Note 21 — Chapter VIII · The Colony Under Rising and Papegoja, 1653–1655.
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According to Rising the force consisted of about 600 to 700 men (in another place he says from 400 to 500, Journal), and this number (600 to 700) has been accepted as the correct one by the writers. Lindeström goes further. He says: “Anno 1655 den 30 Aug. kom General Stuyvessandh medh en armé á 1,500 man stack.” Geogr., p. 223. Stuyvesant said in 1664 that there were forty soldiers and 150 to 160 militia, in all about 200 men. Doc., II, 223; 442.