for the soldiers, likewise a wooden
church, or rather a separate build-
ing to be used asachurch. This
was located on the East River
shore, and nearby a graveyard
was plotted, and an additional
three windmills built—the ever
useful servant of the Dutch, al-
though stigmatized by the In-
dians as a foul spirit, they being
much afraid of its “long waving
arms and grinding teeth.”

In addition to these varied im-
provements, several other brick
we| and stone buildings were at once

maj erected, producing collectively
gee'@)| evidences of a striking and grati-
.a| fying growth. The houses were
Sy 4\ generally of one type, often of
Z| brick imported from Holland,

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