The Story of Manhattan

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d in the town gathered there, but everyone on the island, and many from more distant parts. There were Indians, too, who walked sedately, their quiet serenity in strange contrast to the colonists, who yelled and shouted for joy, and cl

said he, "as a fathe

ue. For the man with a wooden leg was Peter Stuyvesant, the new Governor appointed by the West India Compan

West India Company, and his leg had been shot

be understood that he did not care much for the advice of others. He did what he could for the people to make their life as happy as possible. Of course he had orders from the We

or cleared. The hog-pens which had been in front of the houses were taken away. All the fences were put in repair, and where weeds had

esant had been Governor for a while, some other officers were appointed to help him. There was one officer called a schout, very much the same as a mayor is in these days. Two others were called burgomasters, and f

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s and as he plainly told them that they must not interfere with his orders, and as he still had his own way, rega

would attack the city, set about fortifying it. The fence that Governor Kieft had built so that the cattle could not wander away was changed into a wall that extended from riv

aware River began to build houses on Dutch lands. Then Stuyvesant, with 160 men

the colonists killed an Indian. In a few days there was an uprising of Indian tribes. In New Jersey and on Staten Island they murdered colonists, burned houses, and laid farms waste. Stuyvesant hurriedly returned.

Wall Street. Some distance beyond the city wall was a fenced-in pasture for cattle, which was later to become The Common, and still later City Hall Park. Farther on there was a wide lake, so deep that it was thought to be bottomless. On its banks were a vast heap of oyster-shells, where

vetous eye upon the possessions of the Dutch in America. The English, it must be remembered, claimed not onl

s II. decided that the English claim was just, and gave New Netherland to his brother James, Duke of Y

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, and they hoped to be more free under English rule. Stuyvesant, with scarcely a supporter, stood firm and unyielding. He had no thought of submitting to superior force. "I wou

is soldiers out of Fort Amsterdam, with flags flying and drums beating. And the English soldiers, who had

New Netherland became the province of New York, and Fort Amsterdam became Fort

and years after he died in the little Bouwerie Village which he had built. In St. Mark's Church to