When I found I could do no good with the herd, I talked separately with some of ye Hottest of 'em ; which seemed to take some Impression ; and I desired them to talk with their neighbors, and lett me know their minds against I came y' way again, that I might be able to serve them before it was run so far that it would be out of my Power.

' I told them as to the last purchase, wherein I was concerned, if that gave them any dissatisfaction, I would not only quit my claim, but use my interest in getting them any part of it they should desire. Their answer was, they valued not that ; it was Harrison's patent that was their ruin.

'I intend, God willing, before my return to Yorke, to throw one journey more away upon them, tho' I despair of Successe therein. However my utmost Endeavors shall not be wanting therein. I am, Gentlemen, in much sincerity, your most obed' and affect11' scrv'

Caleb Heatiicote.'6

The inhabitants of Rye obtained no redress. For four years they enjoyed the happiness of belonging once more to the 'land of steady habits.' And then in 1700, the king's order in Council placed them back within the jurisdiction they had renounced, 'forever thereafter to be and remain under the government of the Province of New York.' The people acquiesced in this decision ; and the following action of the town is the record of the last protest made against an unrighteous procedure to which they were obliged in the end to submit: --