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

In which the valiant yet often unbloodied contest before the walls of Christina unfolds with a curious absence of gore, leaving the narrator to muse on the solemn responsibilities borne by historians in preserving the fleeting renown of great men. The narrative then celebrates the magnanimous triumph of Peter Stuyvesant, whose victory ushers in a peaceful submission of New Sweden and a jubilant return to New Amsterdam, marked by festivity and the fond conferring of a distinguished sobriquet.