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New-York tribune., 1912-12-29

9TH. sd Catalyn Trico made oath or ye
sd Deposition before me at her house on
Long island I'm yc VALE Bought (on wal
labout bay) ye 18th OF october, 1858.
WILLIAM MORRIS,
Justice Of ye Peace
n ien't worth while to try 10 make
the good old danes two stories jlpe' TOT
they don't. and that's the end ont she
meant well. and, probably. the OASIS OF
What she had to relate was correct, but
she got dates and vessels and the order
NJ Incidents inextrcably intertwlned.
When any one wishes to know the facts
about the sailings Of colonsts to the col
onv of New York he consults Nassenaer'
This Dutchman was physician OF Am
sterdam. who lived at the time ana COM
niIed a work in twenty-one parts undcr
tho title of IAN Historical Account OF
All the Memorable Events I'm Europe
,sia Africa and America
Ham oniug from 1871 to 1852" He recounts
how the ..West India Company having
been chartered to explore rivers did not
neglect the same. but In the spring
eouipped a ship OF 1S0 lasts (about TWO
hundred and sixty tons) calied the Ne"
Netherland. whose master was Cornehs
Jacobsen May. OF Hoorn, with company
NJ thirty families. most of whom were
Waloons. to plant a colony there Tnis
was in March. 1924. and 1t reached its
destination I'm May OF that year. on the
way il stopped In the Delaware, and cape
Nav Is named for its commander IL
assembled tho Hudson. and. being SO large
vessel. was lightened en- route set
Element was made at the meeting OF the
great Indian highways, near the juno
,ion Of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers
on Castle Island.
Then a fort was erected on the main
land where Albany now is. 1t was called
Fort orange. The French woman was
probably passenger on this ship. There
was a ship named the Unity. which at
the time was taking part in naval en-
gagement I'm All Saints Bay South Amer
ica. in May. 1924 II afterward came to
New York. in 1880. So the good woman
put her facts together wrong and spoiled
what promised to be valuable documents
New-York tribune., 1912-12-29

settled. This | certiile under my hand
and ye scale of this province.
THOMAS DONGAN."
The other which was dated october II,
1858. was set down as follows:
"Catalyn Trico, aged about eighty
three years born in Paris. doth testify &
declare that in ye year 1873 she came
into this country with ship called the
Unity, whereof was Commander Arien
.Jorise. belonging 10 ye West India Com
pany being We first ship Vt come here
for ye sd company as soon as they came
10 Maintains now called n. York they
sent two families & six men to Hartford
River g. two families e. men TO Della
ware River, and men they left att ~.
Yorke to take possession and We rest OF
We passengers went with We ship up as
farr as Albany which they then called
Fort Orangie When we snip came AS far
as Sopus (Esopus, !. e., kingston, Whlch
is half way to Albany, they lightened ye
ship with some boats Vt were left there
bv We Dutch that had been there yc year
before a trading with yc Indians upon
there owne. accompts,S eone back again
10 Holland, * SO brought ye Nessel up'
New-York tribune., 1912-12-29
The earliest picture Of Ne1v AmskerSS,z

Long Island. which IT bears TO this day.
In the mean time. in March Of that
year, the States General as the legis-
lative body of the Dutch republic was
called. stimulated the excitement Of the
merchants OF Holland by publishing de-
cree Offering a charter for exclusive trad
ing privileges to any person or group OK
persons who should discover new lands, To
the extent of four voyages, the condition
being that information of the discovery
should be given to the states General
fourteen days after the return therefrom
In July several merchants, located In halt
a dozen different cities, thought they saw
an opportunity TO get the charter by ming
a claim on the strength of Henry Hud-
sons discoveries. This was following the
long drawn out course of discussion which
usually precedes decision in a legislative
body. when, on October 1, Adrian Block
sailed into port.
On October II, within the time limit.
he was at The Hague, with maps showing
his new discoveries. The claim or the
other merchants went glimmering In the
face Of the discoveries indicated thereon,
and TO him and company of merchants
and navigators, including his friend
Christiaensen, n charter was issued, the
date being October II, 1914. The COM
pany which they formed was known as the
New Netherland Company, in honor or
the republic of the United Netherlands.
It was thus that the name Of New Neither
land was first applied to the territory
which afterward was known as New
York. But there is no record Of per-
manent settlement Of colonists as such
up to this time The island OF Manhattan
was only a trading post. where the Ind
ians might expect TO find occasionally
white men ready TO take their peltries In
exchange for the baubles they liked.
From time to time vessels dropped into
the harbor to trade with the natives, not
withstanting the fact that the New Meth
/ erlaad. Company was supposed te-have the
exclusive privilege Christensen himself,
! it is stated made ten voyages. The priv
New-York tribune., 1912-12-29
THE BROADWAY TABLET.

