With much difficulty he carried his point.

"I honor the States and shall obey their commands," said Stuyvesant, "I shall send an attorney to sustain the sentence." The Indians loudly, and with one accord, demanded the right to purchase fire-arms.

For years they had been constantly making such purchases, either through the colonists at Rensselaerswyck, or from private traders.

It was feared that the persistent refusal to continue the supply, might again instigate them to hostilities.

The Directors of the West India government therefore intimated that "it was the best policy to furnish them with powder and ball, but with a sparing hand." Stuyvesant ordered a case of guns to be brought over from Holland.
They were landed openly at fort Amsterdam and placed under the care of an agent of the governor.