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Jan Hendricksen, answered-They are under the command of
no man but Long Peter, whom they, forsooth! called their Cornet, and uttered divers unmannerly words in presence of all the
officers. Upon which I gave him 2 or 3 slaps of a sword, and
lie seemed as if he would put himself in a posture against me.
But I being close up to his body he could not act as he wished,
and I said to him that I should bring him to an account. This.
said Jan Hlendcricksen, with one Al bert Heymnins Roose, acted
insolently on the 7th July. Whilst we were examining the two
Wappinger Indians, in the presence of the Schout and Commissaries, in Thomas Chambers' room a messenger came in and said
that two or three boors were without the door with loaded guns
to shoot the Indians when they came forth. Whereupon I stood
up and went to the door-found this Albert Heymans Roose
and Jan Hendricksen at the door with their guns. Asked them
what they were doing there with their guns? They gave me
for answer, We will shoot the Indians. I said to them, you
must not do that. To which they replied, We will do it though
you stand by; I told them in return, to go home and keep
quiet or I should send such disturbers to the Manhatans. They
then retorted, I might do what I pleased, they would shoot the
Savages to the ground, even though they should hang for it;
and so I left them. This Albert coming into the Council told
ite Commissaries that one of them should step out. What his
intention with him was I can't say. This by way of memorandum. Meanwhile arrested Jan Hendricksen.
29th ditto. Four parties went out again to cut down the corn
and to burn the oldmaize..About o'clock in the afternoon,
Some Indians made their appearance on a high hill near the fort and
called out to us, that they would come and fight us on the morrow
whereupon we brought the captive Squaw out of the fort to speak
to them, and they called out to her that they should now cone and
fight the Dutch, for the Dutch had now come and taken their
fort, cut their corn and burnt all their old maize and that they
should die of hunger. I said to them, the Dutch had gone in
search of you to the mountain but ye always ran away and dare
not make'a stand. But the Indians would not give any answer,
and so went awav;,'