nto jail, where, it is said,
he experienced much harsh usage. Soon after this Governor John
Winthrop, from Hartford, visited the English Long Island towns,
removed the officers appointed by Scott, and installed others who
would be devoted to the interests of Connecticut.

Governor Stuyvesant being informed of his presence, immediately
crossed the East river to Long Island, to meet the Connecticut
governor, who was thus encroaching upon the Dutch domains. He urged
upon Governor Winthrop the claims of Holland upon New Netherland, by
the apparently indubitable title of discovery, purchase and
possession, as well as by the clearly defined obligations of the
Hartford treaty of 1650. It will be remembered that by that treaty it
was expressly agreed that,

"Upon Long Island a line run from the westernmost part of
Oyster Bay, in a straight and direct line to the sea, shall
be the bounds between the English and the Dutch there; the
easterly part to belong to the English, the westernmost part
to the Dutch."

But here was Governor Winthrop, in total disregard of this treaty,
many miles west of this line, endeavoring to wrest several towns from
the Dutch dominion, and to annex them to the Connecticut colony. All
Governor Stuyvesant's arguments were unavailing. Governor Winthrop
paid no heed to them. He knew very well that the Dutch governor had no
military power with which to enforce his claims. Governor Winthrop
therefore contented himself with simply declaring that the whole of
Long Island belonged to the king of England.

"All Governor Stuyvesant could address, writes O'Callaghan,

"was of no avail. The country was the king's, the people his
subjects. When priority of title from the Indians was
invoked, those from whom the Dutch purchased were, it was
replied, not the right owners and had no right to sell. But
when deeds which the English held from natives, happened to
be older than those of their opponents, then the title could
not be gainsayed. All must be received without
contradiction.

"The truth is, the Directors in Holland were mistaken in
their reliance upon Winthrop's friendship. He now manifested
the greatest hostility to the Dutch, and was the head and
front of all the opposition they experienced. He was no
doubt well-advised of the designs of the Duke of York, and
of his brother the king of England, which were abou