It was a day of great excitement and anxiety in Amsterdam, and the people became impatient.

On Monday the magistrates explained to them the situation of affairs, and they demanded a sight of the proclamation.

It was refused, and they were on the verge of open insurrection, when a new turn in events took place.
Governor Winthrop of Connecticut, who was quite friendly with Stuyvesant, had joined the English squadron.

Nicolls sent him as an embassador to Stuyvesant, with a letter in which was repeated the demand for a surrender.

The two governors met at the gate of the fort.
Stuyvesant read the letter and promptly refused to comply.
"Inform the Englishman if he wants my fort, he must come amid cannon and balls to take it," he said.