United States; a history: the most complete and most popular history of the United States of America from the aboriginal times to the present . ved at New Amsterdam. The colonists,called Walloons, were Dutch Protestant refugees from Flanders, inBelgium. They were of the same religious faith with the Huguenots ofFrance, and came to America to find repose from the persecutions of theirown country. Cornelius May was the leader of the company. Thegreater number of the new immigrants settled with their friends on Man-hattan Island; but the captain, with a party of fifty, passing down thecoast
United States; a history: the most complete and most popular history of the United States of America from the aboriginal times to the present . ved at New Amsterdam. The colonists,called Walloons, were Dutch Protestant refugees from Flanders, inBelgium. They were of the same religious faith with the Huguenots ofFrance, and came to America to find repose from the persecutions of theirown country. Cornelius May was the leader of the company. Thegreater number of the new immigrants settled with their friends on Man-hattan Island; but the captain, with a party of fifty, passing down thecoast of New Jersey, entered and explored the Bay of Delaware. Sailingup the bay and river, the company landed on the eastern shore; here, ata point a few miles below Camden, where Timber Creek falls into theDelaware, a site was selected and a block-house built named Fort natives were won over by kindness; and when shortly after the fortwas abandoned and the settlers returned to New Amsterdam, the Indianswitnessed their departure with affectionate regret. In the same yearJoris, another Dutch captain, ascended the Hudson to Castle Snt HENRY HUDSON. 162 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. where, nine years previously, Christianson had built the older ForiNassau. A flood in the river had swept the island bare. Not deemingit prudent to restore the works in a place likely to be deluged, Jorissailed up stream a short distance and rebuilt the fortress on the presentsite of Albany. The name of this northern outpost was changed to FortOrange; and here the eighteen families of Joriss company were per-manently settled. In 1624 civil government began in New Netherland. CorneliusMay was first governor of the colony. His official duties, however, wereonly such as belonged to the superintendent of a trading-post. In thenext year William Verhulst became director of the settlement. Herdsof cattle, swine and sheep were brought over from Holland and distributedamong the settlers. In Janu
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