, although it had been petitioned for when Hendrick Jansen
Snyder, Laurens Cornelissen and others, many years ago, were banished
from New Netherland.(1) It would be a very strange thing indeed if the
officers of the Company could banish nobody from the country, while the
officers of the colony of Renselaerswyck, who are merely subordinates
of the Company, can banish absolutely from the colony whomever they may
deem advisable for the good of the colony, and permit no one to dwell
there unless with their approbation and upon certain conditions, some
of which are as follows: in the first place, no one down to the present
time can possess a foot of land of his own in the colony, but is obliged
to take upon rent all the land which he cultivates. When a house is
erected an annual ground-rent in beavers must be paid; and all the
farmers must do the same, which they call obtaining the right to trade.
Where is there an inhabitant under the jurisdiction of the Company of
whom anything was asked or exacted for trade or land? All the farms
are conveyed in fee, subject to the clause beraemt ofte nog te beramen,
(taxes imposed or to be imposed.)

(1) Hendrick Jansen the tailor was throughout Kieft's
administration one of his bitterest and most abusive
opponents, and was several times prosecuted for slander. In
1647 he sailed on the Princess with Kieft and was lost.
Lourens Cornelissen van der Wel was a sea-captain, and also
prosecuted by Kieft.

The English minister Francis Doughty has never been in the service
of the company, wherefore it was not indebted to him; but his English
congregation are bound to pay him, as may be proven in New Netherland.

The Company has advanced the said minister, from time to time, goods and
necessaries of life amounting to about 1100 guilders, as the Colony-Book
can show, which he has not yet paid, and he is making complaints now, so
that he may avoid paying it. Whether or not the Director has desired a
compromise with Doughty, I do not know.

Director Stuyvesant, when he came to New Netherland, endeavored
according to his orders to stop in a proper manner the contraband trade
in guns, powder and lead. The people of the colony of Renselaerwyck
understanding this, sent a letter and petition to the Director,
requesting moderation, especially as they said if that trade were
entirely abolished all the Christians in the colony would run great
danger of being murdered, as m