History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . The old Stadt Huys at New Amsterdc The next governor, Stuyvesant, was thelast and much the ablest ruler among thosewho directed the destinies of New Nether-land. His administration embraced a period. Longitude West S5 from Greenwich Su I655J NEW NETHERLAND 177 of seventeen years,during which he re-newed the formerfriendly relationswith the savages,made a treaty withNew England, giv-ing up pretensionsto Connecticut aswell as relinquishingthe east end of LongIsland, and com-pelled the Swedes,in 1655, to ack
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . The old Stadt Huys at New Amsterdc The next governor, Stuyvesant, was thelast and much the ablest ruler among thosewho directed the destinies of New Nether-land. His administration embraced a period. Longitude West S5 from Greenwich Su I655J NEW NETHERLAND 177 of seventeen years,during which he re-newed the formerfriendly relationswith the savages,made a treaty withNew England, giv-ing up pretensionsto Connecticut aswell as relinquishingthe east end of LongIsland, and com-pelled the Swedes,in 1655, to acknowl-edge the Dutchsupremacy. It waswhile he was absenton his expeditionagainst the Swedes,leaving New Am-sterdam unprotect-ed, that the riverIndians, watchful oftheir opportunity,invaded and laid
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