But in the year 1651, the Director inducing and advising the Commonalty through special regard, to make renewed efforts to get people, &c., from Fatherland hither, the Lords Majors advised his Honor and his Select men for good reasons, to the effect that it

was not acceptable. 11.

And although 'tis proposed for the further encouragement of population, to reserve the trade with the Indians exclusively to the Patroons, Colonists and freemen residing there, without permitting any private traders to carry on any commerce with said Indians, 'tis nevertheless resolved as far as regards these, to adhere to the existing practice, but the Director and Council shall take information thereupon to serve as advice to the Assembly.

The private traders carry on traffic with the Indians the same as the Freemen, according to the old custom, and nothing in regard thereto has ever been mooted or proposed by the Director in the Council.

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The aforesaid Director and Council shall pay strict regard that no arms nor munitions of war shall be sold by the Freemen to the Indians, nor by the private traders to theFreemen or Indians, upon certain penalties to be enacted therefor; but the Freemen who require any, may obtain the same from the Company's store on an order of the Director and Council.

The Director allows his commissaries at Fort Orange to trade fusils and articles of contraband to the Indians, according to his Honor's acls.nowledgment and avowal in the Council, to wit, that he had Mess" the Directors' order thereunto, which Jacob van Schermerhorn and Jacob Ryntjes reproached him witli in full Court, in 1G49, when the Director on my demand, ex officio confiscated their goods. Whereunto his Honor answered, that he would do it, and will not allow them to do it.