He drew up also certain
rules for the future conduct of his men.
"After these horrible proceedings he caused himself to be elected
captain-general by a document which he compelled all his companions
to sign. He afterward sent twenty-two men in two shallops to destroy
the company of Weybehays, but they met with a repulse. Taking with
him thirty-seven men, he went himself against Weybehays, who received
him at the water's edge as he disembarked, and forced him to retire,
although the lieutenant and his men had no weapons but clubs, the
ends of which were armed with spikes.
"Finding force unavailing, the mutineer had recourse to other means.
He proposed a treaty of peace, the chaplain, who remained with
Weybehays, drawing up the conditions. It was agreed to with this
proviso, that Weybehays' company should remain unmolested, and they,
upon their part, agreed to deliver up a little boat in which one of
the sailors had escaped from the island where Cornelis was located to
that of Weybehays, receiving in return some stuffs for clothing his
people. During his negotiations Cornelis wrote to certain French
soldiers who belonged to the lieutenant's company, offering to each a
sum of money to corrupt them, with the hope that with this assistance
he might easily compass his design.
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