. Tales of old New York ... -dian troubles. Several farmers living outside of thecity had been attacked and killed. Word was thensent out ordering all farmers to come together in vil-lages. Thus the hamlet near the Governors estatewas formed; and the road to it became known asBouwerie Lane and afterwards as The Bowery. WhenHarlem village was built, Bouwerie Lane was extend-ed, and so it formed part of the road along which peo-ple made excursions to the upper end of the island. Besides his country house, Stuyvesant had a cityresidence which stood near the site of our presentSouth Ferry. It was
. Tales of old New York ... -dian troubles. Several farmers living outside of thecity had been attacked and killed. Word was thensent out ordering all farmers to come together in vil-lages. Thus the hamlet near the Governors estatewas formed; and the road to it became known asBouwerie Lane and afterwards as The Bowery. WhenHarlem village was built, Bouwerie Lane was extend-ed, and so it formed part of the road along which peo-ple made excursions to the upper end of the island. Besides his country house, Stuyvesant had a cityresidence which stood near the site of our presentSouth Ferry. It was pleasantly situated in a well-kept garden near the waters edge and was known asThe White Hall. The name still lives in that of adowntown street. 74 TALES OF OLD NEW YORK For seventeen years Stuyvesant ruled over the peo-ple of New Amsterdam, which had become a thrivinglittle town built up in the heart of the , in the summer of 1664, a rumor came fromBoston that some English ships had arrived there and jT^.
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