It was Resolved to Detach 30 men more out of y« Comp® to go to Shinnectady ye Mayf P' Schuyler Jochim Staets & Robt Livingston were to goe out along with them but after that y« Respective Posts and watches were reduced by M"" Wessells Capt Jochim Staets & Capt Bleeker they w^ere found so weake that they could not spare there men & y® People generally unwilling to consent that any more men should go out of Towns not being much above 150 men in y® Citty.

Die Martis Albany y® 11"» day of February 16ff Haveing Received Information from Shinnectady last night y* no messenger was yet gone to y^ Maquase Castle to warn them to come doune it was resolved that M"" Wessells should goe in all haste thither to bring doune y^ Maquase and Capt Gerrit Teunise to goe with a Party of men now att Shinnectady to follow ye Enemies Tract to see if they have a stronger army or any party bound e hither to this Toune and comeing to Shinnectady were assured that a messenger was gone to y® Maquase Castles, and Lawrence y® Indian haveing been out in pursuit of y® Enemy with 9 men which Lay here in Toune got an Indian Prisoner by ye way who was examind and told y* the Enemy were not many above a hundred french and 100 Indians y^ s^ Lawrence ye Maquase Proposed y' he now had 49 men of ye Maquase & River Indians sent from Albany, y' he was Intended to pursue y'= Enemy to morrow, for his heart was Broke to see so much of his Brethrens blood shed and would Procure some of ye Prisoners back again either by force or by strategem, upon wh M^ Wessells proposed to ye young men come there with Leift Evert de Ridder ; now yow see what that Lawrence ye Indian Intends, how many of yow are willing to goe along with him & serve there Majes king William & Queen Mary & Pursue there Enemies that have Destroyed so many Christians, out of which Compe & of some oy" y^ came iVom Albany only 21 went out with Lawrence y*" Maquase on y®