After great trouble they obtained six horses from a few, but spiteful and insulting words from many. One said, Let those furnish horses who commenced the war. Another said, Tl give 'em the Devil--if they want any thing they will have to take it by force. The third said, I must first have my horse valued and have security for it ; and so forth with much other foul and unbecoming language, not to be repeated.

Ist September. Thomas the Irishman and Claesje Hoorn arrived with their yachts at the Kill from the Manhatans ; sent an escort to the river side ; intended to set forth to day but the arrival of the yachts and the escort to the river side prevented this, and the weather was so lowering and threatened rain so

"much that we concluded to start next night towards the break of day; but as it rained the whole night we could not setout. Nothing else occurred to day. A party was out in the field with the farmers, but nothing happened.

,* 24 ditto. Sunday. The weather continued lowering, and

heavy rain fell. In the afternoon very heavy rain fell again so that we could not stir out. Nothing occurred during the entire day.

34 ditto. About one o'clock in the afternoon we started from fort Wildwyck, having of my company two and twenty men; of "Lieutenant Stilwil's company, four and twenty men, and seven

freemen, with two of the Honble Company's Negroes. We took as guide the young Wappinger Indian, and Christoffel Davids as