ssible to please him. He
entered bitter complaints against the governor, declaring that the
articles of the late treaty had been grossly violated.

"In Christina," said he,

"the women were violently driven out of their houses. The
oxen, cows and other animals were butchered. Even the horses
were wantonly shot. The whole country was desolated. Your
men carried off even my own property, and we were left
without means of defence against the savages. No proper
accommodations have been provided for me and my suite at New
Amsterdam, and our expenses have not been defrayed."

With much dignity Governor Stuyvesant vindicated himself. "I offered,"
he said,

"to leave fort Christina in your possession, but you refused
it. I am not responsible for any property for which I have
not given a receipt. On account of your high station, I
offered more than once to entertain you in my own house. As
this did not satisfy you, you were induced to reside in one
of the principal houses of the city. There you indulged in
unmannerly threats that you would return and destroy this
place. This so annoyed the people of the house that, for
peace sake, they abandoned their lodgings.

"The rumors of these threats reached the ears of the
captains of the small vessels, and the passengers with whom
you were to embark. They did not deem it safe to take you
and your suite, with such a large number of dependents. They
feared to land you in England or France, unless they should
chance to meet some English or French vessel in the Channel.
We entered into no obligation to defray your expenses or
those of your unusual suite."

Soon after this Governor Rising and his attendants were embarked for
Europe in two vessels. A narrative was, at the same time, sent to the
fatherland of the recent Indian troubles. The defenceless condition of
the country was explained and assistance earnestly implored.

There were still a number of captives held by the Indian tribes who
dwelt among the Highlands. The question was anxiously deliberated, in
the Council, respecting the best mode of recovering them. One only,
Van Tienhoven, was in favor of war. But Governor Stuyvesant said,

"The recent war is to be attributed to the rashness of a few
hot-headed individuals. It becomes us to reform ourselves,
to abstain from all that is wrong, and