New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times . HOW SCHEYICHBI REALLY BECAME A POINT in the history of New Jersey, more im-^ portant in a moral point of view than that ofits European ownership, was that of the purchase ofthe lands from the first and true owners, the has been said, Berkeley and Carteret issued aninjunction that the settlers should purchase their landsfrom the tribes which had lived u])on them. This 32 system was subsequently carried out until every footof the land of the whole State was bought and paidfor, — the first transactions of the k
New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times . HOW SCHEYICHBI REALLY BECAME A POINT in the history of New Jersey, more im-^ portant in a moral point of view than that ofits European ownership, was that of the purchase ofthe lands from the first and true owners, the has been said, Berkeley and Carteret issued aninjunction that the settlers should purchase their landsfrom the tribes which had lived u])on them. This 32 system was subsequently carried out until every footof the land of the whole State was bought and paidfor, — the first transactions of the kind, having takenplace several years before Penns treaty with theIndians in Pennsylvania. Up to the time when the country finally passedinto the hands of the English, the Indians had re-sisted the attempts of the whites to settle among them;but now, finding that they were to be fairly dealtwith, a better feeling arose, and the red men werecontent to dwell with the whites as friends and neigh-bors. Of course, all the settlers did not promptly payfor their lands, and there were some minor disputesfr
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