I victualled the yacht and gave him five Soldiers additional for his defence ; 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 how he should act therein. It reads, word for word as follows :---

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"Instruction for Lieutenant Pieter Cowwenhoven.

"Wuerras Lieutenant Couwenhoven, sent by the Honble Director General & Council to release the Christians captured by the Esopus Indians, lay several days near the Wappinger Indians who acted as mediators 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 captured by us, on condition that they should then bring all the Chiristian Captives

to the river side and release them ; and also promised the Wap- _ pinger Indians to take down with him the two Indians whom 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 Heer Director 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.

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"Therefore, the said Council of War recommend and order Lieutenant Couwenhoven not to surrender nor give up any Indian or Squaw unless our Christian Captives be first released and exchanged and 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 be agreed to and arranged.