. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . he In-dians was most marked. It was the time of set-tlement when the Indian problem had not beensolved, when men still thought the South Sea layjust beyond the Alleghenies, and when fancy peo-pled unknown territory to the west with untoldnumbers of warlike savages. Mutual fear and distrust filled the minds of thecolonists. The Lenni-Lenap^ and whites eachcried Peace, and called one another Friend and Brother; there was no real peace, norfriendship, nor fraternal feeling. Repressive leg-islation, having as its mainspring o
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . he In-dians was most marked. It was the time of set-tlement when the Indian problem had not beensolved, when men still thought the South Sea layjust beyond the Alleghenies, and when fancy peo-pled unknown territory to the west with untoldnumbers of warlike savages. Mutual fear and distrust filled the minds of thecolonists. The Lenni-Lenap^ and whites eachcried Peace, and called one another Friend and Brother; there was no real peace, norfriendship, nor fraternal feeling. Repressive leg-islation, having as its mainspring of action anundisguised suspicion, together wth slavery basedupon economic and police considerations, re-strained the personal liberty of the Indian. Fortunately, in New Jersey, the situation neverbecame acute, except a sporadic contest betweenthe Dutch and Indians before the English con-quest, and the Indian massacres in Sussex Countyduring the French and Indian War. Neverthelessno real sympathy existed between the dominantand inferior peoples. Throughout the colonial. 66 NEW JERSEY AS A COL history of the State there were few marriages ofwhite men and Indian women, and those con-tracted were looked upon in the light of mis-cegenations. For this reason unions betweennegroes and Indians were common—so frequent,indeed, as to have left permanent impress uponmany families of negroes of the present day. The governmental history of New Jersey in thematter of clearing land titles from all traces ofIndian ownership is creditable. Following theprecedents of the Dutch and Swedes, the proprie-tors of New Jersey used every method to extin-guish native title. In Berkeleys and CarteretsDirections dated December 7,1672, it was directedthat the governor and council purchase all In-dian lands in the name of the proprietors. Sub-sequent purchasers were directed to reimburse theproprietors and to pay necessary charges. Afterthe establishment of East Jerseys government anact was passed, in 1682,
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