Indian Wars And The Uprising Of 1655 Yonkers Depopulated

Author : Thomas Astley Atkins
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282514051
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Indian Wars and the Uprising of 1655-Yonkers Depopulated written by Thomas Astley Atkins and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-23 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Indian Wars and the Uprising of 1655-Yonkers Depopulated: A Paper Read Before the Yonkers Historical and Library Association The situation may be briefly summed up as follows The Indians, as owners, had already been crowded off Manhattan Island, but they dwelt in considerable numbers thereon by permission of the Dutch. A like state of things was existent upon Long Island. Upon the main land north of the Harlem they still lived in many an ancestral nook and in many an out-of-the-way corner. Cowed, crowded, watchful, many inclined to great friendliness, others full of wrath and determination to repossess their fair fields and fisheries. Along the Hudson, and stretching across the land far away on either side of it, were other Indian settlements, usually peacefully inclined so far as the Dutch settlers were concerned, but at strife often with other dusky tribes. Upon Manhattan Island, and presumably upon the Van der Donck plantation to the north of it, the Indians had been accustomed to free access to streets and farms and in some instances to the houses. No doubt they thought that if the white settler could enter upon their close and take home their rabbit or their fish, they, too, had equal right to poach upon his domain. We shall see. It may not be amiss to note here a few facts as to these aboriginal owners of our manor and county. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.