. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. Tiic Witclis Kide. DUTCH COLONIES—NEW NETHERLAND. 85 LESSON.—The colonists soon sa-w their -wickedness, and persecutionceased. In 1613, the Dutch began to settle in New York. believed about tlie deeds of these witches, until the peopledetermined to kill them all as fast as they were found. Sosuspected people, mostly old women, were arrested, manywere ^vliipped and tortured to make them confess, and twentywere put to death. But, when the delusion was at its height, the eyes of thepeople were suddenly opened, and they saw h
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. Tiic Witclis Kide. DUTCH COLONIES—NEW NETHERLAND. 85 LESSON.—The colonists soon sa-w their -wickedness, and persecutionceased. In 1613, the Dutch began to settle in New York. believed about tlie deeds of these witches, until the peopledetermined to kill them all as fast as they were found. Sosuspected people, mostly old women, were arrested, manywere ^vliipped and tortured to make them confess, and twentywere put to death. But, when the delusion was at its height, the eyes of thepeople were suddenly opened, and they saw how wicked andfoolish they had l)een. Persecution stopped and the belief inwitches died out. 9. DUTCH COLONIES—NEW NETHERLAND (1614). You remember that the Dutch claimed the land around. Minuet Buying Manhattan Island. New York on account of the discoveries by Hudson. Theywere great traders, and, as the country w^as full of ^vild ani- 86 HAZENS ELEMENTARY HISTORY. LESSON.—In 1626, Peter Minuet bought Manhattan for a few Dutch settled there and planted colonies on the Hudson River and inConnecticut. Their governors were bad and had trouble with the Indians. inals whose skins were valuable, the Dutt-li estahlislied atrading-post on Manhattan Island in 1()18, and another calledFort Orange, on the present site of All»an\. in 1()14. In 1626, the Dntch West India Coin])any sent a smallcolony to ^lanhattan, and Peter Minuet, the first governor,bought the wliole island from the Indians for about twenty-four dollars woi-th of trinkets. Jhe settlement was calledNew Amsterdam, and was the beginning of the great city ofNew York. The Dutch Company was formed simply to make money intrade, and, when it found its posts were profitable, the directorsbought large tracts
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