For *""' insolence, have thrown them down, and so 'tis allowed to remain; and 'tis considered, especially by the Governor, a brilliant achievement. 'Tis true that several protests were made both against this and other matters that occurred, but they produced as little effect as the flight of a crow (21) overhead, and it is to be feared that if this Governor had an adequate force, there would have been more mad freaks with him than with the English or any of their Governors. And this is, in brief, the case of the Swedes; the Company's officers ought to The Company's ser- Tants can furnish be able to make a pertinent report on the subject, as they have in their n formation' "' possession all the papers and documents, to which and to the journals, we refer. th Swedes^'""' The English have also sought at divers times and places to annex this river, being, as they say, the nearest to it ; but they have been prevented hitherto The English evpei- in bv divers r this, protests, and also by •' J their being ' O expelled r by J force, well led from the South """ knowing that if they but once happen to settle there, the river would be lost, or cause considerable trouble; for tiiey would swarm to it in great numbers. It is The English again Currently hanker atler the •' reported ' here every day, J and ' we are informed, that the English o will sonth river. soon repair thither with several families. 'Tis to be borne in mind, that if these people come to settle there, they will so rapidly spread themselves over every Dutch nor Swedes will have much to say there; at place, that shortly neither least, whole or in part, if some there will be a risk of losing the river, in particular precaution be not taken and this, then, would be the fruit of want ;