[Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam by John S. C. Abbott]@TWC D-Link bookPeter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam CHAPTER VIII 13/35
The captain had made a mistake and supposed that he had entered the mouth of South river. Discovering his error, he sent a boat up to Manhattan for a pilot. Stuyvesant's long-looked-for hour had come.
He arrested the boat's crew, and sent them all to the guard-house.
He also seized the Shark and transferred her cargo to the Company's magazine on shore.
He then sent a courteous message to Governor Rising, at New Sweden, inviting him to visit New Amsterdam, "to arrange and settle some unexpected differences." He promised him a hospitable reception, but declared that he should detain the Swedish ship and cargo, "until a reciprocal restitution shall have been made." Governor Rising declined the invitation, not deeming it judicious to place himself so effectually in the power of his impetuous antagonist. Upon the capture of fort Casimir, Governor Stuyvesant had immediately sent word of the occurrence to the Amsterdam Directors.
In November he received their reply.
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