That upon the Deponent's Arrival at his said Lands, the settlers thereon and the others, collected together in a Body about thirteen in Number, when the Deponent offered those who had settled on his Lands, Leases, which they absolutely refused to accept upon any Terms. whatsoever, but declared they would support themselves there by Force of Arms, and that they would spill their Blood before they would leave the said Lands ; whereupon the Deponent proceeded to serve two Declarations of Ejectment on two principal Ringleaders, and thereupon some of their Party presented their Firelocks at the Deponent, declaring it should be Death for any Man that served a Declaration of Ejectment there, but the Deponent being well armed with Pistols. proceeded to. serve the said Ejectments, notwithstanding they continued their Firelocks presented against him during the whole Time, that after the Deponent had served the said Ejectments, they declared with one Voice that they would not attend any Court in the Province of New: York, nor would be concluded by any Law of New York respecting their Lands, and asked the Deponent how he would get Possession after he had got Judgments against them, who replied he should bring the High Sherif to put him in Possession, to which they replied they would suffer no Sheriff to.come upon the Ground, to which the Deponent replied, that if they resisted the Civil Officer, he would apply for the Assistance of the Regular Troops which were hard by, as. it was their Duty to assist the Civil authority, and that it was High Treason for them to fire on his Majesty's Troops, to which they answered that if his Majesty's Troops came to assist. the Civil Officer to put any Man in Possession there, they should have hundreds of Guns fired at them, and that. they further said, it was the universal Agreement of the People in that Country, as the Deponent understood in its