. History of the city of New York . tely erected a small fort, to be garrisoned by a few soldiers. In Au-gust, Cornells Melyn returned to New Amsterdam with a fuU-fledgedgrant from the West India Comjiany to settle on Staten Island. Thisastonished De Vries, who knew that the company was aware of his ownpurchase of the whole of that property. Kieft, who had his distilleryand a buckskin manufactory already there, persuaded the liberal-mindedpatroon to permit Melyn to establish a plantation near the Narrows, andthen conferred upon the spirited Belgian a formal patent as patroon overall the island
. History of the city of New York . tely erected a small fort, to be garrisoned by a few soldiers. In Au-gust, Cornells Melyn returned to New Amsterdam with a fuU-fledgedgrant from the West India Comjiany to settle on Staten Island. Thisastonished De Vries, who knew that the company was aware of his ownpurchase of the whole of that property. Kieft, who had his distilleryand a buckskin manufactory already there, persuaded the liberal-mindedpatroon to permit Melyn to establish a plantation near the Narrows, andthen conferred upon the spirited Belgian a formal patent as patroon overall the island not reserved by De Vries. A small redoubt was immedi-ately erected upon the eastern headland, where a flag was raised when-ever a vessel arrived in the lower bay. This is the first record of a marinetelegraph in New York Harbor.^ The name of the Indian tribe was Achkinkcshacky, wliich was corrupted by tlie earlysettlers into Hackinsack. De Vries, 11 N. Y. H. S. Col., I. 264. OCallaghan I. 228, 229. Brodhcad, I. First Marine Telegraph. IM)\ VHXaHASCK. 97 CFIAPTKR VII. INDIAN VENGEANCE. Ini>i. —Imk Iikst : Asnimmiy. — Kikkis Disaipointmest.— DHATU OF rKTKK — EkFOU r UF IIIK MeN To IssTnTTK RE-FORMS. — The Governors Proclamation. — The Dutch and — Discrs-sioN OF THE Boundary Question.—A Flaw in the Title to New Netherlanh.— Religious P?:rsecution.—The First Tavern.—The New CHtitrH. —RalsinoMoney at a Weddino. —The First Enolish Secretary. — The Year ofBlood. — The Blood Atonement.—The Shrovetide Dinner-Party.—TheInhuman Massacre. — General Uprising of the Indians. — Overtures forPeace. —The Hollow Truce. —The Second Representative Body. —A Pageof Horrors. BY this time the effects of Kiefts imprudences with the Indianswere fast becoming apparent. The Raritans cajoled him withpeaceful messages, but suddenly attacked De Vriess un])r()tected ])lanta-tion on Staten Isla
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