, Jan Bnrentsen. xni, 231, 253, 303, 370, 374. Wendel, Evert Jnusen, xni, 193, 316. Wendel, .Tohannes, xni, 573. Werden, Sir John, Secretary to the Duke of York, XIII, 548-50. letters to, 548, 551. Wesselink, Jan, xin. 75. Wessels, David, xn, 170. Wessels, Dirck, xni. 519, 531. See Ten Brocck. Wesseiii, Peter, xni, 1.54. Wessels. Warner, xni. 456. West, John, Dei)uty-S».-cretary of N. Y., xn, C03, 007; XI n, 504, .500, 53S, ,543, .547. letter to. xu i, 507. West, John, Major, of Accomacq., 418, seq., 034-5, 241. 047. II, 105. :k,W}'ckcr8 3, 147, 270, 25. 306, 401 Index. 617 Wilson, Samuel, xiii, 543. Wiltbauk, Iluriiumus, xii, 511, 559, 573, 574, 582 5S8-y, 597, 612, 622, 025, 038, 654, 659. letters from, 571, 587, 603. Wiltbauk, Heriu. Frederick, xii, 522, 523. Wiltwyck, XIII, 19.5-0, 201, 228-31, 235, 240, 243 345 250, 250, 200, 263, 265, 260, 271, 374 et tea., 287, 292' 313, 319, 333 et neq., 357, 306-8, 383, 885, 406. See Esopm ; King don ; Ordiimnceii. Wily, John, xi ii, 488. Winbliul, Johnn, xii, 88. Wiiiilall, Mr., xiii, 531. Winder, Robert, xi:, 544. Winder, fiamuel, xii,593. Windsor, Conn., xiii, 518. VVineliurd, Cornelius, xii, 649. Wiukelmaa, Johannes, xiii, 9, 16. Winsniore. William, xii, 647. Winter, John, xiil, 488, 574. Winter, Timothy, xiii,488. Winterborg, the, xiii, 380. Wintluop, John, Gov of Mass., xii, SO, 60; xiii 266 437, 439, 458. ' letter from, xii, 41. letter to, xi ii, 23. Wileock, , XII, 36. Witlock, , XIII, 270. Witlock, Thomas, xiii, 315. Wittens, Mr., xiii, 381. Wd^irolom, Peter Petersen, xiri, 566. Wolason, Charles, xii, 470. Wolfson, Cliiist. .Tacobsen, xiii, 270. Wolgust, Otto, Ml, 532, 545, 588-9, 638, 654. Wol|>hertsen, Ocrritt, one of the Eight Men, xin 16 Wolphertsen, Jacob, xiii, 358. ' Wolphertsen.^Pcter, xiii, 58, 93, 150, 369-70, 273, 331, Wolphertsen. See Van Cwieetihovm. Wolson, Lawsa, xii, 470. Wolston, John, xii, 615. Wood,. Consider, xiii,488. Woodbridge, N . J., xi i, 518; xi 1 1, 406, et sea., 539, 541. WoodhoHse, Williiun, xii, 615. Woodhull, Richard, letter I'rom, xiii, 510. Woolas(on OVoUcstonj, ilionias, xii, 400, 491, 048. Woolbanck, Ilerm., xi i, 544. Wooldridge, John, xii, 650. Woolley, Mr., xiii, 538. Wouterscn, Cornelis, xiii, 98. Woutersen, Kgbcrt, x ii i , 14. Wright, John, letter from, xil, 665. Wright, T., XII, 0:5. Wright (Wryght;, xii, 307. Write, Robert, x 1 1 1 , 548. Wybes, Jan, xiii, 1,54. Wyler, Jan, xii, 168. Wyles, Mr , .schoolmaster at Onckeway, xiii, 59. Wynachkoe kil, XI 1 1, 572. Wynhart, Corn., xii, 492. Wyukoop, Corn., xiii, 359, 264, 266, 401, U5a$eq. T. Yennett, John, xiii, 66. ■i ockams, Hendrick, xi 1 1, 408 et teg. Yonkers, xiii, 5, 421,492,498. Young, Capt., xi 1 1, 543. Young, George, xii, 838. Young, Jivcob, XII, 524, 543, 5t)9, 560, 589. Young, Saiph, xii, 524-5. Young, Thomas, xii, 493, 617. Young, William, xii, 617. z. Zee'iielm, Hendr., Gerr. Admiral, xii, 445 455 ^■^■J.*;'',', ^^'"'-'°^ ^"""'''^"- XII, 1,58. See MaiiritM-n Willem. Zetscoorn, Abelius, Rev., xii, 483, 433, 446, Zieckcn, Dirck, xiii, 30. I, 14, 289,