History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . The country fromCape Henlopen to the falls at Trentonreceived the title of New Sweden. It was in this very year that Kieft cameto supersede Van Twiller, who had givenjust cause for complaint by his eagerness toenrich himself at the expense of the WestIndia Company. During the administra-tion of Kieft occurred the long and doubt-ful conflict with the natives detailed in thesucceeding chapter. Arbitrary and exact-ing, he drove the Indians to extremities,and involved the Dutch settlements in awar which for a
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . The country fromCape Henlopen to the falls at Trentonreceived the title of New Sweden. It was in this very year that Kieft cameto supersede Van Twiller, who had givenjust cause for complaint by his eagerness toenrich himself at the expense of the WestIndia Company. During the administra-tion of Kieft occurred the long and doubt-ful conflict with the natives detailed in thesucceeding chapter. Arbitrary and exact-ing, he drove the Indians to extremities,and involved the Dutch settlements in awar which for a time threatened their de-struction. Not till 1645 was peace re-estab-lished, and in 1647 the unpopular governorwas recalled. In 1647 not more than threehundred fighting men remained in the wholeprovince. Its total population was betweenfifteen hundred and two thousand. In 1652New Amsterdam had a population of seven 176 DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT [1650 or eight hundred. In 1664 Stuyvesant putthe number in the province at ten thousand,about fifteen hundred of whom were in 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
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