LII. ROBERT CARR AND SAMUEL MAVERICK TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON, JANUARY 10TH, 1667, II. TRACTS RELATING TO NEW YORK. I. THE DESTRUCTION OF SCHENECTADY. i. PROPOSITIONS OF THE MAQUAS SACHEMS: ii. ANSWER BY THE MAYOR, ETC., AT ALBANY, iii. EXAMINATION OF FRENCH PRISONERS, at II. ARGUMENTS OFFERED TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS FOR TRADE AND PLANTATION, RELATING TO SOME ACTS OF As- .. THE CLARENDON PAPERS I. CONCERNING NEW NETHERLAND, OR MANHATTAN. THAT pte of America (by the Dutch) called the New Netherlands lieth in 40 deg od minutes of northerlie lat the place of the residence of the Dutch Gouer (who stiles himselfe Director Generall of New Netherlands, & Admirall of the northerne ptes of America) is vppon an Isl by the Indians called Manahatans which lieth in the mid-waye betwixt Boston in New Engl and Virginia vppon the sowthwest point of the s Isl they haue a considerable ffort of some 30 peeces of ordinance brasse, Canon, demi Culuerin, & others, since the yeare 1647 they haue much emproued their buildings aboute it, that it is now Called the ffort & Cittie of New Amsterdam, allthough in the yeares 1641, & 1642 there was not six howses of free Burgers in it, but now there is many, so that they make vpp two Companies vnder the Comand of their seuerall Captaines besides the maine garrison which is Constantlie kepte there which att most neuer exceedes 70, besides officers. They haue had two seuerall warres with the Indians, the first in the yeare 1641: the Indians first killed two Dutchmen att seuerall times in seuerall places vppon pretence of their vsurping & taking away their land without giueing them satisfaction, att the which the then Gouern Will Kieft was faine to conniue at for |