the actual official recognition and
patronage toward the support of
the colony.

In Minuit’s administration was Kermete
built a stone fort on the site of|| /QYpeiBh,
the present Battery, where the Lined YNZ
wooden palisade and earthwork is
then stood. This fortification oe
was rectangular in form, built of fi ;
earth, and faced with stone hewn ~
from the extensive deposits in the |N
vicinity, and of sufficient size as |py>#
to be capable of harboring the}
entire population in case of need. |i

Occupying such a strategic po-
sition at the confluence of the
North (Hudson’s) and East |@
rivers, the site could hardly have NZ
been improved upon for the pur- N

    
   
   

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pose. In the waters adjacent |f
thereto was the anchorage for