History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691)
And there Jacob Jacobson Elkins, the merchants factor, and some others of the Companye wente on shoare and pitchte his tente and carryed divers goodes with them to trade with the natives of those places for beavers and other furrs. But the Dutch foUoweth them upp the said river, and would not suffer thsm to trads there; but went on shoare, and pulled downe ds said factors tent, and carried the goods and the said factor, and ths rest of the companye, which were on shoare abord the said shippe the William againe. And as they were carryinge of them abord, sounded theire trumpett in the boate, in disgrace of the Englishe, and beate twoe Indians, which came and broughte others with thsm to trade with the said Jacob Jacobson, beinge acquainted with him. And afterwards the Dutch goings abord the said shippe, they weighed her anchors and inforced her companye to depte with the said shippe out of the said river, and went downe the river with them to sea They should not trade there, and the said merchants factor (as he tould this exaidate and others of the said shipps' companye) desired a certificate from ths Dutch of their carriage towards the companye of the said shippe, and that they would not lett the englishe trads theire to shews it to his merchants, when hee came home; which the Dutch refused to give him, and further he cannot deposs. To the third interrye : hee sayeth, that by the injury and wrongs, done by the Dutch, as is