It was now reported that Governor Stuyvesant himself was about to visit fort Orange, and that a new gallows was being prepared for those who should attempt to thwart his wishes.

The governor soon arrived and, with his customary explicitness, informed the authorities there, that the territory by the Exemptions, allowed to the patroon, was to extend sixteen miles on one side of the river, or eight miles if both banks were occupied.

He called upon them to define their boundaries, saying that he should recognize the patroons' jurisdiction only to that extent.

These limits would include but a small portion of the territory which the patroons claimed by right of purchase from the Indians.
The authorities were not prepared to act upon this question without instructions from Holland.

Stuyvesant would admit of no delay.