drinking water as their only beverage, and eating the
flesh of all kinds of animals which the country affords,
cooked without being cleansed or dressed. They eat even
badgers, dogs, eagles and such like trash, upon which
Christians place no value. They use all kinds of fish,
which they commonly cook without removing the entrails,
and snakes, frogs and the like. They know how to preserve
fish and meat until winter, and to cook them with corn-
meal. They make their bread of maize, but it is very
plain, and cook it either whole or broken in a pestle
block. The women do this and make of it a pap or porridge,
which some of them call Sapsis,<1> others Enimdare, and
which is their daily food. They mix this also sometimes
with small beans of different colors, which they plant
themselves, but this is held by them as a dainty dish
more than as daily food.

<1> Probably a misprint for sapaan. For the next word,
the manuscript has Duundare.

By whom New Netherland was first Possessed and what its
Boundaries are.

That New Netherland was first found, claimed and possessed
by Netherlanders, has already been stated; but inasmuch
as a dispute has arisen, not only with the Swedes (which
is of little moment) but especially with the English,
who have already entered upon and seized a great part
thereof, it is necessary to speak of each claim in
particular and somewhat at large. But because this