That Rutsen and company do desist from any pretensions to purchase the land mentioned in the lysense of the petitions upon penalty of answering the same. Upon which order afterwards to wit the 28th day of May 1696 Rutsen & company prays the Governor & council not to have ill thoughts of them, and allege that the land that the petitioners lay claim to by lysense is not called Waghgaghemeck which being ready and considered in Council, an order issued upon petitioners that Swartwout and company pursuant to their (wish?) should purchase 1200 acres at Waghgaghkemmack and afterwards the other company their 4000 acres. Notwithstanding all which though Rutsen & company ventured still privly to (soist?) with the indians and obstruct the lawful purchase until the middle of the year 1697, when the petitioners to obtain their rights (forms?) of them verbally (consutod?) to make a joint purchase with the other company which being done they thereupon on the 14th of Oct. 1697 obtained his (mahos?) patent for the 1200 acres and betook themselves to the improvement thereof (and?) (company?) to all right and the former orders without any patent or first giving (way?) to the petitioners peacably to enjoy their 1200 acres. Many of the other company (purpose?) appointed by and under them satt down upon the s^d land forcibly that it being far from the other Christian settlement & mountain (whethr?) in the county of Elster or Orange the forests could not be removed by the indians that now Shely-irr-tin through months of Aug. and Sept. left and (devvey?) other times. The indians chiefly Asawanta Pindamnius, Karhkolano Sansa and Nashingloan with many others though pretended owners of the land to the petitioners unknown being stirred up freely by the s'd other company have fallen upon the s'd Barnardus Swartwout and his brother another partner and have beaten bruised and badly kicked so that of their lives they did really despair, and robbed plundered and carried away their goods haply and have destroyed their cattel, have (put fire?) often into their houses to burn them in which violent practices those other company, their wives came to look on and render the indians & (hindor?) from killing of them. But the men kept out of the wy which is of very pernicious ( . . . ) and may end in an Indian warr if life should be taken on any other part which your petitioners would strenuously avoid, and therefore humbly pray that said indians may be sent for and made to disclose who they are that put them upon this violence (sound?) prudent (va^rd?) be taken to prevent future mischief that such punishment may be enforced to their good. That the quiet & peaceable possession of their estates to the end that justice & right may take place according to your honorable great wisdom and prudence. This y^e pet^rs as in duty shall pray &c. MORTGAGE--JACOB CODEBEC TO PETER GUYMARD. To all Christian people to whom this present writing shall or may come.