About the same time there was a feast at the house of Jan Janssen Damen, at which the director, in a significant toast, communicated his intended attack on the savages to three inconsiderate boors, viz : Maryn Adriaensz, Jan Jansz and Abraham Plancy, who presented a (pretended) request, composed by secretary Tienhoven, to the governor, begging him to allow them to take revenge on the savages, who killed the servant of Mr. v. Nederhorst, which crime had not been punished ; this retribution 'being necessary to maintain the reputation of our nation. -

K. Was that true ? ,

B. I will tell you sir. A certain savage chief named Hacquinsacq, who was considered as heedless even by the savages themselves, having been'intoxicated with brandy by our men, being asked whether he was able to make a gocd use of his bow and arrow when in that state, in reply pointed his arrow at a certain gaan called Gerrit Yansz, a servant of the deceased Mr. van Nederhorsts, whom he actually killed, asking whether he was able or not. To revenge this man's death several savages had been killed, and our people were again in peace with them ; so that at the time the director ordered this massacre, the same tribe who had killed the deceased Mr. y. Nederhorsts servant, had been visited some weeks before by the director himself, and

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supplied with all necessaries ; this pretent was therefore altogether a specious one.

K. Was it then in the power of one man to begin a war or massacre for that ?