. "My country, 'tis of thee!" or, The United States of America; past, present and future. A philosophic view of American history and of our present status, to be seen in the Columbian exhibition. t within his witheredframe the spirit of hatred and bitterness was asfull of energy as ever. His power over the con-federacy of Powhatan was as great as of old, andonce again he roused the savages to an attemptat a general massacre. Five hundred white men were butchered, butSir William Berkeley, placing himself at thehead of a large body of troops, marched againstthe Indians and not only utterly route
. "My country, 'tis of thee!" or, The United States of America; past, present and future. A philosophic view of American history and of our present status, to be seen in the Columbian exhibition. t within his witheredframe the spirit of hatred and bitterness was asfull of energy as ever. His power over the con-federacy of Powhatan was as great as of old, andonce again he roused the savages to an attemptat a general massacre. Five hundred white men were butchered, butSir William Berkeley, placing himself at thehead of a large body of troops, marched againstthe Indians and not only utterly routed them,but captured their aged chief and took him backto Jamestown. The confederacy instantly dis-solved, and the white mens power over the landwas established more firmly than ever. The second permanent settlement in theUnited States — or what is now the UnitedStates—was made by the Dutch in 1614. Afort was built on the extremity of the islandon which New York now stands; another waserected at the site of the city of Albany, and 72 MY COUNTRY, TIS Oi^ THEE. the country between was called New Nether-lands. The next year a settlement of some im-portance was made at Albany, but for many. THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF NEW YORK. years the fort on Manhattan Island was a meretrading-post. The first thing the Dutch did was to make good old colony times. 73 treaties with the Indians. The Five Nationshad long been at war with the Algonquins inCanada. The latter had allied with the French,who had settled there some years before, andwith their aid defeated the Iroquois. It was withthe hope of similar reinforcement that the Iro-quois now hastened to make friends with thisnew colony of white men. The great treaty wasmade in 1618, on the banks of Normans Kill,and was witnessed by ambassadors from everytribe of the Five Nations. The pipe of peacewas smoked and the hatchet buried, and on thespot where the emblem of war w^as hidden theDutch vowed to erect a church. Thus was the quiet possession o
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