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Various. Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664
Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664
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LETTER OF REVEREND JONAS MICHAELIUS, 1628
INTRODUCTION
"NOVUM BELGIUM" 1646
INTRODUCTION
"JOURNAL OF NEW NETHERLAND" 1647
INTRODUCTION
BY WHOM AND HOW NEW NETHERLAND WAS PEOPLED
THE CAUSES OF THE NEW NETHERLAND WAR AND THE SEQUEL THEREOF
THE REPRESENTATION OF NEW NETHERLAND, 1650
INTRODUCTION
Of The Fresh River
Of the Right of the Netherlanders to the Fresh River
Of the South River and the Boundaries there
Of the South Bay and South River
Of the Situation and Goodness of the Waters
Of the Reasons and Causes why and how New Netherland is so Decayed
The Administration of Director Kieft in Particular
The Administration of Director Stuyvesant in Particular
In what Manner New Netherland should be Redressed
ANSWER TO THE REPRESENTATION OF NEW NETHERLAND, 1650
INTRODUCTION
LETTER OF JOHANNES BOGAERT TO HANS BONTEMANTEL, 1655
INTRODUCTION
LETTERS OF THE DUTCH MINISTERS TO THE CLASSIS OF AMSTERDAM, 1655-1664
INTRODUCTION
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As to the natives of this country, I find them entirely savage and wild, strangers to all decency, yea, uncivil and stupid as garden poles, proficient in all wickedness and godlessness; devilish men, who serve nobody but the Devil, that is, the spirit which in their language they call Menetto; under which title they comprehend everything that is subtle and crafty and beyond human skill and power. They have so much witchcraft, divination, sorcery and wicked arts, that they can hardly be held in by any bands or locks. They are as thievish and treacherous as they are tall; and in cruelty they are altogether inhuman, more than barbarous, far exceeding the Africans.(1)
(1) He had served on the west coast of Africa; see the
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