Town complained, that they were badly provided with powder and lead, and also that some of them had no guns, they desired that the Fiscal would provide them at their own cost with the same, they having recourse to him inasmuch as they had heard the Director General and Council had appointed him Scout (Sheriff) over the Town of Utrecht. The Lord General on the 6 th of October 1659, with many soldiers who were volunteers, a company of Citizens with the Orange banner, and a company of English wellwishers, went to Esopus to fight Thereupon having charge of the Town on behalf of the company, I sent out of my the Indians. Shortly thereafter the inhabitants of the

own armoury as follows

:

light, muskets,

25 lb balls,

25 lb powder,

10 cartridge boxes,

2 bunches gun matches.

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1 lb powder, one guilder in bevers, or 30 The Town therefore is charged at the following rate stuyvers in wheat lb lead, stuyvers wampum, or 1 musket and cartridge box, in stuyvers :

;

;

8 guilders in wampum and a match in proportion ; also with one hour glass and a writing book. Thereafter it happened that the inhabitants disputed, quarreled, and disagreed among one and another, in consequence of which Albert Albertese, Harmen Courten, Jan Sely, Jan Van Cleef, Teunis

Ydessen, Cornells Beeckman, Claes Claessen Smit, Jacob Hellekerse Swart, Huibert Jansen Hook, Willem Willemse, Pieter Hesselse, and Jacob Van Curlaer, on the 11 th of October 1659 united in a petition to the Director General and Council for relief, which they handed to the Fiscal for safe keeping, not being able to send it in consequence of the season and the Indians.