That the Deponent told them, as the Truth really was, that he was afraid to go out to them, on which they assured the Deponent, that they would not hurt him, and the Deponent thereupon ventured out of the Door, when he was immediately surrounded by eleven men, some of them disguised in Blankets like Indians, others with Handkerchiefs, and others with Women's caps on their Heads, some of them with black Working Frocks, and some armed with Sickles, and others with Clubs, and one with a Pistol. That they asked the Deponent whether he was willing to deliver up the writings and Papers which had been executed to him by said Cross, for he should do Cross Justice, and they were come to take his Part. The Deponent said that he thought he had done Cross full Justice, and had paid him honestly; but the Deponent being much terrified, said that he would consider of their Demand. That they seemed dissatisfied at the Deponent's requesting Time for consideration, and insisted that he

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should deliver up those Writings immediately, that the Deponent said, that if he was willing to do it then, it would not be possible, for that his Writings were at Albany. They then said that he should go next morning and give Cross a Bond in the Penalty of One Thousand Pounds, to return him his Papers, and suffer him to enjoy the Land as he had done before his agreement with the Deponent. That the Deponent declined to make such Promise, and desired Time to go down to Kinderhook and advise with his Brother, they replied that they had nothing to do with his Brother, and one of them swore that the Deponent should never have any Benefit fromthe Land which Cross had given-up, nor fodder any of the Produce of it.