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of the guns, which lasted for about half an hour, he crept gy 
into an empty sugar boiler, which was lying in the — 
store, dirtying it in no small degree; being found in this 
position trembling, he was much jeered ; returning after- if 
wards to his Indians he reproached them for their cow- — 
ardice, boasting that the Dutch owed the preservation — 
of the Fort in a great measure to his valour. At present, ; 
however, no such ceremonies are observed at the 
eleétion of a Captain of Indians residing in the possessions 
of the Dutch, as they are raised to that dignity by the — 
several Governors of the Colonies, who, as we shall 
observe hereafter, make him some presents, and incul-— 
cate in him lessons of obedience. 
