sea. They have let it pass unnoticed--a proof that they were
guilty. But they have not fared badly; for though Paulus
Lenaertssen has small wages, he has built a better dwelling-
house here than anybody else. How this has happened is
mysterious to us; for though the Director has knowledge of
these matters, he nevertheless keeps quiet when Paulus
Lenaertssen begins to make objections, which he does not
easily do for any one else, which causes suspicion in the
minds of many. There remains to complete this court-bench,
the secretary and the fiscaal, Hendrick van Dyck,<5> who had
previously been an ensign-bearer. Director Stuyvesant has
kept him twenty-nine months out of the meetings of the
council, for the reason among others which His Honor assigned,
that he cannot keep secret but will make public, what is
there resolved. He also frequently declared that he was a
villain, a scoundrel, a thief and the like. All this is
well known to the fiscaal, who dares not against him take the
right course, and in our judgment it is not advisable for
him to do so; for the Director is utterly insufferable in
word and deed. What shall we say of a man whose head is
troubled, and has a screw loose, especially when, as often
happens, he has been drinking. To conclude, there is the
secretary, Cornelius van Tienhoven. Of this man very much
could be said, and more than we are able, but we shall select
here and there a little for the sake of brevity. He is
cautious, subtle, intelligent and sharp-witted--good gifts
when they are well used. He is one of those who have been
longest in the country, and every circumstance is well known
to him, in regard both to the Christians and the Indians.
With the Indians, moreover, he has run about the same as an