On the way through Broadway the car
also passes a tablet, which is one of the
shrines OF the children's historical clubs.
l, Is fastened to the front of No. Al Broad
way at about the level of the eyes OF
those in the car. If the car would stay
its progress long enough and the passen-
gers strained their eyes suftclentIy they
would read on its dark surface the follow
ing:
This tablet marks the site Of the first
habitation Of white men in the lsland OF
Manhattan. Adrian Block, commander OF
the Tiger, erected here four houses, or
huts, after his vessel was burned, Novem-
Der. 1913. He built the Restless. the first
vessel made by Europeans in this country
The Restless was launched In the spring
OF 1874"
Perhaps this incident is what the COM
mittee really will celebrate. II II celebrates
anything next fall AS matter OF fact
the early history OF Manhattan Is about
as clear as muddy water.
knowledge of the circumstances OF the
settlement OF Manhattan so far as they
ere determined. rests upon six documents
In the archives at The Hague is letter
In the Dutch style of the seventeenth
century. written by one p. Schaghen. the
writer was a considerable person IN MS
day lie was the member OF the states
General delegated to attend the AS
sembly OF ,he XIX" as the board OF di-
rectors OF the great Dutch trust OF that
day. the West India Company, was called
II was so named because the board num-
h1rod ,,g.
New-York tribune., 1912-12-29
IN Az0za1z NlllzSe ,ozaE471A7<f7" '-SI7's0'

|, flege of the New Netherland Companyi
expired in due course, and II was decided
to organize a great corporation to take
over the trading privileges and set up
colonies. This was to be known as the
Dutch West India Company. II was
chartered on June 8, 1921, and was cap
italized at s2,S00O00 a tremendous sum
for those days. In its capitalization and
exclusive rights II ranked with one OF the
great American trusts to-day. II may be
remarked, incidentally, that 1t paid divt-
dends sometimes as high as so per cent.
The management Of the whole company
was intrusted to general executive
board Of nineteen members, eight from the
Chamber OF Amsterdam, four from that
Of iceland and two each from the re-
manning ones. the nineteenth being the
appointee and at the same time men,
ber Of the States General Of the republic,
to which he was obliged to make report
regarding the operations of the company.
The title of this board was the Assem-
bly, of the XIX. Thus was body OF
merchants placed in control Of terres-
trial empire with supreme power, even
to carving on war and government, levy
ing and arming troops. equipping war
vessels and making treaties with princes
and potentates
Being less interested in establishing col
onies than getting rich quickly, il assisted
Holland in it's war with Spain, and Its
fleets actually took Brazil away from the
Portuguese. Finally, complaints were
made that II was not undertaking 10 es-
tablish colonies such as its charter re-
ouired. The difficulty, however, was to
secure colonists. There was no incentive
for a Holander TO leave his country 20
clear away forests on distant savage
shores. The Dutch had Just won the right
TO tax themselves, worship God as they
saw fit and rule themselves. and they
were growing in wealth by leaps and
bounds. Why should they leave their
dixie bound little country TO try their luck
on an uncivlized shore? There were,
however, In Holland, refugees from other
lands who might be persuaded to move
across the Atlantic. Thus II chancsd
New-York tribune., 1912-12-29
A GOOD INVESTMENT.

To return TO the letter Mr.. Schashen
wrote 1t on November s. 16%. at Amster-
oam. 1t was directed 10 his fellow ui-
rectors at The Hague. II announced that
ship had arrived from Manhattan Island
The day before. The important item oi
Information which it contained was this:
They have bought the Island Manhattes
from the wild men for the value OF sixty
suilders; II is 1000 morgens in extent.
ihe compensation, OF course. was not In
money, but in various gay and useful OBJ
]ects which the Indians decided that they
would be glad TO have. II is said that
The intrinsic value Of these objects. as
estimsted I'm currency value to-day. was
approximately sos. A Dutch morgen was
sightl! over two acres. which would sug-
New-York tribune., 1912-12-29

