Gerrit Bikker was in command of the fort, with a garrison of twelve men.

On the morning of the first of June, 1654, a strange sail was seen in the offing.

A small party was sent out in a boat, to reconnoitre.

They returned with the tidings that it was a Swedish ship full of people, with a new governor; and that they had come to take possession of the place, affirming that the fort was on land belonging to the Swedish government.
Bikker with his small garrison, and almost destitute of ammunition, could make no resistance.

Twenty or thirty soldiers landed from the Swedish ship, entered the open gate of the fort and took possession of the place.