And that a friendly traffic be carried, in the meantime, yea, until the maize trade be over, and until an opportunity and God's will be made manifest; also, that no one, be his rank what it may, commit any hostility on land or water, against the Indians, the murderer excepted meanwhile, let every one be on his guard; that when the Indians are out hunting ;

we shall divide ourselves into two parties, to wit, one to land about the Archipelago,' and the other at Wyquaesquec in order to harass them in this wise, from two directions ; and that the Director shall employ hereunto as many of the strongest and most active of the Negroes as he can conveniently spare and provide them with a small ax and half-pike. To the 3"*. The people say, as they know no other superior than the Director, who is as well their as the soldier's commander, that to prevent all disorder, the Director shall personally lead the expedition, in which case the people are resolved personally to attend him. Finally, for the purpose of lulling the suspicions of the Indians without using any threats, we consider it prudent that the Director send a sloop again 1. 2. (jL 3 times, peaceably to demand the murderer, in order then to put him to death. The Commonalty have, moreover, chosen the undernamed twelve persons, and empowered them to resolve on everything with the Director and Council they also took the oath,^ ;

namely -- (Signed,) Jacques Bentyn, [Maryn Adriaensen], Jan Damen, Hendrick [Jansen], tailor, David Pietersen [deVries], Jacob StofTelsen, Abraham Molenaer, Frederick Lubbertsen,