That in May 1650 he forwarded people to Staten Island in New Netherland, in conformity with the Charter thereunto granted by tiie West India Company, Chamber of Amsterdam, and hath since that time unto February, 1G55, sent thither so many agricultural laborers, superintendents and carpenters that in August, 16-55, his Colonie had a population of over ninety souls, with eleven bouweries in progress, which he, Van der Capellen, had also stocked with tiie necessary oxen and cows, so that in November, 1655, he was in expectation of a large crop of seed and an increase of cattle. But in consequence of violence unexpectedly committed by some belonging to the City of New Amsterdam, together with beating and shooting some Indians, natives of that country, the latter, being unable to revenge themselves on the Burghers of New Amsterdam, set fire to all

the bouweries first on the Manhattans around New Amsterdam, and afterwards on Staten Island, and killed all the people that did not make their escape. Wherefore, Van der Capellen hath lost by this burning all his houses and the barns appertaining to these bouweries on Staten Island ; and in this resistance fifteen of his people, including one superintendent and two carpenters innocently lost their lives, who had never given the least offence to the Indians, by whom over twelve thousand schepels of grain were burnt in the straw. The most of this loss falls on your remonstrant, as appears from the original letter of Mr. Stuy vesandt, Director-General of New Netherlandt, dated New Amsterdam, 30"" October, 1655, an extract whereof is annexed. And as he. Van der Capellen, intends, by the blessing of God the Lord, to prevent such murder of his agriculturists, burning of houses, seed crops and plunder of cattle, he has instructed Captain Adriaen Post, his agent, to collect together the surviving agriculturists, women and children, who are still more than seventy in number, and to erect a fort on said Island pursuant to the order sent over; into which he and they can retire, in case of another such hostile attack on the part of the Indians.