gest that those worthy Dutch ancents
thought they had secured what would
correspond to 22,9OO acres. As matter of
fact, this was an overestimate. eXcusable
to be sure, of about 5000 acres.
However, the important fact is that this
indicates the year in which colonization
began on Manhattan Island. This letter
therefore. is the birth certificate of New
York City, lacking. perhaps. the exact
ness which DIR. Lederle would require Of
New-York tribune., 1912-12-29
TIE RzAe~y ,411ose5 TO Aave looked a7en[AeA
.4sZE NooIz .seEle5 past III i1' 1909
Mavor Cs Appointment Arrange for Anniversary Festivities
To Be Held 1913 Calls Attention the Fact That Manhattan Was
Not Really Founded" Until 1926, Although Few Stranded
White Persons Whose Ship Had Been Burned Spent the
Winter of 13l4 in F1ub This island

i'm the yeare one thousand six hundred
and twenty-three or twenty-foure to the
best Of her remembrance and that foure
women came along with her in the same
ship the Governor Arain Jorissen came
alsoe over. which fouer women were mar
ried at sea and that they and their hus-
bands stayed about three weekes at this
place and they with eight seamcn more
went in vessel 10y order of the Dutch
Governor to Delaware River and there
New-York tribune., 1912-12-29

FEW days ago Mayor Gaynor ap-
n pointed a committee of one hum
n dred citizens to arrange for a cele-
bration next fall. The occasion for
which this committee is supposed to ar
range the celebration is the three hun
dredth anniversary of the settlement OF
Manhattan. There appears to be some
question whether ii will celebrate that
event or not. In the course of the docu-
ment accompanying the nomination
Mayor Gaynor said: Whether the settle
ment Of Manhattan Island is fact when
should be commemorated by such cele-
braiion should not be taken for granted
but carefully considered
These words are gentle hint to the
committee. OF course, he did not mean
that such an event should not be cele-
brated i'm appropriate fashion. What he
did suggest was that the members OF that
august committee should study their his
tory a little before they undertake to
make an historical splurge next year.
Some Of those named by his honor have
declared that they will not serve II the
committee purposes TO celebrate the set
tlement in 1913. They argue that New
York was not settled until 1926, and there
fore no celebration in 1919 Of the event
could properly be designated as that OF
the 300th anniversary. Let it be called the
2S7th anniversary. or celebrate some other
event is the logic of their argument.
one of the objects which the sightsee-
ing cars pass is the Custom House, on the
south side of the oval of Bowling Green.
Fortunately for the comfort of the stan
and the conduct of the business OF the
office. many of those who take this
method of looking over the great metrop-
oils do not visit the ornate office OF the
Collector. In this room, with its gold be-
decked ceiling. carved oak screens and
historical paintings there is fireplace
of creamy white stone. It's crown is a
single ponderous stone, with rectangular
panelled face. In the panel is carved
this sentence:
"On this site Fort Amsterdam was
erected in l626."
New-York tribune., 1912-12-29

physician reporting the advent of a
new entity into this world.
There may be a few persons who think
that Manhattan was the first Dutch set
tlement in the present State of New
York Those persons are mistaken. Fort
Orange, or Albany is two years older.
The only contemporaneous witnesses on
this side Of the Atlantic who have left
evidence of the settlement Of New York
by the Dutch are an old Frenchwoman
and an Indian. The woman was Catalina
Trico. The Indian was the Sachem Mat
tehoorn, who corroborates a detail. Their
evidence consists Of depositions, CT which
the woman made two, one before Thomas
Dongan of the latter part of the seven
teenth century. the famous Colonial Gov
ernor, and a second before William Nor
lis, a justice OF the peace; and the indian,
one before Peter Stuyvesant. These com
prise three of the six documents describ-
ing the coming of the Dutch settlers to
New York
The woman was more than eighty years
old when she made her statements, and
they do not hang together very well.
They attempt to recall incidents which
occurred about sixty years previous 10
their date. Doubtless her memory Of
them had faded and the details had be-
come mixed in her mind. II is usually
necessary TO make allowances when age
sets down its "reminiscences 1t is inter-
esting, however, to read what this old
woman remembered of such a notable
event. especially when It is recalled that
she is distinguished as having provided
one-third of all the known documents
bearing upon the subject. Here Is what
she made affidavit to at New York on
Feb a. 16S4-16S5:
"The deposicon Of Catalina Trico aged
four score yeares or thereabouts. taken
before the right Honble Colo. Thomas
Dongan Lieut.. Governour under his
Royall Highness James Duke of Yorke
and Albany etc. of New York and its De-
pendencyes I'm America. who saith and
Declares in the presence OF God as fol-
| lcwcth:
That she came to this province either
New-York tribune., 1912-12-29

