whom they took with them captive to Tapaen. They set fire
to the farm-house and all the other houses at Pavonia; and
thus began a new war. The next day the Governor came to me
with the step-father of the little boy that was made prisoner by
the Indians. He was the son of Cornelis van Vorst. ¹ The Gov-
ernor asked me if I would go to the savages to obtain the re-
lease of the boy, as nobody dared go to the Indians except me.
I said I would send them one or two Indians; but if I brought
them to the fort, they must not be misused, for they would
come with me upon my word. So I went over to Long Island
and brought with me two Indians to go to Tapaen to obtain
the release of the boy. When I brought the Indians over,
every one wanted to kill them, and I had enough to do to save
them. I took them to a privateer which was lying there,
which carried them away, and they released the boy.

The 8th of the same month I took my leave of Commander
Kieft, and left in the Rotterdammer buss for the English
Virginias; and, in taking leave of Willem Kieft, I told him
that this murder which he had committed on so much innocent
blood would yet be avenged upon him, and thus I left him.
Sailed past Staten Island through the Narrows to Sandy Hook,
where we were detained two days by contrary winds. Picked
each day some blue-plums, which are abundant there, and
grow there naturally wild.

The 11th, weighed anchor to sail from Sandy Hook to the
Virginias, with a northwest wind and a weather shore. ²

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