68 DUTCH AND ENGLISH ON THE HUDSON

before those bones were laid in the family vault of
the chapel on his bouwerie.

When Stuyvesant reached the country over
which he was to rule, it was noted by the colonists
that his bearing was that of a prince. "I shall be
as a father over his children," he told the burghers
of New Amsterdam, and in this patriarchal capa-
city he kept the people standing with their heads
uncovered for more than an hour, while he wore his
hat. How he bore out this first impression we may
gather from The Representation of New Netherlands
an arraignment of the Director, drawn up and
solemnly attested in 1650 by eleven responsible
burghers headed by Adrian Van der Donck, and
supplemented by much detailed evidence. The
witnesses express the earnest wish that Stuyves-
ant's administration were at an end, for they have
suffered from it and know themselves powerless.
Whoever opposes the Director "hath as much as
the sun and moon against him." In the council he
writes an opinion covering several pages and then
adds orally: "This is my opinion. If anyone have
aught to object to it, let him express it!" If any
one ventures to make any objection, his Honor
flies into a passion and rails in language better
fitted to the fish-market than to the council-hall.