. History of the city of New York . «; ^ GOVERNOR -^°. ^x4P^v ^^-»^]fe>>>.. yp-Nv-i-fc^, -QUICK /ST. .KT>™. /Ax x-vr<x. > HISTORICAL SOCIETY. i OLD PEAB TREE. PLANTED 1617. r PETERSPIELD. RESIDENCE of PETEB O. STDVVESANT. 1 BOWERV HOLSE. RESIDENCE of NICE. WM. STUYVESANT. I BOWEBT VILLAOE SCHOOL BOUSE. ^y / ^v^x Map of Stuyvesants Bouwery. woods, crooking about to avoid ledges and ravines. The land travel atthat period was almost exclusively on foot or on horseback; few wagonshad as yet reached the country. In the mean time, a general fear of the Indians took possession of th
. History of the city of New York . «; ^ GOVERNOR -^°. ^x4P^v ^^-»^]fe>>>.. yp-Nv-i-fc^, -QUICK /ST. .KT>™. /Ax x-vr<x. > HISTORICAL SOCIETY. i OLD PEAB TREE. PLANTED 1617. r PETERSPIELD. RESIDENCE of PETEB O. STDVVESANT. 1 BOWERV HOLSE. RESIDENCE of NICE. WM. STUYVESANT. I BOWEBT VILLAOE SCHOOL BOUSE. ^y / ^v^x Map of Stuyvesants Bouwery. woods, crooking about to avoid ledges and ravines. The land travel atthat period was almost exclusively on foot or on horseback; few wagonshad as yet reached the country. In the mean time, a general fear of the Indians took possession of thepiiblic mind. Stuyvesant had visited Esopus in the autumn, after thedwellings had been collected into a village, and tried to settle certainclaims with the sachems. Only a few came to the interview. One of theirnumber plead poverty in a studied and cunningly constructed piece oforatory, entirely avoiding the governors question as to their intentionsin regard to the surrender of a certain tract of land in compensationfor tlie injuries they had committed. When brought back to that point,they went away, pretending that the
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