Knickerbocker's History of New York Vol. 2 Book V Chapter V

In which the valiant Peter Stuyvesant faces a scurrilous accusation by the eastern confederacy, charged with secretly inciting the native tribes to assault English settlements, a slander so bitterly denied that it draws forth his spirited challenge to single combat. Amidst these tense exchanges, the loyal trumpeter Anthony Van Corlear dashes through the countryside with dispatch and mirth, proclaiming his master's honour and stirring the hopes and follies of the border towns.