The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-10
THROUGH STATEN ISLAND.
WHERE AARON BURR DIED AND
VINDERBILT VAS BORN.

first StiII. and tue FIRST Buckslsin Tam
merry battles nj Richmond b." Keep on
Churniuu and You'll Fetch Butter"
Although staten Island is within an
hours ride of New York aud although thou-
sands OF it's host acres belong to residents 81
Gotham, there are few Of our citik ems VINO know
much more about 4 tnan that 1t Ia pleas INT
summer resort. that there Ia ferry TO H. anu
that Cornelius Vanderbilt once lived there' IL
In spot around which cluster thousand mem
orlss of the honored past. territory that has
done Its share In helping to build up the strength
md glory Of our country; and 1t deserves TO
have its history written.
Perhaps the nrst white men who ever gazed
upon the bright green hills and lovely meadows
Of staten Island wsro Henry Hudson and mis-
followers. who ia September, 1913, sailed into
the harbor In the Dutch ship Half Noon and
anchored In what we know rs 5 ndy Hook bay.
Hudson lost no tiue In making explorations OF
the new land, aud while he coastcd along tue
shores Of Long Island aud those Of the group
that since the storm u 1897 make the Coney
Island of to-day, his mate, John Coleman, with
chosen crew. was sent to examine the land TO
the west and north wcst. Colemln's party passed
the southern extremity Of our staten Island,
inn up the Kills and entered Newark bay,
where they found the tides running In opposite
other expedition WIS lifted out. On doubling
the cape at New brighton they encountered two
large war canoes filed with Indians Of the RAri-
tan tribe, VINO attacked the whit Is aud dove
them OF, Coleman having been shot through
the neck with m arrow and Killed. His body
was taken to the shia and Inferred on Sandy
Hook, which f.r years aiterward was known as
"Colemau's Poin D." Ihe Rartans, who peopled
Staten Island al the time u its discovery were
Apowerful branch ~ the l. mi Lenapc, or DELI
ware Indians. rhey called the ISLAND Ague-
s-Monecknonx. and sometimes Egquahous
or place II bad woods"
1t VS. several years before settlement OF
whites was Hide upun the lsland' In 1874
COMPANY 81 WalloOns planted themselves On the
east side; but after renainlng a year they re-
moved to Long l-l ind ami settled ON the Walla-
buut "A name derived p,tn aus. from IA ~ of their
community, who were a Romance puUula' ion u
e.OOpUJ0 living IN Is sl-ilm. In tue region between
Liegc. Mons, aud Arion, AMI In adjoining parts
happlclei, the prosoultor Of tho American
family Of that name. His daughter, Saran, was
the nrst child born IN the cuIOny.
la 1879 the West India & Iuuany, which mad
lust been ch 'rtered ga HOLLAND with extraordi-
nary priv cses, conveyed staten Island. to-
Eether with az the c iun r. bot"een Hoboken
aud the II ritan iivtr. 90 Michael iauW. lie
was one Of the nineteen ueuners " the COM
pany. aud gave his name O. part of his Lrfnt,
nov known aH Cummuuipaw tue Commune u
Paw" The Dutch word ptduC means a pea
fowl, aud is syuuuymui4 vita the Latin yavO, a
derivation ~ ~uicn ~ - iu iatsrd vsatpllrd to
tho north,rn p RI OF tie Old poti,on's posses.
sions, and a. Pavoul d, is recognized OF al IA IN.
Michael Pauw sold hiS RIGHTS - he COMPANY.
ana snurih aitcfWard staten l.ltud came into
the possessi1 IN u M Peters IA de Nre., who
had eXtinguished tnc Indian little. Ihi, was no
sasS matter, for tue 4 ash, owner, were ready To-
seli To anyDodv. mi a 'tlaitN dti seq he island
seven times --iu ltsl II P.uN. "a 1854 to be
Vres; IN lbtl to tufneiids Nelyn; Ia 1851 -
August Hetrmans; In lhi1 To the Baron Van
Capeian; aud Ia loo 10 Gov. Lpvslpce. Tue last
safe was made Oinuinv by reason OF lt- naNtug
been made by turf aud twiz' that Is. hy tho
presentation u sod ~ the earth and branch
81 each sort Of the best tees ON the ~ nd
This ceremony was deemed sscted hy tho In
di.ns, ami they never sold Stftru Island again
The fire. permanent settlements were m ri.
by the Waldenses A. Dude Durp, now Oldtowp,
two miles north q the pTessut New Dorp 10y
Dutchmen, Oh tiOilanuers' Hook now HuliInd's
and by French tluguenrts, VINO cone over alter
the revocation Of the Elict Of Nantes, Ia loss,
and coloni1ed the New DOrp region.
Up to 1859 there had been tut little trouble
-ith the Indians, but IN That year shere w.
terrible massage aS. 4 vessel e''sd 9n' a. New
the Altering Place, (QuArantine Landing or
rompkinsviiieJ To take IN water Some Of the
sailors stole number ~ tue settlers pils, but
The crime was charged upon the Rarit,ns. Ihs
Dutch Governor, kicft, ordered all attack upon
iue Indian village and auuuber Of the innocent
people were Slaughtered. The warriors shortly
nterwatd Tetaliatsd upon the whites ana Killed
~ Of them.
The nrst still In tho United states was sr-otsd
BY GOV. kteft near the Nafrows. aud at the
ZANE time the enterurlsing Governor conducted
tho operations u II bucAsktn tinGSD
In April Of the same ear Johannes is Decker
arrived. lie became Vice Director al Fpri Or
an2e (AloanN). The new Governor. ; uNN"sant,
lssued PROCLAMATION aSainst unauthorized
preachers, from VII III, A. he oxpfessed u, no, h.
M could be eGpert-i but ii5cutd cIntu'ion,
ana disorder iu Cnufch aud slate. De D-cA"r
took energetic measures t. eutur,e tue uroe.
lamatiOn, nut NtlNNcsant wa severely r-tuked
W tho Stat-s-h rusfdi. Do Dee Ner "ent io iiol-
land aba married, aud 'u lAl, tsiurnri 20 A ucf-
lea. settle ou staten ls.-uJ AMI uUcame he
father OF numsTous D.cnsrs tfom whom have
d. e. a. a. a % M