Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II

Staets Proposed yt Capt Bull should send 24 men to Shinnectady &' y* he Staets would joyn six of his Comp® with six of Capt Bulls men to goe and lye at y® half moon & y^ by Turns one should have y® Command 14 days & then the oyr whereupon Dirk Wessells answered that there was no quarters for 12 men at y® half moon but that some men might goe to Canastagioene where 6 could be conveniently quarterd and y* was a Dangerous Passe also But Capt Bull said he did not care to have his men so Scattered about.

The s^^ Gent: told Mi^Staes that y® Convention we.e Desyreous to know upon what ace' that N: Yorke Comp® lay there & if he would submitt himself to them Since they had not seen hiiR Ccminission, he answerd he could not doe that since there were oy'^ overseers or weesfaders as he termed them appointed over his

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men, but he Promised & would Swear y' nothing should be acted or done by him against y® Convention althogh new orders did come, &, desyred y^ y® Convention would advise and Consult with these overseers upon which they answerd that there was many Dissentions in ) ® Place already & by such Confusion and so many masters y^ Contention would augment and Increase, M' Staets Replied it is now so we must doe as well as we can Job: Cuyler asked to see his Commission but Refused to show it and so broke off" from yi discourse and Returned to y® former Proposealls concerning y^ Sending out men to garrison y® out Plantations, & it was finally Concluded that 24 men of Capt Bulls Comp® should goe to Shinnectady and 6 of his men to Paepsknee & of Mr.