[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Here 'tis to be further observed, that long before the English came to dwell beyond the river Pequato, the Dutch nation, by Director Kieft, caused possession to be taken of the lands situate on said river, both on the mainland and on Long Island, by the setting up of the arms of their High Mightinesses the Lords States General, which arms were at divers places torn down by one Lieutenant Houst, and the lands, contrary to all right and protest, afterwards taken up by the English, in which district they have founded many villages and hamlets, so that they have encroached on the lands as far as Petucquapoch, otherwise called Greenwich, in such wise that there is not more than eight leagues distance between that place and New Amsterdam, whereby of 90 leagues to the East, the Dutch at present peaceably occupy no more than 8. 'Twould, therefore, be fair and honorable that the West India Company should possess the lands and bounds from the river Pequato Fokets, or at least from the East bank of the Fresh river, which was long since taken possession of, and has been occupied by a fort and garrison from the year 1633 to this day.