y should make an
attack upon his company, which in effect they designed to do, and to
treat the other party in the same manner; for they feared lest their
company, or that which remained upon the third island, should inform
the commander upon his arrival, and thus prevent the execution of
their design. They succeeded easily with the party last mentioned,
which was the weakest, killing the whole of them, excepting seven
children and some women. They hoped to succeed as easily with
Weybehays' company, and in the mean while broke open the chests of
merchandise which had been saved from the vessel. Jerome Cornelis
caused clothing to be made for his company out of the rich stuffs
which he found therein, choosing to himself a bodyguard, each of whom
he clothed in scarlet, embroidered with gold and silver. Regarding
the women as part of the spoil, he took one for himself, and gave one
of the daughters of the minister to a principal member of his party,
abandoning the other three for public use. He drew up also certain
rules for the future conduct of his men.

"After these horrible proceedings he caused himself to be elected
captain-general by a document which he compelled all his companions
to sign. He afterward sent twenty-two men in two shallops to destroy
the company of Weybehays, but they met with a repulse. Taking with
him thirty-seven men, he went himself against Weybehays, who received
him at the water's edge as he disembarked, and forced him to retire,
although the lieutenant and his men had no weapons but clubs, the
ends of which were armed with spikes.

"Finding force unavailing, the mutineer had recourse to other means.
He proposed a treaty of peace, the chaplain, who remained with
Weybehays, drawing up the conditions. It was agreed to with this
proviso, that Weybehays' company should remain unmolested, and they,
upon their part, agreed to deliver up a little boat in which one of
the sailors had escaped from the island where Cornelis was located to
that of Weybehays, receiving in return some stuffs for clothing his
people. During his negotiations Cornelis wrote to certain French
soldiers who belonged to the lieutenant's company, offering to each a
sum of money to corrupt them, with the hope that with this assistance
he might easily compass his design. His letters, which were wit