Instructions for Dirck Smith, ensign.
First, in addition to the old garrison, he shall receive from the soldiers brought there another 25 men, amounting altogether to 50 men, over whom he shall have the uppermost authority and command until our further orders; and he shall also give out the watch word, and maintain and put everything in good order.
Second, he shall at once, with the assistance of the inhabitants, secure and maintain the designated place, and provide both gates and the guardhouse with proper guards day and night, permitting passage to no Indians except with the approval of Jacob Jansz Stol and Thomas Chambres.
Third, until further resolution and orders, there shall be initiated no offensive hositilities against the Indians unless they do so first, and they inflict some pain on the Christians, whether it be on their persons or possessions; upon which occasion he shall be allowed defensively to attack, apprehend, resist and pursue the Indians with the advice of the aforesaid Stoll and Chambers as well as with the assistance of the inhabitants, as circumstances require, remaining always vigilant and alert, and also keeping the place garrisoned with soldiers.
Fourth, plowing and sowing shall proceed and progress as much as possible, and this foremost with the approval of the inhabitants themselves, whether each on his own land, or with one another, when they shall be given a proper guard of 20 to 25 men in order to protect them against any hostility; also, the inhabitants are to take appropriate weapons with them in order to be able to face the Indians better in case of attack.
Fifth and lastly, except for plowing and sowing he shall keep the soldiers in his command close by one another as much as possible without giving permission that they run here and there, or be ordered to do so. Thus done until further resolution and orders in the Esopus, 18 October 1658.
