But, we all say and affirm, that such has, from the commencement, been and still continues daily to be, the common practice, and that this is the conduct and bearing in the Council of the Director who is president and head thereof. Let us now, also, cursorily speak of each of the other Councillors. Lubbert van Dinklagen, the Vice- ly'S-esS^.*''''*'' Governor, hath for a long time exhibited great dissatisfaction, and on several occasions, and for divers matters, (38) hath protested against the Director and his appointed Council, but it is only of late, after some others had offered

opposition. He had been previously so influenced by fear that he durst not oppose the Director, but was obliged to let many things take their course and submit to them, to which, he afterwards declared, he had great objection because they were unjust, but he saw no other way to secure peace; for the Director himself said, in Council, that he would treat him worse than Wouter van Twiller had ever done, if he would not obey his wishes. This man is then overruled. Let us now proceed further. Monsieur La Montanie had been in the Council in Kieft's time, and was then, by many, greatly suspected he hath ;

no commission from Fatherland ; was, also, driven off his land by the war ; is

308 NEW- YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. deeply in the Company's debt, and is, therefore, under the necessity of

dissembling; but it is sufficiently notorious, and has been heard from himself, was not pleased with, and disapproved of that administration. Brian that he Muyson [Nuton], lieutenant of the soldiers, comes next. This man dreads the Director, and honors him as his benefactor; besides being very ignorant and n«mSCnd''o'u? inexperienced in the law, he is totally unacquainted with our Dutch language, ""' eaj^Tel!'^" SO that he is entirely unqualified to reply to the elaborately written opinions, except that he indeed must and will say, Yes.