[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] bread, but of very indifferent quality, of maize, which they also cook whole, or broken in wooden mortars. The women likewise perform this labor and make a pap or porridge, called by some, Sapsis, by others, Duundare,^ which is their daily food; they mix this, also, thoroughly with little beans, of different colors, raised by themselves; this is esteemed by them rather as a dainty, than as a daily dish. BY WHOM NEW NBTHERLAND WAS FIRST OCCUPIED, AND HOW FAR ITS BOUNDARIES EXTEND. That New Netherland was first discovered, owned and settled by Netherlands, The country i» ant ditiCOTered, taken has already been stated; but inasmuch as considerable dispute has arisen on this p".""''?" "' »■"* •* ' ^ settled by Nether-point, not only with the Swedes, who have little pretense, but principally with '"<'"'• the English, who have already usurped and settled a great portion thereof; The Engiuh have o 1 appropriated a large 'twill be, therefore, necessary to treat of each in particular somewhat more P""ionoiit. precisely and at large. But inasmuch as divers ingenious persons have treated of this matter in its length and breadth, and as those pretensions are absurd and require but few arguments, we shall dispose thereof as briefly as is in any wise possible.