. A history of the United States. ilty of murders. The Indians were made more reck-less by the liquor,or firewater,which they boughtof the consequencewas that for yearswar raged betweenthe settlers andthe Indians, andthat the Dutchheld little but FortAmsterdam onManhattan wall of earth,four or five feethigh, thrown up inside a closely-set row of pointed stakestwice as high, was built across the island north of thefields near the fort. This palisade formed some protectionagainst an attack from the Indians, and later gave its nameto Wall Street. New Settlements. — In 1646 pe
. A history of the United States. ilty of murders. The Indians were made more reck-less by the liquor,or firewater,which they boughtof the consequencewas that for yearswar raged betweenthe settlers andthe Indians, andthat the Dutchheld little but FortAmsterdam onManhattan wall of earth,four or five feethigh, thrown up inside a closely-set row of pointed stakestwice as high, was built across the island north of thefields near the fort. This palisade formed some protectionagainst an attack from the Indians, and later gave its nameto Wall Street. New Settlements. — In 1646 peace was made with theIndians and the settlements began to spread once and Hoboken were two of those on the west shoreof the Hudson. Among the villages across the East Riveron Long Island was Breuckelen, or Brooklyn. The Dutchwere not the only ones to emigrate to the companys terri-tories. So many EngHsh and French came that the decisionsof the companys ofhcers were published in those languagesas well as in Wall Street Palisade from the East River NEW SETTLEMENTS Si
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