in the history of New York. But this Is
away from the main story.
Why should not the settlement OF New
York be reckoned from 1913, when some
white men erected huts on the island on
the slope of ground facing the west side
Of the island? Captains Henry Christaen-
sen and Adrian Block were the earliest
of the known visitors to Manhattan and
the region OF Hudson's discoveries.
They set forth in 1872, secured cargo
OF peltries and carried back to Holland
with them two sons Of an Indian chief,
one OF whom, few years later, murdered
Christensen on an island in the Hudson
In the following year the two friends
sailed again. but this time in separate ves-
sells, Christensen in command Of the
Fortune and Block in the Tiger. The
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09
TALK OF THE TOWN

See the large size of bed spreads al
| Vaughan's.
Bargains on second floor in summer
underwear and coats, at Vaughans.
James Boyce, who has been visiting IN
this city Tor the past few days on bust
ness, returned last night to his home al
Williston.
Miss Sadie Fifeld of Academy street
returned TO this city last night from a
weeks visit at her former home in
Bethel. She resumed her duties at the
.C. II. Kendriek pharmacy this morning,
Mrs. 4. +. Brown Of Aberdeen, South
Dakota, who is spending the summer al
the home OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Tassie of Brooklyn street, is max
ing two weeks stay with relatives at
Alburg and North Hero.
Hardwick coming! The crack Hard
wick baseball team, which won Is
straight games. having defeated such
teams as the Chinese, the Barre A. G,
and the Philadelphia Giants, makes its
first appearance Of the season in Barre
Saturday, Aug. 10, on the Italian Ath-
letic club grounds, where it will cross
bats with the /. A. G. Hardwick is com
ing here to trim the Italians, and its
supporters have plenty of money to back
their claim that they can do it,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09
TALK OF THE TOWN

Note our sale for Saturday at The
Vaughan Store.
George Kent of Orange street left last
night for Fairlee, where he will spend
several days In camp at lake Morey.
Miss Mary Rosd OF Milford, N. H., i
visiting in this city as the guest of
Miss Mary Bianehi Of Summer street.
Mrs u. W. Freeman and child OF Rich
mond arrived in this city yesterday and
will visit Tor several days at the home
OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
sharkey, of Kinney street
Gerald Holmes is installing a new oven
al his home bakery on North Main
street. During the past few weeks the
proprietor has found his demand so
great that he deemed this change neces-
sary,
The Italian Athletic club baseball team
leaves this noon for Randolph, where
they will play the strong independent
team representing Randolph this after.
noon. Manager Broggi win send in either
Rovetta or Beaten against the Randolph
team. Comolli will do the catching.
Miss Clair Miles OF West street re.
turned to this city yesterday from Bur.
lington, where she has been visiting for
the past few days, She was accompa-
MED by Misses Pauline Canning and
Katherine Sanborn, who will visit as
the guest of Miss Miles for a few
days,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09

| Mr.. William oLrimer OF Illinois, who
once occupied seat in the United States
Senate, has presented his bill for over
100000, claiming that il was money
spent in his three years fight to retain
his seat. In court procedure, the de-
feated litigant generally has to pay his
own costs if not the costs Of the other
side; and there seems to be no moral
reason why the procedure should be re-
yersed in the case of this Illinois man,
who virtually was on trial and who lost
the verdict. Then, too, it should be
borne in mind that Mr.. Lorimer might
have forfended the possibility of such
tremendous costs by merely rendering his
resignation Of the contested seat before
the case came to trial. Now that he
has failed to secure the vindication which
he sought to win, it seems almost like
mockery for him to ask the United
States government to pay for his de-
tense. The moral force OF such a claim
would be greater if Mr.. Lorimer had
won the contest and thus been pro-
claimed a victim of persecution.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09

Gov. Foss is coming up to carry the
state for the Democrats" as he prom
Used some weeks back He'll be as well
come as the flowers in May; but we
doubt the governors sincerity in max
ing his remarkable statement about ear
rying the state for the Democrats. 1t
must have been a puff Of hot air out OF
enc OF those Sturtevant blowers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09

Here's a pretty pickle the directors OF
The Addison County Fair association re-
fuse to let Roosevelt make political
speech on the fair grounds, asserting
that politics has never been allowed to
enter. Still that won't frighten you
Uncle Theodore; he's been refused so of
before. There's all Of Middlebury out.
side the fair grounds, you know And
bGcorge, he'll speak. Trust him to find
a way spite o the fair directors.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09
"The Difference Between

the clerk who spends all Of his salary and
the clerk who saves part of it, is the
difference, in 10 years, between the own
er OF business and the man out Of a
job. John Wanamakerl Endowments
save and protect. National Life lnsur-
ance Company of Vermont. tMutual.)
S. S. Ballard, general agent, Lawrence
block, Montpelier, vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09

The people got firmer grip on affairs
when the Montpelier voters decided last
night to make the Offices of overseer OF
the poor, street superintendent and wa
ter superintendent elective, rather than
nppointive. There may arise in many
rity occasions when this restoration of
power TO the people would prove to the
best advantage of community albeit
one must admit that the more we cumber
our ballots with Offices the greater will
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09

Cy Warman, publicity agent of the
Grand Trunk railroad, chortles with glee,
because, he says, the new union station
project in Burlington is victory for
his railroad over the Rutland railroad
or the Boston g. Maine system. To the
ordinary observer, it viii look more or
less like victory for Burlington if that
city gets splendid new station and also
the elimination of several dangerous
grade crossings, the entire project to
cost several hundred thousand dollars.
When Mr.. Warman's railroad pays it,
share of the bill Of costs, it may NOT
look SO much like a victory.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09
THE BARRE DAILY TIMES
FRIDAY. AUGUST 9. 1912.

Published every weekday afternoon.
Subscriptions: One year, $500; one
month, 25 cents; single copy, cent.
Entered at the postotiice at Barre as
Iecond class matter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09

It's great year for governors Gov.
Wilson of New Jersey, Gov. Marshall of
Indiana and Gov. Johnson Of California.
And it's no fault of Gov. Mead that he
isn't included.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09

There may be no strikes when that
baseball players union is formed, but
there will continue to be the same num-
Der of strikeouts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09

be the confusion OF an election. How
ever, the latter objection is OF small
force when compared with the former
advantage of the proposed new system.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09
Frank +. Langley. Publisher.

Wilson has taken the first step toward
ihe presidency getting his portrait
made.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09
EAST BARRE.

The annual picnic Of Court Phil Sher-
idan, i. of A., viii be held in Paine's
grove Saturday, August IL.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09
WEBSTERvILLE.

The annual picnic of Court Phil Sher.
idan, F. Of A., will be held in Paine's
grove Saturday, August IL.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09
BARRE TOWN REPUBLICAN CAUCUS

The Republican voters Of the town Of
Barre win hold their caucus in East
Barre opera house hall August IA at $
D. m. to transact the following bust
ness:
10 place in nomination candidate for
town representative.
To nominate IL justices of the peace
to be voted for at freemen's meeting.
To do any other proper business.
Per order Republican Town Committee.
DR.. IT, A. Whitney of Franklin, pro-
fessor Of hygiene and sanitation at
Norwich university, Northfeld, and Mrs.
Whitney, were visitors in the city yes
terday.
Attend our Saturday specials c. n.
Kenyon Il Go.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09

Miss Jane Adams, by her own confes-
sion, is more Progressive than she is a
Roosevelt man.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-07
RIVER NEWS

Packets and towtoafs operating on the
Ohio river are experiencing an unusual
amount Of fox. causing considerable de-
lay 90 u-ach trip OWNS 600 tts FOX the
Iorenn. which was due yesterday morn
IrE ara not get away unfI after q
o'clock last evening FOR Zanesvilis while
t.e Green wood AMI tine kanawha which
urrs Hlsu due Yesterday morning for
iIff-HurEh. were fug-hUund below This
.'tg aHi w'!l not arrive uutl Ross morn
ire
Repair work on the Litsrty's boilers ts
IrHEr.--irE raTiIiy a. IarF-rshurg. and
.r o. ,Nrs.frt that 'hr packet $500 rt-
SUM. u,r tIlrfrLtUu-AN rseIiu.. trade -l-
latter yaft 90 ffi= week
Tile gauge 900 the pool a. fIe ST.
Nr.f,n diam fa-' evening showed % o.
feet AMI Wa rising slowly while 1.e
l.wsr river stood 40 Feet bfher
stages reported were lam SO ?. To-
feet and feet. Dam $50 o.. o. q feet
and 4. - feet.