This land Conittekock was purchased from the Pequatoos as conquerors, with the free will and consent of the Sequeen, who as well as Meantinomy aforesaid lawfully conceded ail the right he possessed, to the Company, so that the Hon"'* Directors aforementioned have acquired their right to this Country and jurisdiction from the Natives and just proprietors, by purchase, free conveyance and payment. Conittekock which is a very extensive and beautiful flat, extending along the river and so inland in a westerly direction, is situate on the West bank of the Fresh river. In spring 'tis

daily overflowed back to the hill in consequence of the rising of the river, like the Nile. In the year 1G35 one Mr. Pinsen established a trading house and plantation ' on said Fresh river above Fort Hope, against which Director Twiller protested through one Andries Hudde, in the name of the Company. The English proceeding, notwithstanding, have founded about a small gunshot from Fort Hope, the town called Hertfoort, and other settlements on the Company's purchased lands, contrary to previous protests ; so that the English of Hertfoort left to Fort Hope scarcely ground enough to supply the corn and vegetables necessary for the people of said fort ; of those lands they robbed the Company by force, contrary to all public law. Apprehensive that they might experience hereafter some inconvenience on account of the aforementioned proceedings, the English of Hertfoort sent down three Deputies to enter into some arrangement with the Director of New Netherland, with which view they submitted some points, whereof the Governor of Hertfoort was to communicate the ratification ; this has not been done to this date, and the difference has remained in statu quo. We have, thus far, spoken of the right whereby the aforesaid West India Company, in virtue of the Charter, have taken possession of those lands, to wit by its lawful and voluntary :