On March 18 the Queen was again present in the council chamber, and it appears that the session was considered important. Letters from Governor Printz were read, reporting that Stuyvesant had “invaded New Sweden, bought land from the Indians already purchased by the Swedes, and erected a fort” within Swedish limits. The governor also complained bitterly against “the outrages” of the Dutch, saying that Stuyvesant disrespected Her Royal Majesty’s authority, obstructed the traffic, demanded toll from strangers, stirred up the Indians against the Swedes, and personally incited the freemen of New Sweden to renounce their oath of allegiance and join the Dutch under pain of being driven “from house and home.” Immediate relief was therefore requested, and some soldiers with two warships were asked for to be stationed in the Delaware for two years. The first business of the council was to discuss these reports. The point to receive most attention was of course the Dutch hostilities. It seems that some of the councillors proposed to dispatch a force at once to the Delaware to drive the Dutch from the river, as the minutes of the council say: “then Her Majesty’s idea was that the States General should first be approached for a settlement.” No immediate steps were taken, and the subject was dropped for the time being with the chancellor’s remark “that the case was well worth considering.” As may be inferred from the Queen’s statement, the matter led to some diplomatic correspondence; but the Dutch representative at Stockholm as well as the States General gave evasive answers to the Swedish government, and the matter was allowed to rest. A few days after the above conference the Queen ordered the admiralty to fit out the _Swan_ for a “new journey to the West Indies.” But as the ship was too old the company prepared its own vessel, the _Gyllene Haj_. The officers were active in the spring and summer, but the ship still lay at anchor in Gothenburg harbor when autumn came. In the winter new letters arrived from Governor Printz. The Dutch pressed hard upon him. They had settled forty families on the crown’s territory, and the English also threatened to appear in the river with great force. For five years he had had no merchandise to sell to the Indians, who consequently were becoming restless and dangerous. The colonists were dissatisfied and many had deserted. Water had damaged the grain and supplies must be bought from the Dutch and English at double prices. The neighbors said openly that the settlement was forgotten and entirely neglected by the home government. On top of it all Printz was ill and indisposed to remain.