Others have come with ships freighted with a large quantity of cattle.

They have cleared away the forest, enclosed their plantations, and brought them under the plough, so as to be an ornament to the country and a profit to the proprietors after their long and laborious toil.

The whole of these now lie in ashes through a foolish hankering after war.
"All right-thinking men here know that these Indians have lived as lambs among us until a few years ago, injuring no man, offering every assistance to our nation, and when no supplies were sent for several months, furnishing provisions to the Company's servants until they received supplies.
These hath the Director, by several uncalled-for proceedings from time to time, so estranged from us, and so embittered against the Netherlands nation, that we do not believe that anything will bring them and peace back, unless the Lord, who bends all hearts to his will, propitiate their people.
"Little or nothing of any account has been done here for the country.

Every place is going to ruin.

Neither counsel nor advice is taken." After giving an account of the origin and progress of the war, they warn the home government against relying upon the statements which the Director had sent over to them.