his pleasure at having come to
live among them. He promised,
“|| further, to govern as a father,
| which being interpreted to mean
with an iron hand, if in his own
#i2|judgment it might be deemed
oa advisable, somewhat dampened
"¢” || their joyful ardor.
J] The Council was organized on
the 27th of May and a Court of
Justice opened.

The people were induced to
enlarge and improve their dwell-
ing houses; a Market House
was built and plans made for an
annual cattle fair.

Stuyvesant, in the course of
his tenure, had also to deal with
the still open question, the New
England boundary.