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Rh tree to which they were nailed was a fool's face carved in the stead of said Arms. All which aforesaid appeared strange to us, being a criminal offence against his Majesty, and tending to the disparagement of their High Mightinesses."

In 1649 the New Amsterdam yacht St. Beninjo is mentioned as being arrested in New England for some alleged irregularity, a long correspondence ensuing.

In 1650, it appears, hostilities continued in the West Indies after peace had been declared; evident by the following communication:

"To the High and Mighty Lords States-General of the United Netherlands.

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" The Delegates from New Netherland respectfully represent that they this day, the 12th April, 1650, received and had communication of a certain deposition of William Nobel, late Surgeon of Captain Blaeuw's yacht La Garse, stating that the Spaniards in the West Indies were ignorant of the peace, and that both sides still continued hostilities in those parts; also that peace has never been proclaimed in New Netherlands."

On June 16, 1654, Governor Stuyvesant commissioned Carsten Jeroensen "to command the yacht Haen as skipper and chief, and to navigate her from New Amsterdam to the Island of Curacao." He also issued minute instructions for the voyage. The Haen was, however, subsequently captured by three Spanish ships, and taken into