A general history of Connecticut - Ramapough Lenape Nation
A general history of Connecticut - Ramapough Lenape Nation
A general history of Connecticut - Ramapough Lenape Nation
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CON NEe TIC U T. 11,1<br />
th<strong>of</strong>e hardy fons <strong>of</strong> Oliver will ever give<br />
up Verdmont to the N ew-Yorkers by the<br />
order <strong>of</strong> Sir Henry More, or any other<br />
Governor, till compelled by the point <strong>of</strong><br />
the fword. The Mynheers have .mOre to<br />
fear than the New-Englanders, who will<br />
never yield to Dutcnvirtue. Van Tromp<br />
was brave; Oliver was brave and fuccefsful<br />
too.<br />
Mather, Neal, and Hutchinfon, reprefent<br />
religion to have been the caufe <strong>of</strong> the<br />
nrft fettlement <strong>of</strong> New-England; and<br />
the love <strong>of</strong> gold as the ftimulus <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Spaniards in fettling their colonies in the<br />
foathern parts <strong>of</strong> America; but, if we<br />
fuould credit the SpanHh hifiorians, we<br />
maft believe that their countrymen were<br />
as much influenced by religion in their<br />
, colonial purfuits as were our own. However,<br />
in <strong>general</strong>, it may be faid, that the<br />
conduct <strong>of</strong> both parties towards the<br />
aborigines difcovered no principles but<br />
whar were difgraceful to human nature.<br />
Murder